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It's not? Let me remedy that. *edit* remedied. Disclaimers: I have an overwhelming addiction to those bottled frappuccino thingies. A girl's gotta have her vices. I measure and weigh my food whenever possible in an attempt to not underestimate calories. I often don't log my exercise because, well, MFP drastically…

Someone needs to recalibrate their sarcasm meter.

Someone actually did that? My earlier reference to twinkies was purely coincidental.

You mean I can count all that?? And the numbers are totally, 100% accurate? Man, I've been doing this MFP thing all wrong...

I mean, so long as shes burning 3294018340731984713094701 calories doing 60 minutes of zumba every day, it's ok, right? ....I need to stop. :explode:

Well, we could talk about how a pound of muscle weighs more than a pound of fat, as you suggested. That's probably why Suzie Shmoozie is up 2lbs this week, because she's been putting on muscle. Not because she's been pounding 3000 calories of twinkies every day. *ducks for cover*

Sorry to disappoint. This thread appears to be filled with rational, intelligent human beings for a change.

Sadly, many people don't make that distinction, presumably because they want a quick and easy answer to something that's, well, not quick or easy. Also,

I hadn't considered that. Here's one more thing to look at: they're examining TEE after 10-15% weight loss. For the average 170lb person, that's like what, 17-20lbs or so? I don't believe that glycogen stores account for more than about 5lbs of water or so (correct me if I'm wrong). That's not to say that changing the…

Oooh, good point! My only criticism of that is that they proclaim that "dietary goals were not fully met". Not sure how much impact that would have though, but you make an excellent point. I actually secretly hope that you are right, because I don't feel particularly well when I eat a low-carb diet :-\

That's a good point (considering carbohydrates replenish your glycogen stores in muscles, which retains water), if they were using weight as an outcome measure . However, what they're looking at is total energy expenditure, which is a function of body composition.

Technically, you are correct. However, my choice of title was based on a commonly used phrase in the diet and nutrition world. There is often lots of confusion about whether it matters where your calories come from, and that phrase is commonly used. In terms of energy value, yes -- one calorie will always be one calorie.…

Yes. "After achieving 10% to 15% weight loss while consuming a run-in diet, participants consumed an isocaloric low-fat diet (60% of energy from carbohydrate, 20% from fat, 20% from protein; high glycemic load), low-glycemic index diet (40% from carbohydrate, 40% from fat, and 20% from protein; moderate glycemic load), and…

I firmly believe that I get the comparison simply because I have the butt to match and I'm part middle eastern like her.

I get Kim K quite a bit.

I love you for posting this. :flowerforyou: SCIENCE! it works, *****es.

Only if you're practicing intermittent farting.

It does if the gym provides an antiseptic spray. But if there is no such cleanser, then I'll have to agree with you.

UGH YOU PEOPLE! Clearly you have no idea what you are talking about. You're all forgetting to count your FART MACROS. Seriously, if you don't meet your daily fart macros, you may as well go sucking on a tailpipe and replenish all that gas because it was all WORTHLESS!!! also, this thread is full of so much win.

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It's not the jeans. Perhaps it's about the gait of the person, I don't know. All I know is that it's happened to me in every pair of pants I've ever owned, expensive or cheap including my $140 luckies and my $180 7's.

girl, I feel like I wrote this. This happens to all my jeans, pants, leggings....you name it. And the shorts thing? I don't even wear shorts because of that. I have never worn shorts. Ever.

agreed 100%. I have a ridiculously sensitive sense of smell to begin with, and I'm prone to headaches. If you're going to smell like anything, a subtle, clean smell is best.

skinny cow chocolate fudge ice cream cones. I just wish they didn't have HFCS :-\

why hello there

I vehemently second this notion

First off, let me say that I sympathize with your story and am so glad you are on the mend. Yay you! But I think you're misunderstanding the OP. To me, this isn't about judging anyone. It's about this delusional assumption that fat somehow equals curves and sexy. It doesn't. Wide hips, an ample chest and a small waist =…

I walk out the bathroom like this every time I weigh myself and I've lost some weight. Thankfully, my awesome supportive husband is always like

I saw "O" in vegas a few years ago at the Bellagio....it was truly mindblowing.

To quote something I recently read here on the forums (I forget who said it) "Hairpins through the mountains = awesome One big circle around the lake = not so awesome"