Baking and counting?

I've always loved cooking and particularly baking sweet goods. Recently I made an instagram for my baking, just as a fun little hobby, and I was making things pretty much every day. However I suddenly felt I need to focus on my health/weight and have been strictly counting calories for nearly two weeks, with great success too. I'm now faced with two issues: I struggle to have more than one 'hobby' at once, right now weight loss is that, I'm constantly on weight loss subs, MFP forums etc, and that's fine, I'm happy that this is my focus. I've neglected my other hobby though, baking, which brings me to my second issue, I don't trust myself enough to bake things and not lick the bowl/devour the entire pan of brownies in two seconds. I'm annoyed that I've basically abandoned baking, because it brings me a lot of joy, and I love baking for my boyfriend, friends, and family. Are there any others here who have faced a similar dilemma? How do you refrain from even tasting to know something is good????

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I have lost my way and I'ts so hard getting getting back on track. (Help)

Hello there, I am a 22 year old male, and I'm in need of some help. Back around like July of last year I started my weight loss journey. My starting weight was about 275. By early November, I had gotten to around 255. I felt so great, I stopped eating fast food, was working out 4-6 days a week, and even begun getting into meal prep. I was really starting to see the body I always wanted. Then about a week before Thanksgiving, everything came crashing down...Literally... I totaled my brand new car in a rear end accident. I wasn't injured in the accident thank God, but after that day, everything began to spiral down. I stopped working out because I no longer had a car to get to the gym, began picking up my old eating habits, and just becoming more like my old self before my journey. Now, I have gotten another car and have gotten some of my life and finances back together, but now I weigh much more than what I did before my original journey started. I just don't have the drive or motivation to get the train rolling again. At least once or twice a month, I'll look in the mirror and tell myself "I'm done", "this is it", or "this is the day" and I might eat good for a day or two, I may even making it to the gym once or twice; but then like clockwork I keep falling into the my old ways. It's so hard. It feels like the old flame just isn't there anymore. I don't have that old motivation and drive I used to have to want to be healthy. I hate how my body looks, my clothes are starting to fit a bit tighter, I can definitely tell that I'm not in the same shape I was before. This time I really am done. I'm basically starting over, but this time on an even harder difficulty.

Starting tonight, I'm throwing away all of my junk food I have in the house. I know that would be a good start.

Does anyone have any tips or stories on how they got their fire started and how they stayed motivated. Anything can and will help.

Thank you :)

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[Daily Directory] Find your quests for the day here! - Thursday, 04 October 2018

Welcome adventurer! Whether you're new on this quest or are towards the end of your journey there should be something below for you.

Daily journal.

• [Q&A] "I have a question."
• [Day 1] "I am starting my weight loss journey."
• [SV/NSV] "I have an accomplishment to share."
• [24hr Pledge] "Today I am going to..."

Interested in some side quests?

• [Motivation Monday] Share some motivation, get some motivation.
• [Tantrum Tuesday] Need to vent? People getting on your nerves?
• [Weigh-In Wednesday]
• [Track with Me Thursday] Did we just become best friends?!
• [Free Talk Friday] What's on your mind?

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• [Running with Loseit] Run with losers. Avoid arrows.
• [Wecipe Wednesday] Swap and discuss recipies!

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The scale isn't moving

February 2018 I'm 265 lbs at 6'2. Bought an elliptical and use it 5 days a week. I'm eating 1500 cals a day but the scale won't move. Maybe it was the donut I had at work when somebody brought a box in. I'm so useless. Why don't I have the willpower to lose weight?

March 2018 I'm at 255 lbs. All this work Ive been putting in is useless. We had pizza day and I couldn't help myself to a few slices. It's bad for me but I can save my lunch for tomorrow. Saves me some money in the long run.

June 8 2018 I'm at 230lbs. I still look awful in the mirror. I use my elliptical an hour every day after work but this weight just won't come off. Why do I even bother.

August 2018 I'm 210 lbs. That guy I visit at work has a bowl of toffee and I eat three or four every day. Is that why I'm not losing weight? I need to stop being so impulsive. I'm never gonna lose weight this way.

October 2018 I'm 195 lbs. Gee, what I'm doing might actually be working. Maybe I shouldn't be so hard on myself. I've lost 70lbs in 9 months. I'm no longer losing as much weight as I was but I'm so close to my target weight that it should be expected...

Aside from the start and end my weight loss isn't 100% accurate but I'm trying to make a point

Every day I stepped on the scale, and 95% of those days I was disappointed at my lack of progress. I thought it was my weakness and lack of willpower every single time. But the results speak for themselves. I've done 1hr on the elliptical 5 days a week for about 9 months. My job varies from very active to very little activity. But I've still averaged about 2lbs a week. I also work 12 hr days.

When people say weight loss is not linear it's 100% true. Some days you'll eat under your TDEE, work out a ton, and weight 3-4lbs more than you did that morning, or even that week. Have faith that if you're honest with your food intake and doing the work, the rest will come.

I've been frustrated on the scale almost every day, but the results speak for themselves. You WILL lose that weight. But you gotta do the work

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Don't set unattainable goals

I was over weight for most my life, starting from age 6 and lasting until I turned 17, and I hit 280 lbs as a 5'11 man. I knew I had to make a change, but I also knew that if I told myself that I had to lose it all in a certain time frame, or that I had to lose a certain amount, it would all become too much for me and I would panic, which would inevitably end in me eating away my feelings and giving up for another 6 months, where I would again repeat this process. So the time it finally worked, all I told myself was, "I'm gonna go on a walk today. I don't care about the number on the scale or my diet, I'm just gonna go on a walk". And I did. No plan, no real idea of what I wanted, just a simple walk. And you know what? It was nice, and very relaxing. So I kept doing it. And those walks turned in to walking/jogging when I could, and occasionally biking as well. That turned in to full on jogs with no rest. Which, after 6 months, has turned in to me jogging 4 miles a day. And by the end of my first year of weight loss, I was jogging 7 miles a day, 6 days a week, like it was nothing and my weight was down to 200 pounds. 8 months of the same effort, and adding in a little weight lifting and I am now down to 165 pounds which is where I have stayed for 2 years now. Don't be hard on yourself, it takes time. And don't make weight loss a bigger monster than it really is. Just say, "today, I'm gonna go on a walk", and you will be surprised by what you can do over time.

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I overcame my fear of the doctor’s office after starting this journey

So, I’m not far into my weight loss journey, but I had my first physical appointment in 4 years due to my weight.

I’d been avoiding the doctor’s office because I didn’t like being weighed, and didn’t wanna hear any of what the doctor said about my weight either.

I now realize shame over my weight was holding me back, and keeping me from getting my health in check. Now I’ve had my physical and discovered all my vitals are good, and I’m happy!

Tomorrow I’m going to get a blood test, and check out everything else. I’m scared cuz of the needles, but I need to know. I’m really, really happy with myself.

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Progress

I'm a 24 yr 5'7" female. In January of this year I hit my heaviest weight at 210lb. I was waiting for motivation that never happened. What did change something is a weight loss competition at the beginning of Feburary at my work. I put in 20 dollars and started reading these posts. A healthy competition and lots of helpful advice set me in the right direction. Today I recorded my weight at 157lb. My goal weight is 150lb. Ive been stuck at the last 10 pounds for about 2 months now and I could use some advice. How I lost the weight was using the losit app to count calories and I stopped drinking sweet tea and soda. I ramped up my veggie and vegan meals and kept consistent breakfasts. I ate pretty much the same thing every day until I would run out and switch to something else. For example I ate only a pack of yogurt for 4 weeks. Then tangerines for 2 weeks. Overnight oatmeal for a month and a half and then belvita for about 2 months. I increased my water and decreased the amount of red meat I was used to eating. I pretty much gave up fast food all together. Advice on losing 'those last few pounds' would really help me get back to my goal weight. http://imgur.com/MBKMni9 The before is from last October and the now is from this September

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