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The number one thing that caught my eye was the sugary lattes. Coffee per se isn't bad, and in fact contains a number of antioxidants and phytonutrients that are probably good for you. It's the fat and sugar that comes with those Starbucks drinks that get you. A venti Pumpkin Spice Latte has 400 calories, 470 with whipped…

Pants sizes are unreliable guides to actual waist size, tending 2-4 inches smaller than the measurement. If he wears a size 40 but has them riding his hips, his actual waist is almost certainly larger than that. And a lot of guys have to resort to belts just because the contour of the belly doesn't allow for enough "grab"…

If you're at your target weight, go into your profile and change your goal from lose to maintain. Your daily calories will increase accordingly. As @VintageFeline pointed out, CICO is what will control your weight regardless of the plan you use.

What helped for me was to set daily calorie goals with the app and then log every bite I ate. Log it whether it's embarrassing or not and whether it puts you over your limit or not. Use a scale and log by weight. It kind of puts your eating habits right in your face. And then for me, the mindset that got built up wasn't so…

Most likely they search for a thread on a subject of interest, find one, and then reply to it without noticing when the last post happened.

You're only 120 calories off. Rounding errors can account for that, depending on how many different foods you ate and how many servings. Macros are given more or less exactly on nutrition labels, but listed calories are rounded to the nearest 10 if they total more than 50. So they're not going to match correctly even on a…

Looking at your diary, I notice all your amounts are in nice, round numbers, which implies to me that you're guessing, at least a little. Normally I'd suspect someone of eating more than they think under those circumstances, but I wonder if you're in fact eating less than you think? Undereating will certainly cause the…

Now see, I'm in the opposite situation. The gym at work is running a "Maintain, Don't Gain" challenge through the holidays, where you weigh in in November and weigh out in January. You're eligible for a prize if you maintain or lose through the T-day, Xmas, and New Year holidays. It is therefore to my benefit to be as…

I downloaded the app, set a weight goal, and ate the amount of food it told me to. Threw in some cardio for general health -- and also to allow me to eat more! -- and that was it. All it took to motivate me were some photos that showed me exactly what I looked like overweight, after promising myself I'd never look like…

I'm over 50, have a good deal of loose skin around my middle after some moderate weight loss, and (as @psuLemon was kind enough to emphasize) not very muscular. I would assume that's sufficiently different.

I was responding to a claim that "less than 12% body fat" was by itself sufficient to have visible abs. I wasn't looking for a diagnosis. [edited by mods]

Not good enough. I'm 10.6% (hydrostatic) and I don't have abs.

Only if it affects your satiety to the point where you end up eating too much. Otherwise, just eat whenever works for you.

General shape and size? Yes. Loose skin around my middle? Not so much.

I don't care in the least. The incidence of actual disease transferred by sweat droplets is, to put it mildly, minimal. Anything touched with the hands is a different matter. I'd much rather see people wipe down handles than seats, as they really are potential disease vectors. And that has nothing to do with sweat. Handles…

Back when I was a religious believer, I belonged to a Christian tradition that required abstinence from rich foods like meat and dairy for certain seasons such as Lent, essentially putting you on a temporary vegan diet. It always took a few weeks to adjust, but my digestion would settle down eventually.

Very sweet liqueurs like Jaegermeister will be more caloric than straight spirits anyway.

Even if there were good data to support this, once the thyroid stops functioning no amount of "elimination" can bring it back.

Why ever would you do this? In Hashimoto's, your body's immune system is attacking and destroying your thyroid. That means your thyroid is not making enough -- or any -- of the hormones that regulate your metabolism. This is NOT something you can somehow "power through". Take the Synthroid. I do, and I had no trouble…

Straight spirits aren't terribly caloric; about 130 calories for a 2 oz pour of 80 proof (40% abv) liquor. Maybe find a nice sweet bourbon you can drink either straight up or with club soda, water, or rocks?

14/16 is a woman's size. Men's suit sizes go by chest measurement.

It's worth mentioning that if you do this you should absolutely measure out your ice cream by weight. Unlike some foods, I find that the apparent volume of a serving tends to be less than the stated equivalent weight -- and the nutrient label is based on the weight, not the volume. This was the case with my preferred brand…

If a cheat meal were necessary then it wouldn't be cheating.

You are stressed, working your *kitten* off, and not eating enough. No wonder you're losing weight. Anyone in your position would. Saltines and peanut butter. Snack on a dozen of those every day, and it'll help.

Thermoregulation overshoot, perhaps. https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/scicurious-brain/running-and-thermoregulation-the-post-run-shivers/

Maybe it would be worth posting this onto the suggestions board. It might be useful.

It's not a default, it's the hard-coded minimum the site will recommend for women under any circumstances. For many women, if they set their activity level to sedentary and ask for 2 lbs/week loss rate, the algorithm will actually return fewer calories than 1200. This is corrected upward to 1200 as a matter of safety. If…

Yes, it is weird. I'm fortunate to live in an area with lots of quality bakeries. It costs a bit more, but I never have to eat that mass produced kitten.

What's woo is taking a normal and appropriate physiological response and pathologizing it.

Bread is just fine. Western civilization could hardly have happened if it were not.