dgobbett Member

There are studies where a man ate nothing but hostess snacks and Doritos for 10 weeks while maintaining a calorie deficit and managed to steadily lose weight. http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/08/twinkie.diet.professor/ Sure if he had 1800 calories of healthy nutritious food everyday rather than snack cakes I am sure it…

Hopefully my diary is accessible now and someone can shed light on why I am still gaining weight.

The calorie count was set by MFP for a 2lb per week loss. 2lb per week was chosen for me by a Doctor I was referred to who specializes in weight loss and said due to me being Obese my body could handle it. I don't see him anymore since the appointment schedule required of me interfered with my work so I couldn't keep it up.

I wasn't sure how to make it visible, I set it to public. I don't weigh my food everytime I do not have a scale, and I do not prepare every meal I eat. When I started back I weighed my food for the first week to get an understanding of portions but then returned the scale to my friend. Measurements have only happened twice…

any other thoughts ?

How long have you been at it ?

I felt the same way when I lost weight, because the change is so gradual and you likely look at yourself in the mirror everyday it is not as noticeable to you. Even pictures to me didn't do it..my friends and family would plead up and down they notice it but I never did. What made it clear to me was clothes a pair of jeans…

As a rule I do not eat back my exercise calories, if I am feeling hungry I may eat back 5-10%, once a week maybe. I use runkeeper and MFP to track when I do track exercises. I know they estimate high, and I tend to mentally subtract 10-20% off of the final count for exercise.

When I am hungry and need a night time snack I generally go for a low calorie snack, like a low calorie pudding or carrots w/ Hummus. That is not for everyone, if bread / toast is your vice then move to crackers something low carb, high fibre. With peanut butter (if that is your thing)

Yes, that is the truth of it. I have lost a fair bit of weight and still have no change in CPAP pressure. I just went though a new sleep study to see how my weight loss affected my sleep apnea and it doesn't appear to have made any change. I still have a ways to go but I know my father who also has it, lots a lot of weight…

Thanks for the advice, I have really broad shoulders and have trouble doing any pushups (even the 'girl ones', I am sad to say) I do like the idea of filling gallon jugs with sand for lifting as a thrifty alternative until I can afford a gym membership. I do live in an apartment so space is limited and since I am up here…

I was a lean athletic kid and ended up getting really sick (whooping cough) when I was about twelve. I lose a huge amount of weight and at my worst was about 88lbs very sickly not even strong enough to get off the couch most days. The Doctor filled me up with steroids to keep my lungs strong, I got better after almost 8…

Nightly eating is a vice of mine, I haven't stopped but started making more intelligent choices and I am still losing weight. What helps me is that I eat dinner a bit later now, around 7-8pm, I exercise about an hour a night and have a snack right before bed at 12-1am its never anything big, a protein bar..some peanut…

Its a journey, I started in April after letting myself slip back into old habits at Christmas. Since April I am down 60 with another 130lbs to go so I will be at this for a long time.

I made a deal with myself when I started losing weight when I hit milestones (personally set) I would buy myself something I have really wanted. a big milestone which would be over 100lbs lost would be a trip or a motorcycle something I have always wanted but been to big to do. It definitely helps me push and push.