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What a great NSV moment!!! I can feel your excitement!

Can you go the rest of your life without eating sugar in your food? Look at the long term changes you can make in your life. There's no quick fix or restrictive diet that going to give you the tools for life maintenance. Look at calories in vs. calories out. Limit the processed sugars and eat a variety of colorful fruit…

There's no logical pattern or rhythm to weight loss. You can do everything right on paper but still the body does it own thing. You just have to be consistent in your diet and activity. You can't give up if the scale refuses to budge. Find other non-scale victories to help motivate you along your way. For example, your…

Why just have breakfast food for breakfast? Grilled chicken breast Steak and eggs Mutigrain waffles Oatmeal w/ nut and fruit topping Omelets filled with meat/veggies/cheeses

Every thing in moderation and if you love bananas just add them into your calorie count for the day. I love them in smoothies, top of oatmeal or as a pre or post workout quick energy food. Enjoy!

My rest day would be a leisurely walk at a comfortable pace. 10,000 steps for the day.

Found my old pair of faded blu jeans from 2 years ago and they were too tight to fasten. Today was able to pull them on without unfastening the button. Oh my, this process is working!!!

Stop focusing on what you did or didn't do, just start tracking right away and move forward. Don't wait until tomorrow or next week or you will keep on making excuses and before you know it...a year will have passed and you will be still fighting the same battle to lose weight.

Congratulations on your plans to join the military and your desire to get fit/lose weight! Your meals look good but did you determine your daily calories needed on the site? Follow the recommendations for optimal calories needed. Focus on eating healthy (fruit/veggies/lean protein/complex carbs) and following an exercise…

Sparkling flavored water Herbal Teas Unsweetened Ice Tea Water Ice Coffee

White rice Soda White Bread

Almond milk StarKist Tuna Pouches-Ranch flavor/Herb and Garlic are my favorite Cherries Watermelon Greek yogurt-Fage 0% egg whites Frozen cod fillets/salmon fillets for quick dinner meals Quinoa Uncle Ben's Single Serving Brown RIce Bowls-Microwaveable Any frozen veggies in the microwaveable or steamer bags Beef or Turkey…

1200 calories but I usually eat about 800-1000 calories. I do not eat the exercise calories I earn. My loss so far is around 2-4 lbs a week. I do have a special treat day each week...those calories for that day is about 1000-1200 calories.

Howdy back and welcome to Myfitnesspal!

I drink Water and Sparking flavored water for the carbonation...instead of diet soda! Diet soda free for 32 days straight. I do enjoy green tea and coffee.

Baby steps...First cut back on portion size and drink lots of water. Just focus on walking more each day. Park in the back of the parking lot at the grocery store or mall. Take the stairs and even walk in place while watching TV. Track every bite/lick of food. Sit down when you eat your meals and don't nibble off your…

Great post! You have motivated me to keep on pushing forward. Slow and steady definitely wins the race. Thanks.

I'm sure you have weighed the pros and cons of gastric bypass surgery before posting your questions. Also, you probably have already made a decision to have the surgery. I pray you have an uneventful procedure. Just remember it's not a quick fix. Like other posts have said, "it's about changing your lifestyle." All the…

I would not worry about the gain. Stick with the program and you will be pleasantly surprised with the end results. During my early week on MFP I noticed a slight gain but the following week I had an even greater loss on the scale! Don't give up...just keep on doing what you're doing and success will come!

I prefer calories over the WW point system. I guess everybody is different and your success on either program ultimately depends on your level of motivation and determination to work the program.

5'7 SW: 245 CW: 225 GW: 170 Started again in June 2014

If you enjoy Keto that's fine. Just take care of yourself.

Simply put, "you need to eat some carbs." Have you thought about doing "carb cycling" it's an alternate between low carb and high carb days. I'm doing that and so far I'm averaging around 2-3lb loss per week.

Hi Lu, I'm fairly new to this forum too!

Look at your food dairy for today....really look at it and try to remember how you were feeling when you had your meals. Were you upset, bored, really hungry or tired at the time of your meals? Is there a lot of fast food or processed food? Self awareness is the first step. Second, try to include more protein and whole…

Check out carb-cycling.