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You've seen almost all of these? I'm impressed! I've seen some obscure movies on Netflix but I'm not sure if I'd recommend them. Brick comes to mind as a lesser-known good one if you haven't seen it.

On a totally different note, I just watched and really enjoyed "exit through the gift shop" by street artist Banksy. Interesting and entertaining if you like that sort of thing. It's a documentary, but probably fake. Interesting either way. I also watched Trollhunter which I had heard good things about but I didn't love…

LOL. What witchcraft is this? :laugh:

You can't/shouldn't take diuretics without drinking more water anyway so it's kind of a false choice. Diuretics increase your excretion of fluids which is great when you have kidney or heart disease but would result in significant dehydration in a healthy person who does not compensate with increased water intake. And yes,…

I weigh every day just for that very reason -- you get to know the fluctuations and what to expect. That way you don't freak out when it's up or when it seems you have a big loss that you then seem to regain. Fluctuations of a few lbs is normal and we can't always pin it to a specific cause.

Good post, thanks for taking the time. I go back and forth on this too. I feel I can more or less maintain my weight eating "intuitively" but losing is another issue. It's also a lot of work for me to eat intuitively -- much harder than counting calories in a way. I also question whether the availability of nutrient dense…

I'm in. I'm actually working on it now using the method recommended on reddit. It's pretty cool how fast you can progress, although I haven't had to do any balancing yet... You could also post this in one of the bodyweight strength training groups here.

What's your evidence for that? http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3780395/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9226488 In these studies, the rate or method of loss did not affect the rate of regaining. How do we know the same adaptations do not occur?

It won't make you gain weight just because it has a lot of sugar. IIFYM applies to sugar too. Only total calories eaten > total expended will make you gain weight, the source of the calories doesn't matter. I'm glad to hear you are allowing yourself something you like! Enjoy it!

Slightly off topic, but I think it's pretty well established that IGF-1 is directly related to protein intake.

Considering that we are living in the real world and not a laboratory, with so many variables and confounding factors at play, I believe this ultimately comes down to opinion, not science. Sad but true. Many take the better safe than sorry approach. Many take the I want to lose weight now approach. Honestly, humans are…

I'm not religious, but who cares if she is trying to find friends that share her religion? Just because a post mentions religion doesn't mean it has to be "controversial". Live and let live.

Yes, you eat the same amount every day regardless of the exercise you did that day. Your calorie needs are just averaged over the week. This is because your exercise is already factored in by the TDEE calculator so if you ate more to compensate you would basically be eating "exercise calories" twice. Keep in mind that, not…

That's a good point, but I think it said the weight loss phase of the study was only 4-6 weeks out of the 9 month period. It also sounded like the subjects had a lot of support from the doctors and nutritionists in terms of education and counseling to help them maintain the loss. I think it is valid to consider…

I think it's neat to see the different regional grocery stores as I have moved around the eastern US. VT -- Pathmark. MD -- Safeway. NC/VA/TN -- Kroger. FL -- Publix. I'm about to move to Wisconsin and I'm sure I will get to experience another one. I forgot I also lived in Delaware -- no idea where I shopped there! Not the…

Excellent info and advice.

Even more importantly than TDEE being different is that their experience of food, drive to eat, even sense of smell is different. Interesting stuff.

I also found this confusing. You think those results are slow? Also, I do feel hungry on a 500 cal deficit, so there's that. But yeah, unless you are losing roughly 1 lb per week, you're not at a 500 cal daily deficit.

It's confusing bc if you are talking about MFP's calculations for maintenance, you are correct, but true TDEE as calculated by an online calculator (everywhere but this site) does include all activity including exercise. Where did you get your TDEE number? I agree with the poster above that a 500 cal deficit is a bit steep…

I think everyone needs to tweak the numbers to figure out their own maintenance, whether they have lost a lot of weight or not, but it's worth noting that if you have lost a lot of weight the TDEE calculators are not as accurate. For me what hit home was the idea that it will be a constant struggle and that we really can't…

Interesting, thanks for your post. I know the Na/K ratio is tightly regulated in the body but I hadn't heard that intake needed to be balanced. In terms of mg, more K than Na seems to be recommended.

What does it say the RDA is? Googling it, I am finding 4700, 3500 and that there is no RDA. MFP seems to default to 3500.

Yep. You can even earn more by working (out)!

By definition, if you're at maintenance you are maintaining weight. You can certainly lose very slowly by keeping a small deficit. The only tricky thing about a small deficit is that minor errors in logging can quickly erase it. But you should be able to find middle ground between 1200 net cals and maintaining. You can do…

I don't get it. Maybe I am trying to read too much into this.

I admit I'm a bit unclear on this point because I feel like you hear both "lots of foods are high in potassium" and "most people don't get enough potassium". I'm wary of supplementing it because too much is also a bad thing. I've never actually tried tracking it but I think I will look into it.

I don't think you would qualify as candy (no offense). Thanksgiving dinner maybe. But it's generous of you to consider donating to the food chain.

Make it easy for yourself. Forget about BMR and TDEE. Tell MFP how much weight you want to lose per week. How much you should try to lose depends on how much you have to lose. Use this as a guide: 75+ to lose = 2lbs 50-75 to lose = 1.5-2lbs 25-50 to lose = 1-1.5lbs 15-25 to lose = 1lbs 0-15 to lose = 0.5lbs MFP will then…

Again true, but most of us here are dealing with the perils of overabundance rather than the risk of getting lost in the woods, a fact which, IMO, we should all be grateful for. There are certainly a large number of people in the world who have no trouble staying "lean" and would give a lot to have that problem.

True, which is why, physiologically speaking, the body is quick to accumulate fat reserves when given the chance.