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Sweet treats, especially at the end of something like a meal, the day, etc., just make me hungry! Once I start, I have difficulty stopping. If you feel you must have a chocolate candy a day, try doing it just before lunch or supper as its own special treat. Then, after you've enjoyed it for awhile, you are getting a meal…

The one thing I would recommend, no matter what you choose, is keeping track of your weight. If it goes up, you know you are eating too much (ignoring, as I say this, normal fluctuations due to water, etc.). I periodically have a week, as I did last week, where I just cannot log or count calories or I will be on the next…

I understand where you are coming from although I agree that "clean eating" is not the issue. The issue is what makes you hungry to eat more -- what starts you going off the rails. I've been going off the rails lately. Part of it is not logging because our menu choices this week are difficult to log. (I live in a seniors…

There's no scientific evidence that raw food or very restrictive diets work or are even good for you. Most doctors tend to know very little about nutrition because there just wasn't time in their curriculum. You sound like you have your head on straight and have come to the right place. What you need to do to lose weight…

My previous GP used to say things like, "Just figure out your trigger food" or "Just cut out junk food." I explained to him that there was no one trigger food and I didn't eat junk food. I weighed twice what I ought because I ate twice and much as I should. No, I couldn't lose 140+ pounds by just walking or stopping…

My calorie goal is only about 250 less than my TDEE but i just let exercise calories bring my weight loss up to about 1.5 pounds a week. No counting of exercise calories.

Me, too. 100-ish to go.

Way seriously!!! Congratulations!!

So, last night I ate the carbonara and I put butter on my veg and didn't walk. Today is the start of a new week. Well, technically tomorrow is but right now I've closed last week by writing this. So, today I really fill out the log, stay within calories, don't cheat with night time snacking and WALK outside! It's a lovely…

This is what happens when you don't exercise and you finish off the jar of peanut butter with a spoon. Not gonna resume downward progress this way. I need to give myself a dope slap! Day 1: Thurs, 9/17: 241.5 Day 2: Fri, 9/18: 242.7 Day 3: Sat, 9/19: 1st Week Goal Weight: 240-point-something 1st Week Actual Weight: N/A

Some people do intermittent fasting, some do OMAD (one meal a day). Some recommend eating most of your calories at dinner, some recommend splitting evenly among meals. Some recommend a big breakfast, some recommend skipping breakfast. Some recommend only eating at meal time three times a day, some recommend breaking your…

Another way is to make a meal and just copy it to today when you have it. Delete what doesn't fit and add in what does.

Should lose about 15-20 in the next 100 days. I'm on a plateau (of my own making --sigh) Day 1: Thurs, 9/17: 241.5 Day 2: Fri, 9/18: Day 3: Sat, 9/19: 1st Week Goal Weight: 240-point-something 1st Week Actual Weight: N/A

You have two choices. Give up and settle into your life and being miserable OR make changes. The second one is the scarier one and takes effort. How you start is up to you, whether with small changes or big ones. If you are clinically depressed (and it sounds like it) get treatment be it medicine or therapy and probably a…

The same music I listened to in my teens -- 60s hits. But also YoYo Ma's Goat Rodeo albums. Great stuff for walking. And Gershwin's piano rolls.

This is just a reaction to your headline, "Dieting never used to be this difficult." Oh, my yes, it was. I first joined Weight Watchers in the early 1970s. One had to eat tuna five times a week and liver once a week. That was hard!

Brush your teeth. Seriously. The toothpaste taste in your mouth helps you stop remembering how delicious the food you just ate was. Also, try to figure out what foods make you feel hungry. Starchy carbs and sugar make me feel hungry sooner even if I do eat them with plenty of fiber, protein, and fats. It may be something…

I use it simply to measure the lengths of my walks. Since my pace of walking is pretty consistent at 26 -27 minutes/mile, I use that to figure out how long I am actually walking as opposed to talking to neighbors. Then I use that to figure out how many minutes I walked net. Yes, a 26 minute or so mile. I have the stride of…

Yes, being obese often leads to a Type II diabetes diagnosis. Yes, excess skin tags can, but do not always, indicate excess insulin in the blood and the possibility of Type II diabetes. No, your dermatologist cannot diagnose this and has no special education in its treatment. GPs have some more. An endocrinologist is the…

You may outgrow them soon but there are lots of seated and/or low impact exercise videos for seniors on youtube. Also, try beginners Tai Chi on youtube.

Okay, I'm in. See ya tomorrow. I've been here 133 days straight (this time) and have lost 27 pounds since I came back in May. About 100 still left to go. Should lose about 15-20 in the next 100 days. Day 1: Thurs, 9/17: Day 2: Fri, 9/18: Day 3: Sat, 9/19: 1st Week Goal Weight: N/A 1st Week Actual Weight: N/A

Optavia is Medifast plus coaching. Calorie consumption is limited to 800 to 1000 calories per day by eating pre-packaged foods. I looked it up on some review sites and learned the following. Optavia has a couple of arguments for it:* Some folks do well with prepackaged and portioned foods * Coaching, when well done, has…

Here's a "second" for New Scientist. We get it on paper -- yes, it's expensive -- but it is our bathroom reading. It basically keeps us abreast of current research and developments on a wide range of topics. Comes out of Britain but coverage is international. I say "we" because hubby and I both read it and pick and choose…

There's really no such thing as starvation mode or wrecking your metabolism with calorie cutting. Yes, our rate of thermogenesis changes somewhat but not much and not as something we can control by simple adjustment of calories. Effort is effort and requires calories to make it happen. If you reduce your efforts because…

The web site has been particularly glitchy lately. Go away and come back in a few hours and it seems to fix itself. This sort of thing has gone on for all the years I've belonged to MFP so don't sweat it.

Try this on for size: Stop thinking of diet as a verb and only consider it to be a noun. A diet is what we eat. We each have a diet. Every animal has a diet. Our diet can either be ideal or problematic. My diet was problematic in that it made me weigh twice what I ought. I am slowly and judiciously adapting my diet and my…

Glad you've gotten a good alternative plan at your gym. I just wanted to mention the large number of seated exercise routines available on youtube. Some designed for seniors, some for the mobility impaired, some for the super obese. You could use any of them for your purposes while you heal.

A serving of prunes eaten slowly.

There are days I eat too much. These are not "cheat" days because I am not cheating anyone. I don't get away with anything. The piper will be paid. It's my choice of what to eat. It effects my weight loss journey to the degree it does. How does one prevent a "cheat" day from ruining one's weight loss journey? By making…