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I'm definitely in the "eat all the things" camp. This is a feast day! My family brings out foods that are made once a year on this day only. I couldn't bear to not eat them. The only exercise I'm likely to get will be if any children in attendance want me to play with their presents with them.

I'm one of those that doesn't like water. It isn't just water, but drinking a lot if anything makes me feel queasy. Also, having to go to the bathroom often is disruptive. I have a cup of tea nearby and take tiny sips over time. Some days I may only have one cup, but I rarely feel thirsty. I've been warned that not taking…

I'm about your same and and struggling. I could use some encouragement too. Send a friend request if you'd like.

Desk job... Actually I flatter it by calling it a desk. It's a table top propped up on two short filing cabinets. There's no place to walk to indoors and way too hot and dangerous traffic outside (also no shower) so no real activity during the day. I have arranged things in my office to promote getting up frequently. Such…

I don't know how old your parents are, but the best nutrition advice for the elderly may be somewhat different than the common wisdom shared on MFP. Someone in their eighties may require less calories than is customarily recommended and their macros may need to be different. I'm trying to find a dietician that specializes…

I had to sing the Gilligan's Island theme song to blast it out of there, but now I'm stuck on that.

First...sarcastic thanks for getting that song stuck in my head. But seriously...I think you're looking at this big mountain and the long twisty trail ahead of you. It's intimidating and looks hopeless. Maybe, just a suggestion: Log every thing you normally eat now without trying to lose weight. Then figure out how much…

I've done this in the past...set a time goal for weight loss. It actually became a problem for me. It made feel like I had to be very rigid with my eating, which makes me miserable. It caused me to be disappointed if I was behind the charted goal, even though I was actually losing weight. It caused me to try to make up…

I don't think you can gain 5 pounds of fat in two days. It's probably fluid retention. This won't ruin all your hard work if you get right back on your program.

Two hour bike ride in the AM, then spent the whole rest of the day binge watching college football while pretending like no one was home.

All this advice is very inspiring to me. Thanks for posting this topic. I don't think I'm a true binge eater in the clinical eating disorder way, but I give in to cravings all too often and it completely derails my progress. Every. Time. I typically go for candy, but sometimes those peanut butter filled pretzel nuggets…

I recently got back from a cruise followed a week later by an out of town wedding. I actually didn't gain much during the cruise because a) it was an "adventure cruise" with kayaking and hiking most days and b) my husband (aka food police) was with me. The wedding involved feasting and drinking and I'm too self concious to…

I do the wine thing on the weekends too, but in my case, my husband is present at those times. He is a master of the withering look of disdain which he aims at me when I eat ridiculously in front of him. Actually, a shot or two or three of Jack Daniels late in the evening helps me get to sleep and actually sleep through…

Me too. I'm back to my starting weight...again. Here's something I read on one of these forums a while back: "If you always do what you always did, you'll always get what you always got." Or, the shorter version: "Nothing changes if nothing changes." I'm looking back on the past few years trying to identify what caused me…

I was seen at work weighing an apple using the postage scale. Embarrassed to this day. Edit: Needless to say, I did not go back and weigh the uneaten core.

Yes, this what I was thinking, too. I've been in this same dark pit, and trying to fake the positive self talk feels ridiculous. I ended up getting treatment for depression...counseling and medication. It was well worth it. In the meanwhile, I suggest OP sets herself up to succeed at one simple thing, just to prove to…

I get it. I have episodes of self sabotage where I eat an obscene amount of something off plan and set myself back. As if I don't already feel down on myself for gaining weight, I now compound the negative self talk because I'm disappointed with myself for failing yet again. Then the dispair leads me to eating even more…

I'm astonished at how common, based on these posts, it is for women to make a comment/complaint about herself out loud in front of a random group of people. It's just normal for someone to say "I'm fat" or "I'm stupid" or whatever oversharing type thought that comes to their mind? It actually happend to me one time that a…

I don't eat out solo anymore after a bad experience in my youth. At a diner, the hostess refused to seat a party of one at a table and insisted that I take a seat at the counter. The only available seat was between two "gentlemen" who were anything but. I've never done it since.

Here's what I'm hoping for: Cycling: Be able to ride in a more aero position (in the drops) and still be able to breathe. Sleeping: Be able to sleep belly down and still be able to breathe. Pedicure: Be able to reach my feet well enough to do my own toe nails and still be able to breathe.

Most days, I eat pretty much the same thing during the day, so I always have the same amount of calories left for dinner. Dinners may vary, but I have a rotation of maybe five meals I make and I already know how much I can eat of any of them to fill in those remaining calories. On bike riding days, I have a different…

It kinda depends on who is involved and what their relationship is. Years ago I got involved in one of these challenges at work, but it was a private thing among just three women who were friends. We each put in money every week, gain or lose, for the winner's prize. It was the heaviest one among us that lost the greatest…

I did meet my current (and final) husband at a younger age. We were highschool sweethearts 45 years ago and seemed destined to marry young, but I broke up with him to my parents' dismay and my friends astonishment after highschool. It was a good thing, too, because the people we became could not have been more…

Personally, based on how little difference it makes to my weight loss, I burn up very few calories with exercise, no matter how strenuous it is. If walking is convenient and you like it, there seems to me to be no reason to change it. However... Just today in my local newspaper there was an article about a number of people…

There you go. That's wisdom. You haven't "wasted" any part of your life by being other than what you think would have been your ideal self. You were learning and experiencing all sorts of things during those years. Now, you're learning how to lose weight, which is a highly valued skill, and you will be justifiably proud of…

I think you are a compassionate and generous woman for taking in family in need. I think you are showing compassion and understanding also toward your husband for acknowledging his family relationships and for acknowledging how your demeanor affects him. I hope you can consider these qualities that you possess to be worthy…

Wow, this topic hits me on a really bad day. My confidence is at an all time low. I know what to do and it's easy for me and yet I just don't consistently do it. I'm disappointed in myself.

I'm actually surprised at how many are able to drink that much water every day with no problem. I have come on previous threads on this topic looking for advice on how to get used to drinking more, and I've tried to do it, but it's such a chore and makes me feel so terrible that I end up back to drinking my usual 2-3 cups…

I never owned a kitchen scale until I was 60 yrs old and only because of MFP. I once weighed something when someone else could see me doing it and I was criticized for it. That person can *** my *** but that is the way people think.

In the US, recipes don't have weights, but rather measuring cups and spoons. We don't commonly have scales in our kitchens. The vast majority of people don't weight their food for the purpose of limiting portions, so it is often viewed as eccentric or disordered behavior.