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I'm on that "method" too, and have been for around 1.5 years! it has been WONDERFUL for me, as I'm wheelchair-bound and cannot eat as much as someone who can walk. I also consume less than 1000 calories a day, but like I said, it works for me, it may not work for others. Eating once a day has been a miracle for me, since I…

Maybe you can set specific times, places to associate with food? I find it helps! The rest of the time,keep busy! You can do it!

Me, not them!

Wow! Wow wow wow. I'm very impressed with your plating! Like you, I also follow a "very" low calorie diet by "normal" standards. Between 700-900. I'm wheelchair bound and well, it's very obvious my body doesn't need thousands upon thousands of calories to be healthy, since I cannot do the kind of exercise required for…

Indeed, more studies are needed. I cannot (and generally don't) speak from a medical, fitness guru, dietician perspective. I can only speak from my own 93-lb weight loss perspective from 6/2013 until today. Eating less, for a wheelchair-bound, 5'1 woman has resulted in what I've done this far. Not excessive exercise,…

Yes, I do believe appetite decreases and by A LOT! I've been eating on 8" plates for around 1.5 years now and I simply CANNOT eat more than that amount. I get physically sick if I even try. As for the stomach shrinking? It's a muscular organ (not necessarily a muscle, but it works thanks to muscles within it), isn't it?…

I have pictures on my profile. 93 pound loss.

I don't see a reason why any (mature) adult would fight with you! That said, I agree with you that many adults do behave very immaturely. In my case, I don't log calories, or exercise, or anything like that. MFP thingy has me at a projected weight loss of 1.3 a week. Somehow, it ends up evening out! This week, I lost 1.4!…

On my TOM week...and have LOST 1.8 lbs in FIVE DAYS! I'm staring at the number in disbelief.

I agree with other posters. If you're happy with how it's going, no need to change it. BUT, I'll share with you what's helped me to never have to count calories and lose consistently: I eat from the salad plate EXCLUSIVELY. 8" plates will naturally portion out your food as is literally impossible to put a bigger amount of…

I eat once a day with the occasional snack if I'm really hungry or craving something. I follow a kind of intermittent fasting that has helped me lose 92 pounds in about 13 months or so. My new lifestyle has controlled my habits in that I've learned to view food as a necessity to live, not live to eat. For me, that's been…

I feel you! I'm on the boat as you, albeit my situation is different. I'm in a wheelchair! Every picture I see of girls who weigh what I need to weigh, which is about 15-20 lbs less than I weigh now (134.2) looks OVERWHELMINGLY different from what I see my body becoming. I'm still getting used to the fact that I was a size…

IT'S DELICIOUS! I love Cuban coffee. I like the Cuban cafe con Leche but on the darker side of milk, not 50/50 or 75/25. At home, we make espresso with creamer and regular sugar, and I'm still losing 1-2 pounds a week!

Maybe they have become addicted not to sugar but HFCS? Check the labels of what sugary stuff you're buying, maybe the incessant hunger for sweet is from that? (I read some while back that it could have something to do with it. Hubby and I have cut it from our diet 99.99% and it is working wonderfully! I say 99.99 because…

It may sound unrealistic; however, I've been living (and clearly healthily surviving) eating one meal a day since around June/July 2013 (around 13 months or so) If the OP feels better, I support the idea because if they didn't have "excess energy" (in the form of fat reserves), it wouldn't cause weight loss AND the…

Thank you! It's been a difficult few months health wise because of the celiac issue...(un diagnosed celiac, but family member was just diagnosed so, it's a very high possibility I'm at least very gluten intolerant) I'm feeling like a truck ran me over twice. :"( Hopefully as the damn gluten leaves my system, I'll start to…

I'm at 135.2 and want to get to 115 (I'm 5'1, medium frame, so basically, I need to!) I wish to be able to talk to people who are on the same road as me! Add me please! The 3 pound goal is to get to 132, which would finally put me at a normal bmi of 24.9

I'll tell you a secret...I'm 20 away from final goal of 115...and I've NEVER counted a calorie or been to a gym! I just eat on an 8 inch plate, once a day...and stopped using my motorized wheelchair instead, I use my manual one. 0.0 plus I eat Nutella without worrying about it, and sometimes cape cod 40% less fat potato…

Hi! You are a fabulous person for enduring all you have. I have celiac disease and your symptoms seem very familiar to the ones I had before gluten free! Maybe that's a route you could take?

Mine is "don't eat today, what you can eat tomorrow!"

We are weight loss twins it seems! Ha hahahaha! That's awesome! I also started around that time! In my case though, since I'm wheelchair bound, I think I need a lot less calories, plus my metabolism must be a bit slower than yours. :) congratulations on what you've accomplished! It feels so awesome, doesn't it? I love…

:) thank you! I'll be 76, haha. The year I was born. I don't remember if you said it, but did you lose all your weight IF'ing?

Spina Bifida, celiac disease, severe food allergies!

Does she actually have spina bifida? :( Wow, she does sound like a narcissist! I was born with spina bifida, and have a myriad dietary/allergy issues! I sure would never WANT other people to have them, much less say I had them if I didn't!

I was born with spina bifida too!

Born with spina bifida. I'm deathly allergic!

Hi Rachel. Beautiful post! I want to be your friend, girl!

Husband and I spend $100-150 a month on groceries that last almost 2 months. There have been $75 months here and there as well. *This budget also includes any and all cleaning supplies.* Things we have learned: 1) trader joe's (if you have one nearby) is about HALF the price of the cheaper "supermarket" when purchasing…

Hi ever one! Today for the first time in years, I LOST 1/4 of a pound and my TOM is still days away. I have been consistently losing, but it seemed that on TOM, I gained, then lost. Except this month! Could it have something to do with a faster metabolism?

I had a first goal of getting to 145. When that happened, I set second goal at 132 (which supposedly will put me at a 24.9' normal, bmi.) all I think about are these damn last 20 plus.