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The only people who will ever tell you that essential oils are safe to ingest either sell them or are thinking about starting to sell them. Miraculously, only their brand is pure enough to ingest, even though it isn’t impurities that make EOs unsafe in the first place; it’s the oils themselves. None of the above is…

You include your BMR in “exercise” and ate about 150 calories less than the total in this example. Which exercise calories exactly are you “not eating back”? Are you saying that on top of your 1300 BMR calories and your (apparently) 1500 activity calories, you also do purposeful exercise you haven’t logged here?

Does he have some sort of cognitive impairment? For most of the world “Please stop telling people I’m on a diet every time I turn down food. It bothers me. That’s not always the reason and it’s really none of their business anyway” isn’t as profoundly complex as you seem to think. He doesn’t need to, like, plumb the depths…

Then what do you think the significance of “MFP says I should lose weight eating this way” will be? If you’re not giving the site proper information and/or not using the feedback it gives you based on your input, its predictions are probably going to be pretty useless.

The most charitable explanation is that he thinks it’s rude to refuse food and he’s trying to “cover” for you. Have you told him to stop? Not in the moment, but at another time when it’s just the two of you?

MFP’s calorie goal already includes that, plus additional calories for whatever you set your activity level to. It sounds like you’re double- or even triple dipping.

Muscle is good, but lifting weights is not the only way to build or maintain muscle. I walk a lot, I teach fitness classes, and I do yoga, and as a result my legs and abs are super strong. I felt like I was neglecting my upper body (I teach a lot of spin, and when I tell my other classes to do push-ups I don’t do the set…

I eat more than that, but I eat keto all day. When I don’t need as much energy, I just eat less of the same things—smaller portions and/or fewer meals. Same food, though.

If you like what you’re eating, eat more of it. If you don’t like what you’re eating, eat more foods you DO like.

No; it’s like eating 1500. Your body burns calories all day, even when you sleep. It takes a certain number just to maintain the body you currently have, and if you eat exactly that number you won’t gain or lose weight.

What was your activity level between 5-10pm? It sounds like it was revising your caloric needs downward after you were sedentary for a while, which does happen if you’ve set a higher activity level in MFP. 1000 calories is a pretty big adjustment, though—I’m set to active and I usually only lose a couple hundred in the…

“Motivation” that requires agreeing with utterly impossible assertions isn’t really what we do here. I’m glad the scale is moving for you, but no one here is obligated to pretend it’s the result of your magic drink after an improbably large caloric deficit failed to do what science says it does.

Good news! That’s not the rule. :) The rule is do what works for your body and your life.

The goal physique looks bigger with more definition, yes. But I mean...if you wanted my lunch money, OP, I’m pretty sure you could get my lunch money.

Not a CrossFit-er, but I used to do mostly plyo-based workouts and those stopped cold when I started keto. In the beginning it was hard to even lift, much less jump! I did a lot of yoga, walking, and cycling instead, and I was anxious about the drop in intensity, but the fact is weight loss was a big part of the reason I…

Vitamin C during the day and NyQuil at night; that’s all I’ve got unfortunately. Feel better soon!

If you adhere strictly to all of keto’s often/sometimes/never food rules, you’ll definitely be in ketosis. But you can also get and stay there without being so strict, by watching net carbs as a proportion of your total calories and worrying less about where they come from. I prefer that strategy, personally; it’s much…

I find my diet tends to be pretty rich in fat under any circumstances, and especially so now that I'm doing keto. But for times when I need a quick boost of non-carb calories, I've had all sorts of fun testing and making fat bombs. 100-250 calories, mainly of fat, and they satisfy that "dessert" itch even though I use as…

I had this whole recipe planned out, but ugh...I'm tired. So I rooted around in the fridge and fussed with the kitchen scale until I came up with this:

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Not getting anywhere? You’re losing almost exactly a pound per week! Weight fluctuates. I can go two or even three weeks at a time with no losses, or more likely a slight gain. But if I put my head down and spend that time eating at my target deficit, I know the weight WILL eventually come off. I’ll lose a few pounds at a…

Why? If the issue is satiety, it’s too late to change the macros you’ve already eaten. You can, however, check in with yourself and consider whether you’re actually hungry or not. Eat a meal, a snack, or nothing, according to how your body feels.

What are your goals? Do you have any health concerns that make fat intake an issue? Mine’s routinely around 70% with no adverse effects, so I’m inherently skeptical of “Watch out for fat!” in a vacuum. :)

Where are you on calories?

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I went to buy jeans wearing size 29 in Brand A. They were loose, but not so loose that I wasn’t shocked to learn that in Brand B, I now wear a 26. Yay! I love Brand A, though, and I don’t live near any stores that carry them anymore, so I went online and used their fit prediction tool. I put in all my stats and told them I…

No...seriously. You probably weren’t even in ketosis by then—if so, only for a few hours. What do you realistically believe happens in three days, weight-wise?

If you only have six pounds to lose, you shouldn’t try to lose them faster than .5/week. 1200 calories is just too low for your weight and activity level, and your body is doing everything in its power to tell you so.

I’ve been to too many classes where there was one really-not-at-all-fit person hanging out in the back and trying not to draw attention to themselves to be all in on this idea. Once you start trying to make and balance teams, everyone is going to start thinking about themselves in terms of asset vs liability, which sucks…

An avocado a day is a good start. Fiber=carbs, so if you want more of it you’ll have to watch net carbs instead (total carbs - fiber). You can fit a pretty substantial amount of broccoli into a keto day if you want!