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Hmm.....buckets of stuff....is tasty!!,

I agree with all that; I think most people do not have a clue on how much one really eats. I know from personal experience that I have eaten at least 3,000 calories a day days on end when I was gaining weight. Using a food scale and tracking made me realize (and correct) the number of calories taken in on a daily basic and…

Three tires and rack of baby back ribs!

My doctor prescribed them to me and I refused to take them for two reasons: one is my levels were not that high and two the side effects of statins. I would rather lower them through diet and exercise.

These are great! Keep it up!

You too Dave! Heading to the gym myself!

Welcome Dave, Penell and Annie!

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It probably is not good. When I got to size 38" pants at a height of 5'11", that was a time for me to start focusing on reducing my weight. I had lost enough to now wear size 32"/34" pants. As a side note, one thing I noticed is that vanity sizing applies to men's clothing as well. I measured my waist with a measuring tape…

Thank you BBee5064! JB

Welcome Marty!! JB

That would be where I work...or so it seems. LOL JB

I would go with the unpopular notion that it is Calories in/Calories out. The problem that on the Calories out side, your allocated daily calories equation would look like something like this: Calories out = your BMR calories + exercise calories +/- hormonal changes +/- thyroid condition +/- muscle gained/loss +/- certain…

Congratulations cdcllcga01 on reaching onederland!! I have been there three times in my life: from birth to about 30, for a month or so in my earlier 50's and for over a year now in my mid-50's. I never (yet) got to my goal of 175, but going from 250 to 185 over a period of 5 years really took a lot of stress of my knees.…

Thank you mk2loser, marekdds, nikkib0103, Farback and BRaye325 for the kind words. I pretty much done most of this on my own. I know what I needed to do and using MFP helped put my plan in action. I just hope that I can maintain the weigh (plus/minus 5 pounds) for years to come. The best of luck to everyone in this group!!…

Actually, initially I replaced sugar with Splenda. The taste of Splenda was pretty close to sugar and I used this for a few years. Then, I decided to try Stevia (which is apparently better for you) and it kind of grown on me over time even though I was not a big fan on the taste in the first few coffees. But now, I just…

I have been a member of this group for a month or so; figured it was time to add something to this thread. Warning: this will be long! lol! I am in my mid-50's and go by my childhood nickname of "JB". I was a normal weight kid and I might have gained 10 pounds during my tour of college (undergrad and grad). It wasn't until…

I initially did 2 lbs/week, but felt like that was too restrictive. I needed to lose about 40 pounds to get into the upper end of a healthy BMI range, but I also was not in a rush to do so (so I dropped my plan to 1 lb/week to have more calories to play with). Ironically, I was dropping about 2 to 2.5 pounds a week for…

First thing needed to say is "congrats" on an amazing transformation! I am sure your Doctor was equally impressed with you accomplishments as every one here is at MFP! The doctor visit of yours kind of mirrors my experience. My current doctor knew me at my highest weight (5'11", 250 pounds) and was gently reminding me to…

Alcohol itself (and I am referring to the "-OH" molecule and not "beer" or "wine", etc) has no nutritional value. It does contain about 7 calories per gram of energy but is considered "poison' to the body and as such the body gives a high priority of processing alcohol over things like burning fat. That said, I think…

Yesterday, I had 6 slices of pizza (plus wings) and didn't whine about it on MFP; it was delicious!!!! Looking forward to the next time!!!

I probably would not whine about it on a MFP forum thread. Life is too short to worry about things like this....

Nicely stated!!

Correct.

I really get a kick out of these so called "experts" here on MFP that claim that certain medications will cause weight gain when eating at or below maintenance level. People really believe this??? Seriously??? IMHO, it is just *yet* another excuse to justify being overweight. What the heck ever happened to personal…

1 - No. 2 - 28 pounds on MFP; 60 total. 3 - No.

First off, congratulations OP on losing the 25 pounds. You must be proud of the what you have accomplished so far and I am sure you are well on your way towards your goal weight. For myself, I started noticing my weight loss when I dropped about 15 pounds (pants were looser, lost an inch around the waist, blood pressure…

Sort of.... I am losing weight to try to take some pressure off a bad leg/knee. A nice bonus is that I am now off blood pressure medicine and am now pretty much prescription free.

Cheese, chips, condiments, peanut butter/nuts, etc. Pretty much everything except pasta. For some reason, I always did 2 ounces of pasta for a meal...

Nothing to add that has not been said in this thread, but congrats Frank on the 182 pounds lost. Very impressive!!!