NinaSharp Member

This! I struggled with doing both for about two weeks and then dropped WW. The "Freebies" got to me. I consulted a few people on here and realized I was eating too much fruit, but then I couldn't wrap my mind around the fact that the zero points when a banana costs me 110 calories as opposed to a peach which is like 45.

As someone who has done 5 rounds of WW, I like MFP much better. I feel like I'm learning how to eat better instead of using their system and their points. I can just read the box with no calculator and boom!

This is entirely possible. I lifted the 2nd slice from my brothers plate right after I ate the first, so I probably didn't allot time for that warning to stop eating. Thank you for all these good suggestions.

Missed this comment. I totally hadn't considered that. A little google fu shows it's similar to how I felt last night. That may have been it. I'll try the cake again (my parents always have it at their house) and see what happens.

I didn't actually throw up, but I see your point. I also bolded your last statement because you make a really good point.

In hindsight this was a very rude response. I'm sorry for the things I typed when I had a stomach ache.

Not trying to be rude at this point, but you are like a dog with a bone right now. So every stomach ache is because I can't view foods neutrally. So my peanut butter allergy is because I think it's fattening?

I didn't say it would. My question is regarding the feeling after I ate the cake. I love cake. I didn't get to be my size without loving cake. Can I have cake safely without feeling like death? Because if so, That is the train I want to be on. I just wanted to know if anyone else had a similar instances, because right now,…

Fair. I didn't consider that. I've had this cake before my diet and loved it. At the time that I ate it, it was more of a "I've been super good, it's just one piece of cake, maybe two pieces so I'll be fine."

And technically it was two pieces of cake.

Reading back over my entry I realize it sounds like that, but I don't have an issue with food. I considered puking because I really felt that awful. I don't mean never having cake or junk food (I had McDonald's for dinner the previous night), but I'm trying to figure out what happened last night. Thank you for your concern…

The staff get worried when you show up later than usual. "Dude you ok? Where you been?"

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Wow. Sold. I didn't think I could get results like that in a deficit. Thanks so much!

As someone who has had this particular problem, it just meant I really had to watch what I was eating. There was no estimating calories or mindless eating allowed. I had to track every single calorie to make sure I stayed at a deficit.

*facepalm* Thanks for posting this. I usually avoid weighing because I think it takes too much time. Didn't even think about zeroing out between items. I always grab separate containers. Feeling like an idiot.

This. I loved Chipotle and would always think was healthy due to how fresh the ingredients were (stupid I know). After realizing I can blow my entire calorie budget for the day with a burrito, visits to Chipotle have fallen by the wayside. When I do go there, I get a salad and leave half the menu off of it.

A skirt I bought to deal with the weight I gained actually fits. Think about that one for a minute.

This is so true. A few weeks a go a mini argument started in a meeting because a new member was upset that someone mentioned eating too much fruit. "But aren't fruits free" was thrown all around the room which is what got me thinking on this subject. I don't know if it's selective hearing on my part or others, but whenever…

Thanks for posting that. I think that nails exactly what I was doing.

I was talking to my bf about this, why did they switch from the former model. It seems like allowing for fruits and veggies made a lot more sense than their current model.

For the record, it was bought early in the day and I didn't sit and just eat the entire lb. It took the entire day but I had it with breakfast, as a snack, in a smoothie and many other ways through out the day.

Wow. I don't think I've ever heard this in my meetings. 5 servings? That makes total sense. Is this on their website somewhere?

Based on what people are saying, it seems like I may have abused the plan a bit with my "Free" points. I cannot eat a lb of strawberries and still expect to be at a deficit. I really like strawberries.

DO NOT SIT DOWN AFTER YOU CROSS THE FINISH LINE! I made this mistake and was too sore to get up and wound up crying. I know you will feel like dropping, but just keep walking. Bring some bengay and take advantage of the massage tent.

That's bookmark, not like.

Because one of their sponsors is Coca Cola?

Thank you. TDEE is a big thing around here, so I assumed when it asked all those questions, it was taking that into consideration.

This. The program may work at first, but you are exactly right, it isn't modeled for people who are interested in vigorous exercise. It's almost like they don't understand it. I never understood how a 10 mile run gives so little points back. after my weight stalled, I moved on. It works to a point, but honestly, despite…

This. I eat more than you do. I'm a lady that weighs 141, and am 27. Seems low.