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1) Things like pizza and fast food can be enjoyed (in moderation) within the context of an overall well-rounded diet. 2) I can't see any benefit whatsoever in greasy orange anal leakage.

You can't choose where you lose weight from. Keep losing it and eventually the love handles will come off. Unfortunately, for most guys it's usually the last (and most stubborn) fat you'll lose.

Yet the centerpiece of the website is a tool to log your food and count your calories/macros. And they have a mechanism whereby you can input your data and it calculates a calorie goal for weight loss. Oh, and it's also not named MyLCHFpal either. You don't know how people do it simply because you refuse to see/acknowledge…

Congratulations and good job! B) All Pro is a solid program, looks like you're doing great with it.

I still have a bit of abdominal fat (estimate around 18-20'ish% BF), and my lower ribs show a clear outline against my shirt when I'm standing up. It looks almost like I have two sets of pecs. I've just always had a very prominent ribcage. Thanks genetics!

Hard to tell without a picture, but it's pretty natural for ribs to show when you're lying down. Even when I still had quite a bit of belly fat, my ribs would stick out if I laid down on my back.

We could play that game and move the goalposts around the field all day long, and say absolutely nothing in the process. That 2-egg cheese omelette has a lot more calories than a whole bag of broccoli. So what? Sometimes I like broccoli (usually with my steak), sometimes I like a cheese omelette. Sometimes I like a bagel…

But what about the fact that the WHO (World Health Organization) also advocates for reduction in the consumption of fats? Surely that's relevant?

Hold on. You mean the WHO says you should limit your fat intake too? You don't say. Interesting. Should we also believe them about that over the "experts" on MFP? ;)

Accurately tracking your calorie intake and staying within your caloric goals is a lot more important to weight loss than exercise. How many calories are you eating, how consistent is your tracking and are you accurately weighing/measuring your foods?

But if you hate running in the mornings and it makes you so uncomfortable, it would make you a lot more likely to miss/skip workouts. Ask yourself which would be more effective: Running at the theoretical "best" time of the day 1-2 times a week (and being stressed out and hating every second of it), or running at the time…

I don't see the problem in stating the FACT that fat has 9 calories per gram, while carbs and protein have 4 calories per gram. It's a factual, truthful, relevant statement. Good for the 30,000 people on the HFLC group who are satiated by fat - that doesn't apply to everybody and it's not a FACT that fat is more satiating…

I'm eating a chicken bowl right now. It has chicken breast, rice, broccoli, cabbage, carrots and green onions. 6 ingredients. I'm probably already dead.

IN for peanut butter cup!

The best time to stop eating is when you fall asleep. Because eating after you fall asleep presents a choking hazard. Other than that, it's irrelevant and up to personal preference. There is no science behind it. It's woo which stems from a fundamental misunderstanding of physiology and metabolism. People mistakenly…

There's nothing wrong with cutting off your eating earlier for personal preference reasons. Some people get indigestion/acid reflux if they go to bed with a full stomach, some have difficulty sleeping, etc. - but there's no scientific/weight loss related reason to arbitrarily stop eating at a certain hour. Your metabolism…

Beat you to it. I've never heard of such a thing before.

I weigh daily upon awakening, naked, immediately after going to the bathroom. It's a part of my daily routine. My scale uploads the information to Trendweight and a few other places without me having to do anything. I take progress photos and check bodyfat % once a month with skinfold calipers. I like data, numbers, graphs…

I dunno. We've got a molecular biologist, at least a couple organic chemists and several other people who are pretty well versed in nutrition and research, with or without degrees. I'd say we're batting above average for an MFP thread.

All good points. I'm all for anything that gets people up off their butts and moving. Maybe it will be a gateway to other activities, or maybe they'll just continue to chase Pokémon around on their cell phone. Either way, it's more beneficial than sitting on their duffs staring at a tv screen. Not everybody wants to (or…

We won't tell her you misspelled 'vituperative'. B)

Well, at least the part about keeping good posture to avoid injuries was good. The rest of that post can be disregarded. OP - get on a good, established strength training program and stick with it. Strength gains will come quickly at first through neuromuscular adaptation and "newbie gains". The one muscle group per day…

Trust the watch. Ain't no way you're burning 650-800 calories in a 45 minute video workout. Even 245 could be a bit high, but much closer to the truth at least.

Another for 40/30/30 here.

Hey, he's a molecular biologist, not an English professor! :D

Even easier yet - buy a Yonanas machine. You put frozen bananas into it and it makes them into soft serve ice cream, no other ingredients added. It works with other fruits too, really a cool machine.

Enough for what? What are your goals?

You're conveniently ignoring context and dosage.

This is an overlooked point within the context of the original question. Nobody is forced to go to McDonalds or Jack in the Box or Carls Jr. or wherever. It's not like fast food is anybody's only option for sustenance. Those who go there make a conscious choice to do so - and once there, they again make a conscious choice…

Agree 100%. Labeling a food as "healthy" or "unhealthy" completely ignores its context within the overall diet. It's just more government meddling/nannying.