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I get that. My sticking point is that I place the blame of the non-regulation of intake on the consumer, not on the restaurant or the food itself. The restaurant is saying that 1 onion = 6 servings. It's not their fault if you eat more than that.

Really? I edit my recipes all the time and it takes less than 2 minutes. For example, when I make sesame chicken, I have to change the weight of the chicken every time. I don't have to change the weight of the other ingredients because those stay constant. I go into my recipes, hit edit, find the chicken entry and change…

How much time a day do you spend on social media? That 30 minutes will add a lot more value to your life than the same 30 minutes on Facebook.

I guess its about mentality. Just because they can eat the whole thing doesn't mean they should. This food is designed to be an appetizer, not an entree, so I think the serving size is appropriate. They are saying it's designed to feed 6, if people ignore that, its on them. When I go out to eat with smaller parties, we…

No one is trying to force feed you ice cream. What they are saying is that if you've hit your macros/micros and ice cream fits into your calories and you WANT ice cream, then said serving of ice cream is not going to undo your whole day. Replace "ice cream" with any food of choice.

That's because people treat it like its supposed to fill you up instead of what it is - an appetizer. An appetizer is supposed to be a small portion of something yummy before your meal, instead of replacing your meal. FYI - even when I didn't care about what I was eating, I still could only eat a quarter of one of those.…

Yes, but your replacements would make your diet as a whole unbalanced as far as macros. Everyone (as far as I can tell) who says "nothing is unhealthy" stipulates that you still need to hit your macros. You can't replace a salad + chicken with equal calories of bread and butter and expect to hit the same macros at the end…

You don't have to eat the whole thing...

My biggest piece of advice is go in with a plan. Research and pick a training plan that you want to try. Know what you are going to do before you step through those doors. When I don't plan ahead and just go with the flow is when I get into trouble. I don't have an effective workout and I don't feel confident because I'm…

Foam roller, lots of water, and moving around will help. Sometimes I'll take some ibuprofen if it's really bad. But really, you just have to deal. It will get less and less the more you workout.

I buy new things when I need them, but I buy them from Goodwill or I ask for giftcards when present times come around (Xmas and birthday) and shop clearance and sales. I do tend to skip sizes though. I wore my size 16's (a little big and baggy) until I fit into 12's. I wore my 12's (with a few exceptions for some 10's that…

Check your logging accuracy. You already know that you're not being accurate because of the guessing. I love going out to eat, but I don't think its a great idea when you're first starting off. Can you try to forgo the restaurants and prepare your own food for a few weeks? Or at least cut back a little? It's just…

I'm going to second the "strong curves" program suggestion. I've never done it, but have heard good things about it. The main reason I'm suggesting it is because it would be a good way to introduce her to strength training and she might go with it because it has the word "curves" in it.

WW makes its money on repeat business.

Life gets in the way means unsustainable plan which means you didn't learn how to maintain.

You didn't get the point of the chart if you jumped straight to heart rate monitors. You need to back up and weigh all your food. That step comes first.

I get that it would be hard to fit 3 restaurant meals into 1600 calories. But it shouldn't be a surprise that you're gaining weight if you're going over my 1000 calories a day. 1000 calories is a huge margin of error even for guesstimating. Either do two meals a day, or bring some fruit/yogurt (or whatever) and control…

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Does it have calories? Yes? Then add it.

You're losing at a pound per week (3.7 pounds in a month). Sounds like a reasonable rate of loss for your size.

If it stalls for months, you're eating too much

That "except one day" bothers me. You're just starting out. One day out of 8 can ruin your entire progress. I agree with everyone else that you need to make sure you are logging accurately and need to have some patience, but "cheat days" or whatever can really throw you off.

10,000 steps a day, regardless of workout Mon: yoga & strength training Tue: medium run Wed: X-training (usually swimming & some workout video) Thurs: Short run & strength training Fri: Rest Sat: Long X-training (usually biking) Sun: Long Run In the winter I do more strength and less cardio.

The only failure is giving up entirely. Days that you go over will happen. It does not mean failure. Get that out of your head right now and you'll have more success. What do you do when you go over? Easy, move on. Try to hit your goal today. There's no need to make up for it or to dwell on it. We are all human and will…

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I do have to agree with this. I need less to feel satisfied than I used to. And I get sick faster (sugar headaches or upset tummy from too rich).

They all know that I'm calorie counting and sometimes get on my case about it. I get the "you're just going to do that until you know what the portion sizes should be, right?". Or the "its a celebration, relax" when its my sister's hamster's birthday or something. I actually tend to eat less around family, just naturally.…