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9.7 :happy:

I start by making seasoning. http://premeditatedleftovers.com/recipes-cooking-tips/how-to-make-chipotle-seaoning-mix/ Put it all in a clean glass jar and shake thoroughly to blend. There will be enough to use in chili, tacos, guacamole, tamales etc... For a small batch of guac: 1 avocado 1/4 cup Greek Gods Traditional…

Stupid laptop! I keep doing copy posts :ohwell:

I started in Feb with a BMI of 45 and needing to lose 80 pounds just to get in the low end of obese. Initially, I lost a lot rapidly (roughly 10 pounds the first week or so-WATER WEIGHT!). I didn't starve myself. I ate whole foods as much as possible (NO dinners from a box of any kind), avoided my major addiction of syrup…

I started in Feb with a BMI of 45 and needing to lose 80 pounds just to get in the low end of obese. Initially, I lost a lot rapidly (roughly 10 pounds the first week or so-WATER WEIGHT!). I didn't starve myself. I ate whole foods as much as possible (NO dinners from a box of any kind), avoided my major addiction of syrup…

Thanks for that insight. I don't track sodium much because I tend to avoid salty foods... except FRENCH FRIES!!! Actually I have been avoiding them like the plague because I can't just eat a few! LOL! I have to eat three or four potatoes worth! Little buggers ;) I am starting to see some movement finally. My hubby thinks…

Thanks! Surgery is what got me in this mess in the first place. Keep putting one foot in front of the other. You can and will get back where you want to be :)

Glad it gave you some encouragement! I am finally breaking through to the other side of it. It can be so defeating. I have to keep telling myself I can go another day or even stick to it another hour. :)

Measuring with cups, spoons and scale ;)

Yes, I am measuring portions. I generally round up too. So if a serving is a cup and I only eat 2/3 of it, I still log a cup.

Maybe I should call it a eentsy weentsy teeny tiny yo yo. I get a one or two pound up and down fluctuation for several weeks. I may land on a lower number for a couple weeks and hover there then bounce back up to the midline. Or shoot up to the high end again. Consuming more doesn't equate to weight loss for me. It ONLY…

Thanks for all the input. I am following the carb protein fat ratio designed by MFP. I do not eat my bonus calories most days. I am not starving either. I eat when I am hungry but I eat high value low cal foods like veggies. Not sure what my body fat ratio is. I too am little concerned about the scale except at the moment…

I'm 218-222 lbs and 5 feet 1 inch. I think it calculates several things in coming up with that number.

The bottom weight for my height is supposed to be 93 pounds. That is a disgustingly low weight for me. At 120 I look like I just got released from a concentration camp. SO!!! I add ten pounds for each baby I have had to the high end of my "healthy weight" of 120ish. 120+40=160.

[/quote] This word you keep saying. I do not think it means what you think it means. [/quote] And THIS is why I want to be your friend! edit: I did that wrong :P

I suppose it YOU are into that sort of thing, who am I to judge.

And if I go and burn a few hundred at the gym like I do four nights a week, I am supposed to replenish those calories I "earned"!?!?!

You named my arch nemesis disguised as my best friend! I couldn't for the life of me figure out how I got sooooo fat over the summer! I was drinking a giant cup of sweet tea everyday! That and my salted caramel lattes! LOL! I have switched to Chai (tea bag not concentrate!) with some homemade creamer~ half n half and…

YES!!! ALL OF THIS ^^^^!!! And what everyone else said too. He is abusive. Just because he isn't hitting you with fists doesn't mean the trauma isn't there. His words are warping your perception of yourself. I am currently at 225 and only 5'1". Yeah, I am overweight. Fat by some standards. But my husband adores every bump,…

@ Starfish... Tell me more about the arm band! Sorry for duplicate post

@Starfish 1277 ... Tell me more about the arm band!

Hi. I have a hard time conceptualizing that I am morbidly obese. I am 5'1" and at the beginning of Feb 2014 I weighed 244 pounds. My goal is to get to my last "bikini" comfortable weight of 160 but apparently that is still considered obese. I thought I looked great at that weight/size. I go to the gym at least four days a…

I have been having this problem too. Smells faintly like cat pee. GROSS!!!! The smell absolutely nauseates me :( So does anyone have ideas of good carbs to load up on? I am a 41 year old female and have at least 70 pounds to lose.