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Twin Peaks Special Agent Dale Cooper would be as easy as putting on a suit for me, so I would probably reach and go for Paul Atredies. A stillsuit, a jump rope wrapped around my chest, and my hair grown out, and I'm good to Go!

@saralangille If it's any consolation, I think the reading you got is way off.. The picture you posted looks nowhere near 50%. There are scales that take a similar reading that you can use to get a better, more regular picture of what your BF percentage is looking like.. With that, you can keep tabs on where your body…

@smit7633 a low level current is passed through the body. Depending upon the resistance of the body to the current, along with age, weight, and sex, it estimates the body fat percentage. It's not accurate, and is subject to fluctuation from a lot of factors. It can be useful for trends and estimates, but cannot be…

Any sort of bioimpedence measuring system will be "flighty". Your best hope with them is to monitor over periods of time for trends. My scale has given me, over the past month, anywhere between 23 and 27 percent body fat. Plug your numbers in and see what comes up on various online calculators too. I also have a fat…

Many people don't weigh in daily. Usually, it's the anxiety that you've experienced that leads them to do it. A lot weigh in weekly, as it lets them closely track progress and still filter out the "noise" of regular fluctuations. I would worry that monthly weigh ins would not give enough feedback and allow for corrections…

I too have the 8:30-5:00 corporate gig, one hour each way commute, and attached mall with many dining options, including THREE different fast food Chinese restaurants. I do buy lunch most days, but my lunches average 700 calories. I have three basic lunches: hibachi with no rice, all veggies, and double meat, a burrito…

Try splitting it up into milestones.. If you have 70 to goal, break it up into five milestones for 14 pounds each. Give yourself some small treat with each milestone (new shoes, new shirt, etc) to help keep you motivated. Happy Scale application will do this natively for you, but there are any number of ways to do this.

On the MFP app on your phone, go to settings, steps, and choose "fitbit tracker".

Assuming what you wrote is true (I won't debate the trace presence of materials in sweat), then yes, I do have thoughts. I already have a well-established pathway for excreting salt, potassium, ammonia, uric acid, and urea, and in way more than trace amounts. Urine is not simply a means of marking your territory.. Saunas…

You set a reasonable goal (typically based on body fat, but there are any number of ways that are better than picking some random number, plug your information into MFP, figure out what a reasonable weight loss is (usual guideline is to lose a half pound per week for every 25 pounds over goal you are), and then you know…

Don't worry about writing too much! You didn't put on the weight in weeks, and it won't come off on weeks either. Make small, steady steps toward your goals of losing weight. When did you start logging your foods, and have you had any challenges doing it?

Protein bars are sold as supplement, not as meal replacements. You use them to add protein to a healthy, well rounded diet.

Go with information and questions, and let the doctor be a physician. Take your food log with you, as well as weight logs, blood pressure, exercise, and anything else that you measure. Share your concerns, and give your doctor all the info they need to help you.

Qft Reach out to those you can, report Those you can't, and don't stop caring.

What kind of things will you feel the need for support with? There is certain to be folks on here going through the same challenges here.

I've got 1830 without exercise. My diary is wide open, and booze should have a meal entry group all its own for me.

Earning my nerd cred today. John Kovalic is amazeballs.

So, generally speaking, the community here will only recommend complete abstinence if something is truly horrible for you (I don't think anyone will suggest meth as a reasonable weight loss strategy), or if you're unable to control your intake of it. I used to drink 4-5 nights per week, just one or two with dinner. Now…

Do you weigh everything, or do you estimate? Do you enter recipes from ingredients or do you rely heavily on the stored entries? I can't see your diary, so I can't really offer specific guidance, other than stick to deficit, don't do cheat days/meals/whatever, and log everything you eat and drink accurately and honestly.

That's the right attitude to take! It's like the sign you see in bars sometimes (I saw it again today), "FREE BEER TOMORROW". If you're always waiting for tomorrow, tomorrow will never get here.

What does "eating healthy" mean to you? Unless it means eating at a deficit, it won't help you one weight. Do you measure and weigh everything, or do you estimate?

I'd rather eat real real foods, at a deficit, and use protein shakes THAT ARE NOT AFRAID TO LIST THEIR INGREDIENTS to supplement protein when I need to. The only thing I want to put in my body without ingredients on the label are gin, vodka, and tequila.

cherry coke zero isn't bad, and diet cherry pepsi is okay. there are many different kinds of flavor "sticks" that you can add to plain water, including the marvelous raspberry lemonade + caffeine from wal-mart, the 4c energy line, iced coffee with a packet of splenda (or black, if you're down with that). feel free to…

Kind of.. A cup of romaine lettuce has 8 calories. Most normal-ish people are going to eat no more than two cups in a meal. At 16 calories, you're well within normal tolerance of most other food, and can comfortably bury those calories elsewhere. The issue is that if you take that approach with those vegetables, you'll be…

You speak of challenges, but I don't think you really understand what the term means, related to personal change. A challenge is meant to be something you stretch to attain and that fosters healthy behaviors. It is not meant to be radical change that breaks you. Spending 25% more time at the gym, or working out four days…

Feel free to add me.. I'll like just about anything, and it's hard for someone whose (very public) log looks like mine to get judgey over others' food choices.

clean eating: washing my vegetables before cooking them

I can't see your diary,so I can only offer generic guidance. Make sure you're eating enough calories. Make sure your macros are appropriate for you and that you're eating them. Don't fall into the "all fats are the debil" trap--Fats and proteins are important to satiety. Find lower-calorie things to snack on, or leave room…

Only if they don't fit your calorie goals or nutritional needs, or the boredom you feel causes you to seek other foods in addition to your planned meals, and that causes you to stray out of your calorie or nutritional goals.

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