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I used to zero out my scale to purposely weigh in a few pounds heavy. Sort of like setting the alarm clock a few minutes fast.

Actually, your diary looks pretty good for today. I'm impressed you ate that much food in one day and still kept it at 1600 calories. You go, girl! I go over sugar quite frequently because I eat a lot of fruit. No biggie. Your sodium number is high, but if you don't have blood pressure issues, I wouldn't worry about it. I…

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The fact that you are yo-yo'ing in weight is a little worrisome if you're thinking of not checking at all anymore. That shows you haven't established your limits in your mind. If you can tolerate it a little longer, keeping the MFP training wheels on for now is probably the most beneficial choice.

I quit eating refined everything. My choice. I've lost 20 lbs in 5 weeks, and that's after a slow 10 lbs over 2 months prior to cutting out refined and processed foods. I eat clean and natural, feel great, don't count calories, and eat whenever I want. I'm very pleased with how I feel. Just do what's right for you. It…

I'm like CeLeigh. My apple is shrinking but I'll be a ruler like I used to be before the belly swelled up with the weight gain. My current measurements are 45-35-38. The bust is only so much larger because it's been ... ahem ... enhanced. ;) Otherwise, I'd be a shapless, bootiless, boobless stick with a dent in the middle!

I used to eat Grape Nuts

lol! i had the same reaction, Ophidion. i wasn't expecting to find a meathead on a vegan post. so Slang, what kind of vegan are you? regular, ovo, lacto or pesco? all three of the latter have great animal protein sources. if you're a straight vegan, though, then soy, nuts and legumes are probably the most obvious sources.…

the reward system was fantastic for me after my second baby. i took it small so i got a reward every 5 lbs. like some of the others have done. i knew i had XX number of pounds to lose. i divided that by 5 and came up with however many rewards. maybe it was 8 or so, i don't remember. so i wrote down 8 rewards that had more…

loooove eggplant parmigiana. eggplant has a nice meatiness to it and absorbs flavor like a sponge, so an eggplant parmigiana is really about the marinara. find a good one you like and follow that recipe above. now i'm hungry for eggplant.

Nicely explained. I knew after going through 2 previous post-baby weight losses that I needed to go a few pounds past my target because of a bounce back, but I didn't know why. thanks for the post.

I agree as well about this season's cast being a real disappointment. There's nobody you just can't help but like. No "greats" like Will, Boogie or Ian who, love 'em or not, they were at least entertaining. Now it's just a bunch of whiners. McCrae has a chance to rise above and be that great underdog people like to…

If your weight isn't moving, then you're definitely not in balance yet. The 25 micrograms did nothing for me. Now that I'm taking 100 I can see all that effort to eat vegan and walk should have been paying off long ago and not frustrating me. I definitely know you feel.

Has your doctor put you on thyroid hormones? I put on 50 lbs in a matter of months as well. It took them 2 years to diagnose me and another 6 months to get my dosage right. Once they got my T4 and T3 back in balance, I started losing weight so fast of the 28 lbs I've lost, 18 of them are in the last 5 weeks while the first…

Eating the kids leftovers used to be my weakness, too. I saw no reason to make myself a meal when the kids were wasting half their raviolis! I'm so glad we all have outgrown that. No more guilt over the starving children in Africa when I scrape their plates into the disposal. :)

Since they already know your goal weight, it's hard to go back and be vague. Those closest to us who have always known us to be bigger in size have a hard time seeing that change. It's like the person they knew is disappearing and they seem to handle change harder than we do when we decide to make a difference in…

Ground turkey is cheaper than one fast food combo meal and versatile enough to come up with several options. Turkey tacos (just add taco seasoning, it'll taste the same), turkey burger (add Worcestershire or some other steak sauce to the meat for yummy flavor), add to an alfredo pasta to make stroganoff, make chili, lots…

I was wondering the same thing. Like maybe a Montreal Steak seasoning by McCormick?

that's a pretty neat chart. i pretty much stick with EVOO, and it does in fact come in a dark green bottle which i store in a closed pantry. i have unrefined, organic coconut oil but i use that on my hair! :)

use milk instead of water.

Avocado? Full fat cottage cheese?

What about those Weight Watchers and Lean Cuisine TV dinners? They're around 84 cents and under 300 calories. Different ratios for different entrees. Brand names are different in different areas, i.e. people mention Trader Joe's a lot, and there's no such thing in my parts, so I can't be specific in any suggestions.

Hmm, if it were me, I'd focus on the calories overall, and let the separate categories balance out at the end of the week. i don't eat stereotypical breakfast foods. i'm not a pancake and waffle person, don't like heavy bacon and eggs, omelets are boring no matter how much of the pantry you throw into it. my breakfast is…

Cottage cheese with some fruit can be filling. I also have to watch my cholesterol, so avocado is always a nice choice.

This came from the Caloriecount website. I thought a lot of people would find his last paragraph interesting, if not an intriguing alternative to the set number day after day: "Yes, calorie counting does work like that. In the long-run, counting every calorie and trying to hit a specific number or range every single day…

I like Bernadette's answer the best. I don't care if you're a doctor, nurse, cancer patient, or one of those scary anti-smoking examples on TV commercials, nobody is going to make me quit unless I want to. If you're having trouble quitting, even if you really want to, and I believe you. I know the feeling, but if you're…

I thought the article was very interesting. Glutes are my concern, too. I think the last pics of Jessica Simpson should have been left out, though. She admitted in an interview that she was wearing padded panties in that Dukes of Hazzard promo photo to make her butt look bigger. Her body was awesome, legs especially, but…

I'm glad you asked about this. I have this problem on a daily basis. I'm vegan and eat primarily a raw food diet of produce, tofu and nuts because of health issues related to animal cholesterol. The only way I've found to add a substantial number of healthy calories is to fix a salad and drizzle olive oil on top to go with…

Good advice! Depending on your genetics, the breast is made up of breast tissue and adipose. We've all learned the body will store and remove fat from wherever it dang well pleases and in what order it pleases, so if you are carrying a lot of adipose in your breasts, you may lose nearly all of it but not until the very…

I weigh in every morning when I wake up since I know that will be my most accurate measure of the day. But I only track once a month. I have a marker board in my bathroom with a tape measure hanging over it. On the first of every month, I write down my weight and my BWH measurements. Weighing every day without logging it…