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I tried it and actually pretty liked it. It was less than 200 for a cup and it kept me full and energetic for hours. I don't know why people think it's gross when putting heavy cream into your coffee is a normal thing to do. Butter and heavy cream aren't really that different. It's just putting dairy fat in your coffee.…

I think your issue might be that you are using both fitbit calories adjustments AND logging workouts and eating those. Workout estimates are notorious for being way overestimated, and most people who use this method don't have fitbit telling them they are burning calories from all their steps as well so the overestimation…

If you are only doing light exercise I wouldn't bother eating back exercise calories at all - light activity is usually included in your activity multiplier, even 'sedentary' expects a few steps.

My favourite kettlebell exercises are kettlebell swings and turkish getups. Definitely start with a small kettlebel to practise! Turkish getup: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVDiFNy8NUA

When people say that they aren't trying to bull**** you. Most people equate 'big' and 'fat' to mean ugly and unattractive. Fact is, these are loaded words and are no longer simple descriptors of how someone looks. So when someone tells you that you 'Don't look that big' What they are really trying to say is that you don't…

Where are the studies that show a diet that is completely absent of meat protects from diseases? Even the china study, as cherry picked and forced as it is, only showed that LOWER meat consumption reduced risk of disease. Not a diet completely meat absent. even though it appears to make sense I think it is a bit of a jump…

Saturated fats also raise your HDL. Coconut oil and butter come to mind.

I'm merely asking a question. I don't have any theories. I was using HFCS as an example (check use of the word if) to explain the question because the person I was replying to was also talking about HFCS.

So, you are saying you don't know? Maybe we should find out for sure instead of throwing out a random guess

Some people are just naturally thin. They don't have to count calories or regulate their food intake. They manage to regulate their body weight without trying AT ALL. So, why (or how?), are some people overriding this natural caloric regulator?

If you can figure out why you got fat in the first place you then have the power to prevent it from happening again. Most people who lose weight do not maintain weight loss, so this is actually a very important question to ask. I think we could probably find out the answer if people were actually working towards it. But…

Yes of course if you are eating an extra 1000 calories you are going to gain some weight, But my point is if you cant naturally regulate your caloric intake, something is wrong. And if it's HFCS that is screwing up your natural mechanisms to regulate your food then that is a contributing factor to making you fat. Not…

Maybe the people drinking a lot of soda are consuming a lot of calories because the HFCS messes with their ability to naturally regulate their dietary intake. I don't think the point of this whole thing is there are foods that make you fat, but maybe that there are foods that make you have to make an effort to not be fat,…

While I mostly agree with you, I do think foods with trans fats are unhealthy foods because it doesn't take a lot of trans fats to be harmful to your body.

Before I knew better I didn't think muffins were that bad, especially if they were fruit muffins. You are better off eating a cupcake :(

I doubt you're overdoing it! In fact if you aren't doing strength training it might even be more important, since resistance training also helps mitigate lean mass loss. If all you have to protect against lean mass loss is protein intake it's better for you to be going over than under and at 1200 calories a day, I doubt…

More volume = less calories per cup. It's just a trick to get you to think you are eating more rice than you are because it looks like more. The extra volume is just water.

Is there no way you can increase your protein intake to hit your macros? When losing weight protein is quite important because it can help reduce the loss of lean body mass

I would like to say that I would eat insects because they would be a sustainable source of protein but in my mind I can't get past the gross factor. It's mostly the legs and antenna freaking me out. I would definitely try them in unrecognisable form, like ground up into a powder, but I don't even know how you'd go about…

Hit your protein and don't worry about going over on fat

Step 1. Seek professional help Step 2. Stop going to weight loss sites and pro ana sites to find opinions that fuel your own broken relationship with food. Step 3. Accept that everyone needs to eat food to live. You shouldn't feel guilty about eating any more than you do about breathing.

Sorta... I used to never get thirsty but since losing weight I am thirsty more often so my water intake has increased. So yes, there is a correlation but rather than water intake increasing rate of weight loss, I think rate of weight loss increases need for water intake. However, I don't know what would happen if I didn't…

Instead of olive oil for cooking, I use lard

Your breakfast and snack are pretty much pure sugar. Once your body took all the sugar out of your blood, it reacted to the low blood sugar by freaking out and asking you to eat more of it. Adding some protein to your breakfast might help.

I discovered the other day that when I replaced olive oil with lard I saved calories because I needed much much less than I did olive oil. I think you will find the same with other solid fats like butter and coconut oil, the stability of them is good for cooking and you don't need to use as much

It's a framing device. There is a reason the pictures are huge and the navigation is at the top and the text is below the fold - they don't want or expect many people to read the words. It's all about publishing images that people want to see. The framing device prevents them from coming under fire for glamourising super…

These articles are an odd one. It's interesting that people point at these and say 'hey look! skinny is shamed as well' But in my opinion these articles are just a framing device to show a body type that people still want to attain, but without the social stigma for the media outlet of supporting 'unhealthy' body types. To…

I see fat shaming in the media waaay more often than thin shaming

You should be eating lots of fats. Olives, nuts and cheese make good snacks. Adding butter to your meals will help too.

Because it cant be massed produced and stored for long periods of time easily