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There's surprisingly little you can do that will change the "speed" of your metabolism. Oh but it totally heard from my sister's, friend's, cousin's hairdresser that unless you eat 18 meals containing lemon juice, paprika, and lead based paints, that are no bigger than your fist per half day, then you start absorbing…

Maybe you could add a plant based protein powder to other meals? I know that's not ideal but I'd imagine some pea protein isolate (or other protein) mixed into a vegetable soup will feel more like "real food" than a straight protein shake.

It's a neat idea. There's probably a few companies (like MFP) kicking themselves for not doing something like this first. Reviews for the app are really bad though. The food database is apparently tiny, you can't add custom ingredients or products, and the search gives loads of useless results. They also don't ship…

It's personal preference. Some find it best to weigh in daily, some find it best to weigh in weekly. Some prefer to go by other measurements and never weigh in. Find what works for you and stick to that. Trying to get the "right" answer to this question is like trying to get the "right" answer to which flavour of ice cream…

Tricep dips can be done with a chair.

Steam them in a pressure cooker instead of boiling them. Same time you'd use if boiling them, i.e. 6 minutes at pressure. Use the lowest pressure setting, so they don't implode. Release pressure naturally, so they don't explode. Allow them to cool enough to peel but don't leave them in their shells overnight. The shells…

That's not strictly true. A lot of 5-HTP sold is extracted from the seeds of griffonia simplicifolia which I think would count as "food" if we're being pedantic. You're right in general though. Most foods that contain any of it only do so in trace amounts. What 5-HTP does isn't particularly "unnatural". You body has to…

It's mostly hype. Some people might have an intolerance to it but generally speaking it's no worse than the other glutamates. If you eat tomato paste without problems then you shouldn't expect to have any issue with other foods containing glutamates, such as MSG.

Yup. It's a bit like people describing themselves as "fit" despite never playing any sports or doing sustained physical activity. That's not fitness even if you're lean.

It's fine. Total caloric intake is what you should be most concerned with for weight loss, though you'll probably feel better if you get those calories from "good" and varied foods. Fat itself isn't a problem and isn't going to make you fat. Plus it's delicious. Just don't go nuts.

What's really interesting and a little depressing is that BMI miscategories a lot of people... by saying they're less fat than they actually are! Here's an interesting study comparing BMI with body fat percentage measurement: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3179195/ From that, where BMI is least accurate is the…

Are those sodium measurements in mg or g? I have the feeling it's g and whoever entered it into the MFP database messed up. That's pretty common. What does the back of the package say?

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Tell that to the people who think there's something magic about fructose that makes it holy and never a problem. Then, just for cheap kicks, point out to them that the sugar in apricots is 63% sucrose, 25% glucose, and 10% fructose. Sugar isn't a problem. Sugar for the sake of sugar, and sugary foods with no redeeming…

I eat pretty close to paleo mostly because it's an easy way to avoid the things I binge on (bread, pasta, rice). I could avoid those things without being so close to paleo but it's nice just typing "paleo recipes" into Google and knowing all the results will be fine. I still eat cheese or other dairy once or twice a week…

Indeed. If you weigh weekly you're just as likely to weigh on a day with an upward fluctuation and those fluctuations can be as big as an entire weeks weight loss. If you weigh daily you can actually see the fluctuations. I can see why people who get obsessive don't want to weigh daily but there's nothing wrong with it if…

Then you're going to have to portion yourself out and weigh each section. On the plus side, cutting your legs off results in permanent weight loss.

Since this is MFP I'm going to suggest the complete opposite and say you should get special shoes with scales built in and never stop weighing yourself.

Weigh as often as you like so long as you don't drive yourself nuts. Ignore short term fluctuations regardless of whether you weigh daily, weekly, or something else.

I'll echo what others have said: don't obsess over the "sugar" goal. Feel free to ignore it completely and think about total carbs if you prefer. Well, it is easier to binge on sugar if you're adding it to things. Harder to go nuts with a few pieces of fruit and they have plenty of non-sugar related positive attributes…

Once a day when I first get up unless we're staying away from home. Our scales are fairly accurate so the fluctuations are pretty regular and not as huge as we used to get on lower quality scales. I'll also weigh myself after particularly grueling sessions at the gym. It's fascinating how much you can sweat/breathe out in…

I'm not sure if the scientific literature has anything to say about this but I'd imagine aiming for the low bodyfat percentage first will give you the quickest "pleasing" result even if it might technically delay getting to your ultimate goal.

That also depends on which Crossfit gym you go to. Good coaches will do sensible programming though unless you come consistently you might not benefit from it.

I usually eat paleo. There's nothing magic about it but it works for me because it eliminates the things I binge on most. Just be aware that there are annoying people who believe the objective is a literal recreation of what cavemen ate. The ones who believe this in support of paleo are only slightly less annoying than the…

It's higher than what most people eat but so long as you're getting the nutrients you need it shouldn't be a problem. Might be hard to get all the essential nutrients depending on what you eat but I wouldn't expect you to unexpectedly drop dead. You may find it hard to fit in fruit and other sugary things with carbs that…

I think it's mostly a reaction to a lot of people who do have a problem with the level of sugar in their diets, or who consume sugar at the expense of other nutrients, or who have a warped idea of how sweet foods need to be, etc. It's also a bit of a "fat is evil" moment except it's "sugar is evil" with the same…

The bit you just quoted was immediately followed by "when talking about these sugars" which I thought made it pretty clear I meant the ones counting toward the "sugar" total MFP displays. I apologize if that wasn't as clear to you as it seems to me. I'm also at a loss as to how either statement is misleading. In the…

Some fruits contain more sucrose (same sugar as table sugar) than fructose. For example, in cantaloupe: 55% of the sugar is sucrose, 24% is fructose, and 19% is glucose. Source: http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/fruits-and-fruit-juices/1954/2 Apricots are even more surprising: 63% of the sugar is sucrose, 25% is glucose,…

I said the "The sucrose in fruit is identical to the sucrose in table sugar." Not that all sugar in fruit is the same as table sugar. There are other sugars in fruit but sucrose is sucrose regardless of where it is.

Sugar is sugar is sugar (when talking about these sugars, anyway). The sucrose in fruit is identical to the sucrose in table sugar. Neither is more or less "healthy" than the other. Sucrose itself isn't "unhealthy" either. It's just what you get when glucose and fructose join. Like anything, it's the quantity that will get…