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Restarting after a long absence. Lost most of my progress over the last year during the pandemic. I could use some new friends to help keep me motivated.

No go where I live. We are on 22 hour full quarantine (the time you can go out is determined by your id number), and you can only do essential errands like go to the grocery store or bank during that time. Rule violators get arrested.

People "defend" sugar, because there is a lot of misinformation about it out there. Sugar (unless you have a medical condition that dictates it), is not inherently bad for you. It is a macro-nutrient that provides part of your daily calorie makeup. It "can" be bad for you if you eat too much of it and it causes a calorie…

Well it may not be your "cold dead" hands, but by continuing to go to public places, especially ones like the gym that are often crowded and where people are using things that other people have sweat on, you are potentially putting vulnerable members of your community at risk. Stay home.

Yes. My country (and city), had zero cases 96 hours ago. Now we have 27. It's been here a lot longer than that and who knows how many have it. A place with hundreds of people, all sweating over each other, is the exact last place to be right now.

What weight are you starting at? 2 pounds a week generally isn't recommended unless you have at least 60-75 to lose.

As I do not have a health condition that requires me to limit my sugars, I do not track them at all, either added or natural.

To each their own, but to me, eating any food I want as long as I count it and it fits my goal sounds like a whole lot more fun than avoiding a wide range of tasty food because it has carbs.

Outside of the mental health concerns I would have, eating a jar of peanuts everyday could have some negative pysicial health consequences. First off, that's going to be A LOT of fiber. Some people handle high fiber than others, but a quick jump up in fiber like that (your jar is likely to have 60+ grams) is likely to…

In my opinion, rather than trying to gain 20 pounds "fast", you should work on building healthy, sustainable habits, ideally with the help of a therapist/counselor. Jumping from one extreme of eating to the other is not going to help you do so. Set a reasonable calorie surplus target (if you are looking to go "fast", 500…

Weight loss is determined by calories, nothing more, nothing less. That doesn't mean that the scale won't fluctuate for a lot of random reasons in the short term, but your real loss only has to do with how many calories you eat compared to how many you burn.

Depends what you like. Pepper steak is always a good solid favorite for most people. Personally I like their Singapore style Mei fung noodles.

I always think the "wiuld you spend x on x" debates are a bit silly because everyone has different personal preferences and financial situations that may make something a good deal for them but not for others. At $13 for 38 ounces, thats 5.50 a pound. Would I pay $5.50 a pound for cereal I really like? Sure, I do it all…

You wouldn't pay $5.50 a pound for the best steak or lobster?

What is your goal? How many calories are you eating per day? How many are you burning from exercise?

If they change an ingredient, I imagine they have to reconfirm the nutrition value. A change from 140 to 150 could be a change from 144 to 145. Or a change from 135 to 154. Something like this I wouldn't even abt an eye at My guess is that for the bigger changes, either they changed the serving size, or changed an…

I don't pay attention to sugar, added or otherwise. I've lost 45 pounds by just worrying about my calories. For health, I do try to eat a decently nutritious diet. But I still have added sugar, processed foods, etc. At the end of the day calories is king. Focus on that and you wi be successful. Set too many different goals…

What do you mean auto logs your weight? Do you have it synced with a 3rd party weight tracker?

I had a feeling it was more of a troll for publicity than anything.

Arby's is apparently making a meat based carrot and testing it out in certain restaurants. https://www.fastcompany.com/90368896/arbys-is-making-carrots-out-of-meat-yes-meat

Personally I think boxing with a heavy bag is a great choice for a number of reasons. It will help you "burn fat" in the sense that you burn calories while doing it, so it will contribute to your overall calorie deficit, and allow you to eat more food while still hitting your calorie goal. There is a resistance aspect to…

I'm just trying to get under 25 lol.

I lost 45 pounds without ever drinking a cup of coffee. You are correct that if you achieved acalorie reduction from changing from soda to coffee, that would have assisted in weight loss by increasing your calorie deficit. But it is from that, not any specific properties of the coffee.

We tend to think that soreness is indicative of a good workout and progress, but it's not necessarily the case. You don't have to have been sore to have worked a muscle group and made gains there.

I am confused. What is your goal? Are you trying to lose weight? How many calories is your goal? How many calories are you currently eating? Are you having trouble staying under your goal? From your title it seems like you want to figure out how to not eat as much but from the body of your post it sounds like you don't eat…

Pretty much never. There is no need for it if you get enough protein from your diet, and I prefer to get mine from food I enjoy, rather than trying to force down a protein shake just because. On a rare ocassion I will have these pre-made protein drinks I can buy at the supermarket. But that's largely because I enjoy the…

Honestly... Why? While doing it for 2 weeks may not be long enough to do long term damage, you are going to be tired, weak, miserable, and hungry. And for what? At best you'd burn an extra pound and a half. But once you come off it, your more likely to binge it all back because your body is going to crave energy. And you…

Well to be fair, a lot of places out there do over hype it, making it seem like protein from protein powder is special and better than protein gotten from food. I imagine that is what OP was asking about. The answer to that is no. While I am not necessarily concerned about metal in my protein powder, I get sufficient…

Diets high in whole grains have been consistently associated with positive health outcomes in observational studies. I googled the doctor, and shockingly (not shockingly) , he writes keto and IF books and makes money as a Keto speaker. He is also not a registered dietician. So he has a personal financial benefit from…

Net is how many calories you've eaten after you deduct exercise calories. So if you eat 1800 calories, but burned 300 from exercise, your net is 1500. Your MFP goal is a net goal, not a total calorie goal, since it varies depending on your exercise.