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whoops: "it didn't change anything"
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if you crave sweets that won't work. Having done that about a million times I can say from personal experience it didn't anything. Of course you might be smarter than me. Also - try to find the people who did that with cigarettes or alcohol. Maybe it works when you're 15 and if you never really liked those things to begin…
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It sounds like you lost 50 lbs in a year - congratulations!
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Greetings from Marin! I used to work in Soquel - the year you were born, haha. So not your age. Glad to see another Bay Area person here. Good luck!
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If you have gas from chicken thighs with skin, and not from a skinless chicken breast, it's probably the fat. You can test this out by having bacon or avocado or butter. It may have been the fat in junk food that was causing your previous problem. Also, garlic is both a source of sulfur which makes for foul smelling gas…
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1200 calories isn't that low, depending on your height weight and age. But you know, they created the algorithms on this site with some knowledge and expertise. Why don't you enter your height and weight and age and whatever, and a reasonable weight loss goal (.5 - 1.5 lbs / week) and see what the calculator tells you to…
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The best diet for health is Mediterranean Diet. There's not a close second. DASH diet is pretty much the same thing. oldwayspt.org/resources/heritage-pyramids/mediterranean-diet-pyramid
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Where do you people find these doctors who do tests for vitamin or mineral deficiencies? I'm amazed at what people think doctors do.
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"There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which can not fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance-that principle is contempt prior to investigation." --HERBERT SPENCER p.s. You're welcome, yopeeps
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sidesteel, thank you for the second reasonable post on this thread. I agree about moderation, in general - however, I'm curious if your opinion would change after reading each of the links I've posted. It's true, a teaspoon of sugar a day won't hurt anyone. Nor will a pound a year. However the average american eats 75 lbs…
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My first experience of how MFP message boards aren't that much different from any other message boards! Not exactly a place for reasoned discourse, and a place for people to give opinions bare of facts and knowledge. Ah well, that's the interwebz for you. Well, if you'd like to learn more, I've provided seven references…
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Thank goodness I succeed in getting a reaction! Perhaps some of you will have heard of the aphorism "one man's meat is another man's poison." Perhaps some of you have heard of the idea of slow poison - not every poison is like eating an amanita mushroom. Not everyone can eat the exact same things and get the same results.…
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I agree with Beksgirl, gradually increase your calories. And I don't know what doctor busywater has seen. Has anyone else been to see a GP or an endocrinologist and received an Rx for a high protein diet and heavy lifting and interval training? I think that might be busywater's prescription, not the doctor's. There's…
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I'm happy to see this thread get active again. I think it's a great conversation to have; and I think it's awesome that MFP has created a place where people can open up about this stuff (though maybe there are other places where similar conversations are happening, I'm not an internet forum kind of guy.)
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Refuseresist, the way it worked was you had to plan out your food for the day, "commit" to it, then tell your sponsor if you made any changes. Plus talk to them about other stuff too, which was sometimes just social talk, and sometimes talking about sources of stress and such that often might lead some of us to eat. There…
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Unfortunately, not all fiber is created equal. It may be onerous to do the research, but you might want to check whether soluble and insoluble fiber are the same. In theory, the calculation for net carbs might be (total carbs - [insoluble fiber + sugar alcohols + {.x times soluble fiber}]) = net carbs. Or, you can just…
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Boy does that remind me of my 12 step life: just for today. Of course, you'd never project that past today, but it's an interesting idea. I am a sugar addict in recovery, as well, and right now I better go to bed or I may eat something. Night!
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Did your doctor recommend anything besides a medication? Because if you look it up in the medical books, they're supposed to try some other things first. Lifestyle, exercise, counselling, and so forth. Of course doctors rarely do this. And maybe this doctor only did this after trying all those, or is a shrink to whom you…
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eating less of junk food is better than eating more of it but not as good as veggies, fruits, grains, beans, nuts, dairy, lean meats, etc. You might want to go to the library and see if you can find a book on basic healthy diet. It doesn't come in a box or a bag, you have to learn to shop and make it for yourself. There's…
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me too
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count me in
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I have a question for people in this group. "Keto" is short for ketoacidosis. The body has to neutralize acid to function properly. A lifetime of acidosis is definitely not healthy. Most people who induce ketoacidosis through diet do it for short time periods (months, a year) not for life. Do you all have a strategy to…
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Hi - not new to Fitness Pal but back, hoping for more success this time. I've successfully lost weight in the past with a 12 step program (FA) - and that's the only thing that's ever worked for me, long term. But it is onerous. So, I'm hoping I can do FP with community rather than just food and exercise-logging and that…
