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196.2 this morning. 1 lb in a week.

Slow progress.

 

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224.4 early this morning. Just about an even 10 pounds since we started this madness.
Finally made it clear to the Mrs that she does not need to make as large of portions. Cutting down on portion size and not getting second helpings has made this job of losing weight not as painful.

Once she learned that she was eating leftovers for 2 meals it was easier to make it clear I was not going to eat as much.

 

194 this morning. Down 17.8lbs since starting in thread, 46 lbs since I began in February- 6 months ago. Generally dropping about 1.75lbs per week. I really like the myfitnesspal app on my phone. I'd have to say that this has been a wonderful 'nag' on my shoulder every day. It's been fairly spot on as long as I do my part with keeping my intake honest. I began using it in March of this year.

 

Same here. The MFP app works pretty good and its just annoying enough to keep me on track.

I've been entering food as close as accurately that I can, but I still think it counts calories inaccurately. I often get the pop up saying that I may not be eating enough to stay healthy. I end up lying and saying I had a beer or a cookie. I dunno? I guess I'll just keep doing what I'm doing. Im not losing weight stupid fast, so I know I'm getting decent calories.

 

I've found that you need to look at some of the macros tied to food selections, because they can be waaay off. Generally the labelled foods are accurate, but fresh cooked can be off. For example 'fresh fruit' has several selection options, and one shows NO sugar while another records the sugar. I made homemade spaghetti last night (with homemade sauce) and if I select a canned sauce- it reads a sugar and sodium content that I know does not reflect our homemade sauce.

I find I have to search for the closest match and go from there, or enter the food myself..

 

Just recently heard about "macro". Have no tell idea what it is. I do notice the app wants me to update to a paid version to be able to track these macros.

Is updating the app worth it to track these macros?

 

I find if you log into your account via a computer (not the phone app) you will find selections with a verified 'check'.

Try logging in and add a food to your lunch. Type in 'Fresh Fruit Mixed'. You should see a listing of options. The second one down has a check mark- you can click on the nutritional information and see the macros for that selection.
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Matching Foods:

• Fruit, Mixed Fresh
  Homemade, 1 cup, 100 calories
  
  
• Mixed Fruit
  
  Fresh and Easy, 6 oz, 80 calories
  
  
• Mixed Fresh Fruit
  Full Edit, 5 oz, 60 calories
  
  
• Fresh Mixed Fruit
  Fit2go, 1 container, 84 calories
  
  
• Mixed Fresh Cut Fruit
  Kroger, 1 cup, 65 calories
  
  
• Mixed Veggie/fruit Juice
  Fresh, 8 oz fresh, 160 calories
  
  
• Fresh Mixed Fruit
  Mixed Triple Fruit-frozen, 1 cup, 70 calories
  
  
• Generic Fresh Mixed Fruit Salad
  Fruit Salad, 0.2 salad, 91 calories
  
  
• mixed fruit (fresh)
  martins, 12 oz, 150 calories
  
  
• Mixed Fruit Melody
  Fresh and Easy, 140 g, 50 calories
  
  
• Fresh Fruit-mixed
  Bob Evans, 0.5 cup., 45 calories
  
  
• Generic - Fresh Mixed Fruit
  40 z., 50 calories
  
  
• Mixed Fresh Fruit
  Fresh Fruit, 1 cup, 0 calories
  
  
• Fresh Fruit(Mixed Fresh Fruit)
  Heb, 0.5 cup, 70 calories
  
  
• Mixed Fruit Medley
  Fresh & Easy, 5 oz (140g), 60 calories
  
  
• Mixed Fresh Fruit (Seasonal)
  Beefaroo, 0.5 cup, 95 calories
  
  
• Mixed Fresh Fruit Cocktail
  Homemade, 100 g, 45 calories
  
  
• Mixed Dried Fruit
  Fresh Direct, 1 oz, 70 calories
  
  
• Mixed Fruit to Go
  Fresh and Easy, 6 ounces, 80 calories
  
  
• Mixed Fresh Fruit
  Best Choice, 1 Container, 80 calories
  
  
• Grapes, Blueberries, Strawberries,
  Mixed Fruit, Fresh, 1 cup, 80 calories
  
  
• Fresh Mixed Fruit
  Td's Deli, 8 oz. (227g), 100 calories
  
  
• Fresh Mixed Fruit
  Goodies, 1 container, 70 calories
  
  
• Seasonal Blend Fresh Mixed Fruit
  Publix, 1 cup, 150 calories
  
  
• Fresh Mixed Fruit
  Homemadex, 0.5 cup, 35 calories
  
  
• fresh mixed fruit
  shoprite, 1 cup, 50 calories
  
  
• mixed fruit
  fresh and ready, 10 oz, 130 calories
  
  
• Fruit, Fresh, Mixed
  Various, 1 cup, 80 calories
  
  
• mixed fruit
  Fresh Fruit Salad, 0.5 cup, 50 calories
  
  
• Mixed Raw Fruit
  Fresh, 1 oz, 20 calories
  
  
• Mixed Fresh Fruit
  Kroger, 1 Lb, 250 calories
  
  
• Mixed Fruit-Lec
  Fresh Cut, 0.5 Cup, 61 calories
  
  
• Use Like Fresh - Mixed Fruit
  Vip - Use Like Fresh, 0.75 Cup, 60 calories
  
  
• Tropical Mixed Fruit
  Fresh and Easy, 0.5 cup, 90 calories
  
  
• Fresh Mixed Fruit
  Deli Delight, 1 cup, 40 calories
  
  
• Mixed Fruit Cup
  Fresh Garden Highway, 1 container, 40 calories
  
  
• Fresh Mixed Fruit
  Fresh & Ready Foods, 1 cup (227g), 40 calories
  
  
• Mixed Fresh Fruit
  Sweet Peppers, 1 cup, 60 calories
  
  
• Fresh Mixed Fruit
  Caribou Coffee, 5.5 oz (156 g), 70 calories
  
  
• Fresh Frozen Mixed Fruit
  Our Family, 1 cup, 70 calories
  
  
• Mixed Fresh Fruit Cup
  Beef A Roo, 1 fluid ounce, 11 calories
  
  
• Mixed Fresh Vegetables
  Fruit Stand, 1 cup stir fry, 50 calories
  
  
• Fresh Mixed Fruit
  Avanti Markets, 1 CUP, 40 calories
  
  
• Fresh Mixed Fruit
  Fit 2 Go, 1 container, 84 calories
  
  
• Mixed Blueberries and Strawberries
  Fresh Fruit (Raw), 0.5 cup, 50 calories
  
  
• Fresh Mixed Fruit Side (2016)
  Mimi's Cafe:, 1 plate, 80 calories
  
  
• Canteloupe, Honeydew and Pineapple
  Mixed Fresh Fruit, 0.5 cup, 34 calories
  
  
• Farm Fresh Frozen Mixed Fruit
  Brookshire's, 0.75 cup, 60 calories
  
  
• Mixed Fruit (Fresh) - 1
  Suzy's, 108 g, 86 calories
  
  
• fresh mixed fruit
  union express, 1 cup, 161 calories
  
  
• Generic - Mixed Fresh Fruit-strawberries,blueberries,peaches
  0.333 cup, 0 calories
  
  
• Tropical mixed fruit
  The Fresh Market, 8 oz, 80 calories
  
  
• Fresh Fruit Homemade - Mixed Fresh Fruit
  Jv - Fresh Fruit Homemade, 0.75 cup, 65 calories
  
  
• Fresh Fruit
  Uihc Mixed Fruit Salad, 4 oz, 65 calories
  
  
• fresh mixed fruit
  County market, 1 cup, 100 calories
  
  
• mixed fruit
  fresh 2 go, 1 cup, 115 calories
  
  
• mixed fruit cup
  fresh fruit fusion, 4.5 oz, 70 calories
  
  
• fresh mixed fruit
  central market, 1 cup, 45 calories
  
  
• Fresh fruit mixed berry
  Harmon's, 4 oz, 45 calories
  
  
• Strawberries, Grapes, Nectarine
  Mixed Fresh Fruit, 2 cups, 157 calories
  
  
• Fresh Fruit Smoothie With Mixed Fruit
  Au Bon Pain, 16 fl oz, 210 calories
  
  
• Mixed Fruit In Light Syrup
  Fresh Fusion, 0.5 cup, 80 calories
  
  
• Mixed Fresh Fruit
  Ma Cafeteria, 1 cup, 84 calories
  
  
• Mixed Fruit, Fresh (With Melons)
  T-N-T, 0.667 Cup, 27 calories
  
  
• Mixed Berry Fruit Tart
  Fresh Direct, 1 slice, 138 calories
  
  
• Mixed Fruit, Melons, Grapes, Strawberries, Apples,pineapple
  Fresh, 1 cup, 80 calories
  
  
• Tropical Mixed Fruit
  Del Monte Sun Fresh, 0.5 cup, 80 calories
  
  
• Mixed Fruit In Extra Light Syrup
  Fresh and Easy, 0.5 cup, 60 calories
  
  
• Fresh Frozen Unsweetened Mixed Fruit Tops
  Tops, 1 cup, 60 calories
  
  
• Generic - Fresh Fruit Mixed (Strawberries, Blueberries, Cantalope, Honeydew Melon, Pineapple)
  1 Cup, 130 calories
  
  
• Mixed Fruit Fresh Frozen
  Raley's Fine Foods, 1 cup, 60 calories
  
  
• Frozen Fresh Mixed Fruit
  Season's Choice, 1 cup, 70 calories
  
  
• Mixed Fruit
  Fruit, 1 cup, 40 calories
  
  
• Mixed Fruit Fresh Strawberries, Blackberries, Blueberries
  None, 0.25 cup raw, 25 calories
  
  
• Raspberries & Orange
  Mixed Fresh Fruit, 1 good portion, 70 calories
  
  
• Fresh Mixed Fruit
  
  OKSTATE Red Earth Kitchen, 8 oz, 107 calories
  
  
• Fresh Mixed Fruit
  
  OKSTATE Bread Beyond Deli, 8 oz, 107 calories
  
  
• Fresh Mixed Fruit
  
  OKSTATE Caribou Coffee, 8 oz, 107 calories
  
  
• Fresh Mixed Fruit
  
  OKSTATE Cafe Libro, 8 oz, 107 calories
  
  
• Mixed Berry - Fresh Fruit Pot
  Woolworths, 150 g, 54 calories
  
  
• Strawberries, Blackberries, and Raspberries - Mixed Berries - (Per Sparkpeople Website)
  Fresh Fruit - Strawberries, Blackbe... 1 Cup, 93 calories
  
  
• Fresh, Assorted, Mixed Fruit (Caloric Average Taken) - 1 Oz/28g
  Fresh Fruit, 28 g (1 oz), 14 calories
  
  
• Fresh Fusion Mixed Fruit 6lbs
  Reser's, 0.5 cup, 80 calories
  
  
• Blueberries, Raspberries, Blackberries and Watermelon
  Fresh Mixed Fruit, 1 cup, 263 calories
  
  
• Fresh Mixed Fruit Tarts
  Marks & Spencer, 1 Tart, 351 calories
  
  
• Cp Fresh Mixed Fruit
  Choice Plus Fare, 4 oz, 30 calories
  
  
• Mixed Fruit In Pear Juice
  Fresh & Easy Goodness, 4 oz, 50 calories
  
  
• Carrot Mixed Fruit Juice
  Fruit Tree Fresh, 1 glass, 89 calories
  
  
• Fresh Mixed Fruit - Le
  Fit 2 Go, 1 cup, 90 calories
  
  
• Mixed Berry Fruit Corners
  Fresh and Fruity, 1 pot, 199 calories
  
  
• English Muffin With Fresh Mixed Fruit
  Traylor's, 1 Muffin, 1/2 C Fruit, 170 calories
  
  
• Blueberry and Cranberry & Mixed Fruit Juice
  Fruittree Fresh, 1 glass, 110 calories
  
  
• Mixed Fresh Fruit & Whip Pannekoeken
  De Dutch, 1 Pannekoeken, 628 calories
  
  
• Generic - Fruit, Mixed Fresh, Cantaloupe, Pineapple, Some Strawberry
  1 cup, 60 calories
  
  
• Blueberry and Cranberry Mixed Fruit Juice
  Fruit Tree Fresh, 1 Cup (250ml), 108 calories
  
  
• Fresh Cut Mixed Fruit
  7-Eleven, 680 g, 667 calories
  
  
• Fresh Mixed Fruit Salad
  C Town, 1 bowl, 108 calories
  
  
• Mixed fruit and berries
  Harmons fresh fruit deluxe, 4 ounces, 60 calories
  
  
• mixed fruit family pack
  Giant fresh cut fruit, 1 cup, 0 calories
  
  
• Mixed Fresh Fruit
  Chicken Salad Chick, 3.75 oz, 52 calories

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Ill give this a try.

 

So I went to my first Orange Theory class today. It was actually pretty cool. Kicked my butt haha.

I'm kind of tempted to join into their body transformation challenge. They do a weigh in, fat percentage, you get a personal trainer, and go three times a week. I'm not sure how long it goes, but whoever loses the most fat (or something) by percentage at the end wins $500 lol.

 

Pretty quiet around here. I behaved over the holiday. Didn't like it, but I was good.

 

Had one alcoholic drink over the weekend and today at school i had healthy snacks (hard peanuts, Gatorade, water) and I was supposed to work out with a former coworker but he never texted back so that didn't go through.

My legs/knees have been bothering me the last 2 days, don't know if it's the weather or what (they feel better with heat on them) but I'm going to run after school tomorrow and start cracking down on my schedule.

 

194.0 on Friday. No change...

 

I need to get back on this. I've gone from working out (riding a mountain bike 70 miles a week) eating crappily and lost some weight to eating real healthy but not working out. Hopefully I can combine the two and lose about 20lbs. I've been pretty stuck at ~172.

 

Haven't been on a scale in 7 days, hoping for improvement. Still exercising every day and trying to eat better.

Having to work 12 hour shifts, it hard to eat a smaller final meal of the day. I'm usually going to bed directly after eating. Need to work on that hurdle.

 

192.5 this morning.

 

Seems like this thread has done died off.

190.5 this morning. I posted in June that I was about 212 and my ultimate goal weight was 180-185 by January 1, so that's 21 lbs off in 3 months and say 10 lbs to go..

I've actually changed that goal and I want to shoot for 175, so 15lbs to go.

Since I started my weight loss in January, I've gone from a jean waist of ALMOST 40 down to a 33. I haven't fit in a 33 waist jean since I was in the Army almost 30 years ago.

I'm going to keep posting, maybe it will motivate others. Good luck to all.

 

Nice work keep it up.
I'm still at it holding at 230 which is good considering the last month has been filled with lots of eating out and drinking and lots of no gym access.

 

Nope its still alive... its just some people don't stay consistent in what they say they want.

 

191.5

A little up.