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Congrats!! And ugh people are the worst!

I was confused too so I looked into it and apparently according to her you need to eat raw foods before cooked otherwise you won't digest it well. Total bs hahaha

Now I'm really curious to hear what you had to say :D

Wow! That's so interesting

You've got to just make the comittment! Add a bunch of friends on here, it will keep you accountable and you can be support systems for each other! Tell people in your life that you want to make a change, a support/accountability system is important too! If it's too intimidating for you to switch to healthy all at once, do…

I think everyone here can testify CICO is real...

Amen!!

:D :D

Yes yes this!

Amen! Freelee keeps saying all cals are not created equal and I'm just like

I love counting calories, it's been super beneficial to me!

Omg I know! And she calls a 1600 calorie diet for women "starvation" mode

Agreed!!

What are your measurements? Go to https://tdeecalculator.net and fill out the info to see how many calories are being burned on average daily, it's generally suggested you eat under that (my TDEE is 2100 so I generally eat 1600 cals a day to lose) and with the deficit you'd lose a pound a week. This method INCORPORATES…

I'm not very familiar with the keto diet, what is ketosis?

I've seen it in tons of vegans testimonials too, that their lifestyle allows for ENDLESS calorie consumption It's ridiculous!!

I agree 100%. I'm not sure if you read my original post but I was ranting about people who had told me CICO wasn't a thing ...the subject line was shameless clickbait LOL What you walked into late was a detailed conversation about how my sister maintains her weight

I was just assuming based on the way she eats and her lack of an active lifestyle that she was. I have no idea for certain because unlike me she doesn't count calories lol

That's literally what I said in my first post! Lol. I mentioned her metabolism would slow as she got older and it would catch up with her. Yes I live with her

I assure you she isn't lol. She's a high school student who sits 8 hours a day and does 0 exercise at home. I understand that you can eat crap and still be at maintenance.

I find that INCREDIBLY hard to believe as she eats actual crap and never exercises...she's around 5"5? Or 5"6? She just has an extremely thin body type

I've lost 42 pounds and I didn't see my double chin significantly disappear until a couple pounds ago! Just be patient it'll come :)

Amen!

For purely weight loss reasons I look at my calories but I look at macros just to make sure they're in check too

If you're eating at a caloric deficit, you lose weight. As for water weight, if you're new to the lifestyle it's very common that you lose a ton of water weight right off the bat as your body is adjusting

My sister is one of the "lucky" ones she can eat whatever she wants but she stays a stick, it's not sustainable though her metabolism will slow as she gets older and she's going to start gaining if she doesn't start eating at maintenance instead of a surplus

I always get such negative commentary when people ask me how I lost weight and I say I used MFP to calorie count. It's SUCH a good tool if you're not obsessive with it.

I didn't mean to imply counting calories is the only way to lose weight. I just meant that it aids in the CICO method for weight loss, which is based in scientific fact.

OMG she and him say SO much that makes no sense! I found the unnatural vegan through my research and she makes so much more logical sense

That seems to crazy to me??