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Yep, and 1/don't eat carbs at night 2/ Don;t eat after 8pm 3/ Don't eat dessert all kind of related, I guess :)

MFP's lowest cal setting for women is 1200, so if you have set it to lose 1.5 pd a week, and that would give you fewer than 1200 net calories, it still sets it at 1200. And, if you need to eat less than 1200 to meet your goal, then you may not be eating enough to fuel your basic body needs. My questions to you are ; age?…

Oh dear..that's not good. I am so close to goal and getting very frustrated (and hungry!) so I might up the cals a little and see what happens.

I used to be a Canberra person (born and bred) now in Adelaide...

Thanks for your response. :) My weigh-in day is Friday so a couple more days doing what I am doing, Then I will up the cals :) Any other advice?

Great anecdata! Sending friend request :) I'm at 1500 cals at the moment, I'm going to up to 1600 and see what happens...but I might be joining you at 1800! Currently, I have carbs set at 50 percent (i started as a carbaholic, so trust me when I say this is a HUGE improvement for me!) but when I up the cals, I will bring…

Again, I think upping the cals a little will allow me to have a more filling breakfast. Thanks all.

You are absolutely right. I always try and "save" cals for dinner so I can eat a normal meal with my husband (we feed the kids earlier). We don;t eat till maybe 7.30-8pm, which is a LONG time since lunch! I also work at home, which means stuff is always handy. I have decided to up my cals a little - maybe an extra 100 or…

Ha - that's exactly what I would say to my kids!

Thanks all for your input....I am trying to up the protein with nuts, eggs, etc (and beans - you don't see in the diary because most are in my "recipes"). trust me, it's MUCH better than before MFP but I know I have more work to do. I have homous almost every day - but happy to eat more of that. Yum. As to cycles - could…

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Ain't that the truth!

I'm very pleased you took my comment well. I was hesitant because I thought it might put you on the defensive - so yay you!

This thread has been better than daytime TV - thanks all! Just wondering does anyone think that the best thing the OP could do is step away from the spreadsheets and HRMs (not one, but two!), stop obsessing about food and weight (esp when in a healthy range anyway), and just chill out?

Well, the only solution is to move across the ditch then :)

I find if I eat a decent, filling breakfast, I don't get hungry again for a while. One of my current fave's is a whole meal English muffin grilled with homous, tomato, avocado and cheese. Yum! Nuts can be expensive, agreed, but I buy a value pack at the local supermarket (about a kilo for $8 Australian) and when you only…

You say you eat lots of fruit and veg - but your diary does not suggest that. Add eggs, almonds, tofu,legumes. (assuming eggs are OK - you say you are close to vegan, but i see you eat cheese) Cut down processed cereals, ready-made spring rolls, potato.

Hi, unless you ate 7000 excess calories in that time, the extra weight IS NOT fat, likely water weight. Don't panic. And what others have said - it's harder the less you have to lose, I'm on my last 10 pounds and it's TOUGH!

"I've tried nothing, and I'm out of ideas"

Feel free - I have no secrets :) My husband is vegetarian though, and I don't east red meat, so I won't be much help in that arena!

Adelaide here - actually deep southern suburbs., Closer to Victor Harbor than the city. Originally from Canberra.

Those thick cut cafe style fruit breads - 253 cals/slice. I eat almonds every day. But only 10 :)

The number of posts in the other thread was daunting! So I will join you here. Me: 44 years old, trying to get back to the weight I was in my mid 30s, before pregnancy and aging got the better of me. 5'9", at my heaviest I was about 85 kilos (187 pounds) now 72 kilos (157 pounds). Have lost the past five kilos on MFP My…

Thanks for your response. I might wear it again on a day I'm not chasing the preschooler and see what that shows. I suspect fewer, but still likely to be high-ish. It's not like I sit on my bum all day anyway! Although there is a lot of that with my work :) But, no wonder I felt hungry all day today!

I eat dinner between 7.30-8pm every night and am in bed around 10pm. Never hurt me!

Another South Australian here....feel free to add me

Honestly? You never know how pregnancy is going to affect you. With my first, I was so sick in the first trimester that between countless food aversions and vomiting up prety much everything, I lost nearly 20 pounds! I was already within healthy BMI and that actually put me under weight. I was worried for the baby, but my…

I occasionally have them if I am out and about during the day visiting clients and know I want get time for a proper lunch. They stop me buying something to eat in a hurry, that I will regret later.

Not a problem, friend request accepted. What I don't get with these people who just eat one or two meals a day, wouldn't their blood sugar spike then drop really, really low between meals. If my blood sugar drops, I'm the ***** from hell!

I made this the other day - yum. It is now my new fav quinoa recipe http://www.cleaneatingmag.com/Recipes/Recipe/Southwest-Quinoa-Salad.aspx