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It's also much less expensive to eat healthy food if you buy dry stuff in bulk - beans, grains, and so on, whatever fits your diet. And you may be able to find "buying clubs" for these things in your area, sometimes associated with churches or service organizations, that bring the costs down even more dramatically.

Why would you intentionally leave calories on the table every day? I get doing it to even out other days and shoot for a good multi-day average, or doing it to compensate for light- vs. heavy-activity days (only if you're using the TDEE method, not MFP default)...but as an ongoing policy, it seems to defeat the point of…

I weigh in every day because I like having the data. I log every datapoint. What matters to me is the long-run moving average, not the number on any individual day, and I've seen enough of my body's patterns that I think weighing in once a week would give me a much less accurate picture of what's going on. That is,…

Here's a tutorial: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1041112-need-help-adding-pictures-look-here-tutorial-with-pics Most boards I've used will automatically resize photos. It's unfortunate that this one isn't set up to do so - you'll have to spend some time making sure your photos are the right size to show up…

It's frustrating that this board is so short on features, it won't resize photos. Sigh. Juniper and Flossie:

I set a goal for myself by graduation, and I missed it by 3-4 lbs. I was mostly fine with that, since the goal was 25 lbs and I was still making steady progress even at 21-22 lbs down; I was a little disappointed, but I got over it pretty quickly. If I'd put a lot of stock into that artificial deadline, tho, it could have…

I'm here (South Africa) for the summer, and the PnP packets are exactly what I was thinking of with my post, too. :D (Tho you can also get all-natural, lower-calorie, lower-sodium options in the US.)

You can find instant noodle packages that are much less - more like 175 calories for a packet. You might need to hit the natural foods section, tho. I recall some organic ramen packages being pretty moderate, for example. And the nice thing is that such soups are a great base for fresh veggies; you can cut up peppers,…

What are you hoping to use it for? Daiya is the best I've tried. It melts better than any other I've used, probably the reason that Tofurkey uses on its frozen pizzas (of which the Pepperoni is fantastic). Teeze isn't terrible, tho it's hard to find. But all vegan cheeses are bad in some settings and pretty decent in…

Personally, I hate the idea of "cheat days". I figure the point of monitoring my daily calories is 1) self-knowledge, and 2) maintaining an overall weekly average. I don't experience any anxiety if I'm a few hundred calories over on a given day, so I'm fine with individual meals that end up being higher-calorie than I…

Have you tried any smartphone apps? Runtastic has a Road Bike app that utilizes GPS and measures elevation gain/loss, and I think it's ballpark accurate on altitude most of the time (tho I've seen some weird glitches). MapMyRide+ was also free for iOS recently - might still be, and the basic version is always free anyway.…

In addition to what others have, consider everything you've already gained. You wrote about your fitness, your tone - that's great. But you've also gotten new habits and a bunch of data about how your body works, and those might be more important to long-term weight-loss than anything else. You're putting together a great…

As long as they're calibrating correctly, either should be fine. I've found each to be consistent as long as it zeroes properly. That said, it might be harder to notice problems developing with a digital scale. I always weigh myself 2-3x just to verify the consistency.

Even on vacation, I insist on logging everything. I recognize that I can't always get all the data right, but I try to use reasonable analogs for what I'm eating. That keeps me mindful of my intake.

I've hit short plateaus (1-2 weeks) a few times, and things have always moved again. I think it's important to recognize that a "plateau" probably isn't - you just need to broaden your measurement. Your weight might stabilize for awhile, but you could still be losing inches or increasing your fitness level. Make sure…

Why are you doing cardio? Not being facetious - totally serious here. Why? If it's just for the calorie burn, do intervals or circuit training for a shorter period; you'll almost certainly be less bored. If it's for a particular fitness goal, then why have a fitness goal that bores you to tears? There are countless ways to…

I'm not light, but I typically see a burn of 1200-1500 when doing 2 or more hours of bicycling, at a very moderate pace (12-14mph) with some hills. I don't want to sound negative, but 2600 calories in 2 hours of biking sounds a little crazy to me, unless maybe you're doing serious hills at strong speeds with a lot more…