Anonycatgirl Member

With such a low calorie goal, you should definitely eat back some of your exercise calories, because it's hard to get enough nourishment otherwise. If you can't increase the volume of what you're eating right now, try some more calorie-dense foods. Try full-fat cheese and yogurt instead of the low-fat kind, or some peanut…

No, but you'll have STRONG abs, and a strong core is important so it's not as if you're wasting your effort IMO.

Sounds odd, but it's possible. I have a friend who can't eat any raw fruits or vegetables but can have certain ones cooked. Whatever causes her problems breaks down in cooking, and in a few cases just from freezing. And to the person who doubted it was possible to be allergic to fruit... it's actually quite common, though…

Sounds like a worthy goal to me. Thank you for improving the view for everyone else at the event. Latex at home with your partner is a right. In public, it's more like a privilege. :wink:

Eight days is not a plateau. Eight days could be water, your body adjusting to a new level of exercise, hormones... Can't speak for the workouts with any authority, but even the people I know who are training for marathons take days off so it probably won't hurt you.

When I started logging, I was stunned by how much I was actually eating. Yeah, it was mostly "healthy" stuff, but too much of it. (Olive oil is good fat, but NOT in the quantities I was using!) Add to that some life stress that left me mopy and not wanting to move as much as I used to and hello creeping weight. That said,…

Eleven pounds since December 28, but I'm deliberately taking it slowly because it seems more sustainable for me. I'm eating fewer carbs most days than I might otherwise, but it's not deliberately "cutting carbs," more like trying to be sure I get enough protein so my snacking habits have changed.

[Edited away because it was pre-coffee and sounded more judgmental than I intended.]

Wow. Just wow... I'm so sorry that happened to you and I can't imagine how upsetting it was. Not to mention how screwed up the people who did it must have been. Even if I looked at some stranger and thought, "Not the best outfit for that body type," (which one does think sometimes, including about average/slender women who…

I love the idea of adding black cumin! Can't wait for summer and real tomatoes. (But let's not rush it. First there's asparagus, strawberries, and rhubarb!)

If you don't like it, that means more for those of us who do. Even before I started counting calories, I'd have my husband hide the jar so I had to ask where it was (and thus think before I ate it.) And I'm not usually that fond of really sweet things.

If I wanted to do that, I'd have made a different recipe (maybe aCooking Light one where someone else already did the math) in the first place. I'm going to all this trouble with MFP because this is possibly the best pot roast ever. :wink:

Thanks, all! Gravy and roast separately sounds like the wisest choice. Maybe not scientifically precise, but close enough.

I've never bothered adjusting for that. I figure it's a little leeway for imprecision in the other direction, which is also going to happen. (Unless I'm making stock, in which case I'll use a calorie counter for lower fat stock.)

I'd figured out that part. The awkward way "servings" are handled in the recipe feature on here is my issue. This recipe makes 8 servings, let's say, of meat and veggies and far more than 8 reasonable servings of gravy--but the meat cooks in the majority of the gravy ingredients, which are then thickened with a water-wine…

Haven't climbed actual mountains yet, but I hike regularly and I'm hoping to climb in the White Mountains this spring/summer. Does that count?

Lovely post!

My husband laughs...but I get so peeved if I weigh less the day after "official weigh-in day" than I do the "official" day and I look back and realize I'd had a lot of sodium or something the day before the official day. So I feel your pain. I try to restrict the weigh-ins to once a week, but I get curious!

I've started logging it because it has a few calories, even black--only about 2-3 cup, though. You could track it with water as well. I just don't track my water because that's one thing I don't have an issue with.

I've thought about this some more, and I'm definitely living proof you can put on weight eating nutritious, non-junky food if you eat enough of it. Really, the only foods I hate are certain processed foods. I'd rather starve than eat an Oreo or most packaged baked goods. Can't stand "store" bread. Margarine? The only…

I started reading this thread out of curiosity and realized I can't think of any foods I hate. Some, like celery and collards, I won't go out of my way to eat, and there are a couple of things I simply can't eat (but like the way they taste right up until the violent reaction starts!) But hate? No. Does that make me weird?

If you keep maintaining rather than losing over several weeks, you might be eating more than you thought, but for just 9 days, it's probably water retention, or hormones, or one of those weird non-linear blips.

Remember, don't be embarrassed to take your leftovers home. Restaurant portions are usually huge. PS: Now I want Vietnamese food but the nearest Vietnamese restaurant is 30 miles away.

I agree with weighing most things but honestly? Lettuce and spinach? I'm not going to bother to something weighing something that has 20 calories in a 2-cup serving, because if I accidentally take "too much" WHO CARES? I can tell 2 cups from 5 cups, and that's about when it would start making a difference.

Have a grilled cheese sandwich, because I've been craving one for months! Then go for a long hike. I'm not going to give up my grilled cheese, etc., forever, but I've learned I have to balance them. I'm getting some new yoga clothes when I'm halfway to goal (should be soon!) because I think it'll be motivating not to see…

I need to sketch out a plan. We have five raised beds and are planning to put in five more. Still enjoying frozen and canned veggies (and pesto!) from last year's garden. I've started shallot seeds, but it's a bit early to start much of anything else. I do have a flat of mixed baby greens and one of pea tendrils to add to…

A gentle laxative is the only thing that comes to mind. You've changed your diet pretty drastically and your body's probably still confused.

I'd like her body--she's close to the body type I'm inching back toward--but I'll settle for her stylist. There's a fine line between voluptuous and plump, and Hollywood-stylist magic helps keep you on the right side of the line.

You're my height and around my starting weight and that's the calorie count I got for a moderate weight loss. And so far it's been working. (Except for this past week, which will be blamed on a really excellent party, but at least I didn't gain, and it was a good enough party I might have otherwise. :smile: ) If you stick…

Also, you say you haven't been "too accurate with app." Try tracking everything as carefully as possible, weighing and measuring your food, for a few weeks. I'm fairly new here myself and one thing I learned quickly was that, despite being an experienced cook, I stank at estimating portions. Just to clarify, are you aiming…