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Unless you're never going to allow sweets into your life ever again, banning foods is not really a great solution. It's just generally a good idea to lose weight the way you intend to maintain that weight loss. White-knuckling your way past all "naughty" treats forever and ever isn't sustainable. For me, I have a small…

I worry less about staying motivated all the time and focus more on small habits that are easier to build and rely on. Kind of like brushing my teeth. I just do it, I don't have to be motivated to do that every time. It can be tempting to lose weight in some kind of dietary cocoon, but eventually you'll need to have habits…

Are your settings in calories or kilojoules? If you’re trying to convert kilojoules into calories, it sounds like something got changed in your settings.

I wear my Fitbit on a waistband clip when I want to wear a dressy watch. Step counts are pretty consistent when I do. Unless I do something crazy big with my arms like washing windows or lifting boxes over my head. That always throws things off. But day-to-day I’ve been surprised at how little arm motions seem to affect…

I use the 90-second rice packets. Currently I have wild rice, brown rice, cilantro lime rice, Spanish rice, chicken rice, regular rice. By far the best way to get variety without a lot of cooking or storage.

I'm not a fan of Stoicism, so I don't frame my wellness in terms of what I think I deserve or not. However, if 40%--or nearly half the time, you're so unwell you can't function in daily activities, that is absolutely something to be addressed by a professional (not a personal development guru). Speaking for myself, I'm…

I've taken a potassium supplement for years. I adjust the dosage every year based on my annual bloodwork. I would never, ever, ever just start randomly taking potassium and even less so would I base that supplementation on MFP entries. Potassium is (among other things) a key requirement for maintaining your cardiac rhythm…

You can enter your meal plans as far in advance as you like. A lot of people on this site track ahead for the week.

The first thing I wonder is what is the source for this list and what are they selling? From this, literally any bad feeling that you have is caused by gut problems.

Have you had COVID? Not all of my smell came back after I did and I often get random scents that have no identifiable source.

You don’t have to figure it out for yourself, just run the same guided setup you did originally with your new weight. Most people need to adjust every 10-15 pounds or so.

People don’t even fill in the existing fields in the database entries, I doubt seriously they’d leave the site and research GI impact for an entry. This is a crowdsourced database, MFP staff have nothing to do with the individual entries.

I lost weight faster once I started eating back exercise calories. I wasn’t so wiped out if I ate more, especially on heavy days.

I hate using single use plastics, but I haven't come up with a better option. I have to store things in flat packages. I have an apartment sized fridge with an apartment sized freezer. The freezer is about three quart-sized freezer bags wide, so the prospect of using glass bowls or meal prep boxes is a non starter,…

I promise you nothing bad happens if you eat at night as long as you're staying within your calorie limit. Dinner is the last thing I do before I go to bed most nights (okay, I DO brush my teeth after dinner, so I guess it's not the very last thing, lol.). I've eaten this way for probably 10 years or more. I've eaten this…

I would just plan your meals so that you eat a bit lighter during the day and then have calories available for a late-night meal or mini-meal. Other than potential heartburn, nothing bad happens if you eat right before you go to sleep. Other than brushing my teeth, dinner is generally the very last thing I do before I go…

Snacks! I make myself eat cut up vegetables as an afternoon snack and I keep the vegetables in one Tupperware and the dip/guac/hummus in a smaller one. I have one that i put Goldfish crackers or Chex Mix in when I allow myself to eat those things. Basically anything that I need to portion control or store goes in…

This is one I got from a potluck. It was a hit there and a hit at home when I made it too. 1 butternut squash peeled, seeded and cut into cubes 3 tablespoons of olive oil 2 tablespoons of brown sugar 1 teaspoon of chili garlic sauce ¼ teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon black pepper 4 ounces of crumbled feta cheese ½ cup of shelled…

I usually pre-log whenever I can. That way I can just enjoy my meal instead of trying to do two things at once. I can better sense my fullness if I’m not counting as I go as well.

I don’t notice the slime much on grilled patties, I think because the fat drips off naturally instead of marinating in the grease like when you brown it in a pan. I’ve never made hamburger patties in a pan though. But yeah, brown the hamburger, dump into a colander and rinse with warm/hot water. Wipe the grease out of the…

That’s how I’ve always done it. That’s the way we always did it in my family growing up and now it tastes slimy and weird if I don’t rinse it off first.

No one also says you have to eat the big cookie all at once. My office sent a 6 pack of Crumbl cookies after my surgery. I cut them up, stored them in Tupperware and enjoyed them for a couple of weeks. I think eating a whole one all at once would have made me ill. And now I can’t stop thinking about the Crumbl right by my…

As always, AnnPT77 makes great points. I would add that it's also a little easier to stick with things when you don't try to change everything all at once. Not saying that's the situation, but it's pretty common. People start out on a health kick and are going to do All The Things. Start on Monday! No carbs! Gallons of…

Unless you’re guzzling multiple bottles of oil every day, it’s not the CBD.

You're only talking to other users like yourself, who can't really do anything about the problem. MFP staff don't read every post on every board. You might check the Tech Support forum to see if there's a resolution or else the bots will come through a couple of times a day over there with the links to tech support.

What possible motivation would MFP have to lie to you? It’s math.

I use strategic over-ordering pretty much anytime I get takeout/delivery. I essentially get 2-3 items that can be mixed and matched over the next few days. A simple example is when I order Mexican from a local place in my neighborhood I get an order of enchiladas and an order of tacos. Each comes with 3 pieces, so I divide…

I'm with you, cooking is the most vile of household chores. Generally speaking, I just choose not to do it. If it can't be made in less than 10 minutes with either the air fryer or the microwave, it doesn't even enter my house. I eat a lot of frozen food. I buy a variety of frozen vegetables, frozen…

Fillers are the only way I know of to increase skin volume without overall fat gain. They’re pretty spendy though.

I agree that choices are the crux of the matter. I would point out though, that if I'm eating mindfully and paying attention to my hunger cues, I likely wouldn't be able to finish the first sandwich before I was satisfied and ready to stop eating. The second sandwich option would be more likely to be finished, but it's…