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Yes. Really easy options are mozzarella cheese sticks (actually there are all kinds of flavors these days), and nuts INDIVIDUALLY PACKAGED. One of the things that is tricky about Keto is that some of the best things are calorie-dense and very easy to misjudge in terms of how much you are having. I also love the Noosh…

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Yes, I do think it sounds like a great start. Compound exercises are simple but effective, and if you've been doing yoga you can also do that at home. Good luck!!

I am keto, and I drink bulletproof coffee, and I IF most days of the week. I also track calories (in addition to macros) and maintain a deficit. I have a history of diabetes in my family, I had A1C test at the high end of normal, and yes, I have changed the way I am eating and living in a permanent way. For those of you…

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OP, so you've lost nearly 50 pounds? That's wonderful, and I can see why you'd be afraid to stop doing what you're doing. But you can continue to lose something like 1% of your weight a week at a much more sustainable intake. In answer to your original question, although I am at times an intermittent faster, I typically…

When I was a super-competitive lightweight rower, my coach would not let us race under 12%. FWIW

I do eat them back. Now, when I lost my 40#, I did leave some on the table regularly, but if I was hungry I certainly ate them all.... However, I'm now at 1200 net, and this is partly because I have MFP set to "lose 1.5 a week" and I have NOT adjusted my weight setting to reflect the fact that I've gained back a fair bit…

Ranch dip made with fat free greek yogurt. On cherry tomatoes or red bell pepper or whatever veg you like. Or even better, on strips of boneless, skinless chicken breast dusted with spices and broiled. See, this is why I come on here. I am not thinking of this stuff for MYSELF, but if someone ASKS then I remember.....

This was huge for me. There are so many good fruity seltzers now -- grapefruit is my favorite but there are lots of different ones. Still water just doesn't do it for me.

Hi -- use this site -- a lot :) Are you using it to track, etc? or just reading posts?

All good, all good. Look, I was a competitive rower so I did the garbage bag thing; I'm not preaching.

and yes.... OP has posted in other threads that she is riding a low calorie net as it is, as well as setting a very aggressive weight loss rate target, and the binging is very likely a reaction to getting to the breaking point. WingardiumLeviosa, there are people here who have been through the kinds of things you're…

Exercise is not discouraged. Excessive dehydration (or excessive exercise for that matter) as a way of expiating guilt is, though.

Oh this is really interesting. That makes sense.

Hon, I'm going to say this straight -- cutting calories too low means that's bound to happen. Going to a really low day after isn't going to help, it will just keep the pendulum swinging. Eat a healthy dinner, just start again tomorrow, but seriously, please rethink the deep calorie cut. Not just tomorrow but going forward.

My question would be -- what did you do to lose the 10# in a month? Not that such a loss is extreme, but it might be aggressive if you are relatively near a healthy BMI. My most rapid weight loss phase (post breakup) ended up with my skin looking bad (mostly just lifeless) so if at an extreme deficit or stressed -- could…

OP, I just sent you a friend request but I think the system is bouncing it... You're very focused on the scale number, and very motivated. Let me throw you a couple of ideas. You can probably lose at a pretty good clip even doing it more sanely. But as a nurse just told me, "subcutaneous fat doesn't really weigh that…

This. Seriously, there is such a better way to do this. There are people here who can help you learn how to be healthy and strong, and support you, and when you figure out how beautiful you are (inside and out and even more so because you fought this out the right way) -- then you can tell him to go to hell. Believe me I…

I know it's hard. Plan, plan, plan. Buy things for the fridge that work, even if you eat the same kinds of things every day. Put it on autopilot. Find other stress outlets and use them as hard as you can. You can do this :)

Yeah. It's harder when I don't get time to work out, because I'm cutting it close to the edge on calories then. It's sort of a mix -- lots of salads, kashi bars, grilled chicken, brown rice, but if I want something else that's "junk" or "convenience" food I have it. Like yesterday. I finally got home at 8PM from work, and…

I agree that you need advice of your doc while nursing. Otherwise -- just my experience -- yes sometimes I get hungry. Sometimes it's because I made less-than-optimal choices on high calorie foods that didn't stick with me, sometimes it's because of training recovery, sometimes it's because I under-counted something, or…

sweet potato with a little real butter and cinnamon sugar....amazingly low in calories and high in fiber for how it tastes....and a big calorie free drink with it. or soup....even canned soup that isn't "healthy choice" is mostly water and is very filling for the calories

Hi Brooke -- I would definitely look at the sticky links above. Learn how to log your food, and you will figure out for yourself what foods are the most satisfying for the calories -- I think in a sense it's different for everyone. Learning how to log and understanding what you're eating is #1. Track EVERYTHING -- it's the…

The deficit needed to gain weight at the rate you put into the system is already built in. The way that MFP is set up is aimed at educating and building sustainable lifestyle habits. If you are a person who exercises regularly, you need more intake to fuel that and maintain a healthy, stable weight. There is a fair…

I would suggest that you ask yourself -- what if you can't run for months after running your first half with a back injury, then driving all that way? What if you exacerbate that injury to the point where it nags at you for years?

I'm going to second the posts that recommend moving to a designed progressive strength routine -- stronglifts is a good one, especially since you have a base. Is your 20 min of cardio a warmup? That's a good idea, but 'conventional wisdom' is to do cardio after lifting -- so that you can push your hardest and progress with…

That's a lot of cardio steady state in a fixed repetitive motion. If your burn is not showing as high, you may be much more efficient (which makes sense). Is that kind of long steady state time sustainable? Is that why you stopped? Conventional wisdom also seems to aim at lifting first, to maximize power/energy/gains. It…

I don't know about the chemical fat loss part of it. It's possible. Green tea is pretty well established to have beneficial antioxidant effect. At the time I was losing at the best clip I was drinking a lot of it -- but I attribute that really to drinking a lot of it instead of eating. With respect, I didn't interpret the…