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Add me to the list of people who thought this was going to be about sugar scrubs.

Here's an eggplant recipe that is calorie-conscious. Since I'm a vegetarian, I've made it using both a meat sub and lentils. It's very good. https://bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/10610/the-ultimate-makeover-moussaka

When my IBS is playing nicely, I go once, like clockwork. I eat plenty of fruit and veg.

Epidemiology does not equate to mythology. It's a way of observing correlations and opening up avenues of further scientific investigation. Scientists themselves don't misunderstand the role of epidemiology, the media does. Furthermore, anyone who thinks that science can be used to "prove" anything doesn't understand…

I never had one until I had my second baby. I'm pretty short waisted and just generally short and he was long and a relatively big baby and I was 40. So much loose skin! When I hit menopause, that loose skin filled with a bit of fat. I never had issues with abdominal fat until then, all of my extra weight, even when obese,…

It's going to be hard to be low carb and low fat and high volume. Volume usually means lots of veggies. And veggies have lots of carbs. There's a thread for volume eaters here already: https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10563959/volume-eaters-thread/p1

We have a small master bath and since there's no room to leave it out, I have to move mine so I've always done this. I have a cheap $25 scale from Amazon and it's as accurate as my doctor's office (I've come home from the doctor and weighed myself and it's been the same).

Weight loss isn't linear, and so many things affect what shows up on the scale. Read this, it's helpful. physiqonomics.com/the-weird-and-highly-annoying-world-of-scale-weight-and-fluctuations/ Understand that what you're experiencing is normal, and the important thing is to keep an eye on the long term trend over 6 weeks…

I feel what you're trying to say here, but I'm going to ask you to dig a little deeper to question your wording a bit. CICO is something you need to think of no matter what foods you eat when you're trying to lose weight. Most of the experienced posters on this board only ever say that "CICO is all you need to worry about"…

I'm not too big a fan of the idea of discipline as a word I'd cling to as an ideal behavior. I'm more fond of the ideal of habit. Though the outcome of habitual practice and discipline practice might be the same, I personally find myself feeling much more relaxed following a life patterned on the idea that I've set up…

Congratulations on your milestone! Like Jane, I think your point about being happy with today instead of waiting for some future something is so important and is something I constantly struggle with. Four years into this and I'm still working on being happy with each day and learn more how to live in the truth of embracing…

I like candy, but I can't moderate it well. What I did do was find something that scratches that candy itch that I can moderate. It's not the same as candy, but it will do (Lara Bar Truffles). I'm saying this to point out the beauty of not being beholden to any particular named or rigid way of dieting. The fact that I have…

Keeping track of my food and eating foods that I personally find filling works for me, even during periods when I have to be sedentary. I don't do intermittent fasting. I don't eat low carb. I know it's all about energy balance. My personal food preferences run towards things like veggies, fruit, beans, tubers, yogurt,…

Feeling a little hungry around meal time is normal when dieting, but feeling constantly hungry isn't something you have to live with! Food choice can usually make a big difference for most people. Since satiety varies by individual, it's going to be hard to recommend anything specific other than for you to actively keep…

Is it too much to hope that the key lime bars were gluten free?

It's me! The non-DASHing recipe person. Sometimes throwing things together is the best. Last night my daughter and I had a sheet pan supper of roasted veggies (cauliflower, brussels, butternut, mushrooms and cherry tomatoes) and chickpeas spritzed with lemon juice. Very easy, VERY DASH friendly and really, really tasty and…

I'm one who just doesn't like that earthy taste at all. I don't even like Swiss chard because it tastes like beets. Pity, because it's so pretty. I do love cilantro, though.

^Pretty much this for me too. Except for the three year tracking difference part. :p

I'm ovo-lacto vegetarian and tried keto for six weeks for migraine management to see if it helped (it didn't). My carb allowance was slightly higher since I'm active, so I did get to fit in some stuff like full fat Greek yogurt and cottage cheese. My other protein sources were protein powder and eggs. Tofu is low carb, but…

You look amazing! I agree with the 23-26% range. If it's any consolation, you're never going to get an exact reading from a DEXA scan either beyond this type of margin of error, so visual estimations and tape measure estimations are good enough.

Obviously, since the idea has been stated over and over, you don't need to do keto to lose weight. Regarding sustainability, I tend to agree that as long as a person understands the underlying fundamental principles of weight management (calorie balance), it really doesn't matter if keto is sustainable or not. I've had to…

Back before nuts triggered my IBS, I bought a bag of those. It was a bad idea. Turns out I had difficulty moderating them. They were sooooooo good. I see them every time I go to Wegmans and drool. I'm also waiting for reviews of that Chocolate Donut flavor Quest bar and hoping. I'm not a fan of the overly sweet and it…

Narrator voice: that 95% number is wrong. The actual success for weight maintenance is somewhere around 80%. Still somewhat dismal, but better than 95%. https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/82/1/222S/4863393 FTR, this is a better success rate than quitting smoking, per attempt:…

If I were to base everything on my own personal experience, I could make a lot of hard and fast statements about a lot of things, but my personal experience doesn't apply to everyone. The only thing from my personal experience that I think is worth sharing as a cautionary tale goes towards the idea of the sustainability of…

Grains aren't keto friendly. With having to keep net carbs rather low, you're better sticking to protein focused breakfasts with some vegetables and fat added to the mix. If you're active, your carb allowance on keto is higher and you can have something like yogurt and berries. If you want crunch, nuts are keto friendly,…

Yes, it's most definitely possible! My starting weight was 95.25 kilograms and I now weigh 53 kilograms and am trying to lose just a tiny bit more vanity weight. Read as many of all of the Getting Started and General Discussion forum stickies for an idea on how to successfully lose weight, and as Ann pointed out, all of…

If you take reviews with a grain of salt, but want to use them to evaluate a product, you can use Fakespot to see how reliable they are. I'm glad to see that the FTC is getting involved with this. I get a lot of things from Amazon and rely a lot on reviews when evaluating products, and have done so with a cynical eye…

I'm busy all day! Some of it is intentional exercise, some of it is stress walking, some of it is just puttering around the house. I clean a lot and do it very inefficiently.

While I have a lot of genetic muscle mass (quads and hammies) and do lift weights, I have a lot of nervous energy and am one of those "can't sit still" types. That's why I burn a lot of calories during the day and have such a high TDEE. My maintenance calories are around 2200.

I'm in year four of monitoring what I eat and faithfully exercising with no plans on stopping any time soon. I've struggled with weight issues since I was a pre-teen and I'm now 56. I never could find the right combination of timing, knowledge, resources, and tools to effect lasting change that gelled well with my…