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Three things in a week did it for me. Last August I had bought a new pair of pants that fit me perfectly (36" waist, I'm 6' 3"). I had forgotten all about them until the last week in January. I was going to wear them but couldn't fit into them, not even close. I decided to weigh myself and I was at 230 lbs. I've never…

These sorts of posts are inspiring. Keeps me motivated. Love your Atari t-shirt. Does your weight loss mean you can't wear it anymore because it's too big?

Wowser! You're looking great! Good job!

Congratulations! Seeing that hundreds digit bump down to a 1 after being in the 2's all this time must be awesome. Kind of like watching an odometer go backwards. My goal is 205, which is what I weighed in college. Hearing your excitement at being below 200 makes me want to readjust my goal weight to be below 200. I…

My thread headline was a bit provocative but I wanted to get readers. It appeared to work. I'm not that 'in your face' in person. Obviously the database is not "practically useless". In fact, in a way its biggest strength, sheer number of entries, is also its biggest weakness--misleading or inconsistent entries. Thanks…

Yep, this is going to be my usual procedure from now on. I was doing it for a lot of stuff already. In a previous life I was a semiconductor researcher that weighed metallic elements to 4 decimal places, so I tend to be a bit anal when recording numbers!

Not yet. I'm rowing and doing pushups and situps. Also have a cheap stair climber I should start using.

I like this!

I do build foods using individual ingredients and I'll be adding recipes in my personal db. Thanks to everybody for responding, even the snarky ones! [Hi to dbarnese who just made her first post today.]

It seems there are some here that want me to eat crow. Funny, I can't find that in the database. LOL.

OK, I'm getting some good ideas. I'll scrutinize the entries with * next to them. Also might use the word generic when looking up produce or, well, generic foods.

Hold on, there is a way to scan food items into your personal database, not the general database? Oh, please enlighten...

I've noticed that there is a message "nutritional information confirmed" and the number of members that have confirmed it so I use that information when making entries.

I do use the scanner feature a lot but sometimes the original food packaging with the scannable data isn't available. Like you buy a brick of cheese, throw away the packaging and put it in a zip-lock bag.

So how many calories in shot of Jack Daniels? Have you exceeded your daily calorie limit?