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You could also exercise more....

Looking at your diary, you're eating WAY too little calories! You need to eat a MINIMUM of 1200. Going under is only going to slow your metabolism. Eat back those calories!

I'm glad it worked out well for you! That line has been the lifesaver, once I learned it.

Eric, for sure! I wouldn't kick him out of bed for eating cookies.

If you're concerned it could be a thyroid issue or something, take your food and exercise diary to your doctor and see what he recommends. Also, be brutally honest with yourself. I had a couple of friends who werent' totally honest on their logs. They wrote that they walked for 20 minutes, when they had actually spent 10…

I don't envy you one bit. I was set up with this guy through a vendor I knew. He seemed really nice and we were going to go out on a date that weekend. On Thursday, he called me to do a "get to know you" thing and the more this guy talked, the less inclined I was to go out with him. He started talking about his twin girls…

Everybody is different. For me, if I deprive myself completely from something, it'll guarantee a binge. I'm finding, with logging my food, I can say "Ok, I can have one snack size Hershey bar and still stay within my range." I'm frightfully honest on my diary, so I log it...and if I give into a binge and eat....say 3 of…

Consistent effort will keep it melting off 2 lbs at a time. I havent' changed up my exercise routine at all, doing two 15 minute walks per day and keeping my calories where they should be and every week that I've done that I've consistently lost 2 more lbs. Just think of it this way, if you lost 2 lbs a week, doing the…

I'm 5'8" and could technically go as low as 135. However, when I was 135 I had no chest or any shape whatsoever. I like the curves, so I put myself on the higher end of the BMI scale, just so I don't look emaciated.

Personally, I'd be asking my doctor specifically what I should or shouldn't do. My doctor didn't tell me until I asked that I wasn't supposed to be doing anything but laying down and doing physical therapy.

One of the worst things you can do is to deprive yourself of breakfast and/or lunch. Most of my obese friends do that. You need fuel for your body in order to be able to function. Nutritious foods will give you more energy and will make your workouts more productive. I'm especially concerned that you skip meals and workout…

Set your alarm on your phone 3 times a day to remind you to enter your meal into MFP. Set it to go off at scheduled times to remind you to exercise. I have severe ADD and without that I could have never consistently logged in or stuck with it.

I just googled it and apparently it's pretty common. I don't know what would cause it, but at least it's nothing to worry about.

I've been having the same problem. I've been using an AF cream on it.

Soup, applesauce, 7 UP or Sprite. I usually have such a sugar/salt imbalance that I basically have to load up on them again to feel right.

I'm a single mom too, so I can relate. I also have a number of food allergies, so I have limitations as well. We just have to find what works for us and (I'm finding out) plan....plan....plan! LOL

Looking at your diary for the last three days, I see a distinct lack of fruits and vegetables and lots of processed and frozen foods. Fruits and vegetables contain vitamins and minerals that will give you the energy that you need to do the things you need to do.

I like it when I'm thinner than my ex-husband's new wife and he tells me how stupid he feels for ever letting me go. That's right....looking good is the best revenge.

I live with chronic depression. There are days when I'm irritable, want to sleep all day and just isolate myself from everyone. I've found that the healthier I'm eating and the more exercise I get, the less the depression affects me. Living near Lake Michigan, we have what's known as the Permacloud, which basically makes…

I would work with a financial planner to invest my money. I'd purchase my own home, so I don't have to rent anymore. I'd buy a car for myself and my son. I'd probably pay to have that eyesore of a rental house bulldozed to the ground. LOL I'd build an at-home gym in my house, complete with all workout equipment, personal…

The cleaner you eat, the easier it should be for you to eat plenty to make you feel satisfied and stay within calorie range. Seriously, I can net 900 calories and feel stuffed just by eating clean (you know, when I actually DO it....lol).

Skim milk Whole grain and/or "light" bread Pretty much anything from the produce section EVOO (Extra Virgin Olive Oil)

The best one was one of my know-it-all coworkers was touting how healthy she was eating by eating hummus and celery for lunch. She polished off two stalks of celery, but an entire tub of hummus. After I pointed out she had just consumed 560 calories and that a serving size at 80 calories was for 2 tbsp not the entire…

I was about 25 lbs overweight when I got pregnant with my son. The weight practically fell off of me the first few months and scared my doctors. I was eating one extra meal a day, but my metabolism was in high gear. They said I had to eat more and gain by my next appointment or they'd have me hospitalized (they thought I…

I had the same issue back when I first started taking prenatal vitamins. Right on the bottle it said you could experience stomach upset until you became used to it. If I haven't taken them in a while, my stomach will feel icky for a few days until I get used to it again.

I'm a single mom of a teenage boy and I have to schedule my workouts during my 15 minute breaks at work (walking), along with working out while he's at sports practice. I get off work at 4:30 and get home by 5 p.m. I start dinner and will work out until just before having to leave to pick him up from evening practice at…

Set up mini goals for yourself. That's the only way I can get through this without becoming overwhelmed at the sheer volume of weight I have to lose. I made a mini goal of 10 lbs and when I reached it I rewarded myself. When I hit my next mini goal of 10 more lbs, I'll probably reward myself with new clothes (because…

When I sleep in late, I tend to eat brunch when I get up and a dinner in the evening and maybe a high powered snack somewhere in there too.

Goodwill or Salvation Army pants until you can fit into the others?

My cousins are both adopted using an "open adoption" policy. This means that the birth parents can get photo updates, letters, copies of report cards, etc. One of the birth parents comes to visit several times a year, so she can actually interact with him. It just really depends on what the parents want.