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That's what TOO MUCH of ANY food will do to your body. Junk food didn't do it, over eating did.

The whole point of this website is to lose weight through calorie counting. Why in the world would you set yourself up to fail because "it's healthy so it shouldn't count"? If I ate 3000 calories worth of carrots I'd still gain weight because carrots have calories, it doesn't magically go away because it's good for you. If…

If you have to avoid a certain food to "trick" the scale into thinking you've lost, then it doesn't count as a loss since you'll get it back once you eat it again. Avoid sodium and you might be down some, but the next time you eat it and weigh you'll be discouraged because that weight is back. Honestly, I weigh every…

I'd totally be on the Ding Dong bandwagon if they didn't have beef fat, haha. I liked this article though. I just watched Fat Head, which seems to be the same (he lost weight on a "fast food diet" but that seemed to have a low carb/high fat bias to it (which is fine, but they were really pushing it)).

Haha, okay, thanks!

My point exactly. What's that harming? I'm not trying to argue, I'm honestly asking, if that's not making me feel horrible, I'm not hungry, and I'm losing weight and have plenty of energy to exercise, what's the big deal?

Just answered the hungry thing above (as in, I'm not, even when I was on 1200), but what is bro food? Like health foods? Or when you say bro I think of protein shakes...?

I ate like this on 1200 a day and was fine. That's what I'm saying. Did you read the post? I realize it was long... I'm only on 1600 now because I'm closer to my goal. Snarky tonight, sorry. :D

Forgot, sorry. I know exactly how I became overweight. I had no idea what calories even were. Those pizzas I eat? I have one every other day or so, I used to eat two or three in a day for lunch. I had no concept of portions. I could easily eat an entire row of cookies and a giant glass of milk. Poptarts and another glass…

My BMR is ~1500, and I eat 1600 plus exercise. I calculated my TDEE without exercise using another user's spreadsheet which was really helpful, I can't link it right now but I'm sure if you look through the TDEE threads you'll find it. It's pretty specific but still easy to use. What surprised me was that after all that…

Soreness is what I'm wanting to avoid, but I'm not doing much. I'm doing Power 90 with 3lb weights, and even when I get heavier ones it's not like I'm really doing anything serious yet. My "protein hit" is a slimfast shake because it has 10g of protein and I had some left over before I decided not to buy them any more.

Cool, thanks guys. :)

Ridiculously awesome nachos from a restaurant in my home town. I'm craving them like crazy and pretty thankful I'm not going home for a month or so, haha.

Taco salad! Ground beef (or I use Yves ground round since I'm vegetarian), shredded lettuce, diced tomatoes, shredded cheese, black olives, crushed tortilla chips, I think kidney beans or something similar, and I think the dressing is Catalina dressing, it's red, and it's what makes the salad awesome. Anything else you…

I was on I think Ocella, or something similarly titled, and another one I can't remember the name of before that, and I never had trouble losing unless it was my own motivation failing. When I wanted to and was dedicated to it, I lost weight. And when I was losing I never thought anything was slowing it down. I also never…

Mayo Clinic recommends 10-35%. FDA recommends no lower than 50g.

Okay guys, I didn't mean for this to turn into a giant debate. As far as getting my sources from "they" and the internet, the FDA says at least 50 grams. And Mayo Clinic say 10-35%. When I started this question I hadn't seen the 10-35% information, just one source that said 46, which is why MFP's recommendation of 120…

Supposedly, 46 grams is the daily recommended intake for females. Or, 10-35%. So I guess, 10% for me would be 40, 35% would be 140. Unless I'm doing the math wrong. I guess that makes sense, I was just confused. Thanks for your help, everyone.

Another source says that a relatively inactive adult should get 0.4 times their body weight. Which would mean, on days I don't exercise, 80 is perfectly fine for me, if not more than I need. MFP seems to be set really really high.

My diary is open now. MFP has it on 120g without exercise, and I set the ratio to 40/30/25 I think, based on another member's recommendation. I don't do any strength training, and when I do exercise it's cardio. I don't understand how, if women are supposed to get 46 grams (I'm getting this from webmb I think), but 30% of…

That's not what I'm saying at all. Nothing about this question, however, makes sense. I'm looking for a food with one or two items, that equals 300-500 calories, that isn't horrible for you. That is all. No meat. No fish. Honestly it would be great if people would ignore this whole thread and I'll try again when it goes…

My question is conflicting and I wish I could redo it, haha. So if I ate a 400 calorie pizza to fit my calories, it wouldn't affect my exercise? Wouldn't make me tired? It thought I'd heard that foods like that tired you out? Maybe that's wrong and I'm misinformed?

Avocados and oil aren't exactly a meal, but thanks for the suggestion. :) I guess if I'm not going to watch the fat, is there any reason not to eat burritos and pizza? Haha. Probably. They're really good for quickly meeting my calories though.

No, I don't care about low fat, it's just the number MFP gave me. I'm fine with ignoring it if there's no real reason to stick close to it. I just don't want to hinder any weight loss.

Also, I can do things like hamburger helper and veg ground "meat", make it and portion it out for the week (I think there's 5 servings) but even that is ~300 or so, and I would imagine high in fat. That's about the extent of the time I can use on food prep. Maybe 20 minutes once a week, but otherwise I've got little time…

Yeah, that's pretty much the point of the post. I've been eating worse than this, really. The time has come for a change to be made, haha.

These are all really really helpful, thank you all! More suggestions are always welcome, but I think I've got a good starting point now!

I'm probably low on iron, yes. I've started taking a multi vitamin to see if it helps with that at all, but foods with more iron and protein are probably what I want most of. The Slimfast shakes aren't coming back once I run out. They taste good and they had some nutrients I knew I was missing by eating pretty poorly, but…

I eat dairy and eggs, but I haven't found a good yogurt that doesn't have gelatin and I don't drink milk unless it comes with a cookie, haha. Otherwise it's gross.

Great, thank you SO MUCH for all of your help. And for taking what I imagine was quite a bit of time creating that spreadsheet. It's a lot of help!