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Oh jeez, I turn my back for a minute a week and this thread has exploded! I'm caught up now, I think. First, my update: Age: 31 Height: 5'3" SW: 252.8 (11/13/2020) CW 7/1/22: 183.2 7/2: 182.6 7/9: 184.0 7/16: 183.8 7/23: 183.2 7/30: GW for July: Out of the 180s GW for 2022: In the 150s It's shark week, and I did see 182 on…

Age: 31 Height: 5'3" SW: 252.8 (11/13/2020) CW 7/1/22: 183.2 7/2: 182.6 7/9: 184.0 7/16: 183.8 7/23: 7/30: GW for July: Out of the 180s GW for 2022: In the 150s OK, I'll take it. I ordered some new gym shoes earlier this week, got fitted at the running store in the mall and everything. They arrived today, and...they're the…

Can you swim, do you have access to a pool? Even just walking around in the shallow end burns mad calories while being super low-impact.

In addition to what's already been said, drinking your calories might help you get a few more in each day; consider adding some protein shakes or smoothies to your daily menu, or drink full-fat milk (dairy or alternative) with your meals. Nuts and dried fruit are a good way to add calories to your day as well, they're easy…

You can shred it up and add whatever kind of sauce or seasonings you want, and it'll probably be pretty good. A stand mixer makes quick work of shredding cooked chicken, use the paddle attachment. You can turn it into enchilada filling, do BBQ pulled chicken sandwiches, make chicken salad (play around with flavor profiles…

Scale was back down to 182.6 this morning, so I was right about water/food in transit. Unfortunately, somehow or other I've ended up eating almost exclusively carbs today, so I'm expecting to see it bounce right back up again.

Almost forgot to post today! Age: 31 Height: 5'3" SW: 252.8 (11/13/2020) CW 7/1/22: 183.2 7/2: 182.6 7/9: 184.0 7/16: 7/23: 7/30: GW for July: Out of the 180s GW for 2022: In the 150s BLEH. I think this is mostly water/food in transit; I missed the gym week before last because we were quarantining, and got back to it this…

Low-carb is not necessary for weight loss. Cutting carbs will make you drop water weight basically overnight, but I assume you're trying to lose 70lbs of fat, not water, right? Some people find a diet lower in carbohydrates relative to protein and fat to be more satiating (as in, eating fewer carbs in favor of more protein…

I find the total weight of the finished recipe and then divide that by the number of servings I want the recipe to yield to figure out the size of "one serving." Beyond calorie counting, weighing all my ingredients makes scaling recipes much easier; if I know I need to make 10 servings and last time I made 4, it's…

I hope you don't mean the end of February 2022 - unless you had a leg amputated or something.

What do you mean by "reset"? If you have a streak but you're trying to set a new "Day 1," just don't log in to the app or site for a day. Fully log out and close the app on your phone, wait 30 hours, and log in again. Your streak will be reset to 0. If you didn't or couldn't log in for a day, thus breaking your streak but…

Saturday is weigh-in day! Age: 31 Height: 5'3" SW: 252.8 (11/13/2020) CW 7/1/22: 183.2 7/2: 182.6 7/9: 7/16: 7/23: 7/30: GW for July: Out of the 180s GW for 2022: In the 150s YAS. FINALLY past the -70lb mark. Losing 70 lbs in 83 weeks in this our current reality is pretty hecking awesome, I think. I ordered a new swimsuit…

Hey, 4 lbs in a month is about a pound per week, which is a perfectly respectable rate of loss. I assume you don't want to go through all of this again, right? So doing it in a way that is sustainable over the long term is the better approach. You lost four pounds last month, even with the supposedly-disappointing choices…

Thank you @RavenStCloud for keeping the party rolling as always! I'll post an official weigh-in tomorrow but I did start the month at 183.2 - a [elaborate swearing] quarter of a pound over my official -70lb mark. We'll see what the scale says tomorrow. If you came over here from the June thread - I tested negative this…

If you eat eggs: shakshuka! Or menemen, or any other regional/cultural variation on "eggs cooked in a savory tomato-based sauce." Zucchini and peppers do great in this application, and you can throw in whatever else you want - leafy greens do great in this, and if you eat meat, chorizo or smoked sausage is right at home…

HECKIN' FARTS, y'all. Hubs was out of town this week at an industry conference, and in addition to a bunch of cool pins and contact info for people who might-could get him a job, he brought home the Rona. It's honestly a miracle we've managed to go this long without getting it, considering he's in the medical field and my…

Have you tried actually using MyFitnessPal? Like going through the guided setup and using the food diary? If you give your body less fuel in the form of food than it needs to pay your daily energy bill, it can only make up that difference by dipping into its stored fuel. It's really as simple as that. What you eat and when…

Correct, you should weigh the actual amount you're going to eat, not the whole uncut fruit. If you were planning to just pick up the mango and start chomping away, you could weigh it whole, then weigh the remnants once you finish eating, and subtract to find out how much you ate, but most people I know don't really like…

Age: 31 Height: 5'3" SW: 252.8 (11/13/2020) CW: 185.0 (6/4/2022) 6/4: 185 6/11: 184.2 6/18: 184.4 6/25: 183.4 GW for June: 182.8, exactly 70lb down GW for 2022: 155 All right, there's still a few more days in the month to see that 182.8 on the scale. I feel good about how close I am, and I'm proud of how flexible I was…

Age: 31 Height: 5'3" SW: 252.8 (11/13/2020) CW: 185.0 (6/4/2022) 6/4: 185 6/11: 184.2 6/18: 184.4 6/25: GW for June: 182.8, exactly 70lb down GW for 2022: 155 Oop, forgot to check in on Saturday. I saw 183 on the scale during the week, but I also think I'm due for another visit from Aunt Flo in the next week or so, so that…

I'm actually going to come down on the side of the OP, here. I will say I haven't paid much attention to the messages at the top of the dashboard, but now that I have gone and looked at them, I got the following: "One day at a time, you got this." - Okay, sure, thanks MFP. "It's not too late to begin again." - ...I'm on a…

Yep, you've got it. MFP also wants you to eat back those exercise calories, to keep your deficit at whatever level you chose for the rate of loss that you want.

Whenever you can do it consistently. I do it first thing in the morning, in the nude, after using the toilet (because that's likely to be my lowest reading for the day), but if there's another spot somewhere else in your daily routine that works better for you, the more important thing is that you do it under the same…

You remember decimals from math class, yeah? If the listed serving size is 100g and you have 130g, that's 1.3 servings. Sometimes the math is a little harder to do in your head, so here's the equation you can punch into a calculator. Remember that the slash (/) means division, or "divided by": (size of the serving you…

This is a good thing to keep in mind. Another facet of packaged foods is that recipes and serving sizes change over time, so always compare what comes up on MFP to the label in your hand - if someone added the thing you're eating to the database 5, 10, 15 years ago, the information they entered may have been accurate in…

"Healthy" is relative - you might need to make different swaps depending on what you're actually trying to accomplish. If you're trying to change your diet in a particular way that is "healthier" for medical or philosophical reasons, that will also inform the choices you make in comparison to someone with different…

The redesign moved some things around - could you share some screenshots of what you're looking at?

Age: 30 31 Height: 5'3" SW: 252.8 (11/13/2020) CW: 185.0 (6/4/2022) 6/4: 185 6/11: 184.2 6/18: 6/25: GW for June: 182.8, exactly 70lb down GW for 2022: 155 I'll take it, this is progress in the correct direction! Hubs and I are going to the mall in a little bit here to check out some Hokas at the running store, a brand of…

I always err on the side of using the raw/dry weight of my ingredients when I cook - there's not a good way to account for changes in water content caused by the cooking process. Raw meat and produce, dry grains and pasta. For prepared or more processed foods, you must read the nutrition label carefully, and follow the…

Hey, a loss is a loss! I don't remember who pointed it out or when, so please claim credit if I'm quoting you, but there is no such thing as a false low. The scale might show high for a few days after a hard workout, a salty meal, a long trip, your period if that's something your body does - it's water, water comes and…