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  • Every day, sometimes twice a day. I think it’s extremely important to be aware of the fluctuations that happens with one’s weight. I average my morning weights for the week and that’s how I know if I’m maintaining.
  • This!!! I weight every day, sometimes multiple times a day. I can see fluctuations as much as 3-4 pounds in a DAY! It definitely helps to keep track of fluctuations and trends, there’s no reason to fear the scale.
  • Well, there’s the most likely problem. A food scale when tracking calories is pretty necessary as labels and measurements are often inaccurate. Invest about $20 on a digital food scale with a tare option, weigh everything you eat and then see what happens. You’ll probably be surprised at how much your estimations are off…
  • My go to drink ever since I have discovered the bai antioxidant coco fusion drinks (10cal per bottle, 5 per serving) has been vodka, bai molokoi coconut, diet tonic water and a lime. I’ll also mix either vodka or tequila in a sparkling ice (SOOO many flavors but my favorites are ginger lime and grapefruit) or with water…
  • Do you want the grits? Or do you want the English muffin and eggs? Which one fits into your daily calorie allowance? Which one are you willing to fit in? We can’t really decide what to eat for you. A serving of grits can range from 100cal (plain) to a couple hundred depending on the fixings. An English muffin is typically…
  • I grew up in VA but live in NC now. Although more of a snack than a meal I love cornbread in milk with either some maple syrup or salt & pepper depending on what I’m craving. Shrimp and grits is a staple lazy dinner in my house too. Now I’m craving both!
  • You can cut carbs, you can “eat clean” (still haven’t figured out what that even means) or jump on any diet trend your heart desires, but at the end of the day the only thing that matters is going to be a calorie defecit. The most accurate way to determine and maintain that defecit is going to be by weighing all of your…
  • I use the great value brand peanut butter powder. I buy the giant tub for about $8. Every time I want a sandwich or peanut butter with my fruit I mix 2 TBSP with 1 TBSP water and boom. Peanut butter. Looks, spreads and tastes like peanut butter to be but it’s only 50 cal. ;) It’s also extremely versatile and I use it to…
  • I weigh dry. I do a half a serving since I always mix it with a bunch of stuff. 20g dry of the brand I use comes out to 75 cal and is approximately 1/4 cup. Then I measure out the PB2, cocoa powder, stevia, fruit or whatever I feel like that day.
  • If weight loss pills worked there wouldn’t be any overweight people. Develop good habits, eat at a deficit to lose, and eat at maintenance to maintain. It’s not as complex as everyone wants to make it seem.
  • In order to gain 12 lbs of fat you would have had to eat in a caloric surplus of about 42,000 calories. That’s about 400 bananas or 100 tubs of hummus. Rest assured you did not gain 12 lbs. If anything, you need to eat more. This water retention can be caused by several factors, stress, sodium, etc. There is a lot of salt…
  • Didn’t you respond to another post stating that you eat less than 1000 calories a day? And you’re worried about your carb intake affecting weight loss?
  • May I ask what the purpose of this WOE is? I mean, I assume you’re eating all of your daily calories in that one meal, and I can imagine eating that much in one sitting would make someone feel gorged. I don’t know if I would rather feel hungry or overly full, but they both sounds equally as miserable.
    in OMAD Comment by Dee_D33 June 2018
  • I weigh myself every day, sometimes twice a day. I find it interesting to see how much I can “gain” in a day which can be as much as 4-5 lbs depending on what I eat/drink/do for the day. I think it’s important to see those fluctuations and if more people were aware of how quickly and easily their weight could change they…
  • I’m a 5’5, 121 lb, lightly active female and lose weight on 1500 calories a day... I’m currently maintaining/attempting recomp at 1800. That is an insane defecit and makes me wonder if anyone in this medical center has training/education necessary to qualify them to make those decisions, because it certainly doesn’t seem…
  • Make sure you don’t have a pilonidal. When I started excercising the sweat along with the various excercises putting pressure on my coccyx caused a “bruised” feeling. I stopped and it didn’t go away and turns out I had a pilonidal cyst. It’s something that many people have but don’t notice until something like hitting or…
  • Coming from the person nearly completely cutting out their body’s main source of energy and going on egg fasts... a calorie deficit is the only way to lose weight, but how one balances nutrition while maintaining that defecit, well, to each their own on that I suppose...
  • I’m curious to see this science, really. The vast majority of people who talk about the keto diet, including those responding to this post, aren’t bashing it. Rather, were making sure OP is aware that it is not necessary to lose weight and that all weight loss comes down to is being in a calorie defecit. If they want to…
  • Any diet that starts off with having what is dubbed a “flu” doesn’t sound appealing to me. Is there a particular reason you want to try keto? It works the same way any diet does, by creating a calorie deficit. The people that are successful on keto lose weight because of this and this only, there’s no magic behind it. I’m…
  • I give into it but with healthier alternatives. Here are a few things I do to satisfy my sweet tooth... cut up an apple and microwave it, then coat in cinnamon and stevia and toss. Sometimes I’ll add light margarine or sugar free chocolate syrup if my daily calories allow it. I also keep sugar free pudding on hand and will…
  • I’m well aware that’s what you were referring to. What I was saying was that those days where you only eat 500 calories doesn’t say much because you could very well be eating in a surplus on other days without knowing. Your weekly deficit is arguably more important than day to day since you can go over some days and make…
  • “Some days” and if you go over on other days because you’re not weighing your food and therefore not properly measuring your intake then you could very well be in a calorie surplus at the end of the week. The fact of the matter is that is is physiologically impossible to gain weight in a deficit.
  • And? You trade lethargy caused by increased leptin production and overall physical incapability to be active for lethargy caused by nutritional deficiencies and your body not getting enough energy to carry out basic bodily functions. One does not sound better than the other. I just hope that you do not continue this long…
  • So in the end you will have lost roughly 30 lbs for your holiday and then what? I mean, sure I guess you’d look better but being lethargic and malnourished is no way to spend a holiday. Or you’ll end up binging afterwards because you’ve deprived yourself for so long and your fun and exciting holiday that you’ve lost all of…
  • A 1200 calorie goal is the absolute lowest. What have you set MFP to weight loss wise? You’re being too aggressive. I’m not sure of your stats but I’m losing on 1400 a day, and those 200 calories make a world of difference. You don’t have to be so strenuous with your excercise. It’s all about CICO, excercise just helps but…
    in Blew it :( Comment by Dee_D33 June 2018
  • Costco and Sams club have signs saying what the product is. Find it if they don’t have the packaging sitting out and log it as accurately as you can. For example, my sams club had yogurt samples the other day. I didn’t bother logging it but if I wanted to I wouldn’t probably scanned the package and logged it as .25 serving…
  • First of its important to note that weight gain on any birth control comes down to your habits. Some birth controls increase cravings which in turn makes you eat more if you’re not careful. Sometimes it can make you retain more water but usually that’s not what’s being talked about when women complain about gaining on BC.…
  • I will never understand how people who are presumably overweight (I mean that’s why most of us are here, right?) complain about the difficulty of meeting calorie goals. If you feel full on 1460 calories then you most likely wouldn’t be here in the first place... chances are you’re eating more than you think or grossly…
  • If your goal is something else other than weight loss then you may need a specific diet, but as far as weight loss goes there is no “best” diet. Any diet that helps you to maintain a calorie deficit will work, no matter what food that diet consists of. And no, eating fat does not make you fat.
  • Non dairy? Did you only try the ones made with coconut milk? I don’t like those ones. My favorite flavors are oatmeal cookie and mochi flavors. I always make sure to leave it sitting out so it gets soft otherwise it’s way too hard and gritty, like you mentioned. It’s definitely beats Arctic zero, I bought a pint of their…
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