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I like your positive thinking!! Just finished logging for the day. Met my calorie goals but not my steps. It’s below zero today so I just couldn’t make myself get out for a walk. Zero degrees is my limit :)

Hi I’ll join the club!! I’m working on my last few pounds and after along time of not tracking I need some motivation to start tracking again. I’m a 48 year old woman and I went from 180 down to 135. I’ve been bouncing around 135-140 range (I’m 5’6) and I’d like to get to a stable 130. I do low carb because I was…

Congrats on your weight loss. It took me a year of keto to lose 30 lbs. you are doing great. Don’t let anyone get you down.

Potato chips. Cookies. Snacks/snacky food.

I'm 1300 plus some exercise calories, but not all and not all the time. Breakfast is overnight oats with chia seeds, almonds, unsweetened soy milk, fruit and a little maple syrup. Lunch is a green smoothie with vegan protein, usually Vega. Dinner is always different but kid friendly. Soups, pastas, burritos, bean burgers,…

3 lbs in 3 weeks is fantastic! Keep it up!

I take it in the winter for SAD. It helps me lose weight but I put it right back on when I go off. It also makes my hair fall out, raises my blood pressure, makes my ears ring, and makes me very constipated. But I take it so I can, literally, survive the winter. I would never take it just to lose weight. That's not a…

I weigh calorie dense foods. I used to weigh everything but now I'm good at eyeballing. I do always weigh cereal though. I usually find I underestimate my servings when I weigh.

For breakfast I have oatmeal usually. Lunch is leftovers or a green smoothie. Dinners are things like pastas, burritos, veggie burgers, homemade pizza, beans and rice, pad Thai, salads, etc. I have a huge collection of vegan cookbooks and I enjoy cooking a very varied diet. I have four kids so I find myself eating more…

You might want to check out the Fitbit group. There is a lot of great info there.

How do you all measure out recipes when you know your ingredients?

I don't think people can be addicted to food. We can be addicted to food behaviors, but not food. So, perhaps work on your behaviors then peace with food will follow.

It's your decision to eat animals or not. However, as others have stated, it's entirely realistic and possible to get all of your protein needs met on a vegan diet.

Amazing! I worry about my ink after weight loss but you inspire me not to!

Congrats on the 4 lbs. I'm sure you'll figure out the fussy. Then there will be a new fussy for a different reason :). Even my 14 yo gets fussy. A lot. :)

You look amazing!

For sure!

When I nursed my four kids (a pair of twins too) weight loss was easy without even trying. Just focus on making healthy choices as much as possible and eat to maintenance. Trust me, before you know it nursing will be over and your kid will be eating Doritos and applying for college.

I weigh daily too. When I don't I go into denial mode and usually end up gaining. It keeps me on track.

I just use the default settings MFP gives. I'm a vegan so sometimes my protein is a little lower and carbs higher. It works for me! I've seen a very wide range of macros that people use on this site and the most important thing is keeping your calories in check.

I eat some of the calories Fitbit gives me only when I have hungry days. Usually PMS week. I never eat all of them.

I love this. My new mantra!

3-4 lbs

The Keto diet is so bad for you. Try to look at other options.

I was in Wellbutrin and when I went off I gained 30 pounds. It was horrible and I felt like I couldn't control the weight gain. But now that I'm counting calories closely I have lost almost 10.

That is reasonable and I've thought of that too. I will definitely check in with my numbers every few weeks to reassess.

Thanks jwschutz

I figured the deficit by pounds lost in that period. I know I can't lose a lb a day.

No not per day. I calculated my deficit by multiplying lbs lost by 3500.

And I'm planning on eating more than 1200 cals so don't yell at me. Just did it for three weeks because I'm feeling motivated.