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I am unable to rely on hunger signals if I want to maintain my weight while continuing to exercise. I think I might be able to rely on them if I stopped exercising.

I don't think you have anything to worry about. As long as you get some exercise, the macros aren't that important (though Sat. Fat and Fructose have been shown in a negative light in a lot of studies). ETA: Yesterday I had 614 grams of carbs, and the day before I had 518, according to MFP reckoning, which is 66% and 63%…

Here's how to lose weight using MFP: The basics: To lose weight, you want calories in to be smaller than calories out. To maintain, they should be the same, and to gain, calories in should be larger. So, you set up MFP, and it gives you a general guess about what calories you should eat to meet whichever weight change goal…

You said you don't record all of your food or exercise, but you don't appear to have any trouble getting enough protein or fat from just what you've recorded. Personally, I wouldn't worry about it.

It was OK for a while, but I got tired of eating mostly acorns and tubers and running around in a loin cloth with crazy hair.

I started running using them in 2011. I have made the progression from there-->softstar, NB MR00, Saucony Kinvara, Brooks Ghost. I have done three marathons wearing the MR00. For my next marathon, I'm probably going to use the Kinvara. I now train in the Ghost most of the time. I found that my Achilles tendon area hurts…

It depends. First, if you aren't weighing your food, you don't have a good estimate of how much you ate. Second, if you're doing something intermittent, you probably have no idea how many calories you burned. Running and stationary bike and such do have relatively calculable calorie burns. The question you might ask…

A cup is a unit of volume and a very inaccurate way of measuring solid food.

Alcohol has higher DIT than the other macros except protein. Also, one or two drinks daily is heavily correlated with better overall health and lower mortality rates. If you're pouring into a glass, I'd recommend weighing it.

I like hiking shoes for walking outdoors. Since walking is a fairly low impact activity, you should be fine if the shoes are comfortable when you walk in them.

If you want useless dietary advice, doctors would be the go-to group.

The problem is that you're only running once per week. Your long run is all of your weekly mileage while it shouldn't be more than 1/3 or so, and preferably less than that.

I'm of a different school of thought. Once you get the minimum amount of each macro you need, the macros for most of your calories are irrelevant.

They best day, tax-wise, to have a baby is Dec. 31.

I think people waste a lot of time worrying about macros.

It's OK if they want to name it The Paleo Diet, but claiming that it's similar to what our earlier ancestors would have eaten is a bit wide of the mark, I'd say.

I wonder if people who avoid eating pure sodium and pure chlorine also avoid eating sodium chloride.

My second and third marathons were two weeks apart. The second one was pretty tough, but I pushed too hard in it because I didn't have a time goal and ended up with a side stitch. It's not fun running 10 miles with a side stitch. So, my recommendation is that you have a time goal for both of them. For the second one, I…

Red Label :frown:

I run most days. If I'm doing 15 or fewer miles, I don't eat anything beforehand. Before long runs and races, I tend to eat a serving of oatmeal with sweetened dried cranberries. If it's before a marathon, I'll probably have multiple servings and have nutrition to consume during the race.

4-10 cups of black coffee per day.

As a follow up, here is Walter Willett talking about fat: "Willett: Some types of fats are healthier than others. Unsaturated fat is the healthiest type of fat. Plant oils, such as olive, canola, corn, peanut and other nut oils; nuts, such as almonds, peanuts, walnuts, and pistachios; avocados; and fish, especially oily…

I would probably quibble with 5 and 7, but the rest seem pretty obvious. And concerning #9, water isn't organic, so I consume a lot of inorganic substances every day and I'm doing just fine.

Well, my protein goal is 68 grams before exercise adjustment, so it isn't that difficult. Greek Yogurt, Soy, Fish, Seafood, etc. get me over my goal just about every day.

There's a good article about strength exercises that can reduce problems with your IT Band. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/health-and-fitness/fitness/running/strengthening-beats-stretching-when-it-comes-to-this-common-running-injury/article4365074/ Squats, Hip Adduction, and Hip Abduction are the exercises I think can…

I'm not sure what gluten and GMOs have to do with eating healthy (hint: nothing), but I got bored.

If Calories out > Calories in, you should lose body mass of some sort. You might not lose weight if you retain additional water or food mass in your digestive tract, at least at first. While the above statement is simple, figuring Calories out is especially difficult. The calculators for things like BMR and TDEE are merely…

I would race both of them and use the times to estimate my new HM goal pace.

You should be fine eating your exercise calories back on a different day. Just look at your weekly calorie graph to see how you're doing for that week.

It's pretty annoying when people don't understand, genuinely or not, that muscle weighs more than fat. Also, people telling you not to get too skinny gets old, especially when you haven't lost any weight in ages.