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Reply #15 –
Congratulations on getting to 167 lbs, Andrew! You're doing great! Eggs are scarce here too because of avian flu on mainland Australia.

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Congratulations on getting to 167 lbs, Andrew! You're doing great! Eggs are scarce here too because of avian flu on mainland Australia.
Thanks Cate.  Had pasta leftovers today. I hope to eat more healthy tomorrow.  Weight at 167 again today.  I don’t expect better tomorrow I’ve been picking all night  I am hoping I at least didn’t over eat maintenance calories. Hope everyone’s weight is doing good or at least maintenance.. I’m sorry I haven’t spent much time in the diary’s  text mode has been bad.

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Reply #18 –
A change to the code must have happened within this month because I wasn’t having a problem with my Apple laptop until February I think it was. I know he is busy so I don’t want to complain too much. We are lucky to have this forum at all. I really like how random people can’t view the diary section just members. I think with the old forum anyone can read anything.  The reason I point that out is I used to be a member in another forum where it had a before and after pictures thread readable by anyone and someone actually had their pictures stolen and used on a Chinese weight loss advertisement.

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Reply #19 –
Still in the 160s club though it is higher than normal. I just hope it isn’t 169 tomorrow.  It was 168 today and it’s going the wrong direction. I need to focus more on eating less. Ever since we bought those huge paper plates the proportions even for just fruit has been massive.

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Reply #20 –
Congrats on being back at low weight!  My mom weighed less than me when she was living with us and near the end of her life.  She had almost no muscle mass and her belly was very big from eating a lot of simple carbs which are very bad if you eat a lot of them as far as inflammation, which puts you at much greater risk of cancer, diabetes, and other scary diseases.  She had lots of fat around her midsection, too.  I was overweight and weighed 15 pounds more than her (we were the same build), but had lots of muscle from doing yard work and gardening.  So I think you can be the "correct" weight but have fat and still not be as healthy as you could be if you worked out and ate well.  It's wonderful you are losing the weight, but it may be time to switch to maintaining the healthy weight and adding in ways to build muscle and making sure you are getting the right nutrients.  A lot of people crash diet and then gain it all back because they didn't find out what works for them as far as maintaining healthy weight long term.  That seems like a whole new set of things to experiment with to see what works for you personally.  I know you can do it because you are so good at tracking your weight and persisting through all the weight fluctuations!     

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Reply #21 –
Got it. I will try to add in muscle building  I have some resistance bands I can dig out.

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Reply #22 –
I’m sorry about your mom.  I hope you have lots of good memories of her.  My mom is loosing muscle also at age 72.  I don’t know what her weight is she won’t tell me. She is much shorter than me.

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Reply #23 –
Sorry Andrew, I just saw this.  That's hard to watch.  Hugs!

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Reply #24 –
Thanks for the hugs Marsia. Hugs back. Binged on some pizza on my birthday last week. Then binged again yesterday. hasn't affected my weight so far but we will see. still at 166 it hasn't gone down but at least I'm maintaining. I hit 166 for the first time on march 6th. been about the same up until today so about 2 weeks at this weight.

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Reply #25 –
Ugh, sorry I keep missing your posts here!  I hope you don't worry too much about plateauing.  It's hard getting the last pounds off, in my experience.  And I hope you don't feel bad about eating lots of pizza on your birthday!  I try to give myself a few days a month where I eat a lot because I'm really hungry or really snacky.  Then, if I am calorie counting, I just watch my calories especially or I  skip a meal here and there.  Are you still eating way below the recommended calorie amount?  That can make it hard to lose weight if so because your body goes into survival mode and will hold on to every single calorie you consume.  Sometimes you have to experiment with eating a bit more for a while and just exercising more. 
 

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Reply #26 –
That happened to my stepmother. she lost a bunch of weight not eating anything but seeds and other bird food. she lost a lot of weight but her body adjusted for it so she could barely eat a half of a sandwich and she would gain weight. this made her not want to eat even more and it was just a spiral downward.I don't know what her weight is now its been years since I saw her but hopefully she was able to get back and eat normally.