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People above are saying "drink when you're thirsty" which doesn't work for some people. My entire life, I RARELY feel genuinely thirsty, even if I'm VERY dehydrated. Also, a lot of times I feel hungry (munchies) instead of thirsty whey I am dehydrated. I use HydroCoach (phone app) which pings reminders throughout the day…

I don't see it as time consuming/stressful. It's just part of my daily routine. I vigilantly log everything I eat.

There is no evidence that Kombucha has any significant health benefits. Save your money.

I think it's a great way to introduce your kid to healthy eating at a young age. Explain what you're doing (measuring your food), explain why (to keep a healthy weight), explain that adults do this because they're not as energetic as kids. This can tie in wonderfully to discussions of picking good food choices (like how…

Carrots can be fattening if you eat more calories worth than you burn every day. No foods are inherently fattening/slimming.

The city I live in has many "Mom and Pop"/local-indie restaurants and NONE of them have any nutrition information. I limit how often I go to these places because logging can be difficult/very inaccurate. I try to find something close on MFP and give some sort of estimate (I aim for the high side because I would rather…

Same stuff, just 4-5 sizes smaller.

First and foremost: Without knowing any details about your lifestyle/eating habits all I can say is weigh everything, log accurately, and be patient.

Off topic: I seriously thought there was such thing as soup supplemented with tin (for tin-deficient people? I don't know!). :D Cheers to dialects. On topic: If you watch the amount of sodium in those soups, they can be pretty good. I'm all for making a big pot of my own and freezing portions though. Soup is cheap and easy.

My PCP is a hypochondriac but for her patients. She constantly wants to do tests and blood work on me like I'm disease-ridden. I haven't been in two years because it's so annoying to deal with (I'm never sick and I get my basic blood work done at work annually and my numbers are superb). I definitely would not want her…

I would recommend a weight-trend tracking app. I use Trendweight.com. Weight trend apps can smooth out all of the fluctuations and give you a better idea of what's happening with your weight. I generally gain a few pounds of water weight around my period and then drop most of it the next week. But more importantly: weight…

I have a plain-old digital scale. I have a Fitbit Charge 2 and I weight myself in the morning and manually type my weight into the Fitbit app (old-school, I know). I use Trendweight.com (connected to my Fitbit account) to track my weight trends. As for body fat, nothing other than a full DEXA/Bod Pod measurement can…

Everyone's body is different. No one can answer this question for you. Don't focus on how long it's going to take. Focus on steadily working towards your goal.

If you go over your calories one time, one day, don't just give up and eat everything. Log your food and eat to your goal the next day and the day after that and the day after that. One day isn't going to ruin your weight loss, giving up entirely will. Also, if you are tempted to binge eat, think about why. Are you…

I Googled the healthy weight range for my height (for me 105lbs-130lbs), picked something within that range (120lbs), and set that as my goal. I'll see how I feel/look when I get there.

After 25 pounds, I'm still overweight, so when I look in the mirror I still look fat. However, my pants are fitting MUCH looser than they used to. I know from experience I still have about 10-15 more pounds to go before my stomach pouch and love handles are gone and I'll actually look a healthy weight. Don't focus on one…

Unless people like this are personal (close) friends, I don't say anything. Most people I've come across that are like this know exactly what they need to do to lose weight, they are just too lazy/unmotivated to do it.

I prefer Captain and Coke Zero. I generally stick to hard liqueur as you get more alcohol for fewer calories. ;)

Every scale is different. Hell, even the same scale will show you different things if your floor is uneven, or if you weight yourself on hard floor vs carpet. Follow everyone else's advice. Stick to a single scale and weigh yourself at the same time. Ignore all over scales. On/off-topic, the scale at my Dr's office always…

I rule of thumb with MFP is to eat back half your exercise calories. If this is a one-off thing, I would suggest eating 50%. If you are going to be doing this much exercise regularly, start by eating back 50%, then adjust as necessary. Personally, I have a Fitbit which is pretty damn accurate, so I ignore what MFP says.

It means MFP is assuming your are a robot and will eat/move/live/behave/sleep/think/talk/exist the exact same way as you did today, for the next 5 weeks. Ignore it in exchange for a weight-trend app.

Step one, follow this chart:

Keep losing weight. You can't spot reduce. The weight will come off where your genetics determine. Also, read this thread: community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1161603/so-you-want-a-nice-stomach/p1

5'2". I've been 125lbs before and liked it. Going for 120lbs this time then starting to lift. I'll switch from monitoring weight to monitoring measurements at that point.

I grew up eating ground turkey instead of ground beef (no red meat/pork, only poultry/fish). I turned out alright.

I just graduated from college for the second time (whoo!). This weekend was full of booze, greasy food, and not a whole lot of moving. I'm not sorry and I'm not worried. It was planned for, it happened. Now I'm going right back to how I was eating before the weekend. Don't worry about it and don't hang on it. Log and move…

5'2" (too short, but thought I'd post anyway) Largest I've been 170lbs, pants size 16 Smallest I've been 125lbs, pants size 10-12 My hips are huge so I can't buy small pants. All I can do it buy pants that fit my hips and a variety of belts to cinch the waist.

I weigh myself daily (in the morning, nekked, after I pee) and use Trendweight.com to track my overall weight trend (it smooths out the daily fluctuations).

I used to work at McDonalds and at closing time, we would stand around and eat the extra food. However, I was also training for a 150 mile bike rally at the time, so I actually LOST weight. You can still lose weight, you just have to eat fewer calories than you consume. And as others have said, just because the food is…

For restaurants, I usually give myself a serving size of 1.25-1.5 depending on how "off" I feel the calories are. If I go somewhere and they say a dish is 500 calories and then bring out a full, 10" plate, I log 1.5 servings. I also prefer to err on the side of guessing too high than too low.