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If she is not losing now, and she eats more, she will gain weight. Might feel better, but right now she's in maintenance mode, and so eating more with no other changes will result in weight gain.

Caloric density is what matters, not volume of food. If you eat a fist-sized portion of celery, you will consume roughly 16 calories. If you eat a fist-sized portion of ice cream, you will consume about 400 calories. And if we consider that Ice Cream is quite a bit of air and that when melted in your stomach you can eat…

I don't like it. I don't understand how it could ever be like Arnold says. I'm a hedonist. I'd rather sit around lounging.

Eating more food might make you feel better, but it will never break a weight-loss plateau. If you aren't losing, you are not in a caloric deficit. Simple as that. Gotta eat less or exercise more or both. When you think you are in a deficit and you are not losing weight the usual culprit is you are not actually in a…

I think that pretty much anything pleasurable can be addictive. This is why gambling is addictive. People get off on the rush and excitement and thrill of winning or even the possibility of winning such that they willfully ignore the negative consequences of losing. There is no chemical addiction going on here (other than…

I mean, how many calories can you burn in 2 minutes? :)

Hunger is what triggered my binging. Drugs is what helped me. Phentermine/Topiramate suppressed appetite long enough for me to see results and build up sufficient willpower to carry on without it.

Who are we to judge? :blush:

Great job.

Normal people eat when they are hungry and stop when they are sated. In today's food environment, this virtually guarantees eating a caloric surplus, which results in weight gain. This is why the majority of Americans today are overweight or obese. Abnormal people strictly monitor their caloric intake and their weight…

I like it. It's cheaper than my old gym and has more and nicer equipment. They have at least 2 of each circuit machine. They have tons of cardio machines like treadmills, bikes, etc. And they have a nice 30-minute cardio-circuit area with timers. The "lunk alarm" appears to be automatically triggered by excessive noise. I…

Oh absolutely. I believe that is the case for all my friends who have had it done. But if they did not have the self-discipline to engage in behavior modification before the surgery, it's not surprising to me that they don't have it afterwards, either.

I know several people who have had the surgery. Most have lost weight, some have regained. Everyone one of them now has serious problems eating food. They have to be very careful what they eat or they have "issues". Presumably they end up throwing up and/or have diarrhea. We've never gone into details but when we go out to…

I'm about to turn 45 and I am down about 33 pounds since February, and down about 40 pounds from my maximum weight. It's all about eating less than you burn. Maintain a deficit, at any age, and you will lose weight. I think that is just the way it is for a lot of people, myself included. I never lose weight unless I am…

My advice? Don't worry about exercise. Focus on diet. When you have a handle on diet, then worry about exercise. For me, it takes a lot of willpower to focus on diet. I don't have enough to conquer the discomfort of both diet and exercise. So I focus on diet for about 6 months, and when I feel confident and see results…

For most people, you only need to worry about calories to lose weight. If you have health issues you might have to worry about macros, but they still have to eat a deficit if they want to lose weight.

There is nothing wrong with you. You're the natural result of living in a land of limitless food with a body that wants to store excess as it can. Most Americans are in the same boat. No, you probably do not need surgery to lose weight. The technique is simple: Eat a deficit. It's the willpower that is hard. I don't even…

LOL! :) Truth! Chinese buffets are almost never quality food. So if you're looking for a foodie experience you'll probably be disappointed. But there are things you can eat and log fairly easily. Like the boiled you-peel shrimp usually there. Just count the number of shrimp. I agree stir-fry can be good. Some of the…

If you're accurately logging everything but your cheat meals, I'd bet your cheat meals is where the problem lies. This is why I am not personally a fan of "cheat days" or "cheat" anything. Log, log, log. 90% of the time if you are not losing, it's because you are not in a caloric deficit. The other 10% is aliens.

I frequently have days where I don't hit my calorie goal. But I am still hitting a deficit. To me, this is not a "cheat", it's just that I did not hit my full 1000-calorie deficit goal. But I'm still in a deficit, so I'm still losing weight. To me, the idea of a "cheat" day means eat whatever (and how much ever) I want to.…

Yes, I am still losing. No, I have never in my whole life made it to a goal weight nor maintained. Like most people, I have never successfully kept weight off long-term. I am very self-assured about my own feelings, because I am the one feeling them. I can also tell, from reading here and people in real life, that many,…

Normally when I start a diet I lose pretty quickly. So I think it's unusual your first week to have gained rather than lost. Are you accurately measuring your food? The usual culprit when actual weight loss does not match expected loss is you are eating more than you think you are.

I just joined Planet Fitness for $10 a month. It's much better than my old gym I was paying more for. Lots of circuit machines (and more than one of each kind), lots of cardio equipment (treadmills, bikes, arc trainers, etc.)

I just try to eat my 1550 calories per day allotted by MFP. I don't care about macros. Basically, if I'm hungry and cold I'm losing weight on the scale, and if I'm not hungry and cold I'm not.

Here is my weight loss progress. I am set up for a 2-pound-per-week goal, but I actually achieve about 1 pound per week.

Usually, none at all. 3 cookies I'm just getting warmed up to the taste of cookies. It's too easy for 3 cookies to turn into 6. Typically if I "fit in" a treat, it's at the expense of a meal. Or I just go over on my calories for the day. I'm sure it is. But then you have to balance that lower deficit with less spectacular…

The other thing is that some foods are just too disappointing to eat in moderation. I get 1550 calories a day, which drops every few weeks as I lose weight. If you look at my diary for today, you'll see I got to eat a half a peanut butter sandwich for breakfast, the other half for lunch, an apple a pear, 4 eggs, and some…

Is there any data that shows long-term weight loss results between moderation vs. abstinence? Personally, I find it a process of building confidence and stamina. I could not undertake moderation, caloric deficit, and exercise simultaneously. I did not have the strength in me to do all of those at once. So I did caloric…

Yes, I read both of them. Did you read mine? I'm not missing the point of moderation. I understand fully what the point of moderation is. What I'm telling you is that not everyone has the self-discipline for moderation. If everyone did, there would be no such thing as binging.

The problem is many people lack the self-control to do that, especially initially. As the saying goes: