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I crave more carbs, and I eat more carbs but I don't consider it cheat. I just plan meals as pasta or oats & with fruit on days like that so I feel satisfied

I fell asleep halfway! I did't find it depressing as I didn't think it's indication on what my chances are. Dr Yoni Freedhoff said something along the lines that obesity (or in my case just being prone to weight gain) is like chronic condition. You don't just get better and move on, you actively manage it Calories in vs…

some people are able to stop completely, others do it on and off, and there is a group that does better with keeping the tracking. You will only know what group do you fall in after you try

Same. I walk little less but the way I eat is pretty much the same most of the time. I eat out a lot and it was important for me to learn not to view eating out as opportunity to eat badly. I work only with males and in have two males home. I crave female company! I meet friends in work for lunch few times a week. We go…

I imagine only people that actually reach their goal

i find rest days as important, as exercise

There is so much anti counting talk, often from people that took dieting and counting to the extreme and projecting their own negative experience with it. The reality is many long term maintainers either count, or keep close eye on the scale ready to count if needed.

why do you hate tracking so much? My only suggestion is if you want to stop tracking is to keep an eye on your weight and give yourself a range you are happy with. If you go over, try to cut treats or portions, if it doesn't work go back to tracking I find tracking takes me very little time (like 10 minutes a day!) and…

Exactly same experience, end up returning garmin due to this issue.

Define what is eating normally? 60 to 70 % of grown adults are obese or overweight in most countries. If you view what others eat as normal, you will weight what they weight too.

Name: Nia Week of... 2nd January: 61 kg. 19th January: 61 kg 23rd January: 30th January: Still at happy level! Although I revised my happy range as I have been hitting the gym really hard lately and I feel this is very comfortable weight for me

I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear. - Martin Luther King, Jr. you posted in maintenance. Did you hit your goal weight and you find still need to work on self acceptance? It's pretty common, and you need to work on it. As we all do. There is a lot of looking for improvement areas and…

@JoeMacCready defo leg day! It's little better now thought, I hope the worse is over.

I love the answer intuitive eating have to everything. If you can't manage to be slim by intuitive eating, you just aren't slim! some people get so judgmental to calorie counting but many long term maintainers do either count, or did count and have great calorie awareness. when I regained weight I stopped counting for year…

By the way, I still eat when I am hungry, I still eat mostly whole food, I still don't stuff myself even if the calories are there to be spend, counting calories doesn't exclude healthy eating. At all

Sometimes I want to eat without being hungry and calorie counting works great for moments like this Takes me less than 10 minutes a day It's little bit like a money budgeting. Some people don't need to count at all and their income is very high, expenditure much lower. Some do great with general awareness. Others like to…

no issues, good luck. I didn't worry about grams of anything to be honest but aimed for mostly whole food. And I have slice or two of pizza once or twice weekly. so it's not like you can't have it!

yes you will. But the chances are if you are only eating lets say 1500 calories of pizza and coke you will be much hungrier and unlikely to keep at your calorie goal, compared to if you have 1500 of chicken, broccoli, apples, oats etc.

oh man!!! THIS IS AWESOME! I love WDW and you look SMASHING well done

I am walking about 15000 steps daily, I may need to reduce this little when increasing time spend in the gym. I think I will try 12000 for next week I will shoot for 200 calories deficit daily for one week, and I will try to cut some of the treat calories as glass of wine or dried fruit & crackers & cheese and focus on…

I was thinking little bit about what's the main goal question and all comments Honestly, I am 38 and my absolute main goal is sustainability and lifestyle I enjoy that keeps me happy and healthy. I am not after flat abs, bikini photo shoot or anything that requires me to focus on how quick I get results. I want to find a…

smooth

what a beautiful smile!

is there any specific post workout meals/drinks that you find helpful with hunger. i don't take protein powders but I do high protein yogurt smoothies myself I feel ok today, it lasted about 2 days. Back to the gym tonight I will see if it happens again Sunday/Monday

you have few options Try to look into what are you eating, and see if you can change things so you stay within your calories but feel satisfied Try to increase activity and see if it feels sustainable Come up with calorie number you are happy with, and see what weight this supports. I had a goal weight of 57, but found at…

I have been training for awhile, but wasn't getting anywhere with my upper body when doing full body weight programs. I felt I am hitting the squats and other lower body weight more and my upper body exercise didn't get as much energy. Feeling great with the change, enjoying the split workouts at the minute a lot more. I…

I am using fitbit so according to them, I don't need that much more. I walk little bit less. I eat my calories most days, like +-150 but it evens out. I slept 8.5 hours last night. My normal sleep is 7 hours so I just may need to take extra day off. I am doing this program since 19th of December but had a lot of time off…

That freaks me out little

About 2000 + most days. I lost weight eating that so I eat little more some days.

muscle building without gaining weight. Particularly upper body