DaveAkeman Member

My go-to breakfast: Scramble 2 egg whites plus one whole egg with a big ol' handful of spinach.

Sadly, Emilia, no. In general, men are taller and heavier, and have a lower BF%, than women. That's just the way God made us. You and your boyfriend may be exceptions . . . perhaps you're taller, or he's shorter, then average, but, ON AVERAGE, men just lose weight faster than women. It might not be fair, but it IS. Also,…

Great job; congratulations!!!

Rice cakes. PB2. UNBUTTERED popcorn. Protein shake. Banana. Occasionally a small serving of junk food. But only if I think I can stop at ONE small serving. (Not all of these at the same time, though)

A while back I started a C25K program and losing weight for BP control. After I started, my wife said she wanted to do it, too. My response was pretty lackluster. Yeah, sure thing, honey. She used to be an amazing athlete; however, since finding out she has Muscular Dystrophy 15 years ago, she has lost that. She has gained…

Andy, sorry to say, but you probably do need to get a BF% measurement done. The easiest way is by impedance measurement. A lot of grocery stores around me have blood pressure test stations, and a lot of those stations also have impedance BF% measurement. That's a cheap, easy way to do it. A little more expensive - a lot of…

I'm going to declare pizza my non-loggable food.

Yup - 7 calories of spinach for breakfast for me, too. That's actually very important to me because by limiting your calories, you can easily limit vitamins, etc., too, if you're not careful. Spinach is a key source of Vitamin A for me; it might only by 7 calories, but it is a significant percentage of my daily Vitamin A…

If it goes through your mouth, you track it. (I don't log black coffee and water because they lack any of the nutrients I track, but I know I SHOULD track even that; hydration DOES matter, too.)

I had lost a lot of motivation these past couple weeks, and totally stalled. (I was still eating well, but not getting out for as many runs as I should have) Finally I put a post up saying that I'm tired of not running, and that I WILL run tonight. That made me accountable to the world . . . and I ran. Long-term fix? No,…

Nope. Once it's all gone, though . . . it's ALL gone!

I'd LOVE to see how they teased this side effect out of the clinical trials data.

Good for you! I don't want to disappoint you, but that first 7 pounds was likely mostly water weight. It's very common for the first few pounds to melt incredibly quickly . . . mostly water, I think. I started with 10 pounds in 3 days, then quickly settled into a very steady 4 pounds per week. I just say this so you're not…

I second that . . . with the pituitary issue, I just don't know if the regular "eat less/exercise more" is exactly what you need. Probably something similar, but there might be some kind of twist for you. A doctor and professional nutritionist is probably where you should turn. I will tell you that I was diagnosed with…

Wow . . . this really resonates with me. (Although I'm not sure which post is the most presumptive) The post talks about a 300 pound runner; I started my C25K at 296 pounds, many, many months ago. I ran at night on secluded paths and wore dark clothes because I didn't want anybody to see me. (No, I don't suggest ANYBODY do…

I use a cell phone app. If you've got a smart phone, and keep it in your pocket most of the day, it works well. Regular old-school pedometers are very cheap, too. 'Course, if you're looking for one of the newfangled thingers . . . my wife has a Fitbit Flex, and likes it a lot. I don't know if that's in the 'reasonably…

Why would you do this to me??? Now I want EITHER!!!

Thanks for the tip! :smiley:

But your algebra has to work!!! (Otherwise, what you're inputting isn't accurate)

Spray a glass casserole dish with olive oil. Put fillets in the oven 425F for 11 minutes. That's all I've got . . . and I'm getting lots of protein that way.

There must be an error in one of your foods, or you are entering calories manually (wait . . . that would cause you to hit your calorie goal, but not your macro goal). Each gram of fat has 9 calories. Each gram of carbs and protein has 4 calories. (Alcohol also has calories, although I don't drink, so I don't recall how…

I LOVE this line!!!

By the way . . . my BP was very high 4 months ago. Doctor told me I could either start running or taking BP medicine. It was a very easy choice for me. I started a C25k running program (you should look into that!), stopped eating sodium (that was really the hard part), and started losing weight. A month later my BP was…

I think you and your husband should still do this together. Maybe you'll have different goals. You might even eat a bit differently. And maybe you'll be doing different exercises. But you can support each other. You walk, and your husband does pushups. Maybe you're not physically side-by-side when you do them, but at the…

My guess (and this is just a guess) . . . you're loosing fat and gaining muscle. This close to your goal, and especially with significant strength training, I think you really should be tracking BF% instead of weight.

Unless there is somebody on here with a medical license, I would listen to your doctor. Or get a second opinion (from a doctor . . . not from the internet). Yeah, it sounds pretty severe, though. Here's where I'm guessing he's coming from: Nobody can accurately log food. I know there are people who weigh everything, etc.…

Sorry . . . one more thing. Don't wait. Don't wait until you have the right workout clothes, or have gone shopping and bought the right vegetables, or have read the right articles, or have purchased the right equipment. Start NOW. Sit down NOW and write a list of everything you have eaten so far today. It's not going to be…

Hello, and welcome! I don't think you'll have to worry about being judged for your weight here. I've lost over 60 pounds, and I STILL weigh more than that! Anyway, here's a personal story that you might find encouraging: Many, many years ago my wife and I struggled with infertility. Weight wasn't the primary issue, but it…

I LOVE the idea of using protein powder to make a mocha! Why didn't I think of that??? Do you find that this needs to be sweetened?

I'm not talking real low. My goal is to get 40% of my calories from protein, but I'm typically closer to 30%, and very rarely fall below 20%. So I guess I'm talking about a day in which I have probably had around 60g of protein. Not real low, but not necessarily HIGH, either.