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Yes. Do cardio and you can eat more, but if you don't want to do that and can just eat less, that will suffice.

Yes, well we'll just have to let Ron live in his own little world. Just as long as he doesn't drag anyone else into it. He's more than adequately revealed his poor understanding of just about everything relevant.

Most scientists would be extremely unboggled by your stats. The dead average American man is 1 inch shorter and 10 lbs less heavy, for a BMI of 28.8 rather than your 29.4. Hell, you're not even obese, just overweight. At the higher end of the overweight range, but still. Even 2 lbs/week might be too aggressive for you. Do…

Yep. I take my replacement hormone regularly and properly, and it seems to affect my fitness goals not at all.

Functional medicine MDs do a lot of things unwarranted by actual evidence. https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/functional-medicine-in-practice/ CFS and fibromyalgia are collections of symptoms with no clear etiology. Anyone claiming to treat them as if they were well-understood is a fraud. I'm not sure what you think the AMA…

It's not so much that it's heresy as that counting calories (and other nutrients) is pretty much the whole point of the site. Besides, it works. Trying to estimate your calorie burn from exercise and having a vague idea of your intake? Not so much.

Be an introvert. Works well for me, anyway.

Adrenal fatigue is not addressed in "Western medicine" (not a real term; science- and evidence-based medicine know no hemisphere) because it's not real. However, stress can indeed influence your cortisol levels and yes, that can have an effect on your metabolism. I'm not sure where to go with that other than to work on…

In your place, I would talk to a dietician. I don't think anyone here has the expertise to advise you on weight loss when you're going through something like chemo. That by itself puts a tremendous strain on the body, and it's vital that you give it enough nutritional support.

I gave up Coke for 2 months, and discovered at the end of that time that I couldn't stand it anymore. It was absolutely undrinkable. So just hold out for a bit. You may find at the end that it's just not tasty to you anymore.

Last time I took my somewhat overweight autistic son to Disneyland, he visibly lost weight over the 3 days we were there. Not only was he so excited that it was the end of the second day before I could get him to sit down for a meal, but I let him have his way about where to go next. Naturally, he didn't plan it at all. So…

Jeans will shrink -- or at least the fibers in the fabric will tighten up -- if you wash them in hot water. The difference between that and true shrinkage is that they'll relax again after a few hours of wear. @Dannib423 If you've been working on building up the booty with resistance training, they may well fit a bit snug…

If you're drinking enough to get hung over every time you go out, may I gently suggest that perhaps you're drinking too much anyway? You don't have to drink until you're drunk. One or two drinks to be social and to loosen you up and help you relax would be just fine. Alternate with water to keep yourself hydrated -- and…

Try lowfat milk instead of full-fat, if that's what you're using.

It depends on the jeans, frankly. I can't speak to women's sizing, but men's jeans are sized by waist and inseam. This seems straightforward, but I can never tell how a particular pair of jeans will fit until I try them on.

As @Gallowmere1984 said, 1500 is the absolute minimum MFP will allow males. It's extremely difficult for men to get adequate nutrition on fewer calories. If it's given you that number, chances are your weight loss goals are too aggressive and you will not actually lose at the rate you set it to.

Given your stats, that's a tad insane. Unless your metabolism has "slowed down" in a pathological way, 1850 calories/day should give you good results, according to my usual TDEE calculator. You would maintain your present weight on about 2300 cal/day (assuming you have a sedentary lifestyle, and with no added exercise) but…

Yes. Get a real strained yogurt that doesn't have all that crap in it. Seriously, yogurt doesn't need all that in it to be yummy and have a nice texture.

Mine did, but I'm 53, so my skin can't be expected to be as elastic as yours.

Even more historically accurately, it's from the English system of measurement. The Imperial system wasn't promulgated until after America won its independence, and America never adopted it. In most cases, such as measures of length, it doesn't make a difference, but since we're talking about volume it makes a big…

He means he eats 3 meals of 500 calories each.

OK, we won't tell you that.

Yes, that's a fairly large amount of caffeine you've cut. It's almost certainly the cause of your headaches, even if there was a delay of a few days.

Nope. But bear in mind that many sugary drinks are also caffeinated. You may be going through caffeine withdrawal. Try replacing it with tea or coffee. (Real coffee, not the sugary, fatty crap Starbucks makes for people who don't actually like coffee.)

Well, I'm male so I don't get hormonal cycles, but I've been losing weight in clusters of 2-3 lbs at a time. I'll go for a couple of weeks hovering around a set weight, then it comes off over a couple of days. I have no idea why.

I'd have fun and not worry so much. It's not as if you're doing this every weekend. If you've been doing well before, you'll continue to do well afterward. At the very least you can allow yourself to eat maintenance for a couple of days rather than a deficit. That way you might not make any progress for those two days, but…

It doesn't matter where your problem areas are, unless you're speaking in terms of muscle. You can't spot-reduce fat. You can only reduce overall, and the fat will come off where your genes say it will. Resistance training helps ensure that when your body burns tissue for fuel, it burns fat and not muscle. That's why it's…

Mmm... rice... potatoes... bread... pasta... all that good stuff. Yeah.

My kid was on keto for several years to help control his epilepsy. We could always tell when his ketones were good from his breath. So, possibly.