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^^Again, whatever works for you, and gets you to where you want to be. For some, it is not necessary. I have been cooking and baking for over 50 years, so I know what amounts look like, at least close enough to not be detrimental to my weight loss/maintenance. I have lost over 1/2 of my current body weight, and have been…

Another vote for "not everyone needs to weigh their food". I do have a scale. Used 2 times. On MFP for almost 4 years. I have lost over 1/2 of my current body weight, and have been on maintenance for over 2 years. As with most things pertaining to losing weight/becoming healthier, find what works for you.

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64, maintenance 2 years. Lost over 160#. I do have loose skin, but it did tighten up some. It is not too obscene, and certainly better than carrying around the extra weight. I'll never be a bikini model, but I never would have been one any way. I look 100% better than I did when I was morbidly obese, so it is all good.

Uh oh..................here we go again..................No calorie free food except water.

I notice some things a lot more now than I did before. Especially when I eat something that is processed. Sodium is one thing I really notice as I cook mostly from scratch and never add salt to anything as I prefer to use spices and herbs. I do notice after taste on some things that I do use, the item that comes…

There are a lot of us here. I began here almost 4 years ago @ age 60. Morbidly obese @ 290#. Lost over 160# and have been on maintenance for a little over 2 years. Husband lost about 50# total just eating what I eat, and went from borderline type 2 diabetic to normal blood work. Our daughter called us her "incredible…

JW wasn't the Wizard of Oz one of those "phony fortune tellers" that traveled around the country in those days.(before he ended up in Emerald City) mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, kind of appropriate. Dr Oz is kind of doing the same thing...........or does he actually believe what he spouts out?

I read this about a week ago. The National Academy of Medicine says that men need about 125 oz and women need about 91 oz of water per day. (this is an average number) This can come from all foods and beverages consumed. The Mayo Clinic also advocates water coming from all foods/beverages consumed. Of course amounts may…

It is possible to overeat vegetables and fruit. Calories do add up. We burn calories constantly, just by being alive. If we eat more calories than we burn, most of us will gain weight. For a doctor to promote foods as being negative calories, is very misleading to people who may trust his knowledge. JMHO

^^LOL, Thanks, it has been a dismal day I needed a laugh! I am pretty sure there are plenty of people that would do it here in the USA, but the networks wouldn't broadcast it due to censorship issues. Cable networks maybe would, but I don't know, there are some limits, even for them.

I just take a multi-vitamin, mega red(krill oil), and probiotic.

Nope, there are no negative calorie foods............except water. Gimmicks and hype. All it really is, is tracking all calories accurately and eating less of them than you burn. Simple, but never easy.

I have my eye on the Easter basket @ the end of lent. Giving chocolate and Starburst jelly beans - original flavors - up for lent. Looking forward to 3/27/16. Now that they no longer have the Dove truffle eggs, it is a little easier for me.

For me (and everyone is different), I just asked myself (it seemed like a million times per day at first) is it really worth it to eat that, or do you want to lose weight. I have to say, as the weight came off, it did get easier to resist overeating. It is really worth it to be a normal weight and a normal size. I won't…

Berries, bananas, green beans, beets.

Drink a lot of water and eat raw veggies.

You can certainly lose weight without exercising by eating less calories than you burn. For some, myself included, I am a lot hungrier when I exercise and eat more than I do when I do not exercise. However, exercise is beneficial to overall health. The stats I have read are 80% calorie deficit, 10% exercise, and 10%…

I have been taking Mega Red for over 2 years. Never a burping issue taking it.

To lose, eat less calories than you burn, move more, ALL things in moderation.

Don't buy into the myth that losing weight over 40 is harder. I did for too many years, and because of the myth, did not even try. When I found this site and started reading the success stories, I thought to myself, maybe I can do this too. Lost over 160 pounds and have been on maintenance for a little over 2 years now. I…

The best time is when you will get it done. Personal preference. I know that I will not do it after a long day at work, so I go very early in the morning before work.

I have a long commute (45 minutes one way), work long hours in a stressful office job. I park as far away from the door as possible. When I go to the bathroom, I take the long way and walk up and down a flight of stairs. I get up very early and go to the gym before work, as I know I will be too tired after work. I can…

You need to seek professional advice from your health care provider. You want to do what is right for both you and your baby. No matter what advice you get from a web site like this, each case is individual and no one here is qualified to advise you on this. Best of luck to both you and your baby.

My pet peeve about MFP is, for some reason, the people here who give advice to others, saying what they are doing is not sustainable. Everything I have read says, over 80% of the people who lose weight (no matter how they lost it), gain it all back (some gain even more than they lost). Very few people keep it off for over…

It has been almost 4 years since I found MFP. The first comments began @ 40 pounds lost. I did not tell anyone that I was trying. So many attempts and failures. MFP is the real deal for me. I have lost over 1/2 of my current body weight, and been maintaining for over 2 years.

I went from size 24W (tight) to 8 and some 6. I did not get rid of anything until I had been on maintenance for over 1 year. I bought a belt when things started to be too loose to stay on, and wore that belt until I had lost 80 pounds. The first new thing I bought was size 18. It has been over a year since I brought all of…

Honestly, I am reading The Choice, by Nicholas Sparks in anticipation of the movie release tomorrow. (I do like a little romance, and loved The Notebook I read a lot of mysteries/thrillers usually, but a few Nicholas Sparks, Jodi Picoult and others slipped in sometimes.

Sorry, you are right, my mistake, but to my way of thinking, if I knew my husband went on a public forum like this behind my back, I would not be very happy about it. Sorry, but I don't think this is being sensitive to his wife's feelings. The answer is, you may be able to motivate her by example, keeping comments to…

Sorry, she is not being an a-hole. She has to want it for it to happen. You said she was overweight when you married. What changed, she is the same person you married Why do you want to change her? She has to want it bad enough to make it so. It is not your decision. All you can (and should) do is support her and love her.…