Barbs2222 Member

I agree with cmriverside. When I was actively trying to lose weight I weighed in daily and then averaged my numbers weekly. I usually lost .5 (I wasn't trying to lose fast) pounds even if the numbers varied by 3 or 4 pounds daily. They have apps to average your weight for you too.

I like to eat one big meal, I always have. Then after having babies I kept trying to "diet" and I'd eat 3 small meals a day. I was miserable and struggled to lose the weight. Then IF comes along and I'm like, "oh yeah one big meal, the way you used to eat when you weren't overweight." A big aha moment. I'm back to happy :)

I sip a nice warm cup of chicken broth or vegetable broth. The salt might make me have a little water weight but the calories still fit.

Get a food scale if you don't have one.

Your workmate is probably jealous. But I had to comment on the fact that you look 5 1/2 years younger than your original picture, not older. Well done!!!

Congratulations! It's fun to shop when you're the size you want to be! 91 pounds, wow. :smiley:

To late to edit my comment. For some reason I read this as night time snacking not binging. I don't think a hobby is going to stop something as serious as binging.

Are you bored at night? When I'm bored and watching tv I always want to undo the day by eating something like popcorn with butter or chips. Mostly crispy salty things. Maybe if you have some hobby to take your mind off of food?

Are you using fresh mesa or dried mesa flour? The calories should be on the package of mesa flour, but I'm not sure if your using fresh.

I'm not really answering your question about knees because I don't know, but I wanted to give you encouragement on losing the weight. I lost 40 pounds while being a complete couch potato. I just stuck to the 1200 calories and I lost about a half pound a week. I weighed daily so the fluctuations didn't bother me. I like one…

I've been in maintenance for 11 months. I weigh daily and have a top weight of 125. I eat whatever I want until I weigh 125 and then when I hit that number I just drop a couple pounds, back to the old 1200 cals a day, I'm not recording any more though. I've been counting calories for 40 years so I have a really good idea…

You look great! Congratulations on your weight loss. You really make me want to start working out more. Very inspirational, Thanks.

You look great and I love your story. Congrats on the weight loss! :smiley:

What does your wife say about this guy? Does she get an opinion?

Sorry about your fight :( I find crunchy foods better when I'm angry. My go to is popcorn. Do you have a convenience store on the way to work? It might have a few less calories.

5 pounds in a month is a fantastic loss, congrats! :) I'm just writing to say that sometimes I check out workout dvd's from the library so I can try them, then if I don't like them, or their too hard for me, I didn't waste my money.

I like to go to allrecipes.com because you use the search ingredients function and it will pull up recipes for you. So if you find things on sale you can buy it and figure out what to make with it. You can always look at recipes and try to make a yummy unhealthy one into something a bit healthier. Sorry I don't have a…

Congratulations!!! :smiley:

I don't have any tattoos so I can't weigh in on that, I just wanted to say to make sure to check out the artist and their work, if you decide to go for it. Edited to say you probably already know that though.

Nuts.

We like bean tacos with pico de gallo, with a side of spanish rice.

You look great! Are you going to keep with the IF in maintenance?

You look great! Congrats on the weight loss :)

Wow, you look amazing!!! Congratulations :)

What bothers me about your post is how you're excited finding mfp and calorie counting works and your friend is completely unsupportive. I mean she can't even hear you out? Is she the kind of person that has to be "right" about everything all the time? Edited to say that the "getting obsessive" comment was really rude and…

These must eat breakfast news stories are the exact thing that kept me fat. I'm so happy someone here on mfp pointed me in the direction to do some research on intermittent fasting. Once I realized that, for me, one late snack and one big meal, is what finally worked.

I don't know how many calories you'd burn on this thing but I think it's was cool.

Do you have a medical issue that makes you have to eat every two hours? I'm just wondering because until I found out that I really like one big meal of 1200 calories at night. Before when ate 3 meals I found it really hard to stick to a calorie deficit. Edit to say I second the food scale. Best thing I ever bought.

Your friend is a negative person. Don't listen. It's like people telling you shouldn't bother doing anything you want because nobody makes it. It's sad really. Don't try to be a singer song writer, only 1%? of the population makes it. Or don't try to get into the school you want, they won't except you. It's the kind of…