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Oh no, I didn't take it as such :smiley: Glad to know I'm not the only one who dove in with all kinds of enthusiasm but not armed with a lot of knowledge to back it up! Lol

Good to note; it's never been presented to me as such but most Mediterranean nations eat mammal so... it makes sense. Lol I still think there's knowledge to be gleaned from my post however, as Western society is so reliant on meat as a staple that even scaling back as opposed to eliminating can still be pretty…

https://www.pinterest.com/erikalashaun/pescetarian-meals/ Some good general ideas there. The easiest rule of thumb is to base most of your meals around veggies (or fruit if breakfast); half your plate. Divide the other half with grains and/or seafood/meat replacements. You can get a lot of good meal ideas looking at…

If categorizing foods 'good' and 'bad' is something you need to do then you should totally do it. But I have no intention of defering blame to the food, that's a personal perspective. A gun lying idle doesnt kill anyone; a shot of whiskey doesn't drive a car that rams into a tree and there is no singular food that will…

You have way more faith in humanity than I do :D I watched a few episodes in the past, but I just couldn't get into it, its bogus and dramatic and unrealistic in my opinion.

Your body is a really shrewd accountant so yep, I log it all by weight. I also find it handy to look back on later, meal ideas and on the days I felt hungry again at night, things like that.

You're fine. More than 2lbs a week is hard on the body; when you are pushing and depriving and grinding at it with not a large amount of weight to lose. When I started (in July 2015) I was 290lbs, I'm now 208 lbs. If you divvy that up we're looking at an overall loss of 3.5 lbs roughly per week. Some weeks the scale hardly…

Good to see this! That's the attitude of success! Just keep pushing through one day at a time and you'll keep inching your way to being right where you want to be :)

Western culture really promotes & associates gluttony with the holidays; you are far from alone in this area. The best thing to do is dig your heels in and try to make whatever efforts you can. Maybe that means only eating at maintenance or maybe it's as simple as logging regardless of what you've consumed. Just do your…

I find quinoa and couscous are much better alternatives to rice. Much denser and more satisfying than rice. As for veganism, can't help you too much there, I'm a pescatarian so I have fish to fall back on when I burn out on tofu/beans. Though I really love chick peas, I put those suckers in everything I can! Good luck…

Been pesco for a couple years now, so I have it pretty down. My diary is open to friends so I'll send you an invite. Not sure your location but in Canada we have Bulk Barn, they have a great vegetation chicken broth powder that I love for all manner of seasoning, stews, gravy, etc. I build a decent amount of my meals,…

If you are consuming at a deficit you will lose weight; doesn't matter where those calories come from. I could get into the speil about balancing those out for health reasons and whatnot but that's been well covered already so I'll skip it. All I will say is that as a dude (virtual fist-pump to a fellow gamer), if you are…

I'm pretty good with moderation... for the majority of food. That said, I love potato chips and while sugar isn't my weakness rich sweets, like cake and pastry are. After a few failed attempts to use portion control or reserve them for the occasional treat I just had to accept those things are better left at the store. You…

That right there. I have ankylosing spondilitis (with some fusion in the second and third lumbar vertabrae), rheumatoid and osteo that, according to last bone scan, collectively affect 83% of the joints in my body. I also have endometriosis, pcos and fibroids. I am in some type of pain more days than I am not. So, I can…

Good to know! A spray is a good idea; I will try it, thanks!

Me too! Well at least I know I'm not alone ;)

I'm pretty sure you meant 'Christmas day' but if there really is a designated 'cookie day', I'm totally not skipping that ;) :D

This, as far as I'm concerned, is the MOST valuable part of the weight loss journey that can easily get missed when aids such as pills or surgery are used. Not that I'm poo-pooing them, just that when a secondary aid is used to help, it makes the start of the journey pretty smooth and a healthier lifestyle really does have…

You won't win every battle with food; that's just reality. But if you stay strong, log everything, and except that some days will be worse than others, you will win the war.

This right here. I will not weigh out Christmas dinner, but other than that its business as usual.

While not having suffered manic depression myself my best friend, her father and her daughter have it. I've known her and fam for 25 years and I can tell you this; the disorder is as individual as any other aspect of them. I can't imagine that poi's from others who battle it would be much more informative than trying to…

Potato chips. The only thing I can't seem to exercise moderation with. I like pretzels and popcorn, but not nearly as much so now I only keep those in the house. But that's really it.

Write yourself a letter Get dirty and ugly and real to yourself. How do you feel? Go strip down in front of a mirror and jump or dance; put how your reflection looks into it. Talk about your health; your motivators like how easily you get winded, all the things that you feel right now. Everytime you start to dip, go read…

WW has to continually ramp up there "system" to make it look complicated; that's how they get to charge money for something your poor little, average intellect can't figure out. You can't make people spend hundreds and hundreds of dollars chasing their weight loss dreams by telling them 'here's the numbers, follow a simple…

Truth is, you can guesstimate all you like, but your body is a really freaking shrewd accountant when it comes to numbers. I get you're frustrated but weight loss only comes from eating at a deficit, if you're not making an effort to ensure you're in a deficit each day then you need to lower your expectations about the…

Salmon. Crazy filling; stay full for hours and very low cal for how dense it is. It's always my goto on oh-I-want-to-eat-everything days!

Zucchini and bell peppers are must haves for me; love mushrooms so I pick them up quite a bit. Spanish onions, butternut and spaghetti squash are pretty regular in my kitchen too, as well as salad/snacking veggies like baby spinach, cucumber, tomato (I don't care where the seeds are, its a veg in my world! Lol), carrots…

Surgery is something only you can really decide. But if you are ADHD have been prescribed Concerta? It's got a pretty hare core appetite suppressing side effect and would help you in the energy department. If you have/had and it didn't work then that's a bummer but if you haven't I'd consider that route first. NOT that I'm…

You can set up reminders. I get an email that makes my phone scream at 2pm if I haven't logged any food. Twice now, its actually reminded me when I forgot, so it really is handy for keeping you on your toes with logging :)