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Absolutely never should one replace doctor's orders with some person's anecdotal advice on the internet~

Do you make sure you get enough vitamin C? I was anemic earlier this year even though I eat food cooked on a cast iron pan many times a week and eat plenty of animal protein. Researched around and found that vitamin C aids iron absorption. Added in oranges to my diet and started feeling better. Edit: I realized this post…

I would want my PCP to be able to refer me to a reputable registered dietitian that would help me create a healthy deficit.

I lost over 90 lbs eating one small meal for my first meal and one large meal at dinner. It is easier for me to comply with my calorie regime if I can eat a more normal-sized dinner with my partner. If my partner was eating a regular sized meal while I was having to eat 300 calories I would not be able to keep it up very…

Thought of this thread because my BF was asking about protein sources.

OP has received some good advice, but I wanted to advise OP to try to schedule her weigh ins for the morning after a sedentary rest day. I find that even light exercise can cause me to retain weight, even without any DOMS to speak of. I almost always see my "new low" the day after I was completely sedentary.

OP: I would caution you against getting weight loss advice from anyone but your treatment team, and especially be wary of strangers on the internet giving you weight loss advice. While the MFP boards are pretty good about shutting down dangerous advice, I have seen elsewhere people encouraging eating extremely few…

I was wanting to try psyllium husk, but then I saw that it was considered a laxative and I got a bit nervous. Have you you had any kind of laxative effect with psyllium husk? I mean beyond just what fiber would provide.

I don't mind some posts on r/loseit but keep me far, far away from r/fatlogic. There's so much condescension in that subreddit. I've never been downvoted for suggesting a diet break on r/loseit, but I certainly have never been upvoted!

A two day refeed at maintenance will only truly delay progress by two days (actual scale results may vary, but you know what I mean). At the same time, if your training has suffered from that glycogen low feeling, you know where you feel like your muscles aren't able to do the movements as well as they should be or take as…

You said you lost 6 lbs, but your wording wasn't clear on whether that was since January or the end of February when you dropped your calories lower. If you mean since the beginning of the year, that's a little less than .5 lb a week, which is a good rate of loss for someone already at a normal BMI. Our stats aren't very…

There's definitely need for more studies on this! Most existing studies that come close to this subject are either trying see the effects of "yo-yo" dieting or are really about intermittent fasting rather than diet vs diet break. My layman's hypothesis is that diet breaks are so helpful because of their effects on leptin…

I linked to the scholarly form of the study a couple pages back in the thread. https://www.nature.com/articles/ijo2017206?fbclid=IwAR0ZhVzOfmco8x_eNyDZHg5bRDO-udp2wCNJeYm7TjLaSqwCK8DAALxXtJE What is very interesting and potentially promising, is that the reduction of Resting Energy Expenditure was less for the diet break…

You can also add spinach or arugula to your sauce of choice to veg it out a little bit more. You'd be surprised at how much spinach you can put in a pot of sauce without affecting the taste all that much!

It is pretty common to see a small gain. Part of the gain can be muscle gylcogen replenishing and water retention from increasing carbs. I saw about 2 lbs gain during my diet break. 1-3 lbs is my typical "weight fluctuation" range for DOMs, cycle, etc. Edit: NovusDies beat me to it! I'll just reiterate that any gain is…

In the "Women's Book" Lyle McDonald recommends women with a normal BMI to take a diet break every 6-10 weeks. A diet break should at minimum be one week, but two can be good, especially if you have been feeling a lot of diet fatigue, or if you want to start up again at a particular time in your cycle. For those curious, he…

You don't need to go low carb to lose weight. Carbs help me enjoy my workouts more in my experience. Try setting MFP back to default macros and see how you feel. Only thing to be mindful of is that carbs can cause more water retention so if you raise your carbs expect a little bump on the scale.

You are supposed to already give up alcohol, except for communion wine. Sex too. But one's level of orthodoxy may vary.

Any dietary restriction comes with the risk of an ED. ""Clean"" diets put you at risk for orthorexia, while CICO puts you at risk for anorexia and binge eating disorder. You and your healthcare team should always weigh the risks with the benefits of weightloss. That said, a lot of those who have problems exacerbated by…

Thank you, that helps a lot!

I've seen people post a guideline of what you should set your lb/week to based on how much you have left to lose. I have been looking for it with no luck, I was hoping someone could repost it here for me and clarify whether you should use the chart based on pounds left until goal or pounds left before healthy/normal BMI.…

Want to add to the cries of "buy thee a food scale". You can find them reasonably priced on Amazon. Accurate logging and following MFP's calorie recommendation for an appropriate rate of loss is your primary directive when it comes to weightloss. Intermittent Fasting cannot fix any problems caused by not logging intake…

I had the same question when I first joined the boards! Like a lot of weightloss topics, it's something you have to reframe in your mind for your sanity's sake. I picked 150 lbs because it puts me into the normal BMI, but with the knowledge that I will be reassessing and considering either a lower goal or a recomp when I…

I have weighed myself in the morning after my morning pee and in the afternoon after I get home from work. It's pretty common that my afternoon number will be lower. Weigh when it's most convenient for you, eat what you normally would for your calorie allowance, and comfort yourself with the knowledge that weight…

Take the diet break! I thought I was chugging along good with my 2lbs a week goal, even when MFP threw 1200 cals at me after I saw good loss. And then I went on a diet break due to a vacation and I realized I wasn't doing as well as I thought. I was paranoid for a while of maintaining and even losing a a verrrrrrrrry slow…

This is true and it hurts to think of how many times I gave up because I started working out and quit because the scale went up and I knew it couldn't have been muscle. Now I see the number pop up after a good workout and just keep going.

For those looking for more studies, I found this one in a comment on Lyle's site. This one is for a two weeks on, two weeks off approach. This one was done on obese men. https://www.nature.com/articles/ijo2017206?fbclid=IwAR0ZhVzOfmco8x_eNyDZHg5bRDO-udp2wCNJeYm7TjLaSqwCK8DAALxXtJE

Thanks for the responses everyone! I'm still on the lower end of plus sized, so thrift shopping might be pretty hit or miss, but I will try it when I get a chance. Otherwise I will be looking out for some jeggings sales! I have two pairs of jeggings that I still might try getting taken in because they are a very unique…

This is an example of a very tasty and filling salad that I make for myself a couple times a week. Perhaps it's a little high in fat for some's taste but I am fine with it personally. You can use less olive oil to heat up the sausage after you slice it, but I use this amount so that I can pour it all off into the salad and…