janalo55 Member

Thanks everyone. I’m excited to keep going!

No. I just eat less and watch calories. I tried low carb. Most distressing half day of my life. JK but it really isn’t for me.

I’ve lost 104. Had 4 thin mints yesterday. But I counted them, along with everything else. All of my food is limited, compared to the old me. But I haven’t cut OUT anything.

So you mean my 4 oz Activia Yogurt might actually be more than 4 oz? Hmmm... I'm going to weigh one! Wow. They were ALL 4.05 to 4.1. Not that that's a big amount, but it is kind of surprising. And I'm betting things like frozen hamburger patties might be even more off. Thanks!

Thank you everyone for your congratulations. I'm excited and encouraged to have reached this point and still feel dedicated. And I am terrified of gaining it back. Every time I gain back, I add a few. I could easily go to 350 if I gain back. Not a choice I plan to make!

Something else just occurred to me, in regards to the clothes I wore at 200 before not fitting me now... when I first started this journey, I lost 53 pounds. That took me to Christmas of my first year. My brother took pictures of us all at Christmas. I compared those pictures to my starting photo and was really upset...…

I figured maintenance calories and it said 2600. Seriously? I would be terrified to eat that much. Is that what I need to do to take a diet break and reset? Should the increase be mostly protein or something?

Years ago, I did a low fat diet and I weighed every day. I swear there were days I had a 7 pound fluctuation! I started out on this only weighing once a week. Since I've reached this slow point, though, I have found it hard to stay off the scale, just looking for that one little bit of loss. LOL! So I've seen the…

BTW, have you been eating 1335 all the time? if so, then your loss will slow down as your maintenance calorie level gets lower as you lose weight, which means your deficit is smaller, hence you lose weight slower.[/quote] No, I have eaten what MFP said to do to lose 2 pounds a week, until that amount went down to 1200…

When I can, yes. I use my scale a lot. When we eat out, I estimate. When something is portioned in the package, I don't weigh. But otherwise, I weigh.

In September of 2007, I was at 172 pounds. By my wedding in December of 2009, I was about 250. I then got up all the way to 303 (that's an estimate because my scale errored out at 300 so I guessed by how soon I could weigh). I had a hysterectomy in 2007 and it took me until April of 2017 to find a doctor who could help me…

I guess it does figure out to about a quarter pound a week. It's just that I lose, and then spend 3 or 4 weeks fluctuating up, before I finally get back to that low point and then down just a little and fluctuate up 3 to 4 pounds again for the next 3 or 4 weeks... I don't record those fluctuations because I haven't…

Oh. I am at 198.6 pounds with a goal of 160 or so. We'll see when I get there. The clothes that fit me at 200 before do not fit now so I'm not sure if I will need to go lower to reach my desired weight. It's been so long since I was there, I have no reference point.

I hate waste, as well. But if I eat what I don’t need, it is still waste. In fact, it’s waste and waist. If you find a way of getting the excess where it needs to be, that would be awesome.

My doctor put me on Bupropion and Naltrexone separately to save money. She wanted the Naltrexone compounded so I had to wait for it, but told me to go ahead and start on the Bupropion. It worked for me immediately, before I even got the Naltrexone! In fact, compounded, the price of the Naltrexone really didn't make it…

Darn. I was hoping there was at least a place for notes. Thanks.

I have not cut out ANY food, just cut back on quantity. I tried it other ways and feel like this way is the only one that will work for me. I am not depriving myself of anything. That said, too much of the cake and cookies, etc., makes it hard to feel satisfied because they use up so many calories. I usually eat more…

305 wasn't fun. 216 is still not fun enough, but much better!

I know this is an old post, but I have lost 87# to date. I still have about 50 to go. I am 63. I had a hysterectomy at 52 and was miserable and gained a ton of weight (OK, 140# is not a ton, but close enough!) with totally messed up hormones. I FINALLY found a doctor who helped. I am on bioidentical hormones (mostly…

I wonder if those of you who say it made very little difference are in the mid-range age that BMI targets. At 63, there is a substantial difference in what it says I should weigh. Yes, I understand it is just a guideline and requires common sense to interpret. I have just always found it odd that BMI charts don't take sex…

I'm sorry. I lost at a really low calorie intake when I was 19 years old. I lost 16#, but got down to 600 calories a day, trying to lose more. When I gave up, I gained 40# in 4 months. I would recommend being very careful as you do as some of the others have suggested, slowly up your calorie intake to a more reasonable…

I go to water aerobics class. I don't want to eat beforehand, and the class is done at 10:00. I am retired and usually don't get up earlier than I have to! So I don't eat until 10:30 or 11 and it seems fine for me. Now, if I am really hungry when I wake up, I will have a yogurt beforehand, but usually don't. Sometimes I…

This time, 319 days, 78.4# lost. Next goal is to lose 90 by a year, but I will be OK with how I've done if it's a little longer than a year. Final goal is an additional 67# or so.

MFP has set my calorie goal at 1200 a day. My doctor has requested that I aim for 100 gm of protein a day. In order to do that, I had to increase the percentage of protein in my diet, which in turn means decreasing somewhere else. I decreased in both carbs and fats. If I aim for those macros and be sure to include fruits…

Check to be sure the items you selected are correct. For instance, if you selected unsalted butter instead of salted butter, the sodium will be incorrect. And sometimes things are just entered wrong. Sodium is something I have to watch, and I have seen things say something has 1,000 mg when it should be 100. Just an…

I have gone over my daily calorie goal several times, but when I complete the diary, it still tells me I would lose if I ate like that every day. That tells me that, even though I missed my goal, I was not eating so much that I would gain if I ate like that all the time (and I know that's all theoretic). That sort of gives…

I would advise you to adjust this. I have done it before... when I was on WW, I ate a lot of 0 or 1 point foods so that I could continue to feel "full". Problem is, when I started slipping back into eating what I really wanted, I had not adjusted portions and learned portion control. So I was still eating a lot, but they…

Thank you. I changed my weekly goal to 1.5 some time ago because I was having difficulty staying within the calories at 2#. I measure and weigh (mostly weigh) my food and try to use logic when choosing from the data base. When I cook, I enter my recipe a and calculate values. I do eyeball when dividing into the serving…

I use an ointment instead of powder. It protects the skin from moisture. All powders ever do for me is clump when the moisture hits them. If the place feels sore or maybe infected, I may use a triple antibiotic ointment, which takes care of it every time, but to keep on top of it, just some vaseline works. I had someone…