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Agree with this. Do you actually say this to yourself in your head while you shop? "I really want to lose weight and I'm going to do it this time so I'm going to buy this giant package of cookies!" Probably not because that would be silly, right? But that's what you're doing! Don't you want to succeed badly enough to say…

Some self talk. I remember why I am doing this. I look back on the months of success I've had. All I have to do is say no. It's consistently making the right choices that creates success. I try on the clothes that are too big for me now.

I rarely do this, but it takes only a couple of days to get the water weight and extra food volume out of my system. But I do this to excess when I travel and it gets really out of hand. It sometimes takes a month to get my weight and habits back on track. Waste of time as far as progress toward my goals, but still worth…

They are safe and very helpful to most people. I find them to be terrible tasting so I made the decision to have real sugar but adjust my calories elsewhere because it's worth it to me.

Never mind. Already asked.

Back when I was packing on the pounds, I never allowed myself to feel hunger. It was as if I feared it. But really, with a typical pattern of 3 meals a day, a growling stomach should be expected. It only takes about two hours for the stomach to empty. After that it just stays empty for a few hours until the next meal.…

I just got my first ever comment at work! Thankfully it was positive but it was also very public, so I was uncomfortable. She just asked, blurted out, really, "What are you doing?". I was startled and I didn't even know what she was talking about so I replied, "I'm filing these papers." She said, "No, I mean what are you…

You are not powerless on the weekends. You are fully capable of making the choice of whether to have a "free for all" or not. Log your weekend eating and drinking and see how much damage you are really doing to your plans. You can then make an informed decision about what changes you need to make. I have been able, lately,…

Cheating is taking some unearned or undeserved benefit by unethical means, right? No part of this definition seems to apply to eating.

Yes, consistency is key, but it's also good to evaluate your plan to be sure it is sustainable for you long term. Many people, it seems, find that range of 1200 to 1400 calories very difficult to stick to and they quickly become miserable and then some of them quit. Don't do that. If you find it dreadful, there are several…

I was a pear as a young woman, but in my 60's I am an apple. As I lose weight the noticable loss is in my hips. Now I can't find clothes that fit right. The pants that fit my hips are so tight in the waist that I get a muffin top which makes my tops look terrible. When my pants fit the waist, they are all baggy in the hips…

I used to weigh weekly, but have changed to daily because of an incident. After a particularly good week, I got on the scale with high hopes. I was terribly disappointed to see weight gain after all that hard work. It really threw me off my game. It turned out that my weight varies greatly from day to day and that…

I think the truly well meaning may be reacting to the changes they see in our faces when we lose a considerable amount of weight. The cheek bones, jawline, even the eyes. The changes can be even more pronounced on an older person.

Yes, I think you and I have the same super power...The ability to visualize the worst possible outcome of any endeavor. All those things you fear have something in common. They are all things that might happen in the future. You are not there yet, there is nothing that can be done about them now and they probably won't…

I see the same thing. I think some people find the task of paying attention to and logging their food intake is really a lot of effort. If they are going to so much trouble surely it's enough to see results, right? If their measuring and logging isn't completely accurate it couldn't be enough to spoil their weight loss,…

Ditto! I had the trifecta of temporary weight gain this week. Muscle soreness, constipation and Mexican food Friday night. From Thursday morning through Saturday morning I saw steady weight gain, but it didn't alarm me because I knew I was within my calorie goal for the week. Today, Sunday morning, all that fluid retention…

There must have been something that made you get on MFP in the first place. I know what you mean though. Some days it just feels like more trouble than the slow progress is worth, but just think how you will feel when you get there. It won't happen unless you keep at it. Ideally, eating right should just be part of the…

Is the only alternative to eating clean eating junk food? Nothing against junk, but I prepare home cooked meals without eating "clean". I use things like canned tomatoes and beans and some convenience ingredients but I'm pretty sure it's not junk.

Me too Although I was happy for him and his success, in my greedy little heart I was jealous.

Years ago my husband chose low(er) carb because it was easier for him. He wasn't ever going to weigh, measure and log his intake. He created a calorie deficit just by cutting out some of his carbs. It wasn't magic though. The deficit was all that mattered. He was lucky that just cutting bagels and bread created enough of a…

Up until very recently I have been motivated by how my excess weight is starting to disable me. It's become difficult or painful to get up from the floor​ or put socks on or walk any distance. But something else happened two weeks ago. My husband doesn't cook. He eats what I make and I serve meats and vegetables which I…

I'm a serial starter too. I know that point in the day when I would feel like this was a bad day to start because (fill in the blank) so I'll just eat what I really want right now and start over tomorrow or next week or next month. For me it was high stress and depression and insomnia that were making it hard for me to…

Losing weight and regaining it (more than once) made me realize that obesity is like a chronic medical condition (such as my asthma) that I have to manage for the rest of my life. Even though I'm breathing well again, I know that I have to continue to take my medicine or the problems will return. I can treat my obesity by…

I was caught using the postage scale to weigh an apple one time. I'll never live it down.

I wonder about this too. I have often read on here that slower weight loss is more sustainable than faster (and I do not mean VLCD fast) and is more likely to be maintained. Is it really? Might this just be one of those truisms that sounds so plausible that it isn't questioned? If 90% (or something) of weight losers gain…

Other than go to sleep, maybe find an activity that keeps your hands busy, like knitting.

I have a similar problem. The thing that makes the biggest difference for me is going to bed earlier. When my insomnia kicks in, I'm up late into the night and at that hour I am most desiring of a sweet snack and least caring about my goals and no one is around to observe me blowing it. I'm taking melatonin to help me get…

I started out not weighing food and I lost weight just fine. Even faster than predicted. It took a lot of convincing from this community before I tried it. It turned out that my estimates of what I was eating were too high. I was able to eat more and still lose weight at a satisfactory rate when I began to weigh my food.…

I eat all the same foods as I have always eaten, but just appropriate portions. I'm not a stickler for perfect nutrition. I stay within my calorie budget on average over the week. I loathe lifting weights, so I do some cardio but not real consistently, mostly bicycling. I use a fitbit to adjust my calorie budget for…

My husband and I are not a mixed weight couple. In fact we wear the same size clothes. (Don't ask how I know this.) But I just wanted to say that I no longer can tell if he is handsome or attractive in the objective sense because when I look at him I just see the one I love, so his looks appeal to me no matter what. Trust…