I have a slow metabolism

so I am probably under-counting my peanut butter = D and oreos....oh no! :sad: :sad:

I'll watch the docu later. I do believe this. There is no magic pill

so I am probably under-counting my peanut butter = D and oreos....oh no! :sad: :sad:

I'll watch the docu later. I do believe this. There is no magic pill

I usually just scoop and call it good with peanut butter. When I'm being accurate I put the jar on the scale, zero it and then scoop the number of grams out for a serving (2 tablespoons is usually 32 grams). That way I can lick the spoon guilt free.

In other news, I've changed my name to "the spoon".

Great post, but I'd reverse numbers you wrote 1-3 to 3-1, most (including myself) have the accuracy of caloric intake problem first and foremost, "metabolism" is an "ah that's interesting" point. Even studies done with dietitians and health professionals showed they ALSO under estimated food intake, and they are supposed to be good at this, right?

All the "why am I gaining weight, I track everything" posts should look here first: so who are you to think you are perfect and not over eating, are you so good at recording your calories that you are better at it than people who get paid to do it for a living and probably have more education on it than you? Of course you aren't. You are almost always under-reporting. I can always find SOMETHING later that I'd forgotten to record...so I'm probably not remembering or over-portioning something else...

And 2) most MFP activities could benefit with a calorie calculation subtracting the BMR for that hour before recording that hour of activity for "credit". Yes you raised your burn, however sitting on your *kitten* you'd burn a significant amount thats counted in your activity level: subtract that, you cant double count!

I've had sleep apnea patients lose weight from cpap. There is something going on there. I had an Army soldier lose 50 lbs without trying when he got on cpap.

How many? Were they tested for other potential medical issues or metabolic disorders? Most likely they started getting better sleep and started eating less.

There is an association between sleep apnea, sleepiness, inflammation, and insulin resistance, all promoting atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease. If you reverse that by increasing sleep thereby decreasing sleepiness, reducing inflammation and reducing insulin resistance you improve cardiovascular condition.

There are studies where patients who face sleep restriction due to sleep apnea show increased plasma glucose, fasting insulin, total cholesterol, triglycerides and oxidative stress markers while HDL-cholesterol level and glucose tolerance were decreased. Combine that with increased carbohydrate intake to improve levels of serotonin, endorphins and glucose you have a recipe for weight gain. Increasing restful sleep could potentially reverse that with little effort.

can you cite the study?

*After 6 months on CPAP* CPAP effectively improved hypoxia. However, subjects had increased insulin and insulin resistance. Fasting ghrelin decreased significantly while leptin, adiponectin and resistin remained unchanged. Forty percent of patients gained weight significantly. Changes in body weight directly correlated with changes in insulin and IR.