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It looks like my plateau was fairly temporary this time, thank goodness... being on a diet really constipates me apparently. o_O My apologies if that's TMI.

Well, I'm glad I'm helping motivate. :-) Go team!

Well, you could always try breaking a piece in half, or only eating the cheesy part and not the bread... I'm actually very picky when it comes to pizza, there's many toppings I can't stand. I do like cheese though...

Keep it up! :-) I had a bit of a setback over the weekend; dad won a basket of chocolate at work and brought it home. It seems like chocolate is the one thing that really breaks my diet, with a significant shift in my weight trend. I gained a pound, but at least all the good chocolate is gone now. :P

Good luck!! And of course you can join. :smile:

So far I've been at 159.x for three days, but I'm waiting a full week to make sure. This is so exciting!

I actually gave up on exercising strenuously every single day after the first month of dieting. I did hit a plateau in my third month, but that was partly due to a rampant craving for chocolate that wouldn't stop. I think that's calmed down now. I'm currently trying out a new exercise that's not as hard on my knees as…

Congratulations!!

Awesome!!

You're welcome! And congrats on everyone's progress! :D I'm at 160.8 so far, my eyes bugged out when I saw that on the scale. So close to the halfway point!

Thanks!! :) And congrats on making it past the halfway point in the 170s! I had the same reaction when it happened to me. Here's the 160s thread: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/172350-walking-off-the-160s-club

I'm at 161.2... so close to the 150s! It's been fluctuating a bit the past week. Sorry for posting in the wrong thread, the other thread only had me in it and that's no fun. ;-)

Keep at it!

As long as you don't let a binge day turn into a binge week you'll be fine. :-) Keep plugging away! I had a week in which I couldn't stop eating chocolate but thankfully I managed to recover from that, and all it did was make me plateau because I did my best to keep it under control.

It looks like there's just two people in this club. :P Anyways, I'm able to lose weight again and am getting pretty close to 160. Here's hoping! :D

I'm glad you're making progress!!

I'm currently stuck at 165. Admittedly, I did take a break from stair exercising for a couple months, so I decided to start that up again on a daily basis. I'm guessing my metabolism slowed down to match my calorie intake.

Ah, okay. Not logging food would make it much harder to lose weight, unless you're fully aware of how many calories are in everything you eat. I didn't realize how many calories some seemingly innocent foods had until I looked them up in here. I had a rough few days, my calories went through the roof. I really have to…

Good luck!! Maybe it's time to try a different tactic. Also, I can't see most of your food entries because it seems like you never press the "complete this entry" button at the end of each day.

I'm wondering if maybe my habit of keeping the heat vent closed in my bedroom causes me to burn more calories to stay warm. It would explain the discrepancy. I just don't like how the heat in our house is either high or off. I generally rely on ambient heat in my bedroom.

Maybe I should consider increasing the goal calories for the day, just a tad. According to another site (which uses the Mifflin formula) 1320 calories a day with my stats is considered "extreme weight loss". 2007 calories a day would maintain my current weight. After the first two weeks, I've been consistently losing 2.5…

I'm allergic to tree nuts, so those are right out. Peanut butter is safe though. If you look at my food diary (which is public) I do eat breakfast, lunch, a small snack after lunch usually, supper, and then if I have any calories left I need to eat I have snacks every two hours after supper until I meet 1200. I'm certainly…

My fastest time in the mile was 8:23 back in middle school, keeping in mind that my asthma was moderate at the time. Most of the time in gym I was lucky if I could get under 10 minutes for the mile (in fact, I think they required that for some stupid reason). This was on non-level pavement, since our middle school didn't…

Bump! Also, I weigh 164 pounds now. :D I don't expect that to last long, I might hit a plateau soon. I think it's caused by the stress of checking out and putting down an offer on a new home.

Heh, speaking of which, if I truly gave myself a cheat day that would be a Bad Idea. Back when I was really overweight and living on my own, I had a habit of doing stuff like eating an entire package of Oreos for one meal. Not those "individual sized" packages either.

I've actually been *really* good at staying around 1200 calories every day, surprisingly. I generally make sure that I have a light breakfast and lunch every day, and then a moderate sized dinner. If I have any calories left I can eat, then I have a little something extra a couple hours after supper. Occasionally, I will…

This is The Hacker's Diet: http://www.fourmilab.ch/hackdiet/e4/ As suomaf said, it is free and it also happens to be an enjoyable read. Feel free to skim a bit over the chapter or two that covers how to do what MyFitnessPal already does, though. ;-) I would *love* to see the weighted moving average chart in MFP; I tried it…

I don't schedule a cheat day, because I already have my profile set up to lose the maximum amount of weight. That way if I'm ever off by 100-200 calories or so, it's not a big deal because I'm still under the basal metabolic rate. Sometimes your body needs that extra bit of calories. Just be careful not to eat 2200…

Never mind! Finally got out of that plateau. :D

I'm currently stuck around 168 but I think that's because I took a break from exercising. Gotta get back to that soon! Part of the reason for the break was wisdom teeth removal.