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MFP has designated me as 1200 / day for the last two years or so, which shockingly enough, is right when I stopped losing weight. I haven't been able to stop at 1200 / day, EVER.

I suspect that mine would show rather depressing numbers, but it sounds worth looking into.

I learned that I couldn't handle my Supervisor's job. Actually, I learned that two weeks ago, when she started vacation. I'm only doing HALF of her workload.

I put ketchup directly onto my fries. And then add more when I get to the layers that don't have any! There! I've said it and can't take it back!

Yes. Based on height/gender, I should be losing at least an additional 25 pounds from my current, but ever since MFP set me at 1200 calories, my brain and body have been rebelling ever since. I don't think there's been a single day since that I've eaten 1200. It's always more. So I've been at maintenance for close to 1.5…

Wish I could say that there is such a food. Every single thing I used to like/love, I still do. AND still crave them to the same degree as I always have. I may have lost a goodly amount of weight, but I haven't lost an iota of appetite.

I'm not a fan of most substitutions or Mad Scientist versions of "classic" foods. A somewhat lower-fat/calorie version of something, like 1/3 less fat cream cheese, okay, but not, say, spaghetti **squash** for my spaghetti. Or cauliflower for mashed potatoes. I want to hit those kinds of subs in the nose with a rolled-up…

I almost never have calories left for dinner. It's the nature of how I eat. I eat Big to Small, meaning dinner is very, very small. It's not even a dinner, per se - just snacks. And on those days like you describe, where there'll be a full dinner due to company, I just {{sigh}} suffer the consequences.

I sometimes look at progress pics and think, "Ah, good for them," but am neither motivated nor offended by them. I know a woman who sees conspiracies against women *everywhere,* which is ultimately what led me to sever ties with her. It just got too bloody tedious. I have a personal mandate not to post before and after…

I don't pretend I've been anything but as lazy as I've been my whole life. In my case: eating less. Not so much of the "moving more" part, though. I expect to get to that.... eventually. Fortunately for me, most people don't ask me much of anything!

I'm so head-bent-down, avoid-eye-contact when I go out where humans are, I don't react to much of anything other than being told how much my bill is. That includes seeing what other people buy. I get all my produce at a produce-only store (Growers Direct), so it'd be weird to have anything BUT "healthy stuff" in the cart.…

I make soups with lots of veggies and eat from it every day. I don't cook them for very long, to preserve some crunchiness. That's mostly because I can't get up early enough in the morning to have more than 30 minutes total to get ready for work, so I make heat-and-eat meals like soups and giant bowls of mixed berries to…

Writing stories is about the only thing that REALLY cools me down. I work in software and have almost no friends outside of work. Software companies are notorious for being nerd storage units, so nobody bats an eye that I like all my movies "big, loud, and full of superheroes."

Outside of work I have so many hobbies, I don't know what it's like to be bored. Lately I've been writing stories (blog). When those are done, I move on to other things. It's cyclical.

Ditto

Take heart. I've almost started a thread like this a dozen times. Just over a year in and only 43 pounds later, I'm STILL trying to decide whether to write an "Introduce Myself" post. If you ever see a post there called "Musings of a Misanthrope," you'll know that I finally went for it! And also that a lot of it would be…

Maybe "to infinity and beyond" would make more sense?

I am. 44 and holding.

Because I don't want anyone making comments about what I eat. Ever.

where's the love for HUMMUS?