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Consider: The person who responded who eats 800 calories is paraplegic (cannot move their legs at all) -- AND, 800 calories is low enough for a person who *cannot move their legs at all* to lose a pound a week. Someone who exercises and does not eat their calories back is going to need a LOT more than 800 or 900 calories a…

Coffee and orange juice. Also grapes and raisins.

Yes, eat chocolate, within your calorie limit. I buy dark chocolate and savor a couple squares as dessert. . . or, at Costco, I buy the two-pound bag of chocolate chips. One serving is 70 calories and if you nibble chip by chip it lasts a long time and you get a lot of chocolate bang for your buck.

I love to eat all that stuff. I just do cardio and strength training and then it goes toward the "building program". :)

Veggies, lots of them. They have few calories yet are usually nutrient-packed with fiber too. And some fat. Food with fat will make you feel satisfied and full. Nuts. Fish. Lean meats. Dairy. Eggs. And water. Drink lots of water. As coffee, as tea, as herbal tea, as plain old water. You will feel much more full than if you…

Your starbucks barista makes about $9/hr and deals with semi-cranky people's demands all day. Give the poor barista a break and drink the coffee. Tomorrow is another day. Sometimes in life our starbucks latte is slightly imperfect. These things happen and we steadfastly move forward through the day anyhow.

After I lost about that much weight I bagged up a bunch of the clothes that truly, clearly were too big, and I donated them to a charity drop-box in the neighborhood. Epilepsy Foundation, I think it was. But once they went in the big metal bin, I couldn't get 'em back, you know? That was helpful for me. No going back. And…

This makes sense to me. Our dog is a chocolate lab and she is great with every person she's ever met. She barks at the UPS delivery driver but wags her tail too. When I walk her around the lake she thinks every other dog and every other human being is her friend. The only caveat is that "working breeds" like labradors do…

Taco Bell. Not that I used to go often; but we stopped there to feed my partner's craving and when I looked at the actual (lack of) protein and various vitamins in their high-calorie food I was kind of appalled. So that one is way off my list.

Eat the ones you like and don't worry about the ones you don't like. I second the "roast 'em" suggestion. Some of those you mention can be sauteed a bit and then added to soups or to pasta dishes or whatever.

I say eat one every day for breakfast and work it into each day's calories. Chocolate cake for breakfast! And you'll be exercising, so it'll go toward fueling your workout.

I went to the local thrift store and bought a bunch of nice sweaters there. They work! :)

It depends on what you've set MFP to consider as your base level of activity. I told it I was sedentary and did no workouts -- so, I log everything -- walking the dog, working out, cleaning the house. If I told it I was "very active" it would already factor some of that activity into its system, I suppose.

I log my coffee because it has potassium! Very few calories, yes. But I like to keep track of the other good stuff in it.

So, to clarify, do you log your exercise on MFP? I didn't see any logged, but you're putting a pretty huge calorie deficit in place if you're eating a several-hundred calorie deficit, the MFP thingy already is building in a calorie deficit, and on top of that you are burning 400 or 500 MORE calories. I mean. . . you're…

I dunno. People tell me that if you're gonna do cardio AND build your butt, the bike is the way to go. Good luck!

This looks pretty good: http://www.divinacucina.com/fagioli.html

I buy, at our local discount club, some of that stuff in large and inexpensive quantities. Walnuts Pistachios Dried fruit (cherries, blueberries, raisins, et cetera) Almond butter Cream CHEESE Chocolate chips (easy to portion) Chicken (crock-pot it for easy cooking!) eggs

Sorry that it's frustrating at the moment! Plateaus do happen, though three months does seem long. Any change since you got so much interesting advice?

I eat some of everything. But my portion sizes *are* smaller than they used to be, even at celebratory events, now. I'm OK with it.

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Whenever in the day works, do it. Do something. Lift or do fifteen minutes of cardio, anything. If nothing else it is stress reducer and ramps up your immune system.

Add cucumber slices. Add mint leaves. Add a bit of lemon juice. Or go get some herbal tea and make tea. All of it can help give your water some flavor.

If you give your system something constructive to do with the calories (i.e., build muscle) then hunger is not such a bad thing. Hunger's not a bad thing in general, actually. Just be moderate in your response. Not EAT ALL THE THINGS but, you know, eat SOME things.

I'm not sure what you want from us. You already work out often. Are you asking how to know when to stop eating?

I do about an hour of cardio and about a half hour of strength-building stuff on an average day.

I love cheese and found it helpful to go to costco and get the finlandia cheese slices. You get a variety of kinds, they're already portioned out (i.e., sliced); and one slice is 80 calories, so pretty easy to fit that into a day's calories. My other thought about cheese is: Go for the good stuff, and go for the stuff that…

Spicy Walnut Raisin pie. It's in my mom's 1965 Betty Crocker cookbook, but also on the web: http://allrecipes.com/recipe/walnut-raisin-pie/ . . . and it's best with "hard sauce" (butter and sugar mixed with rum).

I do eat to get to goal. I also plan ahead, so if I know I'm going to a potluck or whatever I am figuring out what I will eat there, generally speaking. If it's one of those days where I get to near bedtime and I'm still 400 calories low -- I eat a couple servings of walnuts and some chocolate chips. Done! :)

One tablespoon of heavy cream makes a HUGE delicious difference.