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1 cup multigrain cheerios, half cup of sliced strawberries, half cup of 2% milk, and a griddle "fried" egg.

It was just a trivial high number as an example.

Banana with a smear of peanut butter (1 TBS). A handful of strawberries and 5oz of orange juice for the quick carbs and some peanut butter on a spoon (1TBS, again). If you like bread (personally not a huge fan of it anymore) then a slice of bread with some preserves and a glass of milk. Just light, easy things that don't…

Just don't go crazy on the protein, like 400 grams a day or something like that if you're a petite woman, or actually, anyone really. Unless you have a kidney disorder or some other reason that would limit certain macro nutrients, I wouldn't worry about being in the red a little.

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Personally believing something doesn't make it scientific fact. I could believe my cat Tom is the supreme God and overlord of our solar system, and we should worship this stray cat. Doesn't make it true. Study after study shows that it isn't dietary fat that causes those problems: it's inflammation and excess carbohydrates.

I have braces too, but I've had them for almost a year and I eat everything they told me not too (I'm an adult, and I love popcorn!) I agree, in the beginning trying to eat the good stuff like raw veggies was such a pain, along with rice (cleaning it out of my braces is horrible, but worth it)! Try just eating everything…

No nonsense rules that work for some people. None are crazy or out of this world, and seem easy enough for people to follow every day. Thank you!

Not true. I worked nights, had breakfast at IHOP before going to sleep 2 hours later, never gained a pound. Anecdotal for me, but it's also proven by scientific study that eating before bed doesn't impact weight loss. Your body just doesn't go "OH BOY IT'S 8PM TIME TO STORE ALL FOOD AS FAT". Your body doesn't know what…

True, true. I'm a nurse, and I recommend to patients newly prescribed niacin for cholesterol taking an aspirin 30 minutes to an hour before taking your niacin. I can't remember the pharmacological reason it works, but I do remember clearly in pharmacology (medications) class that aspirin before niacin helps control the…

Don't eat carbs after 6, actually just don't eat carbs. Don't life heavy- YOU WILL LOOK LIKE A LADY BODYBUILDER! If you lift those cold big man weights you'll be ugly. Just stick to the pink neoprene ones. you'll tone and elongate your muscles! also take l-carnitine, green tea extract, rasberry ketones (because dr.oz told…

Always in the morning. I've found if I don't workout within 20 minutes of getting up, I won't do it. I say "oh I'll do it after class/lunch/studying" and it never happens. So I wake up at 6 am, roll out of bed, wash my face, get my exercise clothes and shoes on and go for it. Might have a piece of fruit and sip on coffee…

Sheetz, surprisingly. They make the espresso in a real Italian espresso machine right in front of me, use Torani syrup (which I love) and actual gallon jugs of milk (not powered milk or fake cream bases), like Starbucks, but it's sooo much cheaper. A large iced coffee is around 2.50 there, at starbucks it can be 4 or 5! I…

It's also called Whole Paycheck for a reason. Bring a lot of money and be prepared to pay more for food.

I get a double shot of espresso at Sheetz instead of my usual cup of sugar and milk laden coffee at home. I just can't stand a full cup of coffee without adding something, so I get espresso, drink it really fast in the car before I drive off, and I have my boost of energy with only 10 calories.

I've gone flexitarian (mainly eating vegetarian meals, sometimes meat) just to save money. Meat around here is so expensive, I don't bother eating it unless I find a phenomenal sale on chicken. Dry beans/can beans if they're on sale, brown rice, birds's eye frozen veggies are cheap, store brand frozen veggies when bird's…

wow! I wasn't expecting so many good replies. This all made me feel really good about what I'm doing. I'll try seasoning my sandwiches this week since I only have to eat on the fly two days a week. I've got some pictures of me at my heaviest I'll peek at once a week to remind me I don't want to go back to where I was, fat…

You're also not supposed to eat liver or bleu cheese when pregnant, but those are okay foods. Everything in moderation. Correlation does not equal causation. I avoid artificial sweeteners because they taste bad to me, other than stevia. I use the whole leaf of stevia because I grow it and freeze it to use over the winter…

Sorry, but ICK! I used to have that, it tasted medicinal, to me personally. I like designer whey double chocolate, it's cheap and tasty with around 110 calories a scoop and 18 grams of protein.

I like NOW foods Tru-Food vegan. There's no soy, it also has probiotics, a vitamin and mineral complex, and other good stuff, and it's relatively cheap for what you get out of it. It's supposed to be a Vega knock-off, so the nutrition is near identical to Vega's old whole food health optimizer. The berry flavor is great, I…

Yes, it is. But you can't just stop eating and expect your body to just use fat efficiently and happily.

It's because white flour offers a more "palatable" texture. Most people prefer the texture of soft bleached white flour. You can use all whole wheat, it will just taste and have a mouth feel of whole wheat flour. I bake my own bread about 50% of the time, just use all wheat flour and experiment a little.

I understand your frustration. I'm also in college and we don't have a gym and I can't afford one. So, I do body weight exercises and DVDS at home. You can find some decent workout videos on youtube for free or on amazon for less than 20 dollars. A quick google search for "body weight exercise" will tun up some great…

I put it as high intensity aerobics with plyometrics, if I have to measure it somewhere.

We got here by eating above our TDE and BMR by a lot. When you suddenly do from eating 3,000 calories a day to a measly 1,200 and then add exercise on top because you want fast results, or you just don't know to ease into it, your body, still thinking in terms of pre-historic survival, sees this as "HOLY CRAP GUYS THERE'S…

All of the above is true. BUT! If you have reflux problems or find going to bed with a full/semi full stomach is uncomfortable, then the cut off is around 2 hours. Personally, I have reflux if I eat too close to bedtime, so I get a light snack an hour before bed. But it won't hinder weightloss, heck, I know someone who's…

I eat 1700 calories on a non exercise day, which is less than my TDEE but about 200 more than my BMR. But on exercise days, especially on days when I do cardio and strength, I get to pig out on 2000 or more calories! I've been losing consistently minus one off day I weighed myself after a big dinner (smacks self on…

I like having nut mixes with me when I study. Crunchy, salty, and take while for me to chew (braces).

You look so amazing! You're a very beautiful woman, at both weights, but I can tell how happy you are in the second photo. DAMN! I wish I looked that good at 194. YOU GO GIRL!

Your body really doesn't care what time it is when you eat. If you have enough calories and like eating dinner late, then eat dinner late. When I worked nights, my meals were completely shifted, and I didn't gain an ounce (anecdotal, but it proved to me it doesn't matter). I find, personally, eating too close to bedtime…