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^^^ My thoughts exactly - I love my food scale. It's been really helpful with my new lifestyle. I used to think I knew what a serving of cheese was....nope! But now when I cut off a chunk, I am pretty good at keeping it somewhat even (but I still weigh it lol).

There is just so much yummy in this thread. Now I want stuffed french toast with a side of peanut butter chocolate chip pancakes.

Love this!!!!! And seeing people eat food they enjoy and still lose weight! That makes me happy :)

Fine fine - another pet peeve is punctuation, capitalization, and grammar. Seriously though, it's not that hard to use periods...or know that "i" should be "I".

My pet peeve is people who write pointless threads about how other people annoy them and believe it's motivational. Oops. I just meant to think that.

I have no words.....wow. You are incredible.

HUGE difference!!!! Congrats!!!

Well if it makes you feel any better, I'm a Leafs fan........ :grumble:

I'll be your friend on one conditionWhat hockey team did you play for?? :smile: But I'm warning you......I'm a fatty also, married already and I'll match your sarcasm, and probably surpass it. :wink:

Well, now that's just a lack of common sense......stupid eating perhaps.

Instead of 2 Cadbury creme eggs, I eat 1.... I've swapped half a medium pizza for 2 slices...unless I'm really hungry and have the calories for it. I'm not being a jerk lol, but I haven't taken anything out of my diet...for me, I just swapped serving sizes. That is working for me, but everyone is different!

I love the taste of Special K Red Berries... don't give it any thought beyond that really... I haven't had it much in the past few weeks because I also fund cereal doesn't fill me up.

I started 6 weeks ago so I've had 1 TOM so far....and it was 6 days EARLY!!!!:grumble: I'm usually a 33-34 day cycle, and expecting my next period in 2-3 days so my body seems to have adjusted. I asked my MFP lady friends and they assured me it was normal for my TOM to be off with starting a healthy lifestyle....I has no…

You definitely need to eat more - I started about 6 weeks ago with 150ish pounds to lose and my calories are set to 1440 plus exercise calories. I would not be happy eating 1000 calories and exercising! It would affect my ability to function well.... Please please please ditch the trainer. If his plan was 800 calories and…

Thanks OP! You're a sweetheart :)

Hey! Look at my ticker - we are almost twinsies with our starting weights! Sending a friend request now....

Great job!!! Here's to the next 10 :drinker:

I started 41 days ago (so 6 weeks tomorrow) at 293 pounds and I've lost 18 pounds already....You'll lose faster in the first few weeks :) I've just been doing it the healthy way - nothing is off limits for me, I exercise, drink lots of water, and weigh my food so I know exactly how many calories I'm eating. You could…

Winner gets to pick the movie of their choice for movie night! Winner gets to paint the other person's nails haha...or toe nails.. Loser has to do 2 loads of winners laundry...Including folding...and return to the winner (or put away if you live together) Loser is responsible for all prep and cooking AND cleaning for 1…

Awww! Love the post and pic - and yes, Steve is pretty awesome. :) and HUGE congrats on quitting smoking! That's amazing - very well done!!!! Now don't let your head swell up....might hinder your run tomorrow... ;)

Hey - I recommend using the MFP search tool to look up various threads about cleanses. You'll find great info there. I've never done one, and I don't think there's any point to them because your body is a cleansing machine already. Good luck on your health and fitness goals :)

I'm finally doing it because I want too....I'm doing it for me. But that's not the only reason I'm doing it...I want to have kids and I want to be healthy during my pregnancies and be a healthy example for my future children.

I wish I could quote this on so many posts!!!! So sorry for everything you went through, but really glad you're back doing it without pills! OP -- please please please don't look for a quick fix, they usually don't end well....

Going to google Roca Labs now....be back to respond :) Edited -- back from my google :) Congrats on wanting to start a healthy lifestyle! I started at my highest weight of all time too -- 293 pounds. Yeah....I have/had about 154 pounds to lose to get to a healthy BMI. That's scary, but not impossible. I've done well by…

I have no doubt that your muscles that you currently have are getting more toned and defined, but to gain muscle (which means it wasn't there before), eating at a deficit like the one the OP is eating at is not going to put on 2 pounds of muscle in the short time she's been working out. Obviously lifting will wake up the…

I don't really have any advice for you, but I just wanted to say that you are GORGEOUS in both pictures! Holy girl! You really were and are stunning - I hope one day you own that :)

I'm not very good at picking out diary problems because I eat naughty foods daily and my macros are probably not up to snuff.....Having said that, I have eaten below my calories most days and it's working. 2 weeks ago, I weighed myself and my scale said I had gained a pound. Yesterday I weighed again and lost 3. Basically,…

It's not nice to call someone a very rude little girl either.... You have not been reported because I'm not a MFP police officer and I have better things to do......like get useful info from this thread that's a...what was is.....oh ya....broken record. Make sure you shine up your badge and have a flower.:flowerforyou:

Great info in this thread! Quick question - for those that are giving a specific number that they eat (i.e. 1650) and then you exercise 4-5 times a week, are you eating back exercise calories? Or is that what you eat with the TDEE method? I started (checks account), 38 days ago and I'm just following MFP recommendations…

My hands - well, my fingers.....it's weird. My rings are spinning around constantly now lol.