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I am still torn on the topic. I trust foods in their most unprocessed form rather than a chemistry project that we add to our food. That said, I am still using Splenda daily but am not 100% comfortable with the concept. I do think it possible that there could be long term effects so I wouldn't say confidently that it is…

Stevia tastes bad to me in most cases. I have had a few brands that are a bit better tasting, but I don't know what to think of it. It's processed and doesn't have any approval process. I also use coconut sugar, it just doesn't taste the same as sugar though, but it can be fitting for some foods.

That's really a good point. :D I would never eat the pink stuff because I can taste it and to me, it tastes horrid.

Thank you for this Curly. It's incredibly helpful.

Thank you for that. A lot of helpful advice. About the drug comment. Although there was a touch of seriousness, it was mostly snark, but that is impossible to tell in text. I should have replaced the sentence with "should I have a lobotomy" to show how serious I was.

I am seeing a therapist. What have you done to move past complacent depression? I think ultimately my depression outside of life stress, is mostly my disappointment of this never ending yo yo with my weight. I have lost complete faith in my ability to ever keep it off.

Since I am the one that made the post there is no need to refer to me in 3rd person. Everyone has down days and it is helpful to connect with those that can relate. For those of you who cannot, feel free to not chime in if you feel it is beyond your scope or comfort zone.

Thank you. It helps to read that others can relate. It just is good to get it out, start over and move on. It can be such a difficult journey. Thanks for the words of encouragement. I will try again tomorrow.

I think you may be right. Maybe I will up my calories to 1600 for a bit. Thank you. Yes, I am rather sad.

I am not sure what you mean exactly, but I will just ignore that advice since this is supposed to be a support forum and behind most weight loss issues is something very heavy and difficult. If it was easy, most of America would be thin. Noones issues should ever be disregarded as too much for this space (unless they are…

You can't even comprehend how badly I want it. I suppose you have never experienced complacent and despondent depression before and that is what led to this comment. And btw, I have done this a million times already and ended up fat again. I am feeling helpless.

I am 41, 5'3, 183 lbs, I walk daily at the very least 10k steps but usually more. I have just started running, starting today actually. My current calorie goal is 1200 but I go higher almost daily recently. I have been at it (counting calories) for about 4 months (not including the million times I went down to skinny and…

Thanks for this. Maybe I can up my exercise from what I already do. I already get 10k plus steps and this morning I ran 45 minutes and meditated. I was okay for a bit. But the smallest crap throws me off and then I am off for the entire day after. For me it was seeing how fat I was in a mirror and I felt hopeless But I was…

Lol! This is the exact article that had me concerned that it was the exercise that caused fat gain.

I love this!!!!! It is indeed a life changer.

Over the past month my weight has steadily moved upwards and that is when I really started to walk. Again, it is likely a counting and portion issue. It's just good to be reminded that that is the case and not some sort of hidden physical issue.

Thanks for saying that. It's true. When you weigh more it is so much harder to move that weight around. I remember being thin and the abundance of energy I had because of it.

Oh! And another strange thing... When I was purposely eating my exercise calories I was losing and when I attempted to stop I started gaining. But perhaps my eyeballing allowing for bigger portions to make up for my sense of deprivation from cutting back on eating exercise calories? And in the end I was eating out of…

Exactly. And I try not to eat my exercise calories, but when I do allow it, I am probably being too lenient with portion sizes.

Thank you! Good loss you have there that is so much weight gone. I find that I do fudge things a little if I am perfectly Honest about it. I just was confused because I always fudged and was losing weight before I walked. Maybe I am now making subconscious exceptions because I am walking and feel entitled to more food. I…

But, yes, I do eyeball my portions more than I should. The mysterious thing for me is that I always did and I lost more weight when I wasn't walking, hence the confusion. I could just be fudging the portions to fit my hunger. I have been very food minded recently.

Actually, yes, pondeee, I did. And reason being, I read an article in which they did a study where women who excercized vigorously and gained more fat than the ones who didn't. I assume the reason is because they were eating more because the exercise was making them hungrier or the weight gain was from some other…

Thanks everyone. This has been helpful. I think the problem is likely my loose eyeballed portion size. I have never weighed my food. So maybe that is the golden ticket to solving this.

Ah! Nice. Maybe I will check it out.

So inspired to read your experience. Love dietbet.

This is a valid question. And there is the possibility for some cheating. For example, someone could hold a brick in the first weigh in... However, I think most people go in there realizing that: A. The win is not all that huge B. To cheat is to cheat themselves more than the game. Because again, the winnings are small.

To all the naysayers (discouragers) in this thread. If this type of program wouldn't work for you, then don't do it. It's pretty simple. Don't discourage other people simply because you have deemed something inappropriate for you. You may notice my original post said nothing about "do you agree with dietbet?" You are…

That's what I love about it. It is the first time in ages I actually logged daily. The charts and everything else keeps me accountable. Easy enough goals to keep me on track. I love it. I really was dragging my feet after so many years. So glad I did it and will do it again next month.

I found for me that within the first week my weight was jumping around. And some mysterious days I would even weigh more than my start weight. I too have tried to cut down to 1200, and it is starting to work now. I am about halfway to my goal. Which week is it for you?

Oh, how I wish I had this problem. The only comment I get on my body is "when are you due?"