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I giggled a little at your post. Not mean, but kinda cute the way you like your oatmeal. :) I eat a double portion of old fashioned oatmeal, Quaker Oatmeal. I eat it with unsweetened soymilk. Keeps me full for hours. Love it. I add an extra cup, (maybe a little less) water than the recipe calls for. I put the oats in the…

Eating within your calories will cause you to lose weight. End of conversation on that note. Regularly eating refined sugar, often accompanied by refined flour and fat, but not necessarily, will give you deficiencies in many nutrients. You'll get sick. There is truly no fiber, no potassium to speak of, all sorts of…

Thank you for posting. I needed the right words. Now I have them. I eat vegan too.

I eat honey and I'm a vegan. Local bee keepers are doing a lot of good keeping bee populations going when they is a huge problem with a plummeting bee population in the world. No one group defines what a vegan is. I have been around for many years and been a vegetarian decades ago. The issue of eating honey was never…

Glad you posted. This hunger problem can get much better if you eat whole foods. The corn flakes and and wheat crackers are not going to fill you up for long. Let me start by saying there is plenty of protein in oatmeal. Trade your cereal for whole grain and no added sugar. I'm eating whole grain brown rice cereal as I…

And if you have a dog like my dog Petie, he pees on my patch of mint.

If you went over by 1100 calories, in which case you consume enough energy to gain 1/3 of a pound if you are eating over the amount of calories you expend each day, you might gain 1/3 of a pound. If you ate 1100 or so calories in 1 day, in which case you aren't eating enough, because I get 1200 calories, and I'm 230…

Too funny super Tact. Great name for you btw. 3500 calories = a pound of fat. Any kind of fat. 1100 calories are at most around 1/3 a pound.

I believe when you are hungry all the time you need to eat better (more whole foods) and then see about more calories, because you probably need those too. I say you need more whole foods because they have fiber and that fills you up longer, and whole foods are loaded with nutrients. I say probably more calories, because…

Some days I'm between 25 and 35 grams of fat. Other days I'm over 60. I'm on a 1200 calorie plan and I'm given 40 a day. I believe good fats are definitely good for you in moderation, and I also think that fiber is a nutrient. I make a choice to eat healthy fats. Fat keeps you sated. Fat has important health benefits and…

You got it. Each consecutive day you get a day added to your streak. :smile:

There is a talk on ACAconvention.org that describes exactly what you are saying, as well as me telling you that I've looked into this matter of compulsive behavior and stress, and all compulsive disorders and childhood neglect/trauma and all of it stem from moderately to severely dysfunctional childhoods.…

You certainly came off as a clever person by your response to the feedback. You read and reflected and did an inventory and picked up what worked for you and what didn't. That is smart. A wise person will continue taking in knowledge. (I didn't come up with that saying). You are right. Being overweight is not a sign of…

Thanks for posting Shan. I will check this out. I know a bee keeper here and they sell all kinds of products from bees.

Way to go Scooby! I want to be under 200 pounds. I nearly fell over when MFP showed me that my midpoint of my 100 pound planned weight loss would be when I reached a weight of 196. ???!!! How did that happen? Oh, yeah... I remember :bigsmile:

Who is that handsome fellow in the bottom pictures of this post? You have lost years as you have lost weight you handsome man.

I'm glad you posted. Let me tell you that I am really grateful I realize that weight loss is not linear. Our bodies are gifts and they deserve a little more love and respect from us. The body is doing what is best for you as you do what is good for you, which you are doing. This week, I lost one pound too. I can see next…

Your post and pictures put some joy in my heart. Thank you for the excellent post. So good on you!

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I'm a whole foods vegan who gave up sugar. I'm not hungry. I couldn't handle being hungry. Seriously. I would cave in so fast. I'm a weakling when it comes to being hungry.

Luna, do a google search for vegetarian recipes and vegetarian blogs. I am a new vegan, and I am so happy for the internet. There is a ton of information and vegetarian recipes for you and for me!

I am a new whole foods vegan who gave up refined sugar. I eat a fresh delicious fruit for snacks. I also will eat some raisins, only 40 grams. Also whole grains and complex carbohydrates. Think oatmeal, all sorts of legumes. I love unsweetened soymilk personally. I do not avoid fat. Fat causes us to feel full. I eat good…

Thank you for posting the link and your encouragement to watch the video. I love learning. It helps me on my journey. I gave up refined sugar when I started the program. I don't crave it at all anymore.

In May 2014 I got the bad news my cholesterol triglyceride blood test results were dismal. I changed to whole foods vegan and gave up refined sugar the next day. I am sure by now my labs are much better. I'm going to keep going until I reach a normal BMI.

Since it is still summer, I'm eating fresh fruit a lot. Sweet ripe pineapples, honeydew melons, watermelon, strawberries, berries of all kinds. I do frozen "ice creams" and sorbets in a mini food processor, but any blender works just fine. I whip up frozen banana chunks with a little water to blend and it makes a yummy…

You did get thin. I know this because 5'7 can be 153 pounds to 121 pounds. You are model thin. I'm happy you feel so very good about your current weight. We all need to be comfortable. I'm 5'7 too. Me personally, I don't want to go below 145 pounds.

Something is going on. I am wondering if something is kicking in mentally as you go below 400 pounds. We often keep weight on for safety reasons. Not saying that is your situation, but just putting it out there that it is good to do a mental emotional check in about how we feel about being thinner. For me, weight has been…

Normal BMI? My dream destination. I'm happy for you! Congrats!

I'm so happy you are new here. This is my very first weight loss program and I'm new to MFP. Welcome. You will find much support. A journey always start with one step. Easy does it. One day at a time. I don't view what I am doing as a punishment. I am loving eating better and changing my diet. I went whole foods vegan and…