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I never weigh in when I travel for work or pleasure. It doesn't impact me staying on track. Your weight will read as the same on all graphing until you log a new weight . . . it will look like a plateau when you review it, as the system has no way of knowing the difference between you not seeing a change in your weight and…

The general recommendation I encounter most often is 1 gram per pound of lean body weight, not 1 gram per pound of total weight. I don't think it's ever pointless to strength train.

My husband had the same logic and started with broccoli too. He now goes through multiple heads a week. I went from being the only person in the house eating vegetables to having to hide a bit of broccoli if I want to make sure I have some for myself! :)

I married someone who is a much pickier eater than me. We just got into the habit of preparing our own meals, although we're always willing to share if what the other is preparing is appealing. He didn't eat vegetables regularly until he was in his forties. He began to realize the value of eating them regularly and he…

I live on gazpacho in the summer time, but I'm also a fan of just chopping up tons of fresh vegetables and tossing them with dressing.

I got several notifications at the time, I felt like MFP did a good job keeping me in the loop post-breach.

Haha, after the first two I think I'd stay out of the water forever so I admire your bravery!

Yeah, I buy a mix of organic and non-organic vegetables at my farmer's market. I don't notice a difference between organic and non-organic, but everything that is grown at farms in my area tastes miles better than the same product purchased at the grocery store. And the produce I buy at the "local" section of my grocery…

The point I was trying to make (and obviously failed to do) is that prison is not protecting people from the chronic health conditions that exist outside of prison. In fact, evidence shows that prisoners are more prone to some chronic health conditions.

I'm not disagreeing with you. I don't know what evidence supports the assertion that inmates are healthier, but it doesn't match what I have seen. Sorry for not making that clear. I don't necessarily agree that food is the main issue (I think there are multiple factors at play here), but it probably is an issue.

One of the multiple reasons my first marriage failed is because of my in-laws. Same race, same general background, but they hated the fact that my family didn't have much money. If that had been the only thing, we probably wouldn't have split up but when things get challenging, it's just an extra layer of difficulty when…

There's pretty good data on health conditions in prison (in the US, anyway). Prisoners tend to have more chronic disease than non-prisoners and heart disease is a leading cause of death for former prisoners and prisoners. But some people are going INTO prison with these conditions and prison is a high stress environment…

I've only bonked once or twice, but the first time it happened I remember crying because I wanted to go home but I didn't know how (I was in my home city, in a familiar location). Fortunately I was with a running buddy who understood what was going on.

I think bigotry overall is an illogical and morally incorrect stance. This still doesn't mean that people of different races are "owed" the opportunity to date specific bigots.

I agree that it would be impractically complicated to try to create a tax policy for beverages that successfully navigates all the various drinks we've created. I don't even think we'd have to -- I wouldn't object to a tax on flavored beverages as such, since they're a luxury item. I just bristle at it being touted as an…

Yep, I've tried a bunch of methods and this is also my favorite.

Most MFP database entries have been created by your fellow users and many of them are inaccurate. You'll want to double-check the entries used in your recipe creation to ensure they're accurate. There is also a chance that your book isn't accurate. I have multiple cookbooks that have calorie information and I've noticed…

That's where I feel conversations like this always go: it starts out about obesity, but if we're just taxing hyper-processed foods like diet soda then it's clearly not about obesity, it's just more taxes. I'm not opposed to more taxes per se, but let's be honest: if I'm paying taxes for zero calorie flavored liquids, it's…

Are you pulling up someone's generic entry for "hamburger"? If so, I'd recommend not doing that. You don't know how big their patty is, what the patty was made of, what condiments were used, what the bun was, etc. You'll want to log the individual ingredients (by weight for the most accurate count). A burger can be way…

I've been counting calories since 2015 and drinking beer on average 1-3 times a week during that period. My experience: beer calories count. It's easy to get lose in the weeds of how much we're absorbing of particular calories -- you read that high fiber may result in people absorbing fewer calories, chilling starchy foods…

People here are making some good comments, but I think it's impossible to shift people out of conspiratorial mindsets with facts or logic. These opinions weren't formed using facts and logic and they're incredibly resilient to them. Once you're in the position of arguing that all facts contrary to your worldview are lies,…

What drives your goals on MFP is how much you tell MFP you want to lose each week. If you tell MFP you want to lose two pounds, that will require a deficit of 1,000 calories a day. Unless you're very overweight, that will generate low calorie goals. There's no inherent problem in eating below your BMR, providing you aren't…

In theory, the US system of private health insurance and programs like CHIP (children's health insurance program) should result in children being able to see a doctor annually. Based on self-reported household data, it does seem like the US is doing pretty well at meeting that goal:…

.4 pounds is nothing. It's fortunate you haven't experienced this in the past eight months, but fluctuations like this are incredibly common. Being constipated will increase your weight. Eating salty foods can temporarily increase your weight. If things are working otherwise, I'd never adjust a plan due to a .4 pound…