ConnieT1030 Member

Someone (several someones, its a massive thread) in the community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10087100/what-nobody-tells-you-about-losing-weight#latest thread pointed out that losing weight will NOT solve all your problems. It may just reveal more. Losing weight is a physical change in our bodies. Your own psychological…

Actually the reduction is calories is the only reason for weight loss.* It isnt necessary to exercise or work out to lose weight, just to reduce calorie intake. Exercising helps because it burns more calories so your net calorie intake is lower than what it would have been, and of course helps prevent muscle loss, but…

The macro targets on MFP can be considered minimums. if you are not balancing them well, just add more proteins and fats, and the carbs will come down naturally because youll run out of calories for them. There's nothing wrong with eating carbs, they are what fuels your body. You really only need to limit them if you are…

Present this "diet" you came up with to your doctor(s) (and/or referred dietician) and get an approval. Seems to me if you are removing things and adding others based on web suggestions and nonscientific reasons, For instance you said sea salt is ok, but that is really no different than normal salt, because the trace…

As long as it tastes good and the price is right, I would. Most of us have already eaten things that were at least partially created in a lab of some sort. At least they started with actual meat, and not some fake substitute. =P

"Better" is a subjective term, also, vague without parameters. Better for what purpose? Better for whom? For weightloss, a non-nutritive sweetener will work better. For diabetics, any non-sugar sweetener (that doesnt raise blood sugar) work better. For someone who can't tolerate sugar alcohols, anything but those work…

All your bullet points seem to be reasonable suggestions/advice, but this is incorrect. Its basically an old wive's tale with no evidence to support it.

Youll have to do what works for you, as you can see by the variety of responses. I dont log spices, but then I dont use much of them. Even if I made a recipe that day, its likely not going to account for more than 5 calories. I nearly always have a good chunk of calories left over, so I dont really care about things under…

If you dont like a certain veggie cooked, try it fresh- they can be VASTLY different. Or vice versa, try it cooked, or cooked differently. I think canned or cooked spinach is nasty (I can deal with some on pizza though) but I love it fresh, its just like eating lettuce. Just a nice plant-y taste. I dont like lentils either…

Dude, the bolded part IS the definition of calories in, calories out (CICO). If your body "adapted" every time to less calories, no one would ever starve. (Not to be crude, but a lot of dead bodies beg to differ with that.) The only thing is, when you weigh less, you require less to fuel it, so yes you do have to reduce…

Plug that info (height, current weight) into MFP (along with age, which you didn't specify) and it will tell you what the appropriate calorie amount to shoot for is, based on what you want to lose. Choose a conservative amount, probably a half pound a week is best, because youll be losing the calories from breastfeeding as…

Just try inputting your stats into MFP and following what it tells you in terms of calorie goal. Set a reasonable loss goal (either half or 1 pound per week depending how far away your final goal is) and eat the exercise calories- if calculated by MFP, then eat about half of them (you can fine tune based on your results…

It depends on how you arrived at your "target". If you used the MFP method, the reason you don't lose would be because you aren't burning 300 calories for that exercise. This is one part people are missing, you have to have a reasonably accurate calculation of the burn, and the number MFP gives someone for exercise they…

Totally fine, unless you dont happen to like them. I eat them frequently. good way to monitor your calories since you dont have access to a scale as long as you have a good amount to lose. Just keep in mind when your deficit gets smaller (when you dont have that much left to lose, 20-25 pounds or less) you will need to…

I'll probably never catch up to all of these (although I make a good dent!) but I have just found something out I wasn't expecting... I needed to reduce the width of my glasses after losing 50* pounds! (*some of that was before I started MFP) My face was no longer wide enough and they looked like clown glasses! In fact the…

I use mainly artificial/low cal sweeteners if I add any, have for many years, and Im not growing two heads yet. Use whichever you like the taste of, if one gives you any kind of unpleasant response, don't use it. :) I nearly cut out coffee though because I dont actually like the taste of coffee, I love the taste of the…

Most honey on the shelves is processed, unless it's raw. Not saying you can't eat filtered/pasteurized honey if you want to, use whichever you prefer, just saying don't assume it isn't processed because it's honey.

Yep, went for what I considered a pretty long time with hardly any change in weight, measured and found I had changed significantly in inches :smiley: That's just how it works, the scale is not always the best guide, just one tool, which sometimes lies, lol

You can make your skin nicely moisturized, healthier, and what not, but there's no cream or pill that will stop skin from sagging when you lose weight. The best ways to minimize that (and I have learned them here from vets!) is to lose slowly so your skin has the most time to adjust, and this next part cant be controlled-…

I put meats over rice all the time, works well and is cheap/filling. One of my favorite dishes used to be boiling a chicken, pulling the meat off, and tossing it back in the pot with rice and then cooking the rice in that same water. Its much stronger if you have a couple cubes of bouillon to toss in, but you can make it…

Pretty much "if you aren't my doctor, then what i eat is none of your business." =P

You can keep trying flavors & brands of diet soda until you find one you like. I dont like most, but discovered I liked the new diet pepsi without aspartame, (it uses sucralose) I just like it better, to me it doesnt have that nasty diet after taste. (The diet caffeine free version is horrible though.) My husband and I…

I dont agree with straight out saying do NOT weigh daily. I like to see the fluctuation happen right away, so I *know* its a water gain. If i waited a week and saw a 6 pound or something gain, I wouldnt be sure if my logging was way off or if it was just water! But if i see that change in 1 day or over 2 days, Id know for…

Best thing to do? Eat more :D Completely your choice what, since you already hit the minimums. They arent "full", they arent maximums, they are supposed to be minimums, unless you have some medical reason you cant eat more of X thing. I usually eat dessert with whats left after dinner, but i dont hold that close to macros.…

It all depends, I go by calories so I can save some unless the taste or tradeoff is one I dont want. Certain things, for example sour cream, which IS fat basically- cream- nonfat sour cream, Im like, well then what the actual hell IS it? Because it sure isn't cream. But it doesnt kill me to have it, because sometimes my…

I once tested this for chicken, because I saw someone say that freezing does not add weight, and I wanted to see for myself. (high school physics was a LONG time ago!) I put a chunk of raw chicken in a ziploc baggie, weighed it, and then popped it in the freezer. Once frozen (the next day i think), i took it to the scale…

Hmm, frito chili pie. Wouldn't that involve beans? Beans are veggies, right? Well I suppose legumes, but thats a class of vegetables they say. I wouldnt add veggie if I was having chili, well actually I intend to, but usually forget, to grate a little carrot into it, because carrots help with the, erm, music to follow.

Ha that so mirrors the conversation at the latest lunch with my church group. When we were discussing where to go, one lady says to me "are you still doing that 'diet thing'?" <eye roll> I answered sort of harshly this ISNT a "diet thing" but this was a life change i would probably never stop. (Ive got to learn to be nicer…

If it is actually 1200 calories worth (weighed/logged accurately) the foods themselves are irrelevant to her weight loss.

Depends what you prefer and what your calories will allow. I never liked regular milk anyway, and been using skim on whatever i needed milk in, primarily because my husband is mildly lactose intolerant but skim milk doesn't bother him, just milk with the fat. I discovered cashew milk at only 25 calories to the cup (!!!),…