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I recently took a week off from logging. I didn't "cheat" but I didn't measure or record anything. It didn't affect my weight loss in any way. It was a refreshing break.

I can be my own worst enemy when it comes to eating, too. As sit here, it's the middle of the night and I can't sleep. This is a likely sabotage binge scenario for me. But I know if I keep throwing these little bombs into my diet, I'll be disappointed and frustrated with myself yet again. I have the power to control myself…

I weigh myself every few days but not on any fixed schedule. I know that weight fluctuates day to day based on retention of fluid and on frequently of bowl movements and probably other things as well. So, for example, if I eat a salty restaurant meal one night, I won't weigh myself the next morning. These fluctuations…

My thoughts exactly! Why fear something that *might* happen especially when the consequences of it are so easily solved?

I struggled with this for a long time. The only difference between my gaining weight eating and my losing weight eating was less candy and cookies. And yet I stopped going every day to only going once a week. What sometimes gave me relief was a big steak dinner at a restaurant. This gives credence to the added fat idea.…

I have gone from weekly weighing to daily with a trending app to what I do now, which is weigh at irregular intervals and not using a trending app. Each of these methods have their pros and cons and which one is right for you depends on the way you think about the weight loss process. When I weighed weekly, I experienced…

I also can"t keep some foods in my house and I don't usually. But because I cook mostly "from scratch" I have a lot of ingredients that can be repurposed for snack making if I want to go to that much trouble. I have been known to actually go to that much trouble and to make a trip to the store just to get something snacky.…

I hear you and I don't disagree, but I don't think he's likely to learn anything about how to eat right whatever I do or don't do. We're both in our mid sixties, maybe set in our ways, and he has no interest in cooking. Before we married he lived on frozen entrees and instant coffee and does this still when I'm away. I…

Thanks for this! One of my many failings as a cook is that I can't seem to tell when something is done. For that reason, I never attempt to make expensive things like steak or fish. But my husband likes it. I should stop being such a coward though. What's the worst that can happen? Waste a little food is all. He's not a…

Since going on a budget, my calories have become precious and need to be as delicious as possible. So, full fat everything, full sugar everything. I also strongly prefer fattier cuts of meat and poultry. Good thing I'm not a volume eater.

Hey! That's a great idea. Like buffalo wings. Thanks!

What is cookie butter? I have poor control around sweet things so maybe I'm better off not knowing. But curious. I tried to go to Traders one time, but couldn't find a parking space and left. So pissed off I never went back. (I get angry way out of proportion over parking and waiting in lines.)

I completely get what you are saying. Incredibly I only recently learned that binge eating disorder is a real thing, and that my behaviors check most of the boxes. I know how to lose weight simply and easily because I've done it many times, but then I binge and undo all my progress. I feel like all I can do is white…

I am trying to avoid snacking by following the eating patterns I remember from childhood. We were well fed but never fat. In my old age, I appreciate how wise my mother was back in the day. I don't remember if we were forbidden to root around in the fridge or pantry for snacks, but it seems it just wasn't done. We…

I don't try to curb hunger. I just tolerate it. I know I'm getting enough to eat over all so malnutrition or starvation is not an issue, thank God. If I feel hungry it's only because my stomach has emptied out from the previous meal. This is a natural state.

Calories are precious. Make sure they are all delicious. In practice, for me, this means having full fat milk or none at all rather than horrible skim milk. Using sugar in my tea rather than detested artificial sweeteners.

Two things. 1) Self control / will power is overrated. Is it will power that makes you brush your teeth every day? No, it's habit (and it's gross not to brush, of course). If you establish an eating routine, then going off your plan is like not brushing your teeth. This works for me anyway, because I don't require a lot of…

I once thought that, based on my work performance, I responded well to deadlines. Maybe I did at work but not for athletic or weight loss performance. I thought if I entered a triathlon and then trained for it, it would focus my mind and keep me on my schedule. I ended up sick and injured because I dared not miss a…

Swimming! I broke my pelvis and one tibia in a motorcycle crash. I had to remain in bed or a wheelchair for months...no standing or walking whatsoever. With the doctor's approval I went to the swimming pool with the help of a friend. She wheeled me up to the side of the pool and dumped me in. It felt glorious. I could swim…

Lifelong neglect. I gained about 90 pounds over 40 years. Not a perfectly straight line but close. If I'm calculating right, that's only about 2.25 pounds a year.

It was a very thick stew consistency. Almost fork edible. I did weigh the finished product and I did a quick scan of the other ingredients when I rechecked the bourbon calories. I don't know. I very well may have made a mistake. In addition to the bourbon and brown sugar, there was honey and apple juice. Like I said…

I ordinarily weigh daily, but lately I've been skipping the weigh in because it's so cold in my garage where I keep my scale. It's one of the huge, old-school doctor scales, and too big and ugly for the bathroom.

For flavor. Definitely not for nutrition.

It's only 120 calories. You're right. I guess the finished dish is very dense, or something. I put one ladle full in a bowl to have for lunch today and it looked like less than one cup, but weighed 218 grams for over 400 calories. I was surprised. The brown sugar in it actually did far more damage than the bourbon. If I…

I checked out the Smart BMI Calculator. It gives a healthy BMI range for various age, gender and ethnicity people. Supposedly they base their ranges on the health risks associated with under or over weight. I'm not vouching for their methods necessarily, but it did give me a more forgiving and maintainable range. Also, in…

In my experience holiday weight comes off very quickly because it's mostly fluid retention. The difficult part for me is the break in routine. It's much harder for me to get back to my usual eating pattern after an enjoyable blowout. There are certain recipes my family only trot out at Christmastime. Totally worth the…

I've been reading these replies with great interest because I have a family member who is also miserable when she attempts to lose weight. She is a hard worker and is very successful at a high stress job. Despite her long hours she gives all of herself to her family and home. I admire her great discipline and capacity for…

Ditto this! Hunger signals do not indicate that one is starving. Unless you know that a dangerous blood sugar crash is imminent, you do not have to react to a growling stomach right away every time After an over indulgent Thanksgiving weekend, the feeling of an empty belly actually is a relief. For a little while.

A good long while ago I spent several months in a wheelchair recovering from a crash. I had previously been running quite a bit (usually in the street) but during my recovery I tried to keep my conditioning up somehow. I took wheelchair "strolls" on the sidewalks and found them completely impassable where the many giant…

I know first hand what this is like and I never saw it coming. I was literally sick with grief. I couldn't keep food down and lost weight at a dangerous rate. I didn't know that one could actually die from a broken heart. My family had to intervene. OP, in my opinion this is not a time to demand discipline of yourself, but…