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Simple brunch. 2 egg cheddar cheese omelette, bacon & hot sauce.

Sucking in your stomach won't do much to brace your lower back. Tighten your glutes, as tight as you can possibly squeeze and try to "twist" your feet into the ground like you would do with a squat. Now set your lower ribs over your pelvis. This should give you a strong, neutral spine. You need to also create torque in…

It's called a Bulgarian bag. ETA: Looks like this...

Water retention. It takes days to accumulate or subside. Focus on what you're doing and not what's on the scale. Give yourself at least a couple of weeks to see an actual change in weight.

I weigh it. A tablespoon is about 15g or 15ml. But it doesn't really matter... just be consistent in the way you measure it. If you level it off this time, level it off every time.

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He's the dullest troll MFP has had, one way or another.

I would agree, if you can't eat, there's very little point in logging. I had strep a few weeks ago and logged, but I was able to hold food down.

I'd rather kill puppies than be subjected to that nonsense again. And I love puppies.

It's calorie-free, because you do not digest it. It's simply there for taste.

Maybe you should read the stickies.

This happens.

Key word, needed muscle. Your body will, absolutely, use its muscle mass for fuel. However, it won't use muscle mass you use on a continuous basis unless it absolutely has to. You've parroted what I said, in a more verbose manner, because you missed that key word.

When you lose weight, it's inevitable that a portion of the weight lost will be lean mass. Exercise is more effective for retaining lean mass than diet, the two in tandem reduce the likelihood of losing a significant portion of it. Only in cases of severe starvation or extremely restrictive nutrition will the body turn to…

As above. If not possible, just take frequent breaks and hydrate with cool drinks. And contrary to what people who sell saunas will tell you, no it doesn't make you lose weight ;)

I think you need to be more specific on context for that question or statement to be answered correctly. For the most part your body, like honey badger, don't care. It works based on a sufficient unit of measurement per mass. In this case grams per kilogram. Twinkie diet will allow you to lose weight, provided you hit a…

I don't think that's what he was asking. Thermic effect of food is pretty standard across the board, isocalorically speaking. I think his question was to do with the how efficient a specific macro is at giving the body energy... in which case the order of play is carbs, fat then protein. But even so, that doesn't change…

It's really-really good. It's called Camargue red rice. I like to fry it in a bit of oil (or butter) and garlic before cooking it in chicken stock. It cooks better if you treat it like carnaroli rice, adding a little boiling stock at a time, because it won't absorb too much liquid.

Chicken thigh & drumstick, purple sprouting broccoli & a helping of red rice.

Almond flour, other nut flours and whole wheat flour is often more calorie dense than white flour. Baking powder and baking soda are both leavening agents, the only chemical difference is that baking powder already has an acidic agent in it, so it reacts when it gets wet with anything, rather than only reacting when it…

Rump steak with green lentils and edamame, with a mustard vinaigrette that'll kick your nose off.

Well, now... all carbs are sugars. Vegans, vegetarians, fruitarians... people whose diet is fundamentally carbohydrate, even their sources of protein and fats are tinged with saccharides. We're frequently told that these diets are more healthy than the "standard American diet". I know that by all sugar you mean the white…

I usually just eat a full meal within 2hrs of finishing my workout. Smash a few chicken breasts or nice rump steak onto the George Foreman, micro some brown rice/quinoa/lentils and a steam bag of veggies... good to go with a shake of hot sauce. Milk and cookies later. I don't really bother with drinks or shakes, they don't…

I am rather unimpressed. Also rather unimpressed at the claims of being able to PC 165 and OHP 140. Particularly since you should be able to PC far more than you can press, just like you should be able to dead far more than you can squat... linear progression & good training regimen all-told, you should be PC-ing around…

I don't monitor my carb intake at all, as long as I stay within my calorie allowance. I just make sure I vary my sources of carbs simply because it helps with maintaining overall health... it's the same for anyone who doesn't have PCOS. You'll get a greater amount of micronutrients from a varied diet. I still eat white…

Calories in, calories out applies to you, too. You may find yourself more prone to energy lulls depending on the carbs you consume and when you consume them, but "sugar crashes" can occur whoever you are. I also have PCOS and IR, I have never completely restricted my intake of white flour, rice, sugar, potatoes, etc. but I…

I made no reference to weight until I proclaimed that excess calories make you overweight. They do. What the OP quoted made reference to a 2,000 calorie diet with 2 cans of soda on top of it. Say that soda is Coke. That's about 300 extra calories per day for a standard 12oz can. Forgetting that, like 1,200 calories to lose…

Yes. Honestly, OP should talk to her husband. If he's not willing to be supportive or compromise and she's not doing anything too annoying (I'd cut out talking about calories/sodium, etc. at all) then the best course of action is to just get on with it quietly and hope he comes around. You can't force it on him, but you…

Yes. Every study on obesity that has ever existed. Being overweight increases mortality, sugar alone does not.