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Beware the salad. Apple Gorgonzola was 750 calories or something ridiculous for 1 serving. That place really made me angry, because I didn't even realize how many calories I took in until it was too late. Get the nutrition facts BEFORE you order (they have them available if you ask) and then make the decision with that in…

I am in med school, so I understand the stress you are going through. Maybe you should start small. Half and hour of exercise will do a lot, and it really isn't a huge commitment. I try to get a workout in at least 4 times a week. Some weeks are harder than others, like exam weeks. But, as long as you commit and take that…

Yeah, there is such a thing as too thin; as an example look at a picture of someone who suffers from an eating disorder. You don't look bad, and your weight is at the very lower end of a healthy BMI for your height. So, just as a precaution, don't go below a BMI of 18.5 (underweight range), as that brings a huge load of…

Sorry for being late, but I didn't have access to a scale until now! Today's weight: 118.6 lbs So glad I lost weight, as it was such a bad eating week for me!! :D

It means you that to lose 1 pound a week, you want to eat 500 calories less than what your body needs for normal function (your BMR).

Sounds similar to a recipe I used to make, and then forgot about. Thanks!!

In this case, I would pick the lower calorie version because the calorie difference between the two is double, while the sodium difference is only 150 mg. Also, I guess you should consider what you have a problem with more--staying under calories or staying under sodium? If eating low sodium is really a challenge for you,…

I love this list! Thanks for the ideas! My favorite part is that it is so varied, and you don't limit yourself to one generation of music. I love music from the 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s, and am learning to like some of the new stuff!

Great job everyone! This upcoming week is going to be pretty stressful for me because I have an exam on Friday, but since the challenge is to start something new, I will try to start level 2 of the 30 DS this weekend. I want to do level 1 a few more times to master some of the harder moves (I hate anterior raises with side…

Get a heart rate monitor. It tracks your calories based on your heart rate, and other info that you input (age, gender, weight). Good luck!

Today's weight: 120.0 lbs :)

1 (kilo)calorie = the amount of energy required to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water by 1 degree Celsius. Calories in food are measured by bomb calorimetry, i.e. burning the food and seeing how much the temperature of water rises. It is not arbitrary and not something someone just made up based on their…

Yeah, same thing happened to me. I was sick (fever, chills, sore throat, no appetite, aches) for a day and lost 3 lbs...it was crazy. Well...it's been 2 more days now and I have gone up to normal calories but the weight loss has so far maintained. Hopefully I can keep it :) That will be one benefit for going through being…

Yeah...you lose some boobs. I kinda miss mine. I was only a full C cup but they looked so good! Now I think I am a smaller C cup :( Oh well, I will give up the boobs for some six pack abs!

Try asking the staff for the nutritional information when you are there (before you order). Last time I went out I did that, except I was dumb and asked for it after I had eaten, and ended up going way over my calories. But, if I had asked for it before ordering I would have made better choices. Also, don't be fooled by…

Well, to answer one of your concerns, the BMR is the minimum amount of calories needed for you to survive. Your calorie deficit of 500 calories does not mean that you are not getting those calories. It means you are not ingesting them. The calories to fill in the deficit are coming from fat. That is how you are losing…

Yes, it is possible to drink too much water, but if you are spacing your water drinking out throughout the day you should be fine drinking that amount. Someone who drinks a very large amount of water in a short period of time can die (I always remember the news story about a radio station contest a few years ago in which…

BMI is just a number. It is sometimes inaccurate. As long as you eat healthy (and enough) don't worry about it. For instance people who are really muscular (think Arnold Schwarzenegger) have BMIs that put them in the obese category because of all the muscle. If you work out and build muscle you will change your body…

Thanks so much for putting this all together! I need a challenge to motivate me :) This week I will STOP wasting time on Facebook and, yes, also MFP (not applicable to entering food and exercise, of course). My goal is to check them both no more than twice each day. This week I will START doing the 30 DS every day so that…

I guess I missed the weigh in! I now weigh 121.2 lbs, in case you can still post it. I will do my best to get it in by Sunday next week!

The tall skim caramel machiato makes me so incredibly happy. I just had it as an evening treat with a book a couple of days ago and was ecstatic that I still made it under my calorie goal after eating a full day's meals!

It is really hard to find support sometimes in the people who are closest to you. My husband is kind of the same way, except he does it on purpose to get a response out of me. He knows I'm trying to eat healthy, but he often buys ice cream or cookies or other unhealthy stuff and then eats it in front of me. Yes, it may…

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That's true. But, a healthy diet and exercise regimen still works to reduce the amount of fat in your body. You may have a greater number of fat cells in your body due to being heavy at a young age, but if you lead a healthy lifestyle you can deplete all of them of their fat stores. The people who have a fewer number of…

Well, here we go with the government conspiracy theory I was referring to in my first post. Just to make this clear, Pubmed doesn't have anything to say about anything. Pubmed is simply a search engine that allows people to find scientific articles published by researchers in scientific journals. The research may or may…

Here is another fun article regarding the meta-analysis study: http://summertomato.com/study-exonerating-saturated-fat-tainted-by-industry-funding/ COIs (conflicts of interest) are a pretty huge deal in scientific research. In fact, my school requires everyone who is involved in research to fill out a COI form stating any…

Here is a quote directly from the first scientific article the above article cites as a primary resource: "Fats are energy dense (37 kJ or 9 kcal per gram), provide the medium for the absorption of fat-soluble vitamins, are a primary contributor to the palatability of food, and are crucial to proper development and…

I did not realize that gravity does not exist. I though Einstein dealt with the theory of relativity, which may "disprove" some Newtonian Laws, but the concept of gravity still exists. I believe Einstein just described it better than Newton did: http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/phy99/phy99x85.htm Key sentence: "The…

Three things: 1) My link was wrong in my previous post, and I have now edited it to link to the correct article. 2) Grokette: your link is not working on my computer :( 3) Grokette: I think you may have trans fats confused with PUFAs. Trans fats are completely man-made and processed, and absolutely not recommended for any…

thomasvision: Perhaps you can post some links from scientific journals, rather than "doctorshangout.com," and I would be more inclined to take it seriously. Here you go: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18195171 For those who don't feel like clicking, this study basically says that while consuming eggs infrequently does…