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When I was "bigger," I thought I had a much larger frame than I actually did, I set my goal weight at 160. When I dropped out of the 200's, I noticed that my frame was average, not big and I'm also not a tall guy. I ended up lowering my goal to 140, which my doctor told me was a healthy weight for my height and build.

Congrats! :drinker:

Aww man, I did it all wrong... that damn portion control, flexible dieting and eating whatever the F I want (in moderation) really screwed me up. :( I guess I need to gain the 125 lbs back and do it the right way next time.

I've seen people log some weird stuff, like "Cooking or food preparation." I'm guilty of logging cleaning as exercise. :smokin:

I have ADD as well and was prescribed Adderall, is this what you're taking? The ginger and honey thing sounds like an idea, but if you're in a pinch, try diet ginger ale.

It comes down to forming a healthy relationship with food. Not labeling food as "good" or "bad" and preparing for days where there will be celebrations for any occasion. You can't always sulk in a corner every time there's a birthday party and cake and pie is being passed around, you're going to make yourself miserable.…

I only really try to hit my calories, fat and protein, I don't even really look at carbs. I don't go over my carbs very often though, unless there's cake.

Have you talked to your doctor about this recurring nausea? Does it have an underlying cause?

I've honestly never heard of this fiber carb equation, where did you hear about this from?

I drink coffee every day with 1 tsp sugar and 1 tsp non-dairy creamer per 8oz cup.

Most likely water retention, it happens when I suddenly up my activity from the usual stuff I do. Give your body a couple weeks to get used to the new routine and I'm sure the weight will start dropping again.

I still have stretch marks on my belly and inner arms, they are fading, but I still notice them. My wife says she doesn't even notice them, I think she's just been distracted by what my body looks like now, as opposed to how it used to look lol I was 240 lbs when we met and I've lost the equivalent to pretty much her…

I tried many times and failed. So many different fad diets, crash diets, starvation diets and I always gained the weight right back and then-some. My peak weight was 265 lbs. What really got me to losing weight was making an investment, the most important investment I think I ever made... A food scale. It cost $20, I was…

You have been too restrictive with what foods you've been eating for too long, you're placing foods in categories of "good" and "bad." I drove myself insane and fell off the weight loss wagon many times before I just formed a healthy relationship with food and stopped trying to cut things out because they were "bad." My…

^ Agreed, don't just quick add calories. You need to be accurately logging your food, calories AND your macro and micro nutrients. Invest in a food scale because we have no idea how you are measuring your food, if you even are at all. You could be eating more calories than you think. Before I got a food scale, I just…

As astrampe said, do not weigh yourself every day, you will drive yourself insane. Another way to drive yourself insane is to constantly tell yourself things that you can't eat. I can't have bread, I can't have rice, I can't have pasta. You CAN have those things and lose weight. You just have to learn portion control. Have…

You have 500 calories for the day, right? Make sure you log the coffee (some have calories) and the milk (2 Tbsp is 1/8th cup). Most tea is 0 calories.

Your digestive system still works while you're sleeping, a bit more slowly, but still working. Calories are calories regardless of when you eat them. Your body won't store fat if you're eating at a calorie deficit. I usually eat a meal or snack an hour or so before bed, I sleep better on a full stomach as opposed to an…

Restlessness, hmm. What time of day do you usually workout? Do you use a gym or do you exercise at home?

I haven't cut out anything. I do prefer wheat bread to white bread because I like the taste and texture better. I don't restrict what foods I can eat, I just restrict how much I can have of them on a daily basis. If I crave more than my calories allow for the day, I reassure myself that I can have more, tomorrow.

That's odd that you're having trouble sleeping after cutting your carbs and sugar, when I did that, I could barely stay awake all day without the aid of coffee, tea and diet soda/energy drinks. Do you have a lot of things on your mind? Is your brain over acting or can you just not get comfortable or will your brain just…

Looked at your food log, you seem to be on the right track with your calories, your macros are a bit sporadic, but I honestly didn't start watching my macros at all until my last 30 lbs. When I was 265 lbs and first started trying to lose weight, I think I dropped 20 lbs the first month, but it slowed down and steadied out…

I eat whatever I want and even go out to dinner at restaurants once every other week with my family. On my last 15 lbs, I did have to watch my carbs a bit, but other than that, I ate whatever. I guess you could say "flexible dieting" (aka IIFYM). I invested in a food scale, when I eat at home, I weigh every food that I'm…

Never heard that one before. As far as I can tell, extra calories make fat, not extra protein.

I remember when the grapefruit diet was all the rage, it's just a gimmicky fad diet that's dangerous. If you lost weight with it, you likely slashed your calories extremely low and replaced meals with this drink, it's not sustainable weight loss. It's a quick fix, but it will not last.

2 lbs of fat is roughly 7000 surplus calories, I doubt very seriously if you ate that much. It's likely that it's a mix of bloating/water retention and waste (poop). Waste can weigh up to 3-4 lbs if you haven't gone in a while, TMI, but true.

I eat 2 meals a day that are big and satisfy me and 1 snack in the evening. Little s**t 5-6 meals-a-day just never did it for me, they only lead to me obsessing over food and looking at the clock obsessively, "when's the next meal time?! I'm starving!"

I put time aside every Sunday to precook and measure out all my meals for the week, it's usually the same foods every day. Every couple weeks, I change up the menu to keep myself from getting bored. I've found that it helps me stay on track better. I struggled for a long time to lose weight when I had to scavenge through…

I see hitting my protein and fat as minimum requirement for the day, anything over is fine as long as I'm within my calories. Carbs aren't really as important to hit, in fact, the lower your carbs, the better, unless they come from fruit, veg and diary products.

I've never tried Muscle Milk. The price on the premade shakes made me turn away. But, most protein shakes I've tried haven't tasted very good, but you gotta do what you gotta do: Hold your nose and choke it down.