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Quote from the article (emphasis added): "Also important: Buying a product with an 'organic' label did not reduce the chances of getting a less-contaminated product. In fact, organic protein supplements had higher levels of heavy metals, on average, than nonorganic. 'That probably has more to do with these products being…

I've lost over 75 pounds primarily through calorie counting (exercised a little, but it wasn't really a focus). As the weight has come off, it has gotten easier to add exercise a little at a time. Weight loss isn't linear (some days the scale is up, some days it stays the same, same days it "whooshes" off), but if you…

Loved that series. Don't know if you intentionally left out episode 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMNjM-F52Tk

Weigh the entire cheesecake (subtracting any plate or other "container" so you just get the weight of the cheesecake) and enter the number of grams as the number of servings in the recipe builder. Then weigh the individual slice and enter that number of grams as the number of servings. (in essence, number of servings is…

Exercise makes me hungry. I wish I could be like you. :smile:

When I lost weight back in my late 20s/early 30s, I only exercised. I HATED the idea of dieting (because I had a wrong understanding about what that meant). I went from about 250 pounds to 189 pounds, stalled, and gave up. Fast forward to age 50. I had put back on all the weight (and then some) and was having health…

If oz is not available in the serving unit drop down list, you can google "convert 5.5 oz to grams" and it should give you the amount in grams (1 oz is approximately 28.35 grams).

@HellYeahItsKriss made an awesome post on how to use the database (with screenshots): http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10621050/how-to-use-the-usda-food-database-mfp-food-database-for-accurate-logging/p1

Glad to hear!

The minimum healthy calorie intake for women is 1200, unless you are being medically supervised.

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Quote from the study leader (emphasis added): "Dr. Gardner said it is not that calories don’t matter. After all, both groups ultimately ended up consuming fewer calories on average by the end of the study, even though they were not conscious of it."

The General Questions / Getting Started section of the Help link (https://myfitnesspal.desk.com/customer/en/portal/topics/455841-general-questions-getting-started/articles) have several good articles; for example: * https://myfitnesspal.desk.com/customer/en/portal/articles/1026720-how-does-myfitnesspal-work- *…

Not really, but then I've always been friendly, outgoing, and confident. However, I am starting to get the comments about not needing to lose more weight (down 76 pounds, 50 more to goal). Of course I have more to lose--my BMI is still in the obese range!

Daily and track it on a trend website. It's fun on those days when scale weight goes up while the trend weight goes down at the same time.

I'm 51 and have lost over 70 pounds (with another 50+ to go) primarily through diet. I exercised some, but not consistently--it was never a focus. However, as I've lost the weight, it's gotten easier to exercise. I tried Curves for Women about 10 years ago and didn't care for it; my sister has done Curves for Women for…

My sister has her husband hide "goodies" from her so only he knows where they are and eats them.

Today my doctor took me off of my blood pressure medicine!

I have a table in the middle of my eat-in kitchen that I walk around while I'm waiting for my kettle to boil or microwave to finish, cooking foods that need occasional stirring, and so on. (This is a common comment in this thread, but it needed a bump. :smile: ) I'd love to hear more about the exercises people do. I'd…

I have hypothyroidism and have lost over 70 pounds since Dec 2016 through a calorie deficit with another 50+ pounds to go to goal. I try to get in some exercise, but it's not a priority--the calorie deficit works just fine. My doctor told me that I would have to take my thyroid medication for the rest of my life (just like…

5'1". 51 years old. Starting weight in Dec 2016 was 251 pounds (heaviest recorded weight was around 266 in Sept 2016). Current weight is around 178 pounds. (Last time I weighed this "low" was in my early to mid 20s.) Goal weight is 125 pounds, which will probably take another year or two. Very little exercise. I've…

Not sure how low cal you're after and I like my salad dressing sweet. Here's my tweaked copycat version of the maple vinaigrette dressing on Chick-Fil-A's superfood side salad: 5 tablespoons maple syrup 1/2 cup olive oil (I use the Pompeian extra light tasting; I don't like the flavor of EVOO.) 1 teaspoon onion powder 1…

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I have lost over 70 lbs since Dec 2016 with very little exercise. My doctor put me on a diet, which helped me realize that eating protein and fat helped keep me full while keeping carbs under 100g per day cut a lot of calories. I lost weight based on a calorie deficit coupled with eating foods that filled me up so it was…

I love my Hot Logic Mini (as others have suggested). Down side, you have to remember to plug it in at least an hour before you want hot food. Up sides, you don't have to eat it right away when the hour is up (it will keep for several hours) and the food tastes better than microwaved (at least to me--maybe that's just a…

Found this by following the Help link in the top banner of the web page: https://myfitnesspal.desk.com/customer/en/portal/articles/372432-how-do-i-get-started-using-the-website- Scroll down to the section labeled, Adding Food to Your Diary. Also, if you click on the linked BBCode in "You can use BBCode in your post," it…

Able to do the hamstring exercise on my elbows and knees for my first time ever! (I usually substitute a standing version.) I couldn't even do the elbows and knees version when I was in my 20s (51 now). Woot!

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Thank you for creating this awesomely helpful post!

As @TavistockToad mentioned, weight loss is not linear. Here is an interesting article by Lyle McDonald: https://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/of-whooshes-and-squishy-fat.html/. Several MFPers have mentioned that they use a trending app. Here's an example from the web app (https://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/HackDiet/)…