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Beer is better than mixed or wine in my opinion. Heavier, more filling, easier to nurse. Stick with the 1 beer 1 water rule, keeps you better hydrated, less likely to get a hang over, and slows the cals down even more. I don't know all the cals off-hand but I did look it up a few years back and Heineken was my choice for…

I'll echo all the others; CICO. As long as eat within your calories and try to keep reasonably close to your macros, you'll lose the weight! Good luck

Well, I'm a firm believer in CICO, with that said there has to be something causing that. What is your total weight loss goal? Are you weighing your foods for accuracy? When you lose those few pounds how long are you sitting at that weight before you feel like you're not seeing any more results or the weight creeping back?…

Welcome (back)! It's just off the top of my head but if you are trying to keep balance and lose weight to deter diabetes you should consider following the diabetic food guide on top of counting calories. I'm no doctor of course, but my dad shed 40 lbs and stuck to the Canadian diabetic food guide (which is all geared…

Welcome back to the wagon, Jade! ;) I too, have flip flopped with struggling to lose weight for years in the past and for every ten I would shake off I'd end up gaining twenty. Last July I hit a whopping 303 lbs :o Like you, it became my health, looking better was secondary to feeling better and I really dug my heels in.…

I'll echo the losing-the-odd-battle-happens-just-keep-going-and-win-the-war sentiment. Shifting my attitude about weight loss being all or nothing and one bad choice does not equal a free pas to binge has probably been the biggest thing. MFP itself is a very close second.

Curvy tends to be reserved for those with a more pronounced hourglass figure. Your build is typically referred to as "athletic", which is a great category to be in, and a highly coveted build onto itself. Olive Oil is a "stick", you're not a stick. But that being said, you're young enough to know that you don't have to be…

I wouldn't have gotten anywhere close to where I am now without it in my opinion. I've lost 105 lbs in total in the last year; the last 92 of those have been with the aid of mfp. I think I exhausted my body a few months back, so I sat in maintenance for most of Feb and April, again, Im pretty sure I would have gained had I…

1490 sounds much more reasonable, that should work out a lot better. Yeah, it'll take a bit longer at a .5 lb deficit but no point in racing; you push hard at 1200 calories and your body is going to be more likely to rebel as soon as you try to hold at maintenance. If you have to lose the same 5 - 15 lbs two or three times…

Concise and to the point, I like it!

Shedding the big clothes and getting threads that fit your new size is a great motivator, so I say go! Go right now! ;) It was more likely than not just a poorly thought out comment; you're well within your right to find it a little under-cutting but unless there's been many other back-handed comments, it likely wasn't…

Ooh Lynzdee, ouch. I wouldn't be able to come up with anything polite for that either. Lots of comebacks, none remotely close to polite. :o

I don't bring it up, ever. But I could just deny it; that would shut it down! Hahaha :D

THIS. You're so right! This is what happens, where I almost feel forced to defend myself and it launches into that. Sage advice, I will take it <3 ;)

You get ten extra points of awesome for quoting George! :smiley:

'Being paleo has killed my will to live, so I'm to sad to snack' Bwahahaha! This was such a funny read! Thanks for the laugh :)

Spaghetti squash is my savior. I'm a pasta fiend but the calories are insane, spag squash lets you serve it like typical pasta (if you bake it, then give it a quick fry it will dry it out a bit more than just baking does) or makes an excellent casserole, heeellllooooo broccoli and cheese casserole (my answer to Mac and…

Mmmm! Looks tasty! Side note, silken makes AWESOME faux scrambled eggs, mix in a little nutritional yeast, bit of mustard, dash of hot sauce/paprika/Cayenne, some salt and pepper and I like to add some spinach and/or mushrooms and, voila! Even my fussy 12 year old wolfs it down. Just in case you are looking for a new thing…

It hurts, its going to hurt and outside of avoiding debates there's not a lot you can do to change it. Saucy comebacks are my go to, never let them see you sweat, right? Following that reasoning, never and I mean EVER respond with you have lost weight; shows you care. Let's see... Hmmm. Next time, if there is a next time…

... And not sure who I offended with my first choice of words to describe my 'person' who birthed me but I honestly apologize. I carry a lot of residual animosity towards my mother and am quick to get carried away in my emotional hurricane on all things related to her. No excuse for random potty mouth, but it is what it is…

That's the way to do it :wink:

CICO. The real secret the diet industry doesn't want you to know about. If there was any supplement/shake/pill/mix that actually worked it would be the most profitable discovery in modern science considering the billions people are already willing to spend on the shifty, snake oils currently available. It would not be…

I dealt with the narcissistic person I had the misfortune of being birthed too by never speaking to her again. You're not there yet, maybe you never will be but just remember those who need to tear others down to build themselves up will never stop. In a perfect world, parents would be exempt from that type of personality…

Yeah. It's why I'm anti-cheat day because it never bodes well for me. Write yourself a letter, that's what I've done. I tell myself how crappy I feel, how my expectations vs the reality of eating whatever it was is vastly different, etc. I put it away and future me gets advice when she needs it. But like everyone else has…

It can be tough breaking through the mindset of 'if I don't feel hungry/deprived then I'm not going to lose weight', but you will! Give yourself a little time to acclimate, the 5 billion plus dollar a year diet industry was built on the idea that we can't do it without going to extreme measures, but as you start to see…

I'll add one more "weight loss isn't linear" because it can't be said enough. I've lost 88 lbs since July; some weeks the scale didn't move, other weeks I'd whoosh 4 or 5 lbs across a few days but it has never done the static 2 lbs each and every week. You're good :)

Are you weighing all your food? Measuring isn't very accurate so if you are not weighing that could be the problem.

Right here. A rallying team is a great asset to have, but unless you are leading the fight to change yourself, it holds little value.

I've tried in the past and its never worked out for me in the long run. I keep a pretty rigid opinion now that banking/cheat days just sabotage, because it reinforces that food is in more than one category. But that's me; some people sing the praises of how well it works to keep them on track, so I say do it for a few…

First off, congrats on your progress so far! I can't see your diary so I'm just going to throw everything I can think of based on my own experience and you can take whatever you like from it :) Last June I tipped the scales just under 300lbs, I came back to MFP (I had joined before but fell of of it) after losing 10 lbs…