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Heart and respiratory rate are raised during strength training. Strength training improves cardiovascular fitness. Calories are burned during strength training. There is a cardiovascular component to weight training, and eating more to fuel strength training is justified. Why not log?

Babies have large bellies because their organs take up a lot more space proportionately than an adult's. Some are afraid to lose weight because of past sexual assault. They appreciate the greater size and strength that comes from being overweight. They covet the invisibility that comes with being overweight or obese. They…

Search under cardiovascular for strength training. The weights section is just for recording your workout (weights used and reps). The burn for strength training is low.

I don't want to be thin. I tell myself that smaller doesn't mean weak, but the idea of being smaller still scares me. I equate weight loss in the healthy BMI range to be vanity weight loss. I know that isn't true, but that is my knee-jerk reaction. I don't like the thin look. I prefer the athletic look, that sometimes…

Are you taking issue with the results of the Experimental Obesity in Man study (admitedly almost 40 years old), or the Liebel Changes in Energy Expenditure with Altered Body Weight http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM199503093321001#t=articleResults ? Or do you think rat studies have no applicability to humans…

The fastest at losing it lost the most and were more likely to keep it off for 8 years.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24307184 I found the Look AHEAD intervention to be interesting. The participants were diabetic, so they were motivated to lose weight and maintain the loss. They were advised to get 150 min activity a week, and to eat between 1200 and 1800 calories for one year to lose weight. They were…

I find getting enough fiber (27+ g/day) and protein, and some high intensity exercise daily helps with hunger pangs/cravings. You may benefit by eating more than what MFP recommends for protein, .8g/kg of bodyweight or 1 g/lb of lean body mass. When you chose to give in to the hunger, advise yourself you can eat as much as…

Time of month can affect water retention as well. I tend to lose 2 lbs on the day of my period as a result. My weight loss always seems to come in 1 - 3 lb chunks all at once, never creeping along in 1/2 lb increments. Weight loss isn't linear - a lot of people experience water fluctuations of more than a pound. I gained 6…

I'm terrible at eating enough protein through diet, although that is partly due to being cheap/lazy. I had to get rid of some of the carbs in my diet to make room for the protein (I'm not willing to go lower than 30 g/day fat). I've done things like adding red lentils to my pasta sauce for a protein (and fiber) boost. I…

Do be sure to get enough protein. The amount MFP recommended for me was about 1/2 of what I actually needed. Higher protein intake does help retain muscle mass when eating in a deficit. 1 g/lb lean body mass is recommended.

I started jogging last May at 296 lbs going about 4mph fo 30 min straight. I got plantar fascitis. After listening to a couple of Dr. recommendations, I did this program http://running.about.com/od/getstartedwithrunning/ht/getstarted.htm I felt like such a faker, going for only 1 min jogging at a time in the first week,…

I have a one day drop of 2-3 lbs. I retain water the week before my period, and release the day of my period. My weight loss is the same overall, just masked the week before my period by water retention, and revealed by whoosh.

If we are talking about branched chain amino acids, they are in my Whey Protein powder. Meeting my protein macro from protein powder is actually cheaper than from other sources ($54 for 71 servings of 24 g protein each, compared to about $1/24g protein from yogurt or almost $2/24g serving protein from chicken).

So you don't think eliminating foods with mercury, horomones, pesticides, or nitrites is removing toxins from the diet?

Operational definition: When I am referring to a "detox" diet, I am referring to a diet that advertises itself as a detox diet. I am not making any claims to that diet's effectiveness in removing toxins from the body. It is a word choice, and criticising someone's use of language is against MFP forum guidelines. Obviously,…

I'm just saying that an elimination diet and a "detox" diet often remove the same food items, and either could help the dieter to realize that they have existing food intolerances. I can see why someone would confuse the two. Health benefits experienced by people on a "detox" could just be from removing foods they have…

How do people meet their protein macros on a juice diet? Staying on juices for 3 months sounds dangerous to me....

Some detox diets are very similiar to elimination diet i.e. wild rose - gets rid of gluten, yeast, anything fermented, dairy, high glycemic index foods, organic only, etc. Going on a pre-cleanse diet like wild rose could helps some people identify food intolerances or possible difficulties with sugar (through lowering…

I was trying to eat between 1000-1200 calories for a while. This was not necessary for weight loss, but I wanted to lose quickly. I never ate foods I didn't like, and I look forward to my meals. That being said, to meet my macros/micros I sometimes had to choose one food over another (ie. to get more protein). Don't avoid…

The definitions of eating clean change depending on what camp is presenting it (and from person to person), but eating clean as far as I am concerned means eating less processed foods, and eating more whole foods. So, for me, reducing processed foods with artificial sweeteners, artificial colors/flavours, refined grains…

People communicating on the internet often over-estimate how effectively they have expressed sarcasm, and how humorous their jokes are due to egocentrism. In this study, the ability of recipients to know if a statement was sarcastic was only slightly better than the results of chance guessing (study 2, 56% accuracy on…

She's female, so there are other reasons why she may have had a visit from the anti-whoosh fairy. Although I'm one to talk. I started this week 4 pounds up overnight after some over-zealous Valentines celebrations, and am now six pounds down over 7 days (177->171) - If you want the whoosh fairy to show up, invite the…

You didn't say measurable, you just said that no one gains muscle in a calorie deficit, which is demonstrably untrue through review of scientific literature, and inconsistant with my personal experience (which includes an average of 5000 calories burned in workouts/week, including resistance exercise - I may be lazy, but I…

The idea that a medieval pope was promoting fish is unlikely, as the inclusion of fish during Lenten fasts for some was noted in 493 AD by Socrates Scholasticus. Thomas Aquinas further wrote on why fish is allowed in the 1200s - at the time red meat was more of a luxury, and the products and meat of fowl and mammals…

I am addicted to the MFP forums. It's not my fault, addictive behaviour runs in my family... ;) Don't judge me....

Women can build muscle in a calorie deficit http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/47/1/19.full.pdf+html 8 weeks training, lean mass increased during calorie restriction, increase in arm muscle size verified by radiograph http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/58/4/561.full.pdf+html Muscle hypertrophy on 800 calories/day diet…

Thank you (blush). There are some really inspiring posters on this thread - lots of beautiful people on this website... Best wishes :)

There are many different artificial sweeteners, and they interact in the body in different ways. Aspartame (in many diet beverages) is considered safe by the FDA, although there has been studies that indicate a cancer risk in rats, and the consumption of "diet" beverages increases the risk of Type 2 diabetes and being…

Currently 5'8" 175lbs, 32" Started at 296lbs, 50" waist Goal weight 140 lbs (maybe), waist - no idea - I had a 26" waist when I was 15 and weighed 116... Measured at narrowest part. My bellybutton is lower than my hip bone, so my bellybutton measurement is the same as my hip measurement (40", down from 60").