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I wanted a wonderful, gigantic, homemade cupcake the other day. . . but I had to settle for "tasty" kake cupcakes. :( Time to find time to bake! I need me a damn fine cupcake!

As long as you're taking more steps forward than backward, you will get there eventually. :)

Yes, those are your macros. :) I personally only track my fat, protein, fiber and carbs. If you want to look around the forums, you can find information about calculating your ideal amount of fat and protein to be eating. These links are helpful:…

I am curious as to how you came up with 1200 calories. For most women, this is the minimum amount of calories they should get for "good-enough" nutrition. If a doctor hasn't told you to stick to 1200, I would suggest looking around this site for some helpful information to calculate how many calories you can eat and still…

I eat full fat Greek yogurt nearly every day. I mix mine with some honey and peanut butter and it tastes like peanut butter cheesecake. It takes some fooling around to get the ratio perfect and some days I use more or less peanut butter depending on where my macros have gotten too. It's usually about 150g yogurt, 10g honey…

Trying to get enough protein every day. I never realized how little I was ingesting before MFP. I have a very physical job and I need to feed my muscles. Protein supplements and meats are expensive and I'm broke. Beans and eggs get boring SUPER fast. But I'm no longer completely exhausted and sore all week long so I'm…

Because you know there will be at least one opportunity to eat a donut every week. Skip it this time and cut 50cals a day from you goal so you can have one next week. OR plan it into your macros that day if you know which day they will be in the office.

Say your height/weight require 2,000 cals to maintain. You've been eating 3,000 cals and have been slowly gaining weight. 100 of those calories are from carbs. You decide it's time to stop gaining and try a carb free diet, so you've now cut out the 100 cals of carbs. You are still eating 2,900 cals. 900 over maintenance.…

I want to eat organic some day, if that's what you mean by clean. I wouldn't personally refer to it as "clean eating," I would just call it organic. Everybody seems to have a different definition around here. Sadly, organic foods are about double the price of regular foods. Organic candy bars are SUPER expensive. I WANT to…

Homemade, oven-baked alternatives to the foods you're craving could give you what you want with fewer calories. I'm not really sure though, I kind of REALLY hate fried foods but when I crave a candy bar or something, the only thing that makes my craving disappear is to eat the dang candy bar. Or half of it and savor it…

SO in.

I started out pretty ignorant about proper nutrition, what eating healthy meant and how the body loses weight. After reading many different opinions on here, I began to do my own research and realized that yes, I do care where my weight loss is coming from. I want it to come from body fat with as little muscle loss as…

Awesome. That being said, I was told MANY things by many different professors while I was working on my BA degree that I would later discover were not true. A linguistics professor once told me that the Inuit people have over 50 words to describe the different types of snow. I discovered, upon my own research, that this…

It is true that a significant percentage of overweight people DO gain the weigh back (sometimes even more!) but they are typically the people who have binge eating disorders and do not seek counseling for assistance or the people who follow very restrictive or incredibly low calorie diets and drop an excessive amount of…

Thank you so much for linking this. I've started to read it before but didn't realize that the second half was about macro nutrients. Just followed the advice in the article and changed my macros accordingly.

I increased my protein and fat by 5% and lowered my carbs by 10%. I have a very physical job where I lift and carry heavy things all day in a warehouse. I'm pretty sure my body needs a little extra protein. . . I also have trouble hitting my protein and fiber goals without working toward it. I always try to meet my protein…

I agree with a body acceptance movement. Everybody is entitled to be happy, regardless of their weight. We don't shame people who have an eating disorder such as anorexia or bulimia, but many people feel that it is okay to shame the eating disordered where over-eating is concerned. It does just as much damage to their…

I'm sorry, but there is no "trying" to be supportive IMO. You either support the person you love, or you don't. If he's getting annoyed I would assume it's because 1.) he's really not supportive OR b.) you talk about it to the point where it's incredibly irksome to keep hearing. Can you maybe meet him halfway and stop…

When I was unemployed and depending on food stamps, I discovered that high calorie foods are typically cheaper than lower calorie/lean foods. I was uneducated about caloric needs for my body and I gained some weight eating that way. I was eating the same quantity of food. . .but every bite had more calories. People will…

I mix some peanut butter and honey into my greek yogurt and have been eating it almost daily. It's SOO good. I'm trying it with some Nutella tonight. I usually do about 200g of full fat greek yogurt, 10g honey, and about 15g peanut butter. It varies a bit based on how it fits into my macros for the day. Also try mixing a…

On the contrary, advertising affects children immensely. Sure, the parents make the decisions but one day the children will be teens, young adults, then parents and they WILL be making the decisions for themselves and their families. Companies cater their advertising to children as a way of building future customers. And…

My thoughts are: Total rubbish. I hardly ever ate fast food and was 230Lbs at my heaviest. Caloric surpluses cause obesity (and in some cases, medical conditions) but not eating fast food. Sure, most people who eat mostly/only fast food are probably getting too many calories, but if fast food wasn't available, does anybody…

Do you have chocolate tea biscuits? Something like this: http://www.foodservicedirect.com/product.cfm/p/1928585/Chocolate-Tea-Biscuit.htm?gclid=CLeW15ChrLwCFaVQOgodJQoAzA They have a lot less chocolate flavor than graham crackers. . .but I guess you could probably order actual graham crackers online somewhere. :)

Probably not. I start school soon and will only have an extra $56 a month in my budget. I would find a free alternative or just count calories on my own with a written food journal. It would be more time consuming though. :\

I don't! I usually allow myself an after dinner/before bed snack or two.

Coffee, by itself, has very few calories. Like single digit calories. If you're smart about the things you add to it (milk, sugar, etc.) and you plan it all into your day, then there is no reason that coffee will prevent you from losing weight. If you're eating at a deficit, you will lose weight. ETA:: I'm drinking coffee…

I eat between 1400 and 1600 calories a day. When it's a higher calorie dinner, yes, I take those unsatisfying small portions, but I always make sure to include something I can eat a lot of. For example, a veggie that I love with a ton of awesome seasonings or I'll make myself rice and I'll make pasta for my boyfriend. Per…

I eat sooooo many eggs and I get bloodwork done annually at the doctor. Everything is always perfect. I'm pretty convinced cholesterol problems are more genetic and less the foods we eat. Kind of like diabetics should limit their carbs, people with high cholesterol should limit their cholesterol. But I'm not a doctor and I…

Have you considered just having less? I still drink wine and beer, but sometimes I'll only have 3 or 4 oz instead of a few glasses. My boyfriend is always happy to finish the other half of my beer if a whole one doesn't fit in my calories. If you definitely want to stay away from alcohol entirely, my mom used to make me…

well. . . they fit a lot of places now too haha.