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Thought I'd come back and give an update. I dropped my strength training for a couple of weeks but kept doing everything else the same, and found that I have kept my weight steady but stopped being so hungry. Either my body was trying to put on muscle bulk from the strength training and I wasn't feeding it enough to do so,…

Hmm. Not for me, I think. On days when I switch out my breakfast eggs for avocado or nuts, I’m hungrier than other days. Thank you. That makes sense. I haven’t experimented much as I am terrified of regaining the weight like I did last time I lost this much but I think you are probably right that I need to.

For some, it's sudden changes in exercise intensity that cause you to feel faint. Your arteries dilate to let more blood through when exercising hard, then don't constrict fast enough when you suddenly stop the hard work. So be sure to warm up before intense exercise and cool down afterwards. You could try things like…

I don't have plantar fasciitis, but I do have another foot injury (chronic sesamoiditis). Apart from swimming, I have found rowing and cycling to be the only cardio exercises I can do without exacerbating it. Swinging (in the playground) can also be a good workout.

A lot of people seem to be down on people who like gifts. Bear in mind that they don't have to be expensive gifts. I get a warm fuzzy feeling every time my husband picks up a pretty pine cone or sea shell and gives it to me when we are out walking. I don't keep them and he doesn't expect me to, but I love the affection of…

I've been using the BodyMedia Link for about a month. It gives me similar results to just entering my exercises manually into MFP and it hasn't really changed my rate of weight loss, but it does give me some interesting extra info and makes me much more aware of how much of my exercise counts as vigorous. Positives: * It…

It gets easier for me after the first two weeks.

I don't think people should be discouraged by the fact that most people regain weight, however they manage to lose it. Since I know that this is true and I know that I am not special, I know that I have to work hard and be vigilant. If (when) I fall off the wagon for a while, I know that this does not make me a failure, a…

Sounds like you are doing everything right; and you are right, with your work in a coffee shop, you are not sedentary. In that case, I agree with others that you should probably eat back at least some of your exercise calories (for the sake of your health). Other than "weight your food" and "count every crumb", I don't…

No argument from me there.

Yeah, I kept losing weight for over a year, too, in 2011. I lost 25% of my body weight in a slow and steady manner. I followed a carefully balanced diet and did a lot of healthy exercise all year (one to two hours of exercise every day). I regained almost all of it in 2012. I'm not alone, and this isn't just true for fad…

Not eating enough WILL NOT make you gain weight, but it might make weight loss harder. I'll assume that 1290 calories is the goal MFP set for you. How often are you weighing? A pound or even two pounds fluctuation from one day to the next is normal and doesn't necessarily mean you have actually gained weight, but if you…

I often make hot chocolate with hot water, with just a bit of milk added in the same way I'd add a drop of milk to a cup of tea. If I have the calories, I use lite milk instead of water, but three mugs in a day be pushing it. I don't use low-cal chocolate powder, but I make sure I only use a little (one level teaspoon), so…

I'm hard to please. I want all five. The test confirmed this: all 6s, apart from a 5 for receiving gifts and a 7 for acts of service. I hated that the test assumed that my husband doesn't do anything around the house without being asked. He easily does his share.

WendyTerry420, does that gif mean you think it's terrible advice or a sad truth?

The reality is, almost all of us *will* regain the weight we lose within a year. We all resolve not to, of course, but we probably will. I have done so myself, many times before. So I pack away my fat clothes when they get too big for me, and I feel good about that. I pack them away and don't keep them in my wardrobe so…

You can also do this in a non-stick frying pan with a lid, though it won't beep when it's ready :)

I record everything too. Two reasons: 1) It gives me an accurate record, so I can see "well, I was over that day, but on average last week, I had a deficit of 500 cal/day, so I should still be losing nearly 0.5kg/week." Or "I'm not losing weight when I've been working so hard? Well look at what that day did to my weekly…

Good quality kibble is not all carbs. The one my cats eat is 34% protein, 13% fat. For comparison, a chicken wing is about 26% protein by mass and a mid range canned cat food is 8% protein, 3% fat (but that's based on wet weight and it's 80% moisture, so it works out to a similar proportion of protein). My cats get tinned…

If you want "breakfast" foods, some other traditional options include: fritata; eggs baked or poached in a spicy tomato sauce; kedgeree; baked beans, vegetable hash, eggy rice, breakfast lentils, yoghurt and smoothies. But really, you can have any healthy food for breakfast. Last night's dinner left-overs will do.

Energy=calories. Some ingredients of some salads are high in energy, but the more important thing is the other nutrients the salad vegetables provide: vitamins, minerals and fibre. If you don't eat vegetables, you won't be getting the vitamins you need, and we don't understand how they work well enough to replicate them in…

One caveat to that is that if you have taken your regular exercise into account in setting your MFP "activity level", then you should only eat back calories for exercise in addition to that activity. Your TDEE = your MFP calorie target + your exercise calories + the calorie deficit needed to reach your weight loss goal.

Salads are a good option, needing no heating. If you want dressing, keep it separate until you are ready to eat. If not, add some nuts or boiled egg to get a bit of protein, or some avocado for healthy fats, or tinned fish (added when you are about to eat). An omlette or frittata is another option. They taste just as good…

On a normal day, when I eat only home-cooked food, my sodium is usually about half the recommended limit. I grew up with a father who had to limit his sodium intake, and I make my own (salt free) stock, which used to be the main source of salt in my diet. If I eat out, though, I usually end up going over the recommended…

Could be worse. This is what my cat brought in from outside the other day. He lost it just after I took this photo, and it took us days to hunt it down. https://twitter.com/significance/status/296935553725788160/photo/1

I live in an ordinary suburb, and have lived, with cats, in ordinary suburbs all my life.

The cats in my life (all allowed outdoors): * Kay died at 12 of cancer. * Ching died at 21 of old age. * Fish died at 17 from complications after dental surgery. * Loki and Gordon are both going strong at 13 and 7 respectively. None were hit by cars, savaged by dogs, or poisoned by evil neighbours. I am a bit worried about…

Let's see how this sounds with children: "I have 3 indoor only children that will always be indoor only. I have seen way too many children get hit by cars, attacked by dogs, or even other kids. (Not to mention the myriad of diseases and parasites they can pick up - many of which YOU can get) It is so sad and absolutely…

If you've used the calculators correctly (i.e. not over-estimating your activity level or height, as most people tend to) and if there is nothing extraordinary about you (e.g. you are missing both arms or your thyroid gland) and you are overweight, then you HAVE been eating that much and more. It is okay to eat up to 1000…

The easiest way to cook fish is as an oven bake. Wrap the fish in baking paper or alfoil, along with one or two other things to moisten it and give it flavour. Bake in a moderate oven for 20 minutes. A few options for what to include with the fish, to get you started: * A slice of lemon or lime; or * A slice of tomato and…