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why bother making a mountain out of a molehill?! Ten miles over night? Is simple walking and carrying things, that'S what humans are designed for! When I come home from backpacking I have usually lost a couple of pounds, acquired a tan and some added muscle, feel great and that's it. On my first trip I was 40 pounds…

probably you don't want to. If you are on an unhealthy weight: talk about it with your dietitian.

I looked at your diary: stop eating those "light" products and sugar replacements, they mess with your brain. Eat the full calorie versions, get away from eating those condiments and sugar "replacements" every day all the day. And I also agree with T.Toad above: do eat fats. And really: You eat A LOT of carbs squeezed in…

kyrannosaurus (or rather: Tyranno...) you might consider stop bullying people: "you need" to and "you have to" might reflect YOUR view of the world, but nobody asked you to put moral pressure on them.

Simply tracking everything I eat caused me making better choices. I just weigh everything and track, I rarely censor what I am eating and I overate lots and lots of times before I really got involved with thinking about my diet, balancing things out with sport. I am loosing at a very slow rate (1-2ponds a month), but I…

This definitely is more than a SOLID 1000 calories, no?

To the wiping section: do you do than on public transport too? Wipe your seat before you sit down, after you get up? It's ridiculous, at my gym they do it with a new paper towel for each machine they used, even when they sit on their towel and don't touch the machine at all - nothing but a waste of time and resources.

When I moved to my new place I first looked online and found four gyms, they all were round about the same: distance from home, cost, facilities. The first didn't care at all whether I felt well or not, had no daylight, was dirty, staff went straight to all the extras they offer and wanted to make me sign a contract…

Sometimes you have to create your own exercise - "building" might just be a case in point. If cleaning, gardening, building comprises a regular portion of your day, you might also consider to set your profile to a higher activity level, which gives you a more generalized calorie adjustment throughout the week, rather than…

Avocado turning brown doesn't harm you at all, it is only a matter of aesthetics. I put Avocado in Salad, along with shoots and sprouts and lemon juice. Eat it on whole-grain bread, as guacamole, in sushi rolls or in omelet. Try frying your avocado, it's delicious too. Both mackerel and avocado keep you full forever, so…

really, all sorts of pulses - I am cutting out more and more grains from my diet, substituting with pulses, rather than eating them additionally because they contain more than enough carbs along with being fairly high in protein. I try not to eat meat every day and I get tired of eggs, for me dairy is an option, but all…

whole-grain bread, crunchy peanut butter and honey on top, keeps me going for five hours at least. Also Greek whole fat yoghurt with nuts and banana and/or raspberries - or eggs, as others have suggested.. I like to scramble them with pre-cooked lentils and fry this like a pancake: eat with tomato sauce, add feta,…

"Cutting out carbs" I believe is often understood as cutting out grains, especially the ones processed into bread and pasta. Cutting out carbs entirely would be ridiculous, as we have already seen above with the sugar variety. However, as a volume eater myself and someone who is opposed to eating meat every day, I…

Dump him if he asked you to. Any partner has to support you as you are, not as they want you to be. If he doesn't like your looks today he doesn't like your laugh tomorrow, your brains, your family, friends, whatever, he will probably always find something to make you feel ugly, stupid, undeserving ... but of what?

What about pulses? When determined to live vegetarian, which happens sometimes and which I also had to due when on a budget and refusing to eat cheap meat, I substitute grains for pulses entirely in order to hit my protein goals. They are a great source of protein and cheap. Sometimes I mix cooked lentils with egg, fry it…

skip the smoothie (avoid drinking calories - your body doesn't recognize them as food as much as if you chew), don't eat oatmeal (for your body it's cheap and fast to break the contents down into sugar), same for cereal bar... eat vegetables, if you only ate vegetables you could eat several pounds of food a day running a…

People are different, to me your daily food routine sounds boring and not as if you could sustain it for long. Whenever I feel like eating as little as you do, I just cut out the carbs in favor of vegetables and protein but for me that can only be on a very short term basis. I am eating an average of 1700 calories (same…

What about this: go to the forum pages, check out the topmost discussions which are introductory, read about the most commonly agreed ways people use mfp (buying a food scale, weighing your food, temporarily cut out certain foods if you can not handle the cravings, start working out regularly). Good luck.

Works best for me: never use motorized transportation (which sometimes has me cycle 20km a day), swimming, long walks and hiking weekends (though I could only do them when I reached about 180 pounds, before my knee and ankles hurt). I also have three desks for my office job: one "normal", one standing up, one medium height…

wow, 5pounds a week... what a treat clicking the reports button in the morning. Good luck and good spirits for the rest of the journey!

I was at the same point a couple of weeks ago, after experimenting with increasing my focus on lifting, I fully endorse what most people here have said so far: warm up, do your weights and then cardio. I usually cycle for ten minutes to warm up, then I am sweaty already but not tired yet. After a 50minute lifting session I…

No, there is no need, but processed stuff typically lacks sufficient vegetables and is loaded with sugar and salt and fat in amounts that make it unattractive to me because I will be hungry again soon. If I cook at home or go to a restaurant it's usually better, more satisfying and (at least at home) I safe lots and lots…

Don't touch processed food, cook. On 1400 I would replace pasta, rice and bread with lentils (or lower calorie: beans) - they have plenty of protein in addition to carbohydrates and keep you full much longer than grains. Potatoes are also fine, very satisfying for carb cravings but much more difficult to overeat on them…

Just don't exercise when you can not drink. Personally I would prefer this: Break your fast with sth light, drink and then go exercise before your main meal. Do you insist on breaking the fast en groupe and watching Ramadan shows? Then maybe get up earlier, exercise and have breakfast before dawn. Good luck! And Ramadan…

Let's just assume that was weird humor. Those shorts are fine for anything casual and you can wear them for sure.

In summer 2014 I weighed 105 Kg, when I started mfp this January I was down to 95, Kg now 88. I admire my losses, which have been consistently at 1-2Kg per month and I am happy that mfp helped me figure out a way to become more conscious about my dieting and exercise choices over time. I want to achieve long-term change…

I don't have a designated "cheat day", however, I do have certain days, when dining out, traveling etc. on which I heavily exceed my calorie goal. I don't "save calories" in advance or as an afterthought to those days, so maybe it is ultimately a concept close to a "cheat day". Tracking those days as well brings me back on…

> No, you can't - Mojito contains sugar. What works well though is Campari Soda, it adds color and flavor and actually is a normal drink. > as far as I understand 1200cal is a minimum you should not get under; 1200 = total calorie intake, not net. calories. > You look far from overweight, maybe just change your attitude…