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Yes ... Sounds good. But my foggy brain misses the bit where I have to eat, say, 344 cals. If my daily target is in grams - like, I am trying to eat less than 20 grams of carbs - what does that mean in terms of grams of carbs out of 344 burned calories. OK math boy, give us the math - but do it gently, I paint pictures…

Tis a good question michelle172415. The answer is that I used the MFP exercise calculator, which seems to be quite arbitrary, and not particularly helpful (with just general gardening - does that take into affect lifting stones that range from 1lb to 20lbs ... doing a half hour stint digging and pulling up a harvest of…

Thanks DvlDwninGA that makes things a lot less complicated - especially when I am noticing a few little deficits ... I guess if I can keep to the targets and do a little exercise (as my health increases) then soon I should be able to work out how to put back on the weight I have lost through illness. In the meantime eat…

Thank you both for enlightening me. Just let me see if I got this correct: say I burn 500 cals - if I want to eat it back it will be divided (for my targets) 5%carbs 20% prots 75% fat. This is where I get lost ... 5% of 500 is 25 ... it cannot mean that because 25 is greater than my daily carb target ... so my question…

I'm with you chinatowninc on the hand grated caulidog ... I love the exercise! And sometimes a little bit of meat might be added if my fingers get too close to the mandelin! (just kidding!) ... but an old wise man told me many years ago that hand worked food is different than the machine worked stuff ... I have no idea in…

Thats brilliant, Cadori ... I think this disciplined diet really moves the pain to somewhere else ... it has not entirely gone - but it has changed ... along with me declaring that I am in control of my body - so I can talk to it and demand change. I have only just stopped tramadol and ketaprofen in the last few days - and…

Thanks Baconslave, much appreciated. I'll check out those links now, and see what I can gather. For fybro I have been advised to go for less than 20g carbs - for the last week I have managed to get it down to around 30g ... but hey, it is a total change from eating lots of wholemeal bread, rice, potatoes, pasta, to…

I doesn't get any weirder! I have again tried to join the low carbers group, made my request ... and hey presto! The join button has disappeared and I am still being told that in order to view the group I have to join ... so how do I do that if there is no longer a 'join' button?

Thanks for the valuable info nvmomketo ... unfortunately I keep getting a blank when I try to join Lower Carbers - I have no idea why ... I just cannot get in!

... yer ... but what am I saying that is so offensive ... and to whom?

Sorry, I cannot answer you cmriverside ... MFP will not let me tell you why I cannot join LCD Group!

... I am suddenly in a place where I don't know where I am!!

This is weird ... I have just replied but for some reason they have not been posted but need to be approved!?

... now I cannot reply ... I get 'your comment will be posted once it is approved' ... why do I suddenly have to have my words approved? Who by?

Thanks for the link cmriverside ... unfortunately, it does not appear to be working.

Vegetables? It is again an interesting question for me because I am very much into wild foods ... right now there are so many green leaves about - callaloo, Good King Henry, Dandelion, Spinach, Carrot green tops, hawthorn leaves, Sowthistle, Nettles ...etc!! All delicious, and so full of nutro's that the shop stuff has…

I love all your answers, so thank you all for answering so quickly. Yes, Amusedmonk, I do need to eat more fat (in fact I'm thinking of a nice cup of fullproof coffee ... and a fat bomb - or two! Perhaps it is worth mentioning (or will it just complicate matters? You tell me), having been ill for a year, I have already…

Too right Mari22na ... I love the idea of this ... and even though I'm very very old, I feel like my body is being made bionic or something ... until I get to this point ... so what do I do ... just eat more ...,

Thank you NovusDies ... I do realize what you are saying, and I am trying to be relaxed about it all. This is amazing fun, with cooking up delicious meals whilst juggling the macro's. So, perhaps if I find my calories low I should eat cheese, meat, and eggs ... no problem. I do not want to lose any more weight so I will…

WOW that was a quick response ... thanks cmriverside. The answer to your question is a bit complicated ... but, I am suffering from fybromyalgia, and I have been unofficially advised by a nutritionist to go Keto to stop eating inflammatory carbs. I think I have reached ketosis (I certainly feel amazing keto or no!) and am…

Thanks rjQ ... much appreciated.

...Oh yes ... deepest France (well a bit north of Cognac!) So let me see if I understand you ... using another example, tahini, the label says 2.7 carbs and 10g fibre ... in the States it would say 12.7 carbs and 10 fibre, right?

Serindipte, I am sorry but I am totally new to all this so I may seem a bit slow, or more likely, ignorant of some of the things you are telling me ... but I'll see if I can grasp what you are saying. My figure goal is based upon one of the online calculators. To be honest I looked at what I was given and now hope for the…

... yes ... I have earned 544 calories !? What does THAT mean? My requested daily Cal rate is 1850 but now reads 2394 with my original carbs target being 20g or less now has become 30g ... why, what does it mean? I do not want to eat 30g of carbs ... but that is not my target anyway ... so have these changed figures taken…