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A few months ago I was at Lone Star (US Chain steakhouse) and my meal came a salad or lettuce wedge. I went with the lettuce wedge, but substituted balsamic for the blue cheese. Turns out that even without any dressing the wedge of lettuce weighed in at about 400 calories!!

If what goes in doesn't come out you'll gain as well. That and water are responsible for most of my fluctuations.

I've mixed one scoop strawberry with one scoop chocolate and it seems to help make it more palatable. For reference I always use milk and not water as the base.

I can afford a food scale, but have never bought one. Being off a few calories here and there isn't killing me and I've had enough padding in my daily/weekly calorie goals to more than make up for it.

For me, my motivation is not dependant on anyone else. Yes, it helps if my wife doesn't go out of her way to eat Doritos in front of me or stock chips in the house, but if I can't control myself at home, how can I control myself at work, or driving past a burger shop?

My guess would be somewhere between the two numbers. 200 seems a little low if you're on the highest tension setting.

If you feel like loading a week's worth to food in that would be helpful to look at, otherwise we can check once you've got a few days into MFP to see where things are at.

No need to go back and load stuff in. You can make your diary public by adjusting the setting here: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/diary_settings If you haven't talked to your doctor about losing weight, it may be helpful to have the conversation with them. Have you ever had your thyroid checked? Usually thyroid…

I have a ton of weights, but my favorite pieces by far are dumbbell handles and plates. This set is pretty cheap at Wally World: http://www.walmart.com/ip/Gold-s-Gym-40-lb-Vinyl-Dumbbell-Set/21672513 2 x steel dumbbell bars 4 x 7.5 lb plates 4 x 2.5 lb plates 4 x dumbbell collars

I think OP is confused on the BMR. Assuming she's 5'4" and 205 lbs, that's a BMI of 35. Her BMR would be around 1642, not 1815. I think she might have calculated TDEE and thought it was BMR.

Since you've got a lot to loose you can stand to loose more per week than is "recommended", at least at first. You'll find that your weekly weight drop slows down, but the percentage drop stays around the same. I think this is a pretty good website to supplement MFPs numbers: http://iifym.com/tdee-calculator/ If I make…

I haven't suffered from prolonged insomnia as you do, but I've had stretches of it. I found that if I wrote things down (paper and pen) it would help clear my head. I purposely didn't use a phone or PC so I wouldn't be tempted to do anything else.

Have you tried keeping a journal? Writing everything down before bed may help calm your brain down enough so that it's not going a million miles a minute when you're trying to sleep.

I would order a chicken dish, but get any sauces on the side. Stick with steamed veggies and you can log the chicken and veggies by estimating their weight/volume. You can decide if you want to estimate what type of sauce it is or just don't put it on.

I found myself getting dizzy on days where my normal physical activity level was above normal. Usually weekends and days where I'm outside doing yardwork or playing with the kids. For me, I wasn't eating enough plain and simple. On days where I know I'm going to be more active I make sure I have a high protein, higher…

Severe asthmatic here! I hope your asthma is not getting in the way of exercise for you. If it is, please consider seeing a specialist rather than just your PCP, you may need to adjust your medication blend to control your asthma better. When asthma is well controlled a rescue inhaler is just that, a last resort medicine…

I plan to keep on counting calories and logging my food for the foreseeable future. I'm convinced that fat people are lacking a gene that enables us to regulate our intake subconsciously.

Yup, the trend is easy to see if you weigh in everyday like I do. However, it seems like a majority of people on here weigh in weekly. It would be even worse if you did a monthly weigh in for fat %. I guess what I'm saying is, the more data points you have, the better your trend line looks and the easier it becomes to…

Nope. I bought my scale about 3 or 4 years ago and it's still free to sync up.

I have a Withings scale (first gen model) that does it. The graph I posted came from their HealthMate website, but they have smartphone apps as well. It also syncs to MFP, but the graphs on MFP don't have trend lines so I don't bother with them. http://vitrine.withings.com/smart-body-analyzer.html

I splurged today! I had szechuan bean curd and rice for lunch at the chinese place near the office. Totally worth it.

No kidding, that's why we have trend lines... :laugh: I weigh in every day at the same time and about the same hydration level. I'm a satisfied customer of body fat %.

If you like fruit that's an easy, higher calorie food to add in. I eat 1 or 2 bananas per day and usually an apple as well. Today I added in 290 calories from the 2 bananas and apple I ate. Looking at your diary though you seem like you could use more protein on the days you're under your calorie goal. Maybe somethings…

- Tuna (in water) w/out mayo (100 cals / 22 g protein) - Soy nuts (130 cals / 10 g protein per 1/4 cup) - 0% greek yogurt ( 100 cals, 18 g protein) - Pure Protein Bars (200 cals / 20 g protein) - Hard Boiled Egg (70 cals / 6 g protein)

I started out on cardio alone, but found I was losing more muscle than fat, not what I wanted. I added in a strength program to reduce the amount of muscle loss and upped my protein intake as well. I ended up doing pretty good with that and to me it's more sustainable in the long run.

In the district next to us one of the elementary schools sends dinner home with kids who don't get enough food at home. Churches and donations help keep the program going.

My kids don't like the food they serve in their elementary school so they pack everyday. It's nice actually because we can make sure they are getting a nutritious meal and not get the chocolate milk (loaded w/ sugar). Back when I was in school it wasn't cool to pack your lunch, but thankfully that seems to have passed.

In my experience, day-to-day weight fluctuations are just that, fluctuations. Most of the time it's just water weight because of high sodium intake or you've got a constitutional waiting in the wings. Gatorade is terrible BTW, it's loaded with sodium (and sugar in some cases); just drink water instead.

Maybe this is because I have sleep apnea, but when I hear about people having problems getting enough sleep I automatically think they should consider talking to their doctor about it. It's a hassle to get diagnosed with it, but it can save your life. If left untreated it's a quick route to a heart attack because of all…