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And conveniently enough, they can claim it even if it's not true, by putting in that cute little proviso

bi-valves. Snails, octopus, clams, oysters, squid, anything that moves by going squoooosh lol Are you planning me a special supper? <3 :D ;) :*

Sounds like more of an internal dialogue. More the way that someone who is overweight might take offence to something worded wrong. Did that sales person just imply this dress is too tight? Is she calling me obese? Well, that escalated... I didn't see him use the word obnoxious.

Your fitbit burns seem very high, what are you doing daily to get that kind of a burn? Honestly, this might be a question for the fitbit user group, as I would look at that number first.

At the link above, scroll to bottom, click to public, then save. See screen shot.

Since the scallops might actually kill me, I'll have to take your word for it. I'll take king crab with butter on the side, instead o:)

From everything I have read, and have heard from coaches, that number was falsely and widely reported. Phelps did an interview with Ryan Seacrest that used to be available online, not sure where to find it now, but here is a quote. "But now Phelps is saying all the reports about his diet, to borrow a line from Mark Twain,…

Thanks a lot, and here I was already craving steak... now I want bacon, too! Yeah, my husband will be thrilled to go grill steaks in the snow :D

QFT. and this:

Why is it ridiculous? Because some of the tips in here are close to dangerous, and since they are all lumped together, how is someone new to this (who is most likely to be looking for tips and habits) supposed to know what is safe, and true, and what is idiotic at best, and harmful at worst?

No. My kids do 4 hours of swim training most days, and they don't burn anywhere near that (and they are pretty good ;) )

I feel your pain... started working out, got a severely frozen shoulder. It took 2 years to recover from that (and I couldn't do anything that could even potentially jar it during that time, so no exercise) and then almost immediately aggravated an old knee injury. Improved that in physio to the point of tolerating it,…

Oh, and don't worry, I can decide for myself which posts to read, and which to reply to. Just like you can decide for yourself what you read and say.

Yes, but I'm not the one who came in yelling at the "super angry people", whom I don't recall seeing post in this thread of late? Just because some people don't agree with it being stickied... IMHO only the truly best posts should be stickied, the rest will rise to the top when people post on them. No negativity or anger…

I literally have no clue who you are talking about, "super angry people"... maybe projecting?... I don't personally find this post helpful because it is literally overwhelming. It's like standing in line, and reading the headlines from every health magazine put out this past year, all at once. Small steps, grasshopper...…

I'm sad to see that a post I was interested in got derailed so badly :( It can be hard trying to get 4000 calories into my kids, and I'm always interested to read about bulking and nutrition. For @juggernaut1974 here was the OP:

Peanut butter is just one of those things where you can really see the difference between serving size perception and reality :)

What kind of bread are you eating that is 90 calories for 2 slices? We have two different brands in the house right now, and they are 140 calories and 200 calories for 2 slices. You don't have to give up bread though. You just have to make it work. Really, get a food scale. And while your calorie budget is so low, you…

There's definitely a learning curve, I pretty much didn't post for months when I joined, just read, and learned. Learned not to use the word tone, that a pound is a pound (whether fat or muscle lol) and to stop reading articles in magazines :D Honestly though, I don't handle hunger well, and I do believe that you shouldn't…

I already said upthread (11:39) that you shouldn't feel that hungry, and that you may need to make some adjustments to what you are eating. Try different choices. I gave some examples in my post of what I ate while losing. And do get a food scale, and don't go back to previous disordered thinking :D it's a fine line…

If she's not losing or barely losing right now, you won't be able to up her calories in a true sense, just in a mathematical sense as she is most likely eating more than she thinks right now.

You shouldn't be that hungry. You don't need to eliminate any entire foods from your meal plan, but you do need to choose foods that will fill you. My typical day while losing looked like 1.5 servings of cereal with 3/4 cup milk for breakfast, lunch would be either a salad with a low calorie dressing (highly recommend…

It is rare that I see a chiro, but I do think there are good ones and bad ones out there. I had a severely frozen shoulder that would NOT heal, and finally, after spending more than $1000 on physio, gave up and went to a chiro I trusted, and went from raising my arm 15 degrees, to almost all the way up, after a single…

You need to use a food scale as stated above. Also, what did you use as your activity level when you ran your goals here at MFP?

Rita, with 6 pounds left to lose, your rate of loss will probably naturally be quite slow. Unless you are very petite, you should be losing on 1200-1300 calories though. Definitely use a food scale. Maybe read my post here and see if there are any tweaks you need to make.…

I'm quite surprised at the replies in here, the OP stated that she has previously had an eating disorder and an obsession with counting calories... OP, how tall are you? If you are recovered from an eating disorder and find that counting calories triggers it, then I would suggest starting by just making a small cut to your…

It's a waste of time and money. You seem very invested in promoting it, I have to say...

I'm always hungry at night so I save at least 25% of my calories for evening snacking.

A calorie surplus means you will gain. A deficit means you'll lose. http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10257474/starting-out-restarting-basics-inside#latest

That is an unrealistic and unhealthy goal unless you are morbidly obese, and even then... Why not just start in a way that you is sustainable, and learn about healthy, normal eating along the way? that way you will learn the habits that will help you in maintenance. Crash dieting leads to yo-yoing.…