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Organic whole milk. I'm of the opinion that anything lower than 2% fat milk should be called a "milk product" instead of milk. And concoctions that don't come from mammary glands are most definitely not and should not be called milk. It's all marketing. Start calling almond milk what it is, which is almond water, and it…

Everything is too small for mobile devices. MFP must still think everyone does everything on a big desktop computer monitor like they did several years back. Most people view websites with phones or tablets now.

Somebody or something always has to be the devil. It seems to be the way we're wired.

You make it a habit so it feels natural. That goes for food choices, activity level, getting used to feeling satisfied but not totally full after eating, etc... My diet and routines all feel very natural to me. I eat foods I enjoy that are also healthy and stay active and exercise because that also makes me feel good about…

If the meal comes with fries or chips and I don't want them, I just tell the server to leave them off. If they can change less or substitute something else I'd like, that's cool, but I certainly don't expect it. Why get served something that you're just going to either be tempted to eat or leave on the plate to be thrown…

It depends. T-shirts and things like that are OK being baggy, but when your pants start falling down, you need to go shopping. I put it off as long as I could to avoid spending too much, but ended having to replace everything I had except for shoes, socks, and hats. When I did get new clothes, I sorted all my old ones into…

Your husband may not have the issues you do, but he definitely has issues. The guy sounds like a real jerk.

If you do serious workouts, you can burn off another 500-600 calories or so, but you'll find that exercise in general doesn't burn as many calories as most people think or that some exercise machines claim. And if you're working hard in your workouts, your body will need and crave the extra nutrition, so most people eat…

Stay active, exercise, eat healthy, and burn all of your calories. It's no different from the same advice everyone under 50 should also follow.

It's amazing how some myths just never die, but as long as people want to believe there are short cuts to everything, then they will continue to believe in negative calories, fat burners, magical compounds, spot reduction, no effort exercises, etc...

Not all multi-vitamins are the same. Stick with a better brand since there's really not much if any control on what goes into the lower grade ones. Who knows what's in them as fillers besides the listed ingredients? There are several ways to formulate a vitamin or mineral to make it stable to include in a pill. Some…

If you're eating fish only for the Omega 3 Fatty acids, then take fish oil capsules for that. Go for the krill or sardine oil as it is low in mercury and be sure to get the Omega 3 and not the Omega 3 & 6 mixed form. The "burpless" ones just have a thicker glycerin shell. Keeping the regular ones in the freezer and taking…

You lift and work out to get fit, build muscles, and feel healthy and strong. You don't work out to lose weight, so don't get so stressed about accurately counting calories burned. I just use the MFP time calculation for weight training and measure the total minutes assuming one minute pauses between sets. It doesn't see…

Your metabolism will slow down some just by getting older, but people tend to get more sedentary as they age, so I still feel that's the biggest factor. Get and stay active and you can slow down and reverse a lot of what most people think of as slowing down as part of the normal aging process. Quit watching so much TV.…

All restaurants do that to some extent. Food is the cheapest cost in a restaurant compared to labor, building, fixtures, utilities, etc... Waitstaff in sit down restaurants are usually very generous especially with fries or starches in general, since they work for tips and a loaded plate often gets them a better tip.

You do realize that would be somewhere around a 280,000 calorie deficit, which works out to about a 3000 calorie deficit every day for 3 months to lose 80 pounds. How do you expect to run a daily 3000 calorie deficit for 3 months? Burning 2000 calories a day exercising in addition to running a 1000 calorie deficit?

People simply don't want to hear something that they could also do themselves but won't or know they don't have the self control to stick with. They want something extreme so they can justify not doing it for lack of time, lack of resources, or it being a threat to their health. Telling them it involves six hours a day of…

I think of the claims of calorie burns of exercise equipment as being similar to vanity sizing with clothing. The increased number of calories makes you feel better and even though you know it has to be on the high side, you're happy to go with the numbers anyway. Underestimate your calorie burn and overestimate your…

The Mayo Clinic is still giving outdated information. The mainstream medical community changes very slowly. The medical community waited a year or more to use anesthesia for operations because it was a new-fangled approach. Operations and amputations without it worked just fine for all those years, so why change something…

Playing Mr. Potato Head is the healthiest option for them. A few toothpicks, some vegetable scraps, and some imagination can go,a long way. After a few days, take them outside for target practice (beanbag, slingshot, your choice). I do have to admit, though, that oven roasted with olive oil and rosemary in a very hot…

Good fats: Saturated, Mono-unsaturated, Omega 3, & cold pressed seed oils - butter, coconut oil, olive oil, oily fish, pastured raised meats, walnut oil, etc... Bad fats: Trans-fats, Poly-unsaturated (either processed with or heated to high temperatures) - hydrogenated fats, canola oil, and most other vegetable oils As far…

Some people may have moral or ethical concerns with too much alcohol or alcohol in different contexts, but from a nutritional point of view alcohol is similar to sugar in that it contains calories for energy, but is lacking in any other nutrients. Consumption of alcohol other than pure spirits usually includes sugar and…

Eat more fat (essential fatty acids). Many of us in the low carb camp get 50% or more of our daily calories from fat. Assuming you're getting enough protein and nutrients in your existing diet, fat is a great fuel to fill out the rest of the calories. I prefer saturated or mono-unsaturated as the main fat sources and…

Don't overlook the benefits of just plain walking. It doesn't even have to be a fast pace, so a long walk can be something you do in your resting time and on your days you don't workout. It does burn calories and has positive effects for your legs and core muscles. Walking an extra mile or two a day really adds up over…

It should start sometime before you wake up. As long as that's consistent, you'll have good numbers to work with. To make MFP fit your schedule, you might have to change your timezone in your profile to one that matches so the diary numbers are in sync, otherwise it defaults to midnight of the timezone you're in. Maybe…

Bicycling 20 miles at a decent clip (about one and a half hours) is one lower impact way to do it. But, unless you're in really good shape, you might last a day or so, but you'll be sore the rest of the week and you'll be hungry enough to eat back all or more of the calorie that you burned. I do a 10 mile fast paced ride…

Water weight gain by either getting a really good workout or just by eating Chinese take-out is something I see the next day and goes away the next day or so. Weight loss from calorie deficits or weight gain from exceeding limits both seem to lag a day or so behind for me. Eat very little or over indulge and see no change…

That doesn't mean you need dietary sugar, though. The body needs glucose to run on, but it can make it from any available fuel source. The Citric Acid Cycle works on the glucose in the conversion from fat and protein the same way it works with the glucose from carbohydrates. Sugar and starches don't go directly from the…

Let the milk cool to around baby bottle temperature before adding the culture. One of the main purposes of boiling in cooking is to kill bacteria. That's your problem. It also helps to not use the lowest fat milk. 2% milk will make a less runnier yogurt than 1% or skim milk. Whole milk will be thicker yet. Commercial low…

Make the best guess you can based on available info or similar items in the database and up the portion size to bump up the total numbers a bit. Published calories can often be on the lower side of what actually ends up on your plate. Cooks and servers are often generous with portions since they do work for tips.…