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I'm not yet in maintenance, but getting close. And the dietician has already got me primed. The thing is that maintenance is like working out - if you miss a day, you miss a day. You are trying to figure out how you are going to stay at a weight, and every day isn't going to be a obsessive focus on food. The hard part of…

It's normal to be angry to be where you are - but you gotta get past that and focus forward. The reality is that you will be more angry that you didn't try to lose the weight if you do nothing. The battle to lose 100 pounds is a job. It's every day of your weight loss, every day of your maintenance and eventually it just…

I say this a lot, but you should seriously consider working with a RD/LD (registered/licensed dietician). This site has a mix of very good and very bad advice, and until you've either worked with a professional or learned the hard way what is what, you just might go down a stupid path and regret it. I'm 75 pounds down in 4…

I weigh myself every day on my fitbit scale - not to judge myself, but because I like the data. I hate tracking calories, but I do that every day as well. I am retraining my brain with data - which fits my personality. I also have dropped sizes of clothing, sold my old clothes on eBay - bought new clothes there as well…

Consult a dietician - but my very personal 'trick' is to gorge myself with green vegetables / salads. I eat a pound of vegetables every evening - mostly broccoli, green beens and asparagus when it's available (the broccoli and green beens aren't as bad frozen). It takes me longer to eat, not a lot of calories and the fiber…

Everyone has their reasons for being here and the tools that this site provides. Logging to me is a chore - but given how low I am maintaining my calories, and that my progress is being documented for a potential paper on weight loss - I have committed to doing it until I am done. I lived 43 years without being fat or…

I barely know you :) Just send me a invite.

I've lost 75 pounds walking (mainly eating less, though). I think that if you are going to cut down significantly on calories, walking can keep your active and help with your metabolism (so you don't need to eat more to support the exercise). I live down south so I walk outside in the morning. I don't think I could commit…

I don't need to log, but it helps. I'm an accountant, so logging is measuring, measuring something leads to improvement. Improvement leads to success... But I've taken day breaks from logging - but this weekend I had a lot more meals that I know are fine, but would take me too long to log - so I skipped it. During the…

I'm down 75 pounds and should hit my 100# target in the next 2 months. You gotta learn your metabolism (it's slower than you think), don't rely on being able to exercise your way to being lean, and focus on eating better. I cut the calories first, added longer and longer walks (low heart rate, no distance goals - but an…

Everyone has a different nutritional 'need.' One of the great things about starting a diet is learning I need more protein and less sugars - which makes my diet easier to maintain. I don't have sugar cravings and while my diet unintentionally ends up being very balanced, the carbs I eat are higher in water/fibre than…

Nice deflection. You must be very popular giving out your opinions to people that don't ask for it.

Um.. yes. In my State you must have a medical license or a dietetic license to provide nutritional counseling. Of course people give legal advice that aren't lawyers - but I wouldn't trust them with my life either. I'm just saying the obvious - unless you actually know what you are talking about - and not just because you…

I haven't had more than 1,000 calories in 3 months, I have dropped weight, walk 4 miles a day and bike 15 on the weekend. My blood work great, I'm being super efficient in my food intake and I haven't felt this good in so long that it's basically a new feeling. I am sick of hearing people tell me that it is unhealthy -…

120 pounds to lose, at 69 after 3 months. Plan on hitting the century mark in the first few weeks of 2014 and goal +/- Valentine's Day. Once you get so far, it's just a matter of patience and results - it's just living the new life...

That's my line. :) Everyone has a different set point on their caloric intake. I have maintained 800-1000 calories a day for just under 3 months, lost almost 60 pounds to date - and still walk an hour a day / bike an hour a day on the weekends. No negative mood issues, no cognitive issues. For the record - I'm currently…

I'd get on the scale again. 7 pounds on a 200 pound body is too large of a fluctuation of water or fat in a day. Seems like you have a bad measurement somewhere. That being said, if you measure again and its the same - just take it. As far as weighing every day, it's a good idea and more accurate than once a week. I weigh…

A calorie would be a calorie if the caloric measurements we used were more accurate - but they are not. An apple can theoretically have +/- different caloric counts based on its ripeness, size and the location it was picked. Also a calorie of some nutrients play different roles than calories of other nutrients. If you ate…

My wife who is a dietician noticed that there was a change in her and her clients' metabolism when they were on birth control. Some of it was water retention, but more or less she recommended that they cut back on their caloric intake and drink more water as a precaution.

Other than a sip of wine at a religious function, I've stopped drinking completely. I'm on a very restricted diet so every calorie to me needs to be serving a purpose, and while I wasn't a much of a drinker to begin with - it's out with the cookies and the chocolate.

When people say Diets don't work, its because the concept of a diet is temporary. Whatever plan you have for your future is going to be not that different from the foods you eat to lower your weight. I've kept my calories below 1000 (800 normally), balanced with whole foods - very few to no sugars or starches. Lots of…

I weigh every day - but I look at my weight as a rolling average. I like the data points, but a single measure on its own to me is useless without a few other points of awareness.

I used to be a vegetarian when I was first diagnosed with Crohn's in college. I was told that avoiding meat MAY help with some of the symptoms. I learned that (for me) too much meat was a problem - but fish, chicken and other animal proteins were not making my symptoms worse. I went strict vegetarian for some time - and…

Unless you are doing a submersion body fat analysis or something at specialized clinics, fat% is a close guess with calipers and flat out wrong with the electronics. Those things should be "for entertainment purposes only". Given how lean you say you are, you should just accept yourself in the mirror and your clothes. It's…

Nobody is accusing you of lying. I believe you. I just think that you are attributing it to something that can be proven false. It could have been stress levels, cortisol, the composition of the foods you ate, change in activity (higher and lower). I don't eat exactly the same thing every day. I move +\- 100 calories…

Everyone that is considered medically obese should see their doctor or a licensed and registered dietician before they embark on their weight loss. They can review your medical history and explain whether certain medicines, chronic illnesses or behaviors need to be taken into account when you lose weight. A dietician is a…

There aren't coincidences in science. I believe you had an experience, but I dispute the causation.

Your metabolism is not like a fire. And you cannot change your metabolism in the short term, that is if you could find an effective measure to even chart what your metabolism is. Anybody that says their metabolism increased or decreased during a period should provide some kind of metabolic rate measure. I have kept below…

While I'm the last to believe in simple CICO - because published studies have proven that certain foods of equal calories and equal far/carb/protein can be metabolized differently (and the same food is metabolized differently from person to person). But increasing calories to lose weight is pushing the boundaries of…

Try the Galloway Method. I trained for my first marathon with it in 6 months, effectively doubling my mileage every week. Its a pattern of running (your set pace) and then walking (slower pace). Do 30secs/30secs, move up to 60/30, 60/60, 120/60... or just play with increasing your pace. It's amazing how much safer, farther…