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I see it! I have a confession. I actually saved this photo to my computer. It looks like a scene I might want to paint some day. The rainbow is beautiful, of course, but it's the way the sun is hitting some of the trees that gets me.

Happy to be here slogging it out alongside you, Rick, and all the other warriors here. @flourchild225 I’m sorry for your bad news but I also have to say how inspiring it is that you’re back with us :heart: @Slimpossible007 @Hollis100 and @snowshoe072 you guys are inspiring too, hanging on despite injury, illness and pain.…

@w8goal4life I don't think I have ever seen a rainbow photo quite as nice as yours. Spectacular.

Did I exercise for at least 20 minutes? Yes, doubles tennis for 2 hours Did I stay within my calorie budget for the day? Yes Did I keep track of everything I ate and drank? Yes

Yes x 3. Just 20 minutes of intentional exercise in the morning but a good active day otherwise. @BMcC9 Everyone in my family voted today.

Great day for me today. Cooked up lots of veggies for the next couple days and had two hours of exercise. Yes X 3! @vivalavida82 Beautiful pics! 55km with hills is an accomplishment! Congrats. @cjane917 I had to look up spatchcock. I've bought them from the grocery store prepped like that but never done it myself. Good for…

@Hollis100 Very altruistic of you to sprint, despite your recent leg injury, to give someone their lost money. I hope you got a big smile and thank you for it!

An alternative idea is to just take a very small amount of everything there and NOT use all your calories at one meal. It's what I do at every potluck now. I will have tasted everything, and can compliment all the chefs, and because I take it nice and slow in eating what's on my plate, I finish the same time as everyone…

This is another “unlikely, but just in case” comment, but I recall people saying that they had eaten junk food before bed when this happened to them. In my case, it may have had something to do with scrapey food. One time I got into a bunch of prepackaged rice krispy treats leftover from Halloween and woke up in the night…

Exercise? Yes, 60 min of low impact aerobics Tracked? Yes Under goal? Yes

"If it feels difficult, make it easier". I've typed this several times on this forum lately, but said it to myself countless times. It's always a better choice to look to see how you can relax your own rules, rather than to quit.

Nowadays, "cravings" feel like times where my blood sugar is on the low side. I have never measured my blood glucose levels, it could be just in my head, but that's how it feels. A banana or other fruit solves the problem for me. So OP, if your cravings are anything like mine, protein might prevent those cravings, but…

@flourchild225 Wahooo! Fantastic!

I think "diversification is the only free lunch" works for food as well as investing. I get that it's easier to stick to a set menu (I remember the days bodybuilders were advocating a diet of chicken and sweet potato), and I think it's fine for a short period of time. In the long run, aside from the possibility of nutrient…

I hear anxiety in your post (and especially your title!). I've been there. It's definitely a detriment to the weight loss process. You might consider working on that at the same time as watching your food and getting more active. ETA: Congrats on your success so far!

I have respect for people that have chosen a maintenance number and get there and stay there, but it wasn't that way for me. The lines are a lot blurrier. I have declared myself to be "in maintenance" several times over the last five years. The first time I had moved from an overweight BMI to the top end of normal BMI. I…

Yes x 3, exercise was 20 min on the stationary bike (that wouldn’t have happened if it weren’t for UAC).

Earlier I talked about how going to bed hungry didn't bother me, but I have also occasionally experienced that gnawing hunger that keeps you from sleeping, (such as you describe), and I strongly suspect that it is gastritis in my case. I'm suspicious because a gastroenterologist told me he saw evidence of past ulcers (in…

It sounds like your protein intake is fine, just a bad guess on my part. I also don't think you are eating too much protein. The 0.8g guideline is a minimum and goes up if you're active. Per the article linked below you should be eating more protein if you're active and up to 2.0g per kg is safe long term, and even up to…

Pass Day #2 for me. I have a bit of a sore throat and just wasn't up to feeling hungry too. I'm feeling quite content right now, but it took an extra 1000 calories :dizzy:

Personally, my appetite does not keep up when I am pushing my limits with either intensity or duration. It keeps up when I maintain the same levels. When I'm injured and have to abruptly stop, it doesn't diminish immediately. So for me, if I'm getting that extra 350 calories in @lgfrie 's example, it will only make life…

@Lilutz Sorry to hear of the crisis in your family. We'll be here when you're ready. Sending good thoughts your way.

I think inadequate protein has been behind some of my carb cravings. You need .8g protein per kg of body weight per day. Have you been getting that?

Or water associated with the extra glycogen from those custard creams. Whatever the explanation, you're smart to realize that it's mathematically impossible to be a real gain.

Yes x 3, exercise was spin class. I feel like a stereotypical older woman saying this, but cats are probably my fav. Monkeys are mesmerizing too. Like others have said, how can you pick just one?

Yes x 3, exercise was a 2 hour tennis match. My NSV is that I’ve made some progress on my body fat %.

Lots of this is debatable, but the parts that really got me were to avoid avocados (what!?), starchy vegetables (including beans!!), and nuts. I'm interested (but suspicious of) the "special spreads" that lower your cholesterol.

Over what time period? When you say that your in vs out ratio is large, it causes me to wonder if you've recently upped your exercise levels and your muscles are retaining water.

Happy Birthday!

A 12 pound weight loss in 3 weeks is a lot, hopefully some of it was just water. Check your diary to see if you maintained a 14,000 calorie deficit for each of those three weeks. If you did, I hope you will consider slowing it down to a 7000 calorie weekly deficit from here on out. But assuming you didn't, the problem is…