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That's a good point-- the maintenance. I believe that low-carb would be much easier for me to maintain. Like I said, I already have a problem staying under my goal, and I'm constantly obsessing about what I'm eating and how many I have left. It stresses me out more to try to count calories than carbs, because there are so…

scubasuenc, thaks for all that. I have around 60 pounds to lose, so MFP automatically sets my limit to 1200. Which I pretty constantly have trouble staying under. In the past two weeks, I've stayed under my goal a total of (1) time. It's really discouraging, which is why I'm debating switchting to carb counting again.…

Thanks! I've always heard that you have to pick one or the other, carbs or calories. Obviously, if you go low-carb you can't just completely forget about calories and eat tons of things that have no to low carb count. And the other way around. But tracking both was a bad idea. I never asked why. My problem with low-cal is…

Yeah, which is why I was planning on buying some Prilosec or similar if I decide to do low carb. It will manage my acid reflux and enable me to follow it without problem. No, I don't go out of my way to avoid them; I just usually don't eat a lot veggies and fruits anyway because I don't really like them. I may have a…

SW: 165 CW: 160 GW: 115-120 That will put me at the higher side of a "normal" BMI (I'm 4'11"), but I plan to gain muscle as I lose fat.

First, I do not want to lose weight for my boyfriend. He tells me that I don't need to lose weight if I don't want to. Yes, I want him to be proud of me. But he is nothing but supportive. The thing about my boyfriend thinking I have a problem is that he thinks I need to go to psychological counseling. Not that he thinks I…