blackcows15 Member

I started MFP in August and as of this morning I have lost 36 of my 40 pound goal. When I started I knew I had to make it easy or I wouldn't follow. I log everything I eat but I also estimate almost everything. If it's the first time I eat something and I am not really sure what 4 oz looks like I will weigh to give myself…

Since August I have lost 36 pounds....my goal is 40. In that time I have logged every single day and never looked at any number besides calories and that has worked well for me.

Your not alone, I actually came to this forum to ask a similar question and found your post. I've lost 32 pounds and have 8 to go, I'm comfortable being at 200 pounds but am going to 190 for a cushion. I watch numbers close and weigh everyday and like you I am nervous about being able to maintain. I suppose it's similar to…

Looks like all I needed to do was post on the forum to get things going again, down another 2 pounds. I think it probably had to do with how much water I was drinking, got back in the habit of drinking more water over the last few days and that seems to have helped.

I try to count everything I eat but what makes me think that it's not a problem of measurements is that I am still doing exactly as I was doing when the weight was falling off. I will have to say that I do drink less water than I was and I wonder if that contributes. Over the last few days I have made a point of drinking…

I have my goal set at one pound loss and usually don't eat my exercise calories but know I can if I am hungry. If I change my goal to 2 pounds then on paper I have now eaten those calories even though I haven't eaten anymore or less the program now shows I have eaten those calories. Not sure that there is a right answer to…

I used to drink soda out of habit, it was something to keep me busy. I like tea and I don't mind water so I guess while I don't drink soda anymore I don't miss it so maybe I didn't really give it up I just don't drink it anymore. Same thing with sugar snacks, we have nutty bars, star crunch, all kinds of high calorie…

I have always been very results driven whether it be my job or my personal life so what I am struggling with is how I know if I am really losing one pound a week? At first I set my goal at 2 pounds a week because that would equate to a number that I thought I could actually see on the scale in a month, close to 10 pounds.…

Thanks for the advice, I had it set to two pounds a week because I am impatient ;) I have moved it to one pound a week with the understanding that I can eat that much but I don't have too. In addition to changing how much I eat I have changed what I eat....no more soda and trying to limit sugar. I have added fruits and…

I probably wasn't clear enough about what I am trying to accomplish. I weigh 230 pounds and have weighed 230 pounds for as long as I can remember so what ever I was doing previous to this caused me to maintain my weight. According to MFP in order to loose 1.5 to 2 pounds a week I will need to eat 1500 calories. Based on…

So to be fair I am not really exercising so I can eat more, it would probably be more accurate to say I am exercising so I can eat similar and loose some weight. I am 46 years old and weigh about 230. I wouldn't consider myself fat (whatever that subjective term means) but I would like to loose about 30 pounds from my…