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Food prep. Identify the hours you will start and end eating, so for me it was about 4pm to 4am when I worked nights. Plan your day out, snacks and meals, and stick to the plan. Have your coffee, tea, whatever to stay awake, but make sure and drink plenty of water too. Stick to your plan.

Franz Ferdinand and Sparks got together and made a band, FFS. Lately I've been listening to their stuff on repeat, namely, 'Dictator's Son', 'So desu ne', and 'so many bridges'. I expect no one knows Sparks, but I'm sure a few have heard of Franz Ferdinand (the archduke and the band).

No. Mine is Tuesday because I started back with this on the 1st, which was Tuesday. Currently down 7lbs, could have possibly been more, but I allowed a cheat day with no exercise Thursday that really didn't help at all. We'll see what the scale days Tuesday.

TL;DR. I had one good one, I had a bunch of mediocre ones due to high turnover. Built my own garage gym and started seeing results without a trainer. I've had two instances where I had a personal trainer, one worked and one didn't. When I lived in Guantanamo Bay one of the guys at the gym offered to help me out for free. I…

I stopped reading halfway through all the walls of text. Next time someone makes any type of unsolicited comment simply say, 'Don't be jealous.' And leave it at that. At least, that's how I live my life.

Feel free to friend me if you'd like, I recently started back up in earnest with the goal to lose weight without any fad diets (not knocking anyone, just know what doesn't work for me). Anyway, I can't friend anyone from my phone, or I don't know how to and not sure when I'll fire up the laptop next.

I keep around 1200 and have an open diary, although I don't claim to be a beacon of health, I more or less try

Look up yak butter tea to see where bulletproof coffee idea came from/was modeled after. I'll drink butter coffee maybe once or twice a month, as is mentioned before you need to blend it. Blending it creates a creamy, frothy smooth flavor. Unsalted butter is recommended and I don't personally use coconut oil or anything…

How much cardio and what type are you doing? HIIT is all the rage right now, bit it really is helpful. Can you add strength training to your routine at least 3 days a week? Strength training can really help to burn calories more quickly. Personally when I log exercise calories I don't log the lifting I do, and I log a…

I looked up Hoshimoto's, but Google changed it to Hashimoto's Thyroiditis (is this correct)? I wanted to see what came up as far as diet suggestions, because perhaps a person without this may not understand what needs to be avoided or eaten more of in your case. However, everything I'm seeing says there's no special diet…

In my early 30's I was doing good for a few years, then I moved and then weight just came back. Sadly, I know what I need to do; watch what I eat and exercise daily. I've been doing this and I've slowly seen and felt improvement. I'll be 38 in March and I'm moving to Guam. So, I not only want to feel good I want to look…

My schedule shifts every 3 months 6pm-6am then 6am-6pm 3 on 2 off 2 on 3 off, although at the moment I'm on a basic 8am-4pmM-F. I have a gym in my garage which helps out a lot, so when on days I was able to sleep 9pm-1am, get a workout in and get everything together to be to work before 4am. Yeah, 1am is kind of a…

Oh man. Is this me? Am I 'middle-aged?' Where did the time go? 37, going on 38 this March.

Same same. I've been fairly inactive on the site over the past few years, and slowly gained weight through a combination of eating out to undo all the hard work I'd done through exercise and keeping a food diary and then justifying it by complaining, 'I'm getting older, it's hereditary, or I'm just built like this'.…

Anyone can add me as well. I've gone up and down (mostly up) in weight over the years, however I am determined to stop justifying terrible food and stick with it.

I've been a member here for years, although with my intermittent logging and weight gain you wouldn't know it. Starting back up this year I'm trying a few things; do what works for me-I can't sustain a keto diet, I can log my calories and pay attention, along with keto (because it's popular) I'm going to ignore any dietary…

Nevada, for now

Yeah, I have no idea how many times I've started then stopped, then started again. At this point I'm (closer to 40 than 30), and my job requires physical fitness to a point I'm no longer at but would prefer to be. I'm at a weight I never thought I'd be at daily, and aside from being healthy, I just wanna be a hot 40 year…

And it's more filling.

Fruit: eat all of it, try everything. Buy what is in season and if you have a farmer's market nearby try to go there to get the best flavors, otherwise just buy different fruits and try them out to see what you like.

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No. What causes weight gain from eating later in the day is usually the type of food people go for i.e. high fat, low in nutrients (fast food, chips, cookies, etc.) Your body isn't going to say, 'I'm eating a salad, but it's after 7pm, better just go ahead and store these veggies as fat.'

So I used to use MFP years ago, and recently started back up again. My decision on eating back calories was (and is again), this; If I go to the gym and work out on a piece of equipment, I will record those calories and eat them back if I'm hungry. I don't record the calories burned during weightlifting or my 3 mile round…

Apparently my phone had rent on the mind in my earlier post. I'd better proofread better before submitting via mobile

I food prep as well, yesterday I made pot roast in the crock pot and got 6 meals out of it, 3 in the fridge, 3 in the freezer. Today I will be making curry and doing the same, this way I can alternate my main meal at work. Then, I prepare three salads, cut a pineapple and canteloupe and portion those out, one cup each. So,…

Workdays I'll steep a pot of loose leaf Yerba maté to bring in a four cup bottle I have and most of the time that gets me through the next 12-13 hr shift. However, I keep a french press and coffee grounds at work should I need a bit more later in the day. No sugar added to either. I enjoy both coffee and tea, but I like…

Any time someone asks, 'How are your eating habits? Do you drink protein shakes?' Then they proceed to go on about why everyone NEEDS to drink protein shakes at least one meal a day

Like most others I pre-log, and have most everything measured out and ready to go.

I've been on here for a few years, but fell away from the habit of keeping a diary. I recently started back up and keep around the 1200 calorie mark as well, anyone can add me if they'd like

I love peanut butter, I could eat spoonfuls at a time yet I have to (sometimes aloud) tell myself no. It's up to you to find a balance with it, for me personally, I try and log calories for the day early on, around midnight-ish. This way I know what is planned, which is where peanut butter comes in. I've found 1TBLS is…