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At the risk of prolonging having people argue with me when I was actually agreeing with all of you, I will especially second this point... in that fats and protein both serve multiple functions within the body, whereas carbohydrates (exclusive of fiber) are pretty much calories only. That's not a bad thing, but it does…

Again, that was not advice. I was actually saying the opposite, that she is -not- one of the people who should limit carbs (unless she's diabetic and didn't share that info) because she is not maxing out her calories on them to the exclusion of other nutrients.

I agree, but in the overall context of the thread it is true that some people will be more inclined to load up on the pasta and crowd out the other stuff, especially when eating at a designed calorie deficit. For those people, it is best to keep a tight reign on the amount of grain foods they choose to consume.

Maybe this is where people keep misunderstanding my statements and jumping all over them. I was not offering that as a suggestion for the OP to follow. I was putting it out as a reason for one to limit carbs, which was supposed to intimate that she probably need not do so as one concerned about "eating clean" is probably…

Ok, compare the nutritional data for 100 grams each of white pasta, green beans, and eggs. Which items have more, and greater variety, of micronutrients in that 100g? And which have more calories in that same 100 g? The pasta has slightly more variety of micros than the green beans, but at more than 20 times the calories.…

Actually, yes, if that's what they have a problem with. Again, I can use my own targets as an example. I've got my macros set for protein and carbohydrates based mainly on the number of grams per day. It just happens to work out to 30% and 20% respectively. Generally speaking, I just let the fats fall where they end up,…

I'm basing it on what seems to be the most prevalent in the store, which is presumably what sells the most. I'm not making blanket statements about carbohydrates (other than they all break down to glucose in digestion). Simply saying that limiting carb intake as a motivator toward more nutritionally dense foods is a reason…

True, but when it comes to achieving goals, many find it easier to work within their existing mindset than to completely reorganize their thinking. It's not always necessary to be technically accurate in order to be effective.

I certainly was never claiming it was helpful for all. I was just giving the two realistic reasons why one would want to limit them. I will absolutely agree that neither reason is universally applicable. Heck, even among diabetics, a low carb diet doesn't necessarily help all of us. Many do fine with carbs as their highest…

Carbs are carbs. It doesn't matter whether it's from table sugar or brown rice, the non-fiber carbohydrate portion all becomes glucose when digested.

Because, as you said, it is easy to overdo the calories and run oneself short on protein and a lot of the micro-nutrients that come in fruits and vegetables. But mostly because when the average person eats cold cereal it's stuff like Golden Grahms and Captain Crunch.

Personally, I find -all- sporting events to be insufferably boring to watch.. don't know that football is any worse than others. And advertising annoys the heck out of me. So the SuperBowl is a complete no-go here. If I had my preference, I would never even know what teams are playing or when the game was. Unfortunately,…

You all have good points. However, most people when they think 'high carb' their mind goes immediately to all the grain-based packaged foods, breads, pastas, dry cereals and cereal bars, that sort of thing. If someone is limiting their total carb grams, they are often more likely to make those grams count with things that…

You have a point. I consider them high carb because carbohydrates do make up over a third of the calories (36% for Wavy Lay's). They are an empty calorie food. Perhaps snack crackers and Hostess cakes would have been a better example.

Two pounds per week is overly aggressive for a less than 20 pound weight loss goal. One pound per week is aggressive and a half pound per week is usually what people find more sustainable. Especially given that your RMR has already been measured as being below average, such an aggressive rate of loss runs the risk of…

There are really only two reasons to limit carb intake. One is to avoid filling up your calorie target with low nutrition food, since many high carbohydrate foods contain little else but calories (potato chips, for example). The other is if you have a metabolic condition that can be helped by reducing carb consumption,…

Well, I ended up turning today into an unplanned cheat day, but did log it (didn't weigh, just went with standard portion sizes). 1500 calories over and way above my carbs. I foresee tomorrow being a well under target day.

One would think that, with all the acid, but I've honestly not had any more tooth trouble than the average adult over the last 20 years. I've chosen not to question it too hard :) I've also heard claims that the phosphoric acid from excess cola consumption leaches calcium from the bones and weakens them. I did take a hard…

It would be pretty difficult to completely undo a 500 or more calorie per day deficit with one cheat day per week. We're talking about 3500 extra calories in one day. For me that's 2.4 times my normal daily target (which I'm usually a little under).

I am one of, apparently, many who think "clean" eating is mostly a bunch of magical thinking and pseudo-science. About the best thing the "clean food" ideology has going for it is that eating "clean," particularly avoiding grain-based packaged foods, usually leads to choosing foods with a higher nutrient density, so it's…

It can't hurt. It would give you an accurate assessment of your body fat percentage and actual BMR/TDEE. The body fat is much more useful in health assessment than BMI, and the metabolic assessment would take a lot of ball-parking out of determining your calorie goals. So I guess the questions would be, does your insurance…

Two things: one, if you are logging your exercise MFP will add the estimated calorie burn back to your daily calorie target. I don't log exercise here for that reason, but those who do say that the program often over-estimates that burn, so that if you eat all the way to your target calories with the exercise logged it can…

If you're talking about a scale that uses Bioelectric Impedance Analysis to determine body fat, the accuracy depends on the quality of the scale. The better ones are at least equal to or better than trying to do your own skin-fold calipers or taking multiple tape measurements to plug into a math formula. As to gaining…

I concur with the others that 5 pounds is not enough to get upset over. Just for some perspective, if you go by the "drink eight 8-oz glasses of water per day" thing, that is half a gallon. Water weighs 8 pounds per gallon. So the frequently recommended daily water intake is 4 pounds all by itself. Five pounds isn't overly…

No, I do not have a cut-off time. A big part of that is that in addition to my handyman work during the day, I have a part-time evening job and don't get home until 11:30. I'm not one that can come straight from work and fall into bed, so I'm going to be up for a while and eating is a given since that job is custodian and…

One thing I note, the article seems to dismiss the 50% time savings of the Tabata workouts for the same results by saying the need for extra recovery time negates that advantage, however, if we're talking about beginners going to the gym, there's going to be an extra amount of time used beyond the workout for travel,…

BMR is what you burn if you're basically comatose. What is your activity level? To figure your calorie needs you need to add what you burn in your daily activities to your BMR. The easiest (tho not always the very most accurate) way to do this is to multiply BMR times an adjustment factor for your general level of daily…

If you're certain it's not a logging issue, it could be that your metabolism has slowed in response to too few calories. You could try upping your limit by a couple hundred and see what happens. Assuming of course that this stall has been ongoing for more than a couple weeks. If it's been less than that, I'd say give it up…

Reason one is to spend less time for the calorie burn. By the time I get to the gym and do whatever else I might be doing that day, I don't want to be spending a full hour on cardio. Reason two is that rowing also acts as a supplemental full-body strength exercise, and the harder you push on the stroke the more resistance…

Still kind of building it. Trainer has me doing some machine circuit lifts at 4 reps of 15, or at least working with that as a target in order to get the weights dialed in.. then readjust in a couple weeks. I had visions of going hard and heavy on the rowing machine for cardio.... found out real quick that rowing is harder…