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I tried this with pineapple and it wouldn't track because many of the stats where less than 1. So now I make all my serving sizes 100 grams and just move the decimal back two places.

What has been mentioned that is unhealthy? All I see mentioned are carbs, sugar, protein, and fat.

I'm going to look into progressive bodyweight plan. I do a little bit of calisthenics now, but nothing that is progressive yet. I'm glad I posted here before starting anything that could have wasted my time.

Olive oil is 120 calories per Tbsp with 14 grams of fat. You can put it on almost anything.

What race are you?

I allow myself a day about once a month to not track anything and just eat using my eyes. I don't plan these days. I just do it when I want a break from feeling restricted. Maybe you could try something like that.

Some people are good at guesstimating the calories they eat just by looking at their food. It sounds like you are not one of those people. You're not alone, plenty of people on here choose to continue counting calories even when they hit their goal weight. It also helps if you weigh all your food and measure all your…

I keep candy in the house just so I can look at it and say no. I find it helps to say no over and over. I'll eat a piece every once in a while and then say no to a second piece. Then I log that one piece and I don't feel bad about it. No to the second piece is much harder, but I like to show the candy who the real boss is.

Preach!

Why wouldn't you log every bite? You think that stuff is calorie free if you just choose not to log it? What do you want more, candy and fast food or to loss weight? What if I told you you can have both if you log every bite? Did I jus post a reply using only questions?

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I don't disregard advice from body builders. I just don't automatically accept what I hear from them as helpful for my situation. The one I quoted says it's a bad idea to lose more than 1.5 pounds a week. In my case, I believe 2 pounds a week is a better starting point since it's less than 1% of my weight and most of my…

Great post, MissusMoon.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=OYUxXMGVuuU Is this what you mean by bodyweight rows? Oh and thanks for mentioning all the bodyweight programs, everyone.

Except I'm obese, not a bodybuilder. My goals are clearly not going to be the same, so I take sites like these with a grain of salt. 2 pounds of weight loss is less than 1% of my current weight. I think I'll be fine.

Thanks for all the advice guys. I guess I'm just having a hard time believing that push ups will not preserve muscle. I'm aware that it's not full body and it would do nothing for the muscles they don't target, but it's news to me that push ups are basically a useless workout.

So are you saying that pushups won't preserve the muscle I have? If not are there other ways to do progressive resistance using my bodyweight? Someone else posted that lifting one foot off the ground or one handed push ups would help. What do you think?

Should I really start progressive lifting if I'm in a calorie deficit? I mean, I can't gain muscle in a deficit can I? I'm just a little confused cause it seems like I wouldn't make much progress if any without gaining muscle.

Well my goal for burning fat is all about my diet. I don't really know about the push ups; that's why I'm asking.

You had me at black coffee! I never thought I would like my coffee black. I recently had some iced coffee without adding cream or sugar and I was shocked by how much I liked it. If y'all keep talking about roasted brussels sprouts, I'm gonna have to break down and try some.

Oh that just gave me an idea... cottage cheese waffles.

I've never heard of rubbing the oil into meats. I'll give that a try, thanks. Seems like it might make the food taste better too.

Doesn't it require a surplus of calories to gain muscle?

I'll have to try that. I like plain yogurt with strawberries and granola too.

When I cook with olive oil it seems like more is left in the pan than is actually on the food. How do you account for that when weighing?

I think what people mean by frying being unhealthy is actually deep frying food, but I've honestly never seen any proof that deep frying is bad. I personally stay away from it because it makes me feel awful. I would call salmon in olive oil healthy if you're just using enough oil to keep it from sticking. (I'm not a food…

See! They are not hard to find. Their goal is to expose themselves.

Oh the self appointed thread monitors are a phenomena all across the internet. To this day there is no computer code that can stand in their way. Edit: No disrespect to actual monitors. It's a tough gig.

I'm slowly chipping away at 100 pounds from my heaviest (269). Not even cake could stop me.

I agree that it's low and it can be dangerous if one doesn't watch their macros and micros closely.