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I remember wondering if eating fried chicken, cheesecake, burgers, fries would make me gain weight, despite eating within calorie limit.I experimented for a while, didn't gain. I love being able to eat these things and maintaining my weight and health. I used to irrationally believe these foods would never have a place in…

Sugar, i rebuke thee!

Try and see! I have been able to lose weight consuming 3000 calories a day (my burn is 3200ish average according to fitbit) and most of my burn comes from walking each day of the week.

Not JUST a sugar thread! Repent and confess in the spaces below, unless you enjoy heathen status

That must've been very difficult for you to have to witness regularly. Do you think something, somehow, could've changed for your mother that would have sparked an interest to eat fewer calories than she was? I'm sorry you had to endure such comments about her body. Shaming obviously didn't work for her. It works for some,…

Thanks! I'll pass the videos along

I am still very uncomfortable around people, in person. I'm doing little things now to try to loosen up, but I progress slowly. That's okay, I figure I have until the day I die to get this all right. What I do find incredibly amusing are the bold individuals who come right up to me and let me know what they think of me. So…

nvmomketo and other keto/low carbers i've been seeing contribute to these forums, I'm glad to hear your sugar cravings have vanished. I am seeing a repeating theme in this thread that illustrates the importance of choosing to commit to healthier living, whatever that translates to for us individually. I suppose my SO feels…

lol, i do enjoy my forsaken pastries and my espresso drinks filled to the brim with ill repute ;)

You all have a pretty good sense of my warped humor! Yes, it is unfortunate. Even with a medical professional's advice suggesting a lowered sugar intake would contribute to better health, my partner would still prefer not to be in better health. I know controlling is not the right answer, so I suppose all i can…

Ah, so you made an active choice to try to limit your sugar intake. I do remember a time when my palate was so desensitized to salt and sugar that I needed a lot of salt to register (and satisfy a craving for) a salty flavor, and a lot of sugar to register (and satisfy cravings for) sweet flavors. I know now that I prefer…

Hmm. Okay. Next time I cook, I'll try to add in more protein. My SO has no desire to lose weight or change diet, so when we spend time together, I'm trying to see if I can at least mitigate some of the poor diet choices my SO makes. This is probably the wrong idea though; when we're not together, my SO will just go back to…

The only way to lose weight is to eat less. There's no better or worse about that. Eat what you like. Put your stats into MFP, set it to maintenance for your current weight and height, and track what you're eating so you get an idea of your daily calorie intake. When you're ready to fit into smaller clothes, set your MFP…

Hmm, for you two, do sugar cravings outweigh cravings for other flavors? Like when you are hungry, and if you are in a supermarket, and had to put together a meal that would magically have 0 calories, what would you go for?

My SO and I are going to eat peking duck and roast pig at a random restaurant in Chinatown. Then we'll see if any movie theaters are open and check out a movie. I'm going to get an hour of exercise earlier in the day, well before we go out.

If you sync your fitbit to MFP, your fitbit tells MFP what your calorie burn is for each day you wear it. MFP will calculate your eating goal based on what you specified your desired rate of loss is and your fitbit calorie burn.

It might be a fun experiment, but I'm not convinced i need to change my sugar intake at all. I am quite happy with my results, and that's with a diet that is inclusive of anything i want.

The comments on that videos youtube link are surprising! There are others who feel she was able to express their concerns in an elegant and admirable way! It takes all kinds, i suppose. I feel like this is an area of identity politics that I'm not well versed on, and I probably shouldn't get too involved.

Thanks :) i love our forum gurus

Sometimes I'll indulge. For me, knowing i had only x amounts of calories to use in a day and y hours until my next calorie reset, i figured I'd rather not empty my calorie budget all on something calorie dense but less filing. I don't like to go hungry until my next reset , but it happens sometimes. You live you learn. Now…

Wow! I'm shocked that below bmr is an acceptable eating goal for an active person. I learned something new today!

You're correct, people really shouldn't be aiming to eat below bmr. I think it's confusing for people just beginning to deal with calorie counting, but forum visitors tend to gain a little more knowledge after posting or reading forums.

Wow, what a difference! Great job

For the picky eaters here: Are you finding it easy or difficult to eat to your calorie goals if you choose not to eat veggies/fruit?

Tdee is what you burn in a day. Eating at tdee will maintain your weight. Eating less than tdee will cause you to use more of your stored body fat to fuel your activity. This is the way to lose weight. Bmr is base metabolic rate, which is the calories you burn being sedentary and laying down sleeping/comatose. Eating that…

I find it strange that tcm is suddenly being picked up by western audiences, while eastern audiences are only recently beginning to welcome western medicine. I guess TCM has value if it's a practice that has lasted for this long

If you're exercising to increase your burn vs intake, you can get the same effect by skipping the exercise and not eating however much you'd typically burn from exercise. But, if you're exercising for fitness, then you should be fueling your efforts properly. Not fueling your exercise will fatigue you and make it less…

When the wii came out, there was increased market interest in physically interactive gaming. Both Microsoft and Sony generated products to capitalize. So, the "xbox kinect" and the "PlayStation move" were introduced to compete against Nintendo's wii for physically interactive gaming.

I would also like to suggest you get at least 25 grams of fiber from food sources rather than supplements to help with satiety. Black Beans, kidney beans and other legumes are a great source of fiber and iron "The DRI for fiber for men and women through the age of 50 is 38 grams and 25 grams per day, respectively, while…

If I'm not mistaken, Sony still has playstation move. It's the PlayStation version of xbox kinect, and i think it's compatible with your ps4.