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Also, I've seen studies that BMR increases during fasting, and I don't doubt that either. You can look them up yourselves if you'd like.

BMR is "influenced" by weight, but there are many other factors. I don't doubt any of these: http://www.studyandexam.com/factors-of-bmr.html I believe the problem is that if you lower your CI by X amount that should make you lose 50 lbs, but your BMR et al eventually drop by X amount to balance CI, but you've only lost 25…

Because with a scale, when you subtract weight you cause that side to go up. So if he was lowering calories in, it should cause that side of the scale to rise, or in other words, the calories out would be relatively heavier so should cause that side of the scale to go down. He should have used a bar graph with a base line…

He drew his scale backwards. Funny, he appeared to be promoting CICO at first, but he eventually got there in the end and debunked it. Sure, short term, lowering CI will allow weight loss, but you can't just keep lowering it every time your BMR NEAT EA and TEF go down to balance it. And the 20% difference between protein…

They may reduce calories, but there is a difference in how these diets affect hormones (insulin and others). Just reducing calories will allow for a short term weight loss, but then the metabolism will lower to match the lower calories - and a million other things - causing the weight to go back on.

Of course reducing calories will result in weight loss, or at least not weight gain, but only for the short term. All diets work in the short term, but except for the few, most diets fail for the long term (history of the last 50-60 years). So, yes, I will lose weight on a low fat diet, eating 3 times a day. But I find it…

If you are interested in IF, keto/low carb, or anything that is not CICO & exercise, you will get a lot of bad advice on the general forums. If you want to learn more about these taboo subjects and get some useful advice, then you should look into the private groups. In the meantime, you may want to look into this series…

I like Mario Batali Tomato & Basil sauce. It has 2 net carbs per serving. It's a bit cheaper than Raos for me. Paired with a spiralized yellow summer squash (with seeds removed first), and low carb parmesan meatballs, I'll get three dinners a week out of a jar. Meatballs:…

No - I don't follow anything MFP says. I try to get 4000-5000mg of sodium a day and I don't think I'm retaining water and don't feel bloated (I am very over weight but losing pounds fast). I'm one of those kooks that thinks that unless you are sodium sensitive the govt recommendation of 2300mg is too low.

I tried 14/10 breakfast/dinner, skipping lunch at work, for a few weeks. Then I naturally started skipping breakfast. Now I only eat once a day and I'm never hungry during the day. I've done that about a month. I stopped counting calories or weighing my food, but it's easy for me to continue losing weight with just one…

Yeah, if you are gaining muscle mass and losing an equal amount of fat mass, the muscle will only take up about 4/10 of the volume the fat took, so your clothes may be fitting looser w/o losing weight.

Just saw a commercial for an exerciser where the guy lost 54 lbs in some weeks using the exerciser. Of course in the fine print they say your results may vary and that he followed the complementary diet plan provided that they don't explain. Gee, I wonder what kind of plan that was?

They didn't focus on diet, but there was talk of bad carbs and eating better. There was a bit more on cycling for exercise. And talking to doctors with both good and bad advice. It was about the journey. I don't want to give too much away. Very good - thanks for recommending. I enjoyed it.

@Dr. Mike - so no low carber ever gets cancer? Good to know, but I'll need to hear more about this, hopefully from someone who isn't an insufferable man child, lol.

Meh, this article could have been a lot shorter if she didn't spend so much time talking about how long it is, lol. On the overall theme, I don't think I heard anything new here. And I don't think I've ever been advised to eat low protein (grams, not necessarily percentage). Quite the opposite, actually. Calcs and people…

The David Diamond video is fascinating and shocking. I'm glad it was bumped. I'm going to inform some of my family and friends that they should at least give it a look. As for Dr. Ronald Krauss, he sure knows his cholesterol, but maybe not so much his statins. He regurgitated the 30-40% reduction is heart attack risk…

Is it just me, or do those "health care professionals" look more like smarmy politicians peddling their lies? That goes for the vegan rebuttal guy too. I get a very negative feeling listening to them compared to someone like Dr. Phinney (or even that vegetarian keto guy, or Dr. Atkins back in the day) who sounds sincere.

I should probably shut up, but that looks like a decent diet imo. Maybe add more protein on work out days. As long as you are not hungry, and you still have some weight to lose which is supplying some calories, I wouldn't worry too much about what others think. I'm a 6'4" male and I've eaten between 1500 and 1800 this week…

You can try, but it may give you the wrong calorie amount, or the carbs will be too high, and etc. I gave up on using the macros. I set them all low and then just track what I eat, sodium, and calories.

The WHO is in BigSugar's pockets! Or is that the other way around?

Well those are less than half the carbs the flatbreads I quickly looked at were. I'd still be worried that some of these "low carb" breads are not really that low carb, but I think I can trust that brand based on your experience. I'll probably transition to more carbs before long before I reach my goal, and maybe I can…

I think you will find that high fat foods are very filling and on the same calories you will not be hungry.

@KnitOrMiss - I really don't think bacon is the problem. I used to enjoy a 2-egg cheese omelette with a big spoon of strawberry jam. But w/o the jam it's hard to finish. Or just two eggs by themselves. The first few bites are great, but then I start thinking when is this going to end. Having the bacon between bites…

This guy is brilliant and I love his vids - until he picks on one of my sacred cows. ;)

I could never do an egg fast. I have a hard time eating two eggs in the morning. I was eating one with one slice of bacon and it was perfect, but now I'm trying to eat more protein and the second egg just feels like too much. I may go back to eating lunch just so I can have a smaller breakfast, which I don't want to skip…

Thanks again, nvmomketo. I should have posted this question there, but I didn't realize I had already be given access (I was expecting a notification). I truly believe LCHF is the proper diet for humans and I could have avoided a bit of HCLFHP noise if I had done so. ;)

Yeah, I added spinach this morning. I'll check the carbs on greek yogurt and cottage cheese, as I love those. Yeah, two almost blew me up. I was trying to reach that high protein recommendation. They were loin chops, so no bone. No package info, and the entry I used said 48g each. Wow, that is way higher than the…

Hey nvmomketo. Thanks for that chart! That's just what I was looking for. After hearing about LCHF on Friday, I think I did see something like that, but I've spent 10's of hours watching videos trying to find it again with no luck. Like I said, I should probably buy a book. Now I just need to figure out how to adjust my…

I've been LC about a week and got migraines while trying to sleep two nights in row. I upped my sodium yesterday, and had some broth before bed, and no migraine last night. I was surprised to read that 4-5g of sodium may actually be better for you than 2.3g, but then I never understood the low sodium craze in the first…

Well, this is only day 4 (tracking my meals), so I'm still doing the eggs & bacon thing in the morning, until I get some leftovers. I can only eat 2 eggs and can't image eating a third. Either scrambled in butter with bacon, or a cheese omelette. Also maybe a 1/4C pecans or cream cheese on celery. I bought a 4-pack of pork…