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Assuming your blood tests include routine A1C tests then your doctor would definitely let you know if you had a glucose control problem. Heck, you should be able to read the results yourself. If your A1Cs are normal then you don't have glucose issues.

Yep. I still have more padding than you but I get the chills all the time. Grew up in Michigan and was used to the winters but nowadays even having the temperature dip below 40(f) is a big deal. Heating blankets and small space heaters are among my best friends. On the plus side, the hot summers no longer bother me as much.

Companies already have access to a scary amount of everyone's data and use it to target them. No need to make it easier for them. Of course even if it is marked as private then I suspect that data is being accessed by and sold to various third parties anyways.

When the cheese arrives, go down to your local food bank and donate it. It will not only help keep you calorie intact down but will probably make you feel good.

Next time this occurs just relax and try to imagine what would be involved in trying to weigh a ton of (hopefully) live kittens.

Quite a few electronic scales have a rounding sort of function in order to generate the illusion of producing consistent results. Next time you do a 3:30 weigh in, weigh yourself with and without an artificial weight. Such as a half a gallon of water perhaps.

All you can eat buffets were always my biggest weakness. Always had to eat my money's worth. Even limiting visits to once or twice a month could easily destroy my fitness plans. Having buffets removed as an option has really helped me to stay on track. Thank you Covid-19.

I have taken it for years without unwanted side effects and it seems to be doing it's job. I think the real issue is that for some reason you (and possibly your husband) don't seem to trust your doctor. Doctors know that there can be harmful side effects from just about anything. Competent doctors will monitor their…

You always try the random approach. Get yourself a pair of dice (or a dice app) and roll once a day. 7 or 11 means you weigh yourself.

So it is impossible to "change an emotional relationship with food" if you routinely skip breakfast and sometimes skip lunch? Got it.

You can always split the difference. I find a Monday, Wednesday, Friday weigh in works for me. I started doing this mostly because my weekend routine tends to be quite different than my weekday routine. It was easier to be consistent.

Curious as to how you know this? Do you have a set of precision weights which you use to periodically check the accuracy?

I fully agree with notion of experimenting but I'm skeptical that one week can tell you much. Three months should yield fairly definite results. But I would suggest letting at least a month to go by before drawing any conclusions.

On the positive side, assuming the pandemic ever comes under control, there will be a plethora of lightly used high end equipment available for purchase at discount prices.

but could not connect to my work computer via remote desktop One somewhat unexpected outcome of covid-19 was the revelation of just how often my workplace lost power. UPS appeared almost by magic after a few weeks of "please power on my computer" calls.

Flawless analysis as always Mr Spock. Which is why your answer that eating more can never result in weight loss is wrong.

Explain this science. A person is eating at a deficit of 1000 calories per day. They start eating an additional 250 calories per day so their deficit is now 750 calories. Your science says that a person with a deficit of 750 calories will not lose weight just because they are eating more than they did before? Interesting.

Have not tried the "Audrey Johns" approach. If you have been eating with a caloric deficit of say 1000 calories per day then you can indeed eat more (say 500 calories per day), still be at a deficit and still lose weight. It just won't be as fast. By the way, don't let the subsequent posts bother you.

Pretty simple. Weight loss in not linear. Hopefully, whatever you have been doing for the last month is something you plan on sticking with for the next few years. So give it time.

Have you been logging with mfp? If so then consider opening your food diary and perhaps we can give you some concrete suggestions. Otherwise, if you want to lower your carb intake then gradually eat fewer carbs. Don't set any grand unrealistic target. Just slowly cut back and see what happens over the next few months.

Maybe it is a demon. Contact your local Catholic Church. It's expensive but they will be delighted to perform an exorcism.

Your forgot to mention that it's also important to use CAPITAL LETTERS when logging.

Sadly, the barcode number itself does not have nutrition information. It's just an identifier. So you are not actually entering data from the package. The MFP database is still used to get the information and, as so many others have pointed out, the database is less than reliable. Always check MFP against the package. In…

I take Metformin for diabetes. I sometimes have the icky feeling but that's it. There is a somewhat famous blogger from the american diabetes site with good info: http://lizzysdlounge.com/2012/03/14/all-about-metformin/ And yes, eat like a diabetic. The whole pre-diabetes thing involves quite a bit of hand waving.

Which is kind of why I said in my answer: "Assumption 3. You don't replace your reduced carbs with high calorie food". I know I am being obtuse but I really don't understand how eating fewer carbs will cause your calorie intake to increase. Obviously if you eat more calories then your intake increases but I just can't get…

It's possible that I do not fully understand MFP Mathematics. The CICO Commandment states that if one eats fewer calories than your body uses than thou shall lose weight. Likewise, if one eats more calories than the body uses then thou shall gain weight. I therefore concluded that if one is neither gaining nor losing…

LCHF == Low Carbs, High Fat? Is 200 grams per day really considered to be low carbs? Granted the USDA recommendations are somewhat higher but most the low carb stuff seems to be closer to maybe 100 grams per day.

Second time I have been called obtuse on this board. Must be one of those MFP secret code words. Someday I hope to be initiated into Level 3. Perhaps then I can understand how reducing carbs will increase calorie intake.

An "illustration" or an "example" of what? This thread is concerned with the impact of a modest reduction of carbs. How does one get from that to some sort of extreme diet?

Struggling to understand your post within the context of this thread. What leads you to believe that the original poster plans to eat a cheese only diet?