I wish they will publish the calories in the restaurant so I don't have to guess but still glad they have the info available
Oh, yes! This makes me mad, too! I loved it in California where very fast food place had the calories directly on the menu.
I decided not to create more then 600 calories deficit between MFP and fitbit in hope I will make it more sustainable long term.
I am working with a 750 kcal deficit and that works really well for me. Not a huge difference between 600 and 750 and I find that for me this works very well. As you say, I find it important to set myself goals that I can actually reach instead of being disappointed of falling short. It also helps me to take care of fuelling my body as it needs it - just as you did with your chickpea snack!
So many responses to the dairy QOTD from yesterday. I was kind of surprised I didn't see anyone commenting about how humans should not be drinking cow's milk. I know that there are people out there who feel very strongly about this. I definitely am on the side of "I don't think we should drink so much but it is such an ingrained part of our diet" camp.
I never commented on the dairy question, but one thing that always amazes me is how important it seems for Americans to drink milk, especially for kids. Here you would rarely see someone drinking a milk as a drink in a restaurant (most places would not even have it on the menu) and kids mainly just drink it for breakfast. However, there is a lot of cheese and other dairy products in our diet, so I guess that is a source of calcium for many people. Also, yoghurt seems to be much more a typical snack item here. I know that my tiny supermarket here has a larger yoghurt selection than the large Publix at WDW that we visited on my last stay there. I love all dairy products, I would even love to drink milk, but don't because of the calories. Here in Germany low fat dairy products are far less prevailing than in the US. For example, the yoghurt is mainly 3.5% fat, sometimes 1.7% (that is my standard), you nearly never find fresh skimmed milk, low fat cheese is about 5% of all the cheese on offer. I have actually started to move away from the very low fat dairy products and find that I am much happier with a tiny piece of full fat cheese than with double the amount of low fat cheese. I recently read something about how there is even some research suggesting that dairy fat does have a lot of benefits and that it does not lead to weight gain.
All in all, I don't think that dairy is bad for everyone. But I do believe in listening to your body and see what is good for you instead of desperately trying to follow the newest nutritional fad. Getting ideas is never bad and if someone finds out that they feel better when they cut dairy, then that is fine by me. However, I am not trying to tell anyone what their diet MUST be, so I can get very annoyed if someone does it to me! (Sorry, will immediately leave the soap box - and point out that I never felt that anyone on this thread would fall into this category!). And even I sometimes get a carton of oat milk to mix it up - and because it is really tasty, especially in coffee!
Casual Friday.... does it happen at your place of employment? Or maybe you are a casual place all the time? Regardless, what is your FAVORITE work outfit (not workout outfit!)? Do you find that clothes are becoming more comfortable and fitting better as you lose weight? Do you look forward more to dressing up a bit now that you have lost some weight? How about sharing a picture of one of your favorite outfits.... or a photo of you rocking a new pair of jeans or a pretty dress that FINALLY fits again!??
My place of work is quite relaxed, I can more or less wear what I want most days. And people dress at different levels. I definitely have work outfits that I love more than others, especially in the summer I have a few really cute dresses for work that I love! I know that when I am starting to feel more comfortable in my body again, I do put more effort into looking better for work as it is more fun. When the clothes start getting tight, it is no fun and I then tend to dress down more.
This is a picture of me in one of those summer work dresses that I have, I even have a lovely white long cardigan to go with it. The picture is not from work, but from my Panama Canal cruise on the Disney Wonder in 2014. I think I was a little thinner then than I am now, but only about 2 to 4 pounds... I know that by the end of the 15 night cruise I was definitely heavier than I am now!! The guy next to me is of course the captain of the ship: Captain Fabian! We had a nice chat about Germany as he was involved in the team from Disney that was at the shipyard in Germany when they built the Disney Dream and Disney Fantasy.
) calories all day. I try to walk enough to create another 500 cal deficit plus 100 cals of chocolate every night, lol. MFP gives me 1200 but with around 15,000 steps I eat 14-1600 and have 3-600 left over. I'm steadily losing an average of 1.75 lbs (sometimes I lose 2, sometimes none, sometimes 3 ) a week and manage to "bank" calories for a treat meal here and there. I've found Fitbit connected to MFP to be one of the greatest tools out there. As long as you are honest with your calories in, it makes it easy peasy to do.
In my building, the first floor employees can wear jeans on Fridays. But I'm moving up to the 9th floor. Which means I'm working on the same floor as upper level management. So no more jeans for me. Unless I pay $5 on specific fundraising days (for example April 22nd I get to wear jeans). I do love dressing up though, especially now that I love my body more.
