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There are these little pouches of tuna with different flavors I just love! You just have to watch out for the sugar, but those can be a great quick snack, or else mixed with mayo and dipped, or put onto a salad. I always have HB eggs on hand as well. Another easy one is to cook up a bunch of chicken breast and chop it up…

Welcome! You're in the right place! Just commit to logging that journal, and you will be on your way!

Welcome, sounds like you are off to a great start!

Welcome! I know we can do it. I'm 40 and I need to get my figure back as well, moreso for my health, energy level, and pain management, than anything else. I can hardly believe what good of shape I once was in, and now how far I have to go. One day at a time! I had so much success with MFP in the past, and I simply logged…

Welcome! Mom life is so real, I am right there with you trying to drop back to a healthy weight again :)

Welcome!

Welcome! I have had great success with MFP in the past, I am hoping I can make it work for me again, too!

I have never used the MFP guidelines, and believe me, I was thrilled when I discovered how to change my little pie chart thingie, cos it never made sense to me to hit their macros. I since found IIFYM, which is designed to target fat burning. That is afterall what we want, right? Preserve lean muscle mass and burn off the…

Lol Me too! I was like, jeez, is this really supposed to be this difficult???

I have been enjoying my collarbones, for sure! -And the definition in my arms/shoulders just from loss of excess bodyfat, not really even from lifting much at all. -The knees when I'm sleeping thing started fairly recently, and it bothered me at first, but I have found that if I just nest my knees, staggered slightly one…

I am, I just don't use it as much as I used to. I used to keep a blog on there and everything...

I just use "Gardening" for that stuff too :)

I started on IIFYM for about 12 days before I had to go away for the holiday and I will say, Wow! I felt bf drop pretty quickly, weight came off too, but I was also strictly pre-logging everything to really hit those macros spot on. It felt great, but also a bit intense with all the pre-logging, so I was hoping once I got…

I feel like I'm in there with you bc although I have 10-12 to go to get to the original goal I set for MFP, I have always wanted to get down about another 10 from there and see how my body felt, if it would even be maintainable there - so what is that? 20-22 lbs? After taking off 55 or so already, I feel like I've needed…

That's pretty much how quickly it's been coming off for me, but I haven't been obsessed with the speed - only the eventual destination, and even then, I'm open to seeing how I feel. Especially now with about 10-12 lbs to go, I have no timeline, and I'm good with that. It's really taking it a day at a time, a week at a…

I am skeptical of the benefit of the high-fiber content in the Quest bars, although this Friday where I have one planned into my day, it sure makes all my little stir-ins less necessary on paper. We'll see how I feel. Since I started IIFYM I did the same as another user and switched MFP to track my fiber. Now that I'm more…

I went down to about 1200/1250 on the advice of a trainer, and that helped me break out of my plateau at about 160lbs. - but I wouldn't recommend that long-term. I did it for about 7 weeks, then I went up to about 1450 for a couple weeks, and still felt a little guilty about increasing my calories. For me as I get closer…

Everyone is doing so great! I'm so glad to stumble onto this thread too, because I was just thinking as I prepared my lunch -- I have all my portions planned out for the week, but I'm also trying to go through some leftovers. I went to weigh out my sweet potato fries and there was a bit more than one serving there. My…

This is so simple and easy to portion! But maybe too quick and easy if you're really in the mood to actually Bake! lol Cover the bottom of a little ramekin with whatever fresh or frozen berries you like, blackberries and raspberries are especially nice. Crumble your favourite cookie on top, especially chocolate chip or…

Woo hoo!!! Me too! Yesterday I weighed in below my initial BMI goal for 24.7 and I just did a double take, like wha-wha-WHAAA!?!?? Great job!!! I just keep soaking it in... ;) :bigsmile:

Thanks. So much for this little experiment. I better leave these message board things to the pros! lol :flowerforyou:

Thanks for all the attacks, um... I'm glad a few users got the point of my post, just to bring some awareness to the issue. I didn't have to scratch very deep to find a vast pool of these kinds of unhealthy users. It wasn't a "beef" with MFP. <facepalm>

What a tough time. I will keep you both in my prayers, Amanda. <3

My family has been really supportive, but it's true that at some point, people get sick of hearing about it, so I try to respect that. You better believe when someone is actually interested, I will be happy to share with them all about it! lol But it has become something personal I do just for myself, and that makes it…

We moved out to Vegas to stay with my fiancé's mother and stepdad. I remember when he first told me his mom lived in Vegas, my immediate reaction was - "What does she DO?" Lol For the record, she's a quilter. There are obviously lots of nice, normal families that live here, and most of them avoid the Strip because why?…

Ya, you're right. Pure Protein and ThinkThin only have 20g. And you are also right, that taste is definitely subjective. If you like them, good for you! Personally, I'm thrilled that the bars I like have the same nutrition for like a dollar, dollar-fifty a piece. I'd rather not pay more for something I think is gross, but…

I am so glad to see this thread, because I am one of the girls who is like, "Why the heck are these things so popular?" The first one I had was half a cookie dough. The texture was not at all what I was expecting and was pretty turned off. I'm about to go work out, why do I want to actually mow down on a sticky, plasticky,…

My trainer had me at 30.3% BF last week and I can honestly say, I look nothing like the girl in the 30% pic. I have seen my BF fluctuate as low as 24.9% lately, but my figure looks more like the 25% or between the 20-25% pics than the 30% pic. That looks to me like 40%+

Stress can be killer, but it's also a normal part of life. Skipping a couple workouts is not the end of the world (in my book), I would just go back into yesterday's food and log the stuff I didn't want to admit to at the time! You might feel better about getting it entered in, and then you see where you honestly are for…