MichelleSilverleaf Member

It's the stupid fallacy that girls are often taught as kids "Oh he's doing it because he likes you". And it needs to stop being told and believed. Boys will be boys and he's doing it because he likes you need to die in a fire. Like, thirty years ago at least. No more excusing them for *kitten* behavior.

Nope. But your feeling isn't particularly uncommon, which is why a lot of people on here will recommend that you eat in a way that suits you. Learn now how to make the things you enjoy work in your daily calories and how to deal with things like eating out, having a big treat, etc because this will help you in the long run.

Correlation is not causation. But it's your money to waste I suppose...

Cognitive dissonance I suppose. A friend of mine was going to spend a month eating 500cal a day because she wanted to drop weight for a VIP meet and greet with her favourite singer. Even after explaining how bad it was going to be for her, her reply was the same "I'm doing it anyway". Thankfully she didn't last more than a…

Could very easily be weight fluctuation. Sodium, water retention from new exercise, TOM, who knows. Or you could be eating more than you think you are, you can't out-exercise an overabundance of calories. If you're not tracking, start. If you don't have a food scale, get one and start weighing everything. If you're…

Stick with things you like, don't go chucking out things you enjoy in the name of "healthy". Learn to make things like desserts and calorie dense meals work in your calorie budget, or find lower calorie replacements that you like (for example more often than not I'll swap ice cream out for sorbet, can't go wrong with an 80…

I don't do keto, but I think carbs are supposed to be something like 60g, it's very low. Fats are high and I think proteins are moderate, like 60-80g or something. Will say though that if it's carbs that help you stay satisfied, you're going to have a hard time on keto. Make sure you're getting plenty of sodium to help…

Most of these aren't worth it, and if you're actually worried about your digestion you'd be better served seeing a doctor to get it checked out. Odds are your digestive track is working just fine though (actual concerns notwithstanding of course).

It's not necessarily that high. I'm currently losing on 2070 a day, which is the number MFP gave me. All comes down to stats and activity level.

Patience and precise tracking. 20lbs is not a lot to lose, and assuming that this 20 will bring you to your goal weight it's just going to be slow. That's true for anyone of any size. 3lbs is a good start. You probably don't have to be at 1200 though, enter your stats into MFP and set it to .5lb loss a week, it'll give you…

You're getting hungry before bed because you're too far under your goal. 900 from your daily goal of 2180 is about 1280. I'd be chewing my own arm off. The number MFP gives you already has a deficit accounted for, you don't need to be under that number.

Given that you're probably close to the high end of a normal range for your height, 0.5kg a week is probably the highest you should be going. 1kg/2lbs at your weight isn't going to happen.

20% is still better than zero though, and can reduce symptoms. Flu has killed quite a few this season.

Right now you probably can get away with not logging the odd snack. But once you get close to your goal weight? That handful of potato chips could render your very small deficit non-existent.

Juicing is a spectacular waste of fruit. You'd get more value by actually eating it.

I would try and up the more calorie dense things that you're already eating, like the cheeses and such. Not a huge amount, but you could play around and see if you can make even some small increases that you're comfortable with in order to up your total calories. If you do end up seeing a professional, get a recommendation…

Which calorie info, do you mean daily calorie goal or calories of the things you're eating? For the latter, you REALLY have to double check the entry you pick with either nutrition label info or the USDA database. Or you could make your own for your own use. You should not be going under 1200 though.

No. There is so much woo in this, and no one (including you) should be eating "mostly 1000 cals".

For some, especially those with a lot of weight to lose, you can get away with not having a food scale in the beginning. I lost my first 24lbs without one. But when you get closer to your goal weight, like 20lbs or less, there's just no room for error or variance. You'll need to know exactly how much you're eating in order…

I doubt very much that it's necessarily the same in every state or other places in the world. Here in Canada, as far as I'm aware, nutritionists and dieticians are not quite the same education-wise. Plenty of other places where the same holds true, so no it's not necessarily out-dated advice. Especially when you consider…

There's nothing wrong with clearly voicing concern in as non-confrontational a manner as possible, but also understand that no matter how you pose it she may very well not listen.

Yup, user created database. You could make a new entry for yourself and not enter it into the overall database, and then just re-reference it from your own list in the future.

Everything with a nutrition label I have I weighed over the past four days. Every single serve item was off by anywhere between 10-30g from what it was listed as on the package.

If you're that hungry, perhaps consider your deficit might be too restrictive. Losing weight doesn't have to be miserable.

I think just about everyone :smile: Eye-opening, isn't it?

I'd seek treatment from a better doctor. Everything about this 'wellness' center screams woo.

Rice might be an option, or sweet potatoes.

Fat doesn't make you fat though. Excess calories do.

What's wrong with fats? You need those to absorb certain vitamins.

Your body will burn fat in a deficit whether you're consuming carbs or not, fats or not, or proteins or not.