momof3G8kids

mmm, going to have to try this! Thanks!

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Thanks everyone, I'll try these suggestions!

Thanks I really need to keep hearing this over and over again, I'm gaining a little more weight because I've pushed my calories to 1,300, instead of the normal 1,000-1,100 I kept averaging out at. So I got depressed and ate less the last couple of days, and lost the same pounds I gained. I know it is a momentary fix, and…

Yes, this sounds like me, I have very heavy ones, bad cramps, and have had ovarian cysts on and off, but after about 6 ultrasounds, my gynecologist still insist I probably have endometriosis, but I don't know whether to believe that is all I really have.

Well, this is exactly my problem, lose 10 pounds and being stuck for another however many months. I weigh 220, but I'm not dropping quickly like everyone else says a heavy person should drop pounds. I'm going to have to look into this PCOS, to see if that is a possibility for me?

This is exactly what I feel too!

Thank you....I read this and thought "This is me" Exactly what happened to me! Never ate a lot, but am still fat, somehow, after the 3rd child. I really am getting it! I need to eat more in order to lose weight!

Yes, this is more what it seems like for me, what I eat on the weekend takes me about 3 days to burn off, so I end up starting the next week, at the same amount of weight I was the last week. So I'm really going to have to be careful still what I eat on the weekends, because I don't want to be taking 1 step forward, and…

I will try upping my calories, since that is really the only thing I can figure is wrong with me. I don't eat back my exercise calories, so I know my body must think I'm in some sort of starvation mode. I am doing lots of cardio, and circuit training with Jillian Michaels dvd, that has a lot of exercises with weights,…

Servilla: Yep, that's exactly what I had, just didn't realize all the sodium...ouch!

Wow, never realized how much sodium, carbs, and sugar I consumed. I usually am concerned with the calories, but I'll have to try watching out for everything else also. I'll drink plenty of water today and see if it helps.

Okay, so for my "Cheat Day" I went to Panera Bread yesterday, and I ate lunch around 1:00p.m, and I ate a bowl of chilli, and half of a cuban panini, and topped it off with a lowfat mango smoothie. The rest of the day I was good, and because I was still full from lunch, I barely ate anything the rest of the day. I wake up,…

I'll try that, I did this when I went on a South Beach diet one time, and even though it was hard, I did lose some pounds. My only thing is when I start eating a lot of veggies, I feel like my calorie calculations are a little off for the day, since I'm not sure how to calculate them on the MFP, since it all varies.

I will try cutting the cold cuts our, I figured since their Boars Head brand that maybe their healthy, I figured if I eat chicken, and turkey for lunch, that I'm getting the protein that I need. You suggested cutting this out, but wouldn't it be the same if I eat salad and pieces of chicken in it, as opposed to a whole…

I agree, I think I'm eating too little for as much as I weigh and how much exercise I'm doing. I think the "obsession" with the 1200 calories comes in, is with the 1200 calories being the minimum number of calories a person can stay at without sending your body into starvation mode. So since everyone says, you want to burn…

I think I'm eating pretty healthy, I usually eat multi-grain cheerios for breakfast, with skim milk, some fruit. For lunch I have some whole grain bagel slims, with some Boars head low sodium cold cuts, and lowfat cheese, if any. Or I might have a salad. For a snack, usually some yoplait yogurt, and blueberries, or another…

To AZackery: Thanks, I will try these!

I went back to my MFP summary, and I looked at one day that pretty much is what's consistent for me...on that day I ate 1,226 calories, I exercised 740 of them off, which then gave me a net of 486. This is what my days look like, for the most part, just varying by a few calories, or exercise min. There are a few things I…

Thanks everyone, you are so helpful. This is enough to get me started!

Oh, and if it helps to know I try to keep my calories around 1,200.

Hi everyone, I'm new to MFP forum, and was reading everyone's struggles which are the same as mine. I too have been at a plateau, and just have been consuming 1200 cal a day. I came across this article, and thought I would share it. I'm still trying it out, but I finally lost a pound in the last week after zig-zagging my…