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no, absolutely not. Verboten! Water only, distilled spring water.

A week is nothing, keep hitting your numbers and be patient.

I just find a circus and have them guess my weight. Close enough!

Me, Sherman, and Mr. Peabody hop in the Wayback Machine and set it for last week so as to avoid that ever actually happening! No, I go forward controlling what I have control of, which is how many calories I eat today. Also I avoid getting emo about it, feeling guilty or whatever because that doesn't help. Try to view it…

If I'm stuck for 2 or 3 weeks, I'll have a get-out-of-diet-jail free day where I eat whatever I want and then get back at it the next day. Has worked wonders for me. That pre-supposes you're already weighing and logging everything you eat and hitting your numbers. OP, I'd be very skeptical of those quick-fix supplements.

Both sides have good points to make. Original post makes sense, and the junk food splurgers are really advocating the mildest of splurges, I'd say. Those calories really do add up quick. The Apple Cider House Rules, love that novel (and movie)!

I recommend weighing every hour on the hour. Be vigilant!

Being hungry late at night and not being able to sleep until I had basically a 4th meal used to really slow my progress. These days I keep little bags of chips around for late snacks, eat a 1oz bag for 150 calories to tide me over. The crunch and the carbs seem to help nudge me into sleep relatively cheaply, maybe give…

hemlock, battery acid, and brussel sprouts

The fake sausage patties are pretty good with eggs. Even the fake bacon is good once you figure out how to make them crispy. The secret is removing as much moisture as possible before you zap them. They are highly processed though, it's sure not a perfect whole food like plants are.

Pretend you're someone else before you taste the food. Speak with an accent and wear costumes to this effect. It's an all out war to trick your brain into liking new things.

Red Baron uses 1/4ths. I like it better than DiGiorno's too, the classic crust ones. Mexican Pizza is my favorite, but 4 Cheese is also good. For frozen pizza that is, and for the price. $3.50

It sounds from the original post like you're trying to do too much too soon, especially on the exercise front. Maybe concentrate more on the food side for right now, on hitting your mfp numbers every day. Getting that calorie deficit going is what's gonna move the scale. Hang in there, keep a positive attitude. It'll take…

Sounds like your salad days are just starting!

I eat a lot of white meat chicken tacos and beef jerky.

What is "mindful" anyway, such a hot word these days. I mostly use my mouth for eating. Tongue for tasting, teeth for chewing, etc.

Probably not enough to matter much, but I'm no doctor! I take atenolol sometimes for my blood pressure which should theoretically slow down my metabolism some, but it really doesn't matter for weight loss in my experience. Might be a good idea to ask your doctor if you're stressing out about it, that can't be good either…

Surely some people just want to share tasty snackies. You make it all sound like an evil plot, Machka9!

What else are you gonna do if you want to lose weight? Guarantee, what is guarantee. It's probabilities. You could get hit by a bus tomorrow, no guarantees. Keep your calories down every day and your chances for losing weight are great.

I've lost 70 odd pounds so far. My excess skin is minimal and I'm a man in my 50s. I gained the weight fairly late in life though. I do flex my abdomen a lot, that seems to be an area looking for trouble.

I like this!

Use my patented fitness program where you hit your mfp numbers, log all your food, and walk a half hour every day. Guaranteed weight loss or your imaginary money back.

call them "snackie wackies" and they won't seem quite so threatening.

It doesn't necessarily. You need to flesh out the ideas in your original post so people know what exactly it is you're talking about.

I stayed home and snacked freely all day, beef jerky, nuts, and chips. 2345 calories, 96 g protein, 209 g carbs, 4227 glorious grams of sodium. Had a good time, watched my Spurs win and Golden State lose.

You're free to eat as you see fit. But how did you ever gain the weight in the first place with an paltry appetite like that?

Sadly, most of my favorites aren't around anymore. Bourdain's first series, Molto Mario, Throwdown with Bobby Flay, 30 Minute Meals, Good Eats, etc.

Somebody's not feeling their oats! Oatmeal wouldn't fill me up at breakfast either, I'm a bacon and eggs man, or sometimes beef jerky.

Exercise makes you feel good and is generally good for your body, but if your top priority is losing weight and you're really big, it's the calories coming in to focus on. Something like walking might be a better way to go than hammering out abdominal crunches at this point.

No, but I sometimes think it talks about me when I'm not around.