“But there aren’t any calories in sour cream.”

Lillymoo01 wrote: »

All this talk of evil carbs ......

This is the first time I've ever felt like MFP needed an "Aaaiiieeeeeee!!" click-reaction. That's creepy (in a fun way)!

RelCanonical wrote: »

A minor one, but I keep thinking about it because of how it was framed. Memory is fuzzy about it.

Was opening up to a work friend about food troubles. We both struggle so it was a good camaraderie. She was like "we could work on doing a detox together" but in a way that implied a detox was just something you DID when you were trying to lose weight. Like, it was a standard part of the process. I'm a people-pleaser so I explained to her that I couldn't do one due to my past issues with binge/restrict, but left out how I think detoxes are kind of pointless in the grand scheme of things.

Yup yup! Turns out our bodies are pretty good at that sort of thing all on their own! Haha

Had my uncle (who's around 400 lbs) tell me " my body is just much more efficient than most people and burns next to no calories!" -facepalm-

Shortly after I looked up a study showing that 2 standard deviations (95%) of the population fits within a +/- 500 kcal range of metabolic rate(at a similar body weight and activity level of course). Hmm hard to believe he could be that special. Haha

One woman I know used a similar site to MFP, and had very good progress as she lost about 10% of her body weight and still had a long way to go. She stopped tracking her calories & macros and she said it was because she liked going out to dinner on Fridays with her boyfriend and she couldn't enjoy it if she was tracking the calories, and it was too hard to figure out with local restaurants. She's since regained the weight she lost. I didn't suggest just skipping the entry for that one meal (something I've started doing in maintenance myself). I guess it was not worth it to her.

However, same lady spends hundreds on MLM weight loss products, so there's that.

I'm so, so, so, SO tired of everyone around me acting like I can't lose weight because I eat carbs. I have lost 45 pounds!!

"I'll just stick to my diet pills and not eating bread after 1pm and I'll be fine"

And then she walked out of the office and the other fit girl and I looked at each other like "srsly" 😐

Phirrgus wrote: »

"That donut will stay in your stomach for a week."

I wish someone would tell me cream cheese frosting doesn't have any calories.

If there was a donut that would stay in your stomach for a week, that would actually be a great thing for weight management. Several days of satiety for what . . . 500-900 calories? It would be a diet superfood.

janejellyroll wrote: »

If there was a donut that would stay in your stomach for a week, that would actually be a great thing for weight management. Several days of satiety for what . . . 500-900 calories? It would be a diet superfood.

I may eat a big doughnut just to test this theory.

ShayCarver89 wrote: »

I'm so, so, so, SO tired of everyone around me acting like I can't lose weight because I eat carbs. I have lost 45 pounds!!

I eat bread literally every single day! And I still eat pasta a few times a week too! I've only been at this for 2 months but I'm down 14lbs.