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You're breaking an addiction to sugar and starch. As you go through withdrawal, it's very normal to feel like crap and to especially to be lethargic. Citrislazer is right, do not try to cut calories while doing low carb (at least not during induction)!!! You absolutely can (and should) eat until you're completely satisfied…

Nuts-N-More products are awesome! My personal favorite is their Cinnamon Raisin Almond Butter. No added sugar, high protein, DELICIOUS! A couple tablespoons on a Ryvita

I have no issues when it comes to artificial sweeteners, other in terms of tolerance or how it effects my progress.

I presently train Gracie/Brazilian Jiu-jitsu (I'm a blue belt). The school also offers MMA and kick-boxing classes, and I've begun to dabble a little in kick-boxing. I used to train Japansese Jiu-jitsu (I'm a yellow belt), but I found that the part of jim-jitsu I liked the most was the ground grappling. Our JJJ school only…

That's very possible. It's very common for stalls to be caused by food intake being too low. That's the beauty of tracking everything -- you try it for a couple of weeks, study your data and judge the results.

I'm going to say none too, but not for the reason others mention. There's just nothing in the current version that can do very much for you (positive or negative), and it's really expensive for what it does contain.

I certainly understand. I quit my first time through here as well. There are a lot of people stuck in the "it's the calories" mentality around here, and the MFP software is tough to customize beyond a few minor adjustments. No matter how you adjust it, it still insists that calories are important. If I could make a…

That sounds like a more sensible way to go about it. I wish you the best in reaching your goals.

That's exactly what I'm talking about. When a device (or database) tells you that you've burned X number of calories doing a given exercise, the part they're leaving out is you would have burned most of those calories anyway if you didn't even get off the couch.

From EXERCISE?? Unless you're an extreme endurance racer, you've probably never burned 1000 calories in a single day.

How did I miss this thread!!??! I currently train Brazilian Jiu-jitsu. Been doing it for approx. 2.5 years, and I recently got my blue belt. I compete occasionally, but so far nothing metallic to show for it. The school I train at is Gracie Humaita, our head instructor is Rodrigo Munduruca, and we are under Royler Gracie's…

All calories expended calculators give you numbers that are far too generous. Fitbit is no exception. HRMs are equally terrible, and MFP's database is too. No matter what number any of these sources give you, cut that number at least in half if you were really working hard, more if it was less strenuous.

Calories are practically irrelevant on cheat days. Eat as much as you want to. It's an important part of getting the maximum progress.

A half pound a day is not that outrageous. That's only 3.5 lbs a week. My usual average is a little higher than that. The operative word is average though. The first 50 lbs I lost took about 12 weeks. Some weeks it was more than 4 lbs, some weeks it was none at all. Wooshes are real. Don't listen to the people who try to…

I can go way over 2000 calories and still easily lose 2+ lbs a week as long as the exercise I'm doing is weight lifting and interval sprints. If I'm just doing lots of cardio, (or not exercising at all), no chance.

About 10 minutes a day on most days. I get frustrated when I try to get involved in the community more, because there are too many people on these forums who are dispensing uneducated advice and get borderline abusive when you try to have a civil discussion with them about it.

How do I enter a barcode?

My Free Days are "eat as much as you want of whatever you want" all day, once a week for me. I can easily go over my "goal" by over 4000 calories if I cared to track it, but NOT tracking it is integral to the "Free Day". I got this from "Body For Life", it's a cornerstone of that program, and it really accelerated my…

The problem with logging HIIT workouts is the majority of the calories you burn because of it will occur over the span of several hours after the workout, not during it. A Heart Rate Monitor will not be even close to accurate for this.

Only if you understood it to be a hard and fast rule. It's an average guideline. Everyone's metabolism is different. For some even a minor calorie deficit will trigger dramatic weight loss, yet an extreme increase in calories will not cause them to gain. For others, it's the opposite. Also, for many people, the…

Up until recently, I haven't been very good at making sure I log everything. I just wasn't in the habit of using it regularly yet. But I've never deliberately lied in my journal. It makes no sense. The whole point of the journal it to have an accurate count so you can track your progress. The bad days are still good…

For most people with much to lose, I think this thread is offering some really dangerous advice. One of the biggest sources of weight loss sabotage is thinking that you can afford to eat more just because you worked out, especially since most all calorie estimators (including those on MFP) grossly over-state the calories…

I had my best and most consistent weight loss success when I was weighting in only once a week. I did so at the same time and day every time-- first thing in the morning right before I started my "cheat day".