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My thought is that moderate alcohol is somewhat helpful for some issues (like heart health) while somewhat bad for other issues (like some cancers). I haven't seen reputable doctors telling people to start drinking if they don't already.

I run 7 miles (an hour for me) just about every day when the weather cooperates. To me the keys are building up slowly and listening to your body (taking a day off when you need it). You can’t go from never running to running every day... you can’t go from a mile a day directly to 7 miles a day... you can’t go from 12…

Quest bars and sardines

To me 80 calories a day is pretty minor, especially for such a huge lifestyle change. It’s easy to have more than that big of a difference in guesstimates of calories if you ever eat something prepared by someone else. Also easy to have that big of a difference in estimated calories burned exercising.

I have been in maintenance for a couple of years and eat them back. But I don't blindly eat back the calorie numbers mfp gives me, I figured out better estimates (at least better for me) and eat back those calories. For example, I use mapmyrun and mfp pulls those calorie estimates in. They tend to run very high for me. For…

That’s the point. For some people the amount to offset the additional insurance risk is literally tens of thousands of dollars (or more). Only the rich could afford the “fair” insurance premiums for someone with a bad pre-existing condition. We either let those people die or we offload some of the costs. That’s the…

Ran 7 miles in 55:59 outside on a pretty hot and humid day.

As long as when you say "cutting calories" you mean "lose weight" then I think you have the right list. My highest cholesterol was a little over 200. I started eating more good fats, eating oatmeal (soluble fibers) most days, and lost about 50 pounds and my cholesterol has been around 140 for years. I was doing a decent…

But paying how much more or less? If you have a history of cancer/MS/diabetes/other serious illness is it okay for your insurance to cost so much that no one could afford it? That might be fair based on expectations of your future health costs, but it can essentially a death sentence. As a society are we okay with that? It…

How is this any different than eating at a non-chain restaurant or at someone else's house? Other than the fact that you're eating very little so guessing probably isn't going to be a problem? If you eat YYY at a restaurant you have to guestimate the calories, right? You aren't going into the kitchen while they are cooking…

If I didn't have a special needs son to worry about I would be on board with dying in my sleep with no warning. Since I do have a special needs son I hope I have some warning so I can try to lessen the shock for him.

Could also be form related. Running on your toes works your calves a lot more than striking mid-foot.

2 cups of black coffee and a banana before my morning run.

So in other words roughly 88% to 95% of the time BMI was correct, right?

I hope so. Just in case they aren't, All1971 isn't arguing against CICO at all (agreed there is no CICO Model). They are arguing against the CO estimation formulas. Everyone says those BMR estimates are just that... estimates. The BMR formula is a starting point that every single person has to adjust. There is no CICO…

Exactly. The “CICO model” just deals with your calories in and your actual calories out. Two people that seem exactly the same will probably have different calories out for a multitude of reasons... you don’t really need to know why. Just track what you eat and what your weight does over the long haul and you’ll know what…

No it doesn’t burn more calories.

What are you talking about? GMO stands for Genetically Modified Organism and as far as I can tell is ONLY used to describe plants so far. I googled "GMO bacon" and nothing comes back other than a mention that it MIGHT be possible to genetically modify pigs and produce lower fat bacon. It doesn't exist today. Do you mean…

I would substitute nuts for bacon if you’re going for healthy ones. Bacon might taste good but preserved meats aren’t exactly healthy.

Technique is very important, but even with perfect technique you need to exert yourself. Rowing is as easy or hard as you want it to be.

Increasing exercise will help you lose more in the long run. In the short run it can cause you to retain water, but since you're probably worried about fat not water that shouldn't be a problem. In other words, increasing exercise can mask your fat loss through short-term water retention.

20 chin-ups at 160 lbs

https://www.runnersworld.com/sweat-science/heres-more-evidence-that-running-doesnt-ruin-your-knees ..."Former runners were 18 percent less likely to report knee pain, while current runners were 24 percent less likely; these data were adjusted to account for differences in age, body mass index (BMI), and other factors.…

Disagree. It is no more "accurate" a weight just because it happens on the day of the week you usually check. I agree with weighing in the morning, but you're going to get just as much random fluctuation in a weekly weigh in as a daily one. You'll just see fewer data points so it will be tougher to see a trend versus…

The evidence is that no experts recommend your approach. None. Why do you need a link to a study telling you it is a bad idea? Thousands of people make a living helping people try to lose weight. There are tons of different approaches they recommend... IF versus Keto versus Paleo versus calorie counting versus low fat…

And everyone has said "YES".

This makes absolutely no sense. To improve your muscles you need to work them. When you're over-weight your fat acts as something you need to lift... the fat is built in weight for you to lift/move. So you're going to wait until you're thin and then pick up something? Why not just pick up your current body-weight? Plus,…

It is impossible to go from regular dry brown rice to edible/cooked brown rice in 5 minutes... a microwave wouldn't do it. If you have pre-cooked brown rice you CAN heat it up in a microwave in a couple of minutes.

The feeling really grosses me out. It doesn't hurt, but my hip will get sore if I overdo it by running. I don't usually feel the snapping when I'm running but there must be some rubbing of the IT band in my hip area. For me stretching helps keep it from being painful to run.

https://orthoinfo.aaos.org/en/diseases--conditions/snapping-hip/ This sound like what you mean? I have the same thing and haven’t figured out a way to stop it other than avoiding the movements causing it.