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Not really. You still have to maintain a calorie deficit. And if you sit down and eat a 16 ounce prime rib, you are still going to be throwing down 1300 calories. Eat two other "paleo" meals and you'll probably blow your calorie limit for the day. If hunger is what drives you do binge, consider seeing your doctor about an…

Have your husband punch you in the jaw so you need surgery, too. :)

I want to be able to put on socks and tie my shoes without so much effort. I want to be able to go on Scout trips with my son when he is old enough. I want to be hotter in bed. I want to lose the weight of my armor so that its weight is "free".

20 kg is about 44 pounds. At a maximum rate of 2 pounds per week, you are looking at 22 weeks. But it is unlikely that you can sustain that, as weight loss is seldom linear. I'm betting a year.

I took a quick cruise through your diary. Last week you were routinely eating under 1200 calories. Your goal sometimes was only 1000-1200 calories. But your daily goal is fluctuating all over the place from day to day. Based on your picture, I would think this is too low. You may be uncontrollably hungry because you are…

Yup. This is called "maintaining a calorie deficit."

If you have the calories left in your daily allotment for a spoonful of sugar or a donut, eat whichever one you want. The only reason I'd bother with substitutes is if you feel you can't control yourself eating only one donut or whatever. In which case, sure, find a substitute.

I weight myself every morning after I get out of the shower. I have a Withings WiFi scale that automatically syncs with MFP wirelessly. Love it. There is no point in weighing throughout the day - your weight will fluctuate from eating and going to the bathroom. Your weight will also fluctuate from day to day, of course,…

Remember this: If you are set to say, a 1000 calorie a day deficit, and you go over your calorie limit by 200 calories, you still achieved an 800 calorie deficit for the day. So do not get too upset if you go over by a little bit on some days. It just means you won't hit your target weight loss goal for the weak but that's…

If you are not losing weight, the usual culprit is you are eating too much food. Your diary is not open so we can't see what you are logging. It is critical to log your food intake accurately. As ruggedshutter said, you can buy a digital food scale for less than $20. It is trivial to under-estimate food. See these videos…

Most weight loss happens in the kitchen. You can run your *kitten* off on a treadmill for an hour and only burn like 200 calories. It's far easier to create a deficit by simply not eating the 200 calories to begin with. So while exercise is great for getting/staying fit, I would not stress very much about what kind of…

The primary reason why "low carb" diets work is because the carbs most people eat tend to be calorie dense. So when you cut carbs out of your diet you may be naturally creating a calorie deficit by cutting out a major source of calories from your diet. I emphasize "may" because it is quite trivial to substitute low-carb…

4 pounds over 2 weeks is a 2 pound per week loss which is the absolute maximum you should shoot for. I've never been able to sustain that - I averaged 1.2 pounds per week over 6 months.

Get MFP friends who interact with you and "like" your progress status updates. Knowing that people are watching you is a big motivator.

Fruit. I go to Costco and buy big bags of apples and pears and boxes of plums and nectarines. I eat about 3 pieces of fruit a day as snacks. I like it because it's self-contained and requires no prep work to eat.

OP: You are wasting your time discussing food addiction in these forums. Over 50% of the people will condemn you as simply a weakling.

No, actually, I find the first week to be the easiest. Shoot, anyone can tough out something for a week. Plus you tend to lose weight rather quickly your first week or so. But then, for me anyway, I typically hit a plateau about 3-4 weeks in that lasts about 2-3 weeks, and then my body seems to give up and starts burning…

Phentermine/Topirmate. You won't care what other people are eating.

The scale motivates me.

Exactly. There simply aren't enough calories in my daily allotment to eat what I want. And definitely not enough to eat in the quantities I would want to eat the things I want to eat. For example, I want to eat baby back ribs. But I'd want to eat a whole rack of them. But that's about 1300 calories and I only get 1600…

I find it very easy to track food here. I don't have a smart phone so I don't use scanners or anything, but the existing database of foods is massive and if you eat the same things a lot it is very easy to pick from your recent items every day to log. I don't track macros so that would probably make it a little busier but…

When did I ever say that? Calorie deficits are the only thing that results in weight loss. I have said this countless times. No, I said most people fail because our bodies actively defend fat stores, and provided the science to back that up, which some of you don't want to take the time to look at. Ignoring the reasons why…

I think the myth of "bad" food has come about because people have associated calorie-dense, highly palatable foods with weight gain. Thus they must be "bad". As long as you are getting the nutrients your body needs, and you are not exceeding your calorie limit, you can pretty much eat whatever you want in most developed…

One of my pet peeves around here is when people say so flippantly, "Oh, you/I can eat anything you/I want!" No, you can't. To most people, when you say, "You can eat anything you want", that includes quantity. And if you are trying to lose or maintain weight, you don't get that luxury. You don't get to eat anything you…

Are Russian gymnasts tough to eat? I'm not sure I could catch one. ;)

Can't see your diary so it's hard to say anything. If you aren't losing fat it simply means you aren't burning more than you eat. But, you cannot "shift" body fat, nor can you "spot reduce". Where you body stores fat is genetic.

You cannot expect someone to devote every single weekend to you even if weekends are the only time you get to spend together.

Yup. 2 slices of Costco thick-sliced Applewood bacon is only 100 calories. It's probably some of the most satisfying sources of calories you can get. I'd eat that stuff.

Like spacequizetime said, if you can fit it in your calories, you can eat it. But if you don't have the self-control to only eat what will fit into your daily calorie allotment, it might be best to avoid the food altogether. But if you have had the self-control to lose 60 pounds, a donut should be nothing to you! :)

It's simple: Most people are fat. Thus the idea of "bulking" is absolutely foreign to them. Most people are thinking about how to get smaller, not bigger. Even I, who know vaguely what bulking is all about, have never been in a position my entire life to actually be concerned about bulking. It's always been about…