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There's only so much damage you can do in two days. You'll probably gain some water weight too if you go heavy on the carbs and salt, but that'll come back off quickly. Problem for me is that a cheat day or weekend too often turns into a bingy tailspin - I always pull out of it but it often takes the better part of a week.…

Yeah I'm shocked at how quickly I hit 100 carbs in a day, even in the total absence of bread, rice, grains, etc. One piece of fruit per day should work, and also realize that not all veggies are created equal. Carrots, parsnips, etc., and obviously potatoes, are starchy and carb-dense. Doesn't mean you can't eat them, just…

I've had success with it a few times with various approaches (though slamming right back into unhealthy carb-heavy eating will ensure that you regain at least all the weight you lost.) Super low-carb eating (fewer than 50 net grams per day) will eventually put your body into ketosis (sounds like scientology, but it's…

Spurs are the best-run organization in sports. From RC/Holt//Pop/Duncan on down- the culture they've created has no equal. That they've contended for titles almost every year since drafting David Robinson in 1989 (only one season sub-.500 in that time) has no analogue in any American sport. OKC is clearly trying to emulate…

As a lifelong Laker fan, I have no dog in this fight, which actually makes watching the entire playoffs a less anxious and more fun proposition. My formula for making predictions in this sort of situation (not saying it ends up being accurate) is this: Which team's BEST game, when firing on all cylinders, is the best…

Thing is, I never really had terrible eating habits- always ate lots of veggies, deferred to whole grains and the like (the bread in my house was always Ezekial.) I had a sweet tooth, but could never conceive of eating an entire pint of ice cream in one evening. Yet somehow, I slowly (and largely unconsciously) went from…

Agree with the poster who said that a cheat "meal" rather than an entire day might be more advisable. Enjoy your indulgence, but maintain control. I've always likened calculated cheating (which is sometimes a necessity- holidays, dinner parties, etc.) to a plane going into a nose dive. The longer you're plummeting, the…

I definitely see the wisdom in that. But in just starting out, I see no harm in going a little bit more hardcore in a limited period of time to kickstart the process with some quick, encouraging weight loss- so long as it doesn't result in yo-yo-ing, which I realize is always the risk with anything too extreme. On the…

Thanks to you both- WBB55, that BMR calculator is a great resource. Looks like my BMR is around 1950, which sounds about right in terms of a sustainable number that won't leave me hungry or weak while still losing weight at a slower pace. But, taking Followingsea's comment to heart, I think considering that I've been well…

I'm at about 130K steps per week as well. Your BF and I are a couple of rollin' stones. Very helpful- perhaps I need to increase my calorie intake slightly. But I still don't think I need to increase it by a thousand. In any case, thank you for sussing out the meaning in my extremely long post. Also, being ignorant of the…

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