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That's true; I was just responding with regard to the comments I saw online. For me I can easily tell it's a plus size mannequin but if someone asked me to guess its size I don't think my guess would be close. As a side note, the toxic side of the HAES/FA community would most likely still classify that mannequin as a small…

Are these actually out yet? I kept reading they'd be out sometime in July and only snack food instagrammers/bloggers got to taste them in advance. I think they'll be good because Mint Oreos are one of their best flavors. The fudge covered mint ones they released in May are also very good. I just wonder how they will make…

Everyone has varying tastes but I've learned for a while now to take Amazon reviews with a grain of salt. I've found great things on Amazon that, if I went by user reviews, I would have missed out on. That's not to say the reviews aren't legit as there are people who probably just don't like the taste or texture of the…

I was placing an order on Amazon recently and saw these: It's basically a protein rice krispie treat. I purchased the chocolate chip flavor and liked it so much that I ordered the madagascar vanilla which is even better. They also have a chocolate mint flavor but I'm going to wait until I've finished the ones I ordered…

In the HAES/body positive/FA community, that is what a "small fat" is.

That's odd. I didn't see the promoting obesity comments but I did see comments complaining that the mannequin actually wasn't plus size enough. There were comments that Nike is only inclusive of "small fats" and that this wasn't good enough. It's like nobody can win either way. I think it's great that Nike is trying. The…

Thank you for asking; I actually have. When I had excess body fat to lose it was easy for me to eat 1200 calories per day and not feel any effects. After a few months and going from 139 to 119 pounds, I started to feel it since there wasn't much body fat left to sustain such a deficit. After reading these forums and all of…

You sound so proud of yourself to be netting below the bare minimum and having a goal that puts you right on the borderline of being underweight for your height; that's kind of scary to be honest. I hope for your sake you aren't using a food scale so your intake is off. If not, what "works" for that body now will most…

Many people don't eat in the morning before working out whether or not they practice IF. The only thing to keep an eye on is your energy levels as you may feel sluggish working out in the morning and then not eating for several hours after the fact. Everyone is different though.

Someone wrote all of our bodies are different and that's true. I do want to emphasize that most of the people stating they are perfectly fine eating 1200 calories are people that have a lot of weight left to lose. When you have a lot of excess body fat, your body can operate on larger deficits because it's using that body…

Interesting that there are two of us here with the sulfites issue. I've read that it's anything that's more than 2ppm that can cause reactions. Gelatin and pectin can contain sulfites but it falls in that small range so never seems to cause issues but anything moderate to high is a nightmare.

I haven't had one of these cookies in a while because the macros aren't worth it to me since I could never eat just half. However, I would definitely try this flavor. I feel you on the salted caramel thing though because either a company does it well or they use too much artificial caramel flavor and it ends up having this…

So I was in somewhat of a similar situation to you but not because I have a history of restrictive eating and binging but because I went through a period of stress where I lost my appetite and was undereating. What followed was hunger so intense, I was eating at a large surplus every day and still am eating in order to…

I used to be this way about spelling errors when I was in my twenties but then I grew up. There are plenty of mistakes I probably make with regard to punctuation and sentence structure that would make someone else cringe. That being said, as long as the message is clear I think that's what is more important. People come to…

I was diagnosed by an allergist as having FDEIA: Food-Dependent Exercise-Induced Anaphylaxis. After eating a lot of different foods, even hours after, if I walked around after or did anything but sit I would get hives. Sometimes mild but sometimes very intense. It seemed certain foods gave a more intense reaction than…

I want to but the flavor I want isn't available on Amazon until 6/20. The calorie count is on the higher side but it still looks good. The packaging looks so similar to Quest bars though; I wonder if it was intentional.

If it's "okay" is entirely up to you. Vegetables still have calories even if they're "super low cal" so your body will count them even if you don't. However, it's highly improbable for someone to "get fat" because of an excessive amount of low calorie vegetables. I think you'd be on the toilet a heck of a lot if you ate…

As always, thank you to anyone who responded. I must preface my response to emphasize that I truly am grateful for every single reply even if I disagree with it. That being stated, I feel like the main point has been lost and/or some of the information I've provided has been glossed over or possibly ignored. Granted my…

Thanks but I'm positive I'm definitely not undereating anymore. Since my hunger levels have been intense over the past few weeks not logging helps me eat more since I'm not focused on numbers or feeling guilty. Even if I rough count, my dinner and snack at night are 1500 alone. I'm not weighing in but will do so after my…

I think others may underestimate BF% because I truly don't think I'm that low but there's no way to say for sure. I agree that I don't think see myself clearly though; it's hard to get used to my body being different than it used to be. I don't list myself as very active because I have Fitbit linked to MFP and let it make…

There's absolutely nothing I can do about that though. I commute to and from work by walking. Also, I'm a teacher and get many steps due to that alone but yesterday we had a field trip and did a lot of walking as well.

Thanks for everyone who has replied since my last post. Today is my second day of no formal exercise beyond walking. I have 21,490 steps so far today but my quads and hamstrings are still sore from my last workout two days ago. On a sidenote, I do want to say that walking differs for people with regard to intensity. I know…

Thanks again to everyone that has responded since I last commented. @NovusDies Yeah, I know the sugar doesn't matter but I figure I'd mention it in case someone brought it up. I know there are posters here who think sugar is the root of all evil. @apullum I usually get one full rest day. One of my PE classes is on my rest…

Thank you. I actually eat more protein than I need. I average about 130 grams per day but it's not unusual for me to hit 150 grams. It's rare that I'm ever below 120 grams. However, in all of my rethinking of things today I did decide to reincorporate fish into my diet to start. As far as I can remember, I wasn't having…

Thanks again to anyone else that has responded since my last comment. I truly appreciate all the advice. Again, I'll reply to everything in one post. @Noreenmarie1234 Thanks a lot for your post. Even though everyone has been helpful, it really drives it home for me to see someone with similar stats that has gone through a…

Thanks for responding; I appreciate it. I'm not sure what my estrogen levels are but I've never had a problem shifting weight. I actually started losing weight at the border of normal and overweight on the BMI scale and I'm now on the lower end of the BMI range for my height and I'm pretty lean. My goal is also maintaining…

Thank you for this. I've long suspected that I may burn off more than my Fitbit says I do. I have more muscle mass than the average woman with my stats which can change things and I wear it on my left wrist but have the settings as it being on my dominant wrist. That's why I've stopped tracking as the red/green numbers…

It's not the app lying nor you; you're just not as accurate with your logging as you intended to be. If your BMR is 3000, not even your TDEE, and you haven't lost weight on 1500 to 2000 calories per day in six months there are definite logging issues. Eating more food would not do anything but make you gain weight. If you…

I think we actually agree on everything except my initial post didn't translate the way it was intended to. I didn't mean that to be read as "women with my stats would gnaw their arm off eating x calories"; I'm well aware that I'm more active than most people with my stats. I apologize if it came off otherwise. I meant…

I said 1500 calories was pretty low for the OP who is a 6'3" man, not a woman; we seem to agree on that front based on your own response to the OP. I just happen to be a woman that 1500 calories is too low for and am aware that not one size fits all. Also, you're talking about 1460 net, not gross. The OP is eating 1500…