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Lots of people will lose weight on 1,400 calories a day. Some will lose too rapidly, while others will lose at a more moderate pace. There are people who will not lose any weight on 1,400 calories a day and an even smaller group that will actually gain on 1,400 calories a day. Given what you've shared here, it's impossible…

Long term, I think everyone should account for the calories they're using through activity, whether they're adding them upfront through a TDEE-style approach or adding them after the fact like MFP does. In your case in particular, 1,000 is pretty low to be netting. If you're looking to progress in fitness, meet certain…

Absolutely -- for everything I stated, it's even harder if you have diabetes or are dealing with something like a gluten intolerance or an allergy.

I think it would be a huge mistake to assume that the average American likes our health care system, thinks it is the best way to allocate health resources, or that we aren't aware that other countries arrange things differently.

Sorry for the redundancy, I responded to your response before reading the rest of the thread.

I'd been thinking about some of the above points recently as I've resumed business travel. When I'm at home and I have the luxury of time to select and prepare my own food, it's now almost effortless to hit my calorie goals. I can bulk up meals with lower calorie vegetables to ensure satiety, I can limit my access to…

I'm guessing it is because the amount is so small (even with the dextrose, it's less than 1 gram of carbohydrates).

It's a total misconception that "eating healthy" will ensure that one maintains a healthy weight. I've always eaten a diet that contained plenty of the foods that are associated with better health outcomes and minimized those that didn't (except for a couple of years in college). The issue is that you can still consume…

If you go to "Reports," you should be able to see your daily steps. You won't ever see it on your food diary -- you'll just see the overall adjustment.

I really feel like this is a side effect of people not understanding nutrition labels. Since everything else is 0 on a diet soda label, the sodium seems to jump out so people mistakenly think it's high sodium.

I wasn't attempting to paint vegans as a monolith -- as a vegan, I'm very aware of internal differences in our community. My point was that if an individual is buying female chicks and caring for them well, they're still contributing to an industry that "destroys" male chicks because there is little demand for roosters.…

Prediction: if we went to that system, we'd quickly have people telling us that body fat wasn't a reliable indicator, that it didn't tell you how fit someone was, etc etc. Many of the people who are critical of BMI would be equally opposed to any sort of metric because the goal isn't to introduce a more accurate system of…

The vegan objection to keeping chickens for eggs is that it's very difficult to source chickens in a way that centers their wellbeing (after all, if there are no roosters, what's happening to them?). It's not necessarily that keeping a chicken injures them, it's that the practice of breeding chickens so that individuals…

People who are reporting doing this are typically relatively active and exercising portion control. Having half a cup of ice cream daily is very different than eating a giant dish. If you're less active or very close to goal, you might not be able to do this without cutting corners nutritionally.

Welcome - I'm sorry this thread is upsetting to you, but the "debate" area tends to be more freewheeling when it comes to discussing topics like this. You may find areas like "Support" to be more useful for you. When people say obesity is a choice, what they are usually saying is that obesity is the result of daily,…

I've read that if you're using a pan that is properly seasoned, then you're not going to get very much iron from it at all. I don't know if there any studies on the topic, but I personally wouldn't count on getting any iron from this cooking method.

How long has it been since you've lost weight? Typically if you aren't losing weight over a long enough period, the answer is that you aren't in a deficit. This could be because you're underestimating what you eat (for example, you're choosing inaccurate database entries or you're using less accurate ways to measure how…

I understand about having to wait to see your health care providers. If you're eating low fat and low protein, it may be worthwhile experimenting with focusing on getting more of these to see if that makes a difference. If adding eggs and fish previously helped you resolve these issues, it's possible that being low fat or…

I've been vegan for about fifteen years. I get my iron and B12 tested annually. I really recommend getting a blood test because with what you're experiencing, you'll want to try to address the exact issue rather than trying to guess at what you might be missing and then waiting to see if your adjustments impact anything.…