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Assuming both calories and protein are controlled for, no.

I've never had one with avocado, but I have had a gf brownie that used black beans instead of flour, and it was great and you couldn't taste the black beans at all. Perhaps avocado is similar, and you can't taste it in the final product.

I go over almost every single day. I removed it from display, since it didn't seem like there was much point to it. Here's my top 10 sources of sugar, of which halo-top is the only one that's highly processed. I'm not really planning on eliminating/reducing any of them.

I started with the high end of a healthy bmi range, but when I got there my bf% (per dexa) was still pretty high (23.6%). Right now i'm aiming around 15% which would be somewhere around 170lbs assuming muscle mass doesn't change.

I'd recommend this video from mike isratel on how to balance weight training and martial arts (specifically bjj in his case) depending on your goals. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8Vhi7SuFe8

Other than minimal amounts of fat, going over protein is fine. Weight loss is determined by calories (aka energy balance). A lot of times, depending on your specific calories, the mfp suggestions tend to be below the optimal rate of protein anyways (a drawback of percentage-of-calories based macros).

I think keto is great for a person that finds fats particularly satiating and minimizing carbs is something you can reasonably adhere to. This theoretical person, however, is not me.

For anyone who has run SS, do you think it's necessary to use SS coaching? There's a SS gym (atlanta barbell) about 30m from me -- that's a bit further than I would ordinarily travel (there's a lot of gyms near me, admittedly only a small number of them even have squat racks), but I was just wondering if it would be worth…

Fair enough. I edited the post to remove low intensity.

Fitness trackers don't really work very well for strength training (or even hiit) due to the poor relationship between heart rate and calorie burn. Fitness trackers are most useful for steady state cardio.

It's probably going to be challenging to meet those macros without protein powder. Maybe you can make it with a lot of lower carb protein (tofu, seitan), though.

The only data that exists, afaik, is the often cited japanese study where acv was found to have some use, but the study design wasn't great (it's based on diet diaries and step counters). I don't think there's really enough evidence to say either way personally. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19661687 Jeff Nippard did…

how many superfoods do i need to counter the black toast is the real question, and do they have to be kiwis because everyone knows that's the only real superfood :smile:

1% body weight, or if you know how much fat you have (based on a recent dexa or something) then fat mass (in lbs) * 31 is a pretty reasonable maximum deficit per day (multiply by 7 and then divide by 3500 to convert it into lbs). http://forums.lylemcdonald.com//showpost.php?p=139222&postcount=3

As a movie to encourage those who have already made a decision to go plant based, I guess it was okay. If you expect it to summarize the science, then it's a flop (like all netflix health documentaries). I was already vegan when it dame out, and my personal opinion is that the ethical case for veganism is strong, but the…

When I had mine tested, their protocols (both single test and especially comparison tests) were focused already trying to eliminate the variance due to hydration, and they made it absolutely clear that dxa is really good at body fat analysis, but less good at muscle mass because water, blood, tissue, and muscle are treated…

I historically react to hunger in 3 ways: 1: If the hunger is time related, i'll take a more IF based approach and eat more (or sometimes all) my calories near the time i'm most hungry. 2: If i'm doing #1 already, and hunger is still an issue in a persistent fashion, i'll increase the nutrient density of my diet (which…

My first diet break was nerve wracking, since I saw a gain of 5lbs in only a few days (which I knew intellectually would happen, but seeing it happen on the scale was still stressful for me), but fortunately it stabilized and as soon as I returned to the deficit, I lost that weight just as fast. The second one less…

I would imagine low carb would be the most useful of this sort of contest. It has no fat loss advantage, but the lower carbs will result in lower water retention on average, so the diet will be a bit more deterministic in my view. However, I do think these sorts of contests encourage unhealthy weight loss which may reduce…

Watch (any health documentary) on netflix is generally not useful advice. Although documentaries supporting a woe you have already chosen might be motivational, they aren't really designed to summarize the science (they're designed to either provide motivation or get people to adopt the woe they are promoting).

That's not really how adaptive thermogenesis works. You don't stop losing weight if your calories are too low. That said, getting adequate protein, fat, and micronutrients on 1kcal is almost certainly impossible.

I'm not sure if I bought deluxe happy scale. If I did, I shouldn't have, since I use trendweight 100x more.

Unless your sodium is in the form of iodized salt and you're eating enough of it to exceed upper levels of iodine (1100 mcg in adults), I wouldn't worry about it. I do personally try to keep sodium more or less the same day to day, though, just for a bit more consistency in day to day weights. However, carb levels have…

I don't often eat breakfast, but oatmeal (w/ almond, soy*, coconut, ripple*, whatever milk-alternative) would be good options. I wouldn't limit myself to 'breakfast foods', though. It might be good to verify that milk protein is the problem, though. * These options have a decent amount of protein, if that's something…

100g is a pretty modest amount. Do you eat meat? If so, it should be really straightforward. If you're vegan, then things like beans, peas, mushrooms, etc are the sources of protein I tend to use. I'm on a little bit more calories than you (1650 net calories) but 1500 should be doable. Supplements will make it easier,…

It doesn't look like scandishake is designed for anything other than weight gain (ie: it doesn't look like there's a set of vitamins you have to provide as well), so maybe a protein shake with peanut butter as a flavoring would get you something roughly similar. I'm not sure if the macro ratio is important to your use of…

It theoretically could. However, the series 3 doesn't sync with myfitnesspal directly (via the cell connection), but instead only syncs when you are in bluetooth range of your phone. Social updates, however, do happen in real time with the series 3.

I suspect it's mostly used for a decent texture/smoothness for a tiny amount of calories. There's not really much to almond milk, and there's not really any specific health benefits I don't think. I usually use water if i'm making one with silken tofu (which serves a similar function to greek yogurt used in some other…

1: You should be able to, I think I was around 250 when I first tried. 2: For me, downward dog was the hardest part mostly due to my poor strength. 3: Yoga with Adrienne is great - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFKE7WVJfvaHW5q283SxchA 4: Calorie burn will be pretty low, but it's certainly not 0. The calorie burn in the…

Somewhat unrelated, but what sort of cardio fitness does one need to start bjj. My cardio fitness level isn't really the greatest.