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1. Make sure you're eating enough on the days you're not having as much sugar. Good balance of fats/protein/fiber/carbs 2. Try replacing your sweet things with more nutrient dense sweets. Stewed or baked apples with cinnamon and eat with some yogurt like a cream. Slice a banana most of the way through and stuff with a bit…

Cook in bulk. Beans and rice, cheaper pasta, either omit meat or use less as a seasoning than a huge component. Frozen vegetables or ones that are on offer. Bananas are usually cheap. It keeps your blood sugar more even to eat more regularly. If you only eat once a day, it could be pretty easy to overeat because your body…

I'm just a shade under 6 ft and I'm 158, aiming for around 145-150. I'm not super bothered though--in the last year I've gained some muscle and feel pretty good about my body. I'm currently aiming for around 1500-1700 calories with at least 3 workouts a week (mixture of weights and cardio).

Try 1 pound a week for the first few weeks. You won't feel as deprived, you'll have more energy, and you'll probably be more likely to stick with it longer term.

I eat a ton of fruit. Honestly, 4 pieces of fruit still have fewer grams of sugar than, say, a big brownie, yet it'll have more vitamins/minerals/fiber.

I haven't cut out milk completely but I've been having a lot less. 1. Almond milk tastes nice (though sadly it doesn't work well in tea/coffee for me). 2. Almond milk lasts longer. Unopened boxes can be stored for a long time out of the fridge. 3. Cows are treated badly on farms--forced to be pregnant every year, calves…

I like rice cakes with the stuff I'd normally put on toast. So peanut butter + banana. Avocado + Quorn ham slices. Cheese + pickles. Etc. For lunch I like really substantial salads with loads of veggies, a crumbled veggie patty, avocado, homemade tahini dressing, maybe some nuts or seeds. As with everyone else, I still eat…

The scale technically went up 6 pounds for me the other day, despite eating within my calorie range and exercising a lot. Sometimes weight is weird and jumps around, sometimes for reasons that's hard to see. I go more by measurements and seeing that the scale goes down over much longer periods of time.

- cheddar cheese and pickles sliced in half. - oatmeal with some peanut butter and chopped fruit - Trader Joe's peanut butter pretzels, unless I eat too many of them. They're so good crushed on top of frozen yogurt - mixed nuts - dates and almonds - baba ganoush with rice cakes or sliced veggies

I'm trying to only eat when I'm hungry, while still logging calories. Sometimes, I don't eat any of my exercise calories back because I'm not hungry. Sometimes I'm ravenous, so I eat back some/most of them. I'm listening to my body while also keeping an eye on it, if that makes sense?

As others have said, it's trying to push past the 3 months and find something sustainable for years. If you go too low it's easy to get tired of it and want more food, then just give up. I liked the suggestion of eating maintenance for the weight you want to be because it'll still be a deficit and also teach you the…

Nope. My fitbit links to myfitnesspal, so if I do a lot of walking as part of cleaning that shows up. Otherwise, nah.

I wouldn't recommend fasting unless recommended by your doctor. It's not good to starve your body for that long as you're missing out on macro and micronutrients.

I think that's it right there. If you're eating a lot on the off days, it'll counteract the too-low days (I know if I have an "off" day where I feel I've already messed up the diet I can go wild and eat like 3,000 calories in a day, which could undo a week of a small deficit right there). Try upping to 1800 or so for a…

Let's say you burn at least 400-500 per day in exercise, so net your calories are 1000-1100, so no wonder you're hungry! I tend to lose on 1800 a day if I'm exercising a lot, and I'm less likely to binge. On 1800 with a lot of exercise, I feel a little hungry now and then, but it's a big difference from 1400-1500. You're…

Not really, as he's an active adult male, and might not need an afternoon snack if it's filling enough. Sounds like a balanced meal to me :-) I try to do the same lunch through the week but I get too bored if I eat the same meal more than 2-3 times in a week.

I gave up meat in early April and am enjoying it. I was vegetarian for 4 years as a teen and now am back. Hopefully you already know, but make sure you're eating meat substitutes, eggs, whey/pea/whatever protein powder if needed, pulses and grains, tofu, etc.

Dates dipped in almond butter. Like another poster said, nutrient dense but the calories can add up ridiculously fast. Nutella, peanut butter, muffins and cookies and things. Gummy candy is my weakness. I can polish off a whole bag of veggie Percy Pigs in five minutes flat. I think it's the texture. Things like crisps and…

My natural appetite is fairly steady, perhaps 2200 calories (more if I exercise), which means I usually end up at around 155 at 6 feet tall. However, when I'm eating that much, I'm usually eating things that aren't that healthy, eating out a lot, etc. I'm sure there's 3000+ calories days in there now and again, too. If I…

Someone tweeted me yesterday that carbs would kill me. *eyeroll* As a vegetarian, I'm pretty sure not eating carbs is more likely to kill me.

Yep, that's trying to sell you overpriced anorexia. Hell, when I was anorexic I ate more than that. o_O

I naturally tend to eat at a deficit during the week and at or a little above maintenance on the weekends. Maintenance calories if I go to the gym is about 2300 for me, so that's plenty of tasty treats worked in amongst the healthy things if I want.

You might be being too stringent when you are dieting. I found when I do only a moderate deficit and still let myself eat things I like, just more mindfully, I'm more likely to stay with it. I'm not trying to lose quickly. I don't have much to lose and I have the rest of my life. I've been cooking more, changing up my…

I eat maybe 80% of them back, unless I'm not hungry enough to want them. If I'm super hungry, after eating 80%, I'll eat back the rest.

Agreed with everyone saying as long as she seems to be eating enough, and relatively balanced meals and not all junk, then she's fine. At 12 she shouldn't give a fig what a calorie is. She'll naturally be hungrier on the days she swims more, I reckon. I also remember when I was 12, I gained a little bit of fat around my…

I log but I'm okay with guesstimating some things, and I leave out the bit of sugar I put in my coffee because it's a hassle. If I start getting too stringent with weighing and measuring, I get too restrictive (I used to be anorexic), and likewise if I don't log at all, I start to eat too much and gain weight slowly (or…

I had a cup of curried lentil soup and an Asian pear, so I'd say yes. Then I had a green smoothie with papaya, banana, soy yoghurt, spinach, lime, and flaxseed. Yum.

I agree with the idea of having a group activity. Also--what is the student eating for lunch? What is she eating for dinner? You don't know what her day-to-day nutrition is like. I remember when I was 8-11 I'd often eat a ramen noodle block smashed to high heaven with the seasoning powder mixed in every morning break. Beef…

I know a few people who had their period stop for years because they were too underweight, and once they reached a healthy weight and their cycle returned, they had kids, though I don't know how long it took them to get pregnant. As others have said, I'd consult with your doctor but I'd say you'd probably be fine if you…

When I had a severe eating disorder and had an emaciated BMI, I still technically had a bit of cellulite. When I realized it was never going to go away entirely, I made my peace with it. More or less.