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Read 'Diet Cults' by Matt Fitzgerald.

I need to check out the calculator. I run faster at 117 which I am now vs 123-125 which is what I was last year. I mean, I instantly got faster. I dropped 5lbs between when I got home from the Disney marathon is January and march and I finally broke 2 in the HM. Pretty sure it was the weight loss. I'm F 5'6".

I'm not logging tomorrow, and this is the first time since I went on vacation in January. I didn't worry about the week not logging in January because I ran a full marathon and walked around Disney parks for 6 days. I also ate fruit for desserts and avoided fried foods. Tomorrow I will just avoid all the candy and eat…

I ran cross country for 4 years in high school, and it was my favorite sport. I've been running ever since (going on 19 years now), some years more than others, but my weight has fluctuated from 114, and no muscle, when I went on my first diet (counting calories) in 2011 to 138 in 2013 because I stopped counting (I'm…

Fasts are not bad if you do them correctly, with a purpose, have already lost most of your weight and have established good eating habits (and no disordered eating). They teach you to recognize hunger and that will you not starve because you don't eat immediately. You will also feel more full in the meals that you eat, so…

My gifts are usually in mason jars with ribbons and they are: -Homemade jam (super easy in my bread maker) -Almond meal (from the pulp I dry in my dehydrator when I make almond milk. I make it once a week so I have TONS of almond meal everywhere!) -overnight oats- layer oatmeal, raisins, walnuts, cinnamon, and coconut…

I make my own wheat bread out of bran, wheat flour, and oatmeal. It is not for those that like sweet bread like white! But it's delicious if you're not really into sweets and prefer salty and bitter like me.

Ruh roh.

I love my misfit shine. It is fairly accurate. My monthly burn minus my food for march was about ~6600 (trying to remember from the spreadsheet this morning). I lost 2.4 from the third week of Feb. to yesterday so it's pretty accurate (I weigh once a week or so).

Ew, egg whites just reminds me of snot. I cannot eat and egg unless it's scrambled or boiled. :s

Huh? Like on Cinderella where the stepmother ties up the evil stepsisters in those dresses?? You be better off with that thing you stand on with a band on your waist and it shakes the fat off. Or is this another April fools?

Stop looking at YouTube and marketing models. You look fine.

This. I now weigh granola bars and they are consistently 1.15 servings. A box of raisins is around 1.07-1.1 servings. It adds up and makes a difference, at least for me anyway since I am in maintenance and have a low margin of error. I'm actually getting leaner on maintenance with workouts but I try not to guess with…

Oatmeal is not boring when you add raisins, walnuts, honey, and cinnamon! I put all ingredients in a mug with water in the fridge then just microwave it the next morning. Perfect pre-race meal.

I eat dates, raisins, or a banana with honey and cinnamon. I had a piece of cake today for someone's birthday and I've felt like crap all day. (Oh yeah and an added twist is I was the one who baked it! I have mad cake decorating skills ;-) But I don't usually eat that so it's more of a psychological thing and it's to the…

Eat fruits, veggies, nuts, legumes, and whole gains. Wait a little while. Then poop it out. I do this detox every day!

Just keep counting...just keep counting...

I think he means if you lost on eating 1500 cals of twinkies a day you would have less muscle than someone losing on 1500 cals of protein a day? (And I'm obviously simplifying this as he is)

I'm very similar to you so I'll tell what I do. I run, do Bodypump, abs class (less mills CX), and bootcamp each week. I run about 100mi/month. I'm 5'6" and went from 138 with about 25% bf to now 119 at 17%bf. I kept the default MFP goals for a long time and just developed eating habits I could maintain. Then I looked at…

This is the saddest post I've read all day. Just keep forcing the fruits and veggies til you have a taste for them. You have to get used to them and get the junk cravings out of your taste buds. They are so delicious cooked and combined so many different ways!

Ahh! You said the J word!!

When I feel like it which is every 3-10 days.

Nothing wrong with that!

You should get a scale to keep at work. I weigh all my food now at work like bananas, but even things like granola bars need to be weighed. I found out that my favorite granola bar was actually 1.14 servings today! That added an extra 27 cals right there. It starts to add up and then you think "why haven't I lost weight?"…

I eat about 60% carbs and my good cholesterol is 71, ratio is 2.3. I do not eat many meats and get most proteins from plants. Try just cutting back on animal products and replace them with plant proteins.

Yes! Keep going! Like the little engine that could!

That's pretty cool! I'm at 17% and will take 15%. I'll never get to the first pic unless I quit running and pound some roids, so no thank you lol.

Based on stomach fat, although now I am trying to replace about 1 lb of fat with a lb of muscle and stay the same weight. That's when a scale that measures muscle will come in handy.

Me too! I cook them in the iron skillet with olive oil, salt, pepper, and paprika. They are delish.

Replaced coke 0 with water.