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If you're like me, it's the taste of sweet that sends an instant rush to the pleasure center of my brain and causes an immediate drive to consume more. Smug posturing over the fraction of a gram of sugar in an egg is beside the point. No sweet taste, no compulsion. Cold turkey is absolutely the way to go, and I excluded…

I don't think it's jealousy as much as it is sheer amazement and disbelief that looking like this at 4 days is even possible. Kate Middleton was trim and fit, didn't gain a ton of weight and looked amazing during her pregnancy. She came out of the hospital looking 5 months pregnant because that's what happens to most…

So we're replacing lies with different lies. Much better. The martyrdom of those on the low-carb "lifestyle" is EXHAUSTING. Our understanding of nutrition changes as time goes on. As we know better, we do better. There's no conspiracy to keep you fat and unhealthy. In 10 years the idea that wheat makes you fat and sick is…

I'm a bit taller, but still short, and eat a bit more, but the key to staying satisfied for me is focusing on proteins and quality carbs-- whole grains and produce. A donut or a bagel won't make me the littlest amount full, so an egg on a whole grain english muffin with pepper jack cheese is a better choice. My husband is…

Did everyone miss the part where the OP has 100 pounds to lose? She's obese, almost certainly very obese. She is at higher risk to her baby gaining more weight. The medical profession is now coming around the idea that the very obese should not gain any weight, or should even try to lose. She should absolutely talk to her…

Time to shut off the tube, my friend. This is the second time you've referenced that show. The people on that show have the motivation of a professional trainer and weight loss expert living with them for 3 months, a food plan by a nutritionist, time off work for 3 months, oh, and tv cameras watching their every move. This…

I don't mess around when it comes to cheese. The real stuff or nothing.

What it comes down to for me is that there are certain foods that I. just. cannot. have. Nothing else I have ever tried has worked.

I can relate. My thyroid is fine, but I have PCOS. Our stats are about the same, too. I keep my carbs around 80. It's actually not that hard after a little while of doing it. You get used to the approximate amount of carbs a food has, and after a while it's less about eating certain foods as avoiding certain foods. Have…

This issue causes so much confusion I'm surprised MFP still has sugar as a default tracking macro. Keep in mind you can have a pretty horrendous diet and a low sugar level and a good diet with a higher sugar level. But if sugar is important to you, look for non-dairy sources of calcium, or switch to unsweetened yogurt and…

International delights. I only drink 1tbsp a day of it, so I'm not concerned.

Yes. Also moderation means different things to different people. A treat every day, more than once a day, less than once a week, only a couple times a year... it's all perspective. You're not some superior human life form if you keep treats in the home. Food specific restriction is a prefect valid eating plan, as long as…

Because you're a failure as a dieter unless you can prove you have the willpower to keep a house stocked with ice cream, poptarts, and chips, eating them in their corporate-designated perfect serving sizes on the reg. Willpower apparently does not extend to not buying it in the first place.

I was well on my way to being a success story, until I joined MFP and let the whole "you'll starve and you're metabolism will die" get to me. 100% my own fault, but I'm morbidly obese again. I should have listened to my doctor, and I won't be making this mistake again. 1200 is enough and NOTHING bad will happen.

That's one of the things about the internet, isn't it? You can always find validation for whatever belief you already hold.

I do think snacking is a huge problem with children in the US, mainly because it develops habits early in life and sets forth the expectation that food is something to be consumed 24/7. It's very easy to overeat this way. Parents who want to take responsibility over their children's health are hard pressed when every play…

Exactly, why worry about long term consequences when making a permanent decisions. It'll just work itself out, no worries.

Your diary made me sad :( For men, the bare minimum is 1500-1800 (depending on the source). Given your activity level and the fact that you are so close to goal, you should really be at 1800 *at least*.

A normal kind of life, with normal-sized portions. Not that it's not important to indulge in a meal out or ice cream every so often. But most days, at my height of 5'2ish, 1400 is really what I should be eating at a healthy weight from my height when I'm NOT dieting. This used to be common sense. I'm really glad we live in…

God, I love MFP. Only here can a very normal, healthy amount of calories for a woman be compared to snorting cocaine.

Straight calories. Attempts to do anything else have derailed me very single time I've tried it. IIFYC

I'm 5'1.5. I could eat 2000 calories and lose weight, but only because of my high starting weight. I'd rather get used to my maintenance of 1400-1600 healthy calories a day and let my weight figure itself out. It's hard because my husband needs about 3k calories a day, and it's easy to lose perspective of just what a…

Do you have a source for this? I'm a very obese woman and my experience with keto diets has been awful. I got fatter and felt like death. Calorie counting is the only thing that has ever worked for me.

My freshman year of college, the school over admitted women, so, along with 8 other girls, got placed to live in a men's dorm. Trust me, that year dissuaded me of any gender stereotypes. Those young men were as catty, gossipy, and jealous as any group of women I'd ever known.

Make a list of your binge triggers. Don't eat them ever again. Not a sliver. Not a slice. Not if it's a special occasion. Never. There will come a time where these foods don't hold power over you.

It's a cake. For normal people, the matter of what it was made out of and who ate how much of it will be forgotten in a matter of hours, if noted at all. If I were in a social circle with someone who harped on a freaking CAKE for years, the subject of laughter would be them.

Life is too short to spend it eating food I hate. And I hate the taste of the vast majority of meat. I remember cutting ham into small enough pieces that I could swallow it like pills when I was a child. Pork is so monumentally disgusting. I don't understand why anyone would want to eat a dead animal, but then again, not…

Maybe she's a troll. But I do know many doctors push a low-fat, high carb diet onto diabetic patients, including my own, so it's possible she's a real person who has been told she MUST eat this way or else, and that's causing the extreme, irrational fear of cooking some damn mushrooms.

What's next? Kale waffles? I'm gluten free and pretty desperate for pizza, so I might try the cauliflower crust, but I draw a line at waffles. Seriously, maple syrup and cauliflower have no business meeting one another.

I'm with you. The OP says she *almost* cried, which is hardly an emotional breakdown. She was disappointed. I would be too, and mostly in myself for not checking out the information beforehand. The good news about places like Sonic is that the calorie information for their food is very easy to find. A smartphone or a…