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I'm going with a gram per pound of LEAN body mass as a minimum, but as I am also doing paleo/primal my goal is set even higher based on caloric % breakdown. I'll use a protein shake to get to my minimum or if I just need to get my calories up. Mixed in smoothies or OJ it's really tasty. Intek evolution vanilla. I also just…

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walnuts and eggs have a surprising amount

I've been upping my amount as well, still have a way to go. Set one of your columns to track to Potassium and you'll learn the foods you normally eat that have more. I've been surprised by a lot. Zuchinni and sweet potatos both had more than bananas. Seems like all fruit and veg has it in some amount. I did just pick up a…

You're welcome to look at mine as well. We did strict Paleo for 30 days and now I'm more on the Primal track by adding yogurt and cheese back in. And yeah, there have been more sweets than normal since Easter.

Weird that it just started happening. I would think dehydration.

I'm working on this too. I've upped my calorie and protein goals and keeping with CrossFit. I gained almost a pound and a half of lean muscle last month so it must be working, just trying to keep it up! Good luck!

It does seem pricey at first but it is absolutely worth it for me. My hubby was actually giving me a hard time about the price the other day. I counted up all his tobacco and alcohol cost for a month, handed it to him, and said please don't give me a hard time about the price of CF. It was 3 times what I spend! It's all…

It sounds like you're on the right track with regard to eating "cleaner" but skimming through your diary for a few days it looks like you are coming in WAY TOO LOW on calories. Your body may be going into starvation mode. How did you come up with the 1587 a day goal? If you used the BMR and activity levels through MFP you…

Here it is. http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/560487-what-size-weights-are-the-best-for-a-woman-to-tone-arms

IMO go HEAVY without sacrificing form. This is where I've had the best results. There is another thread with a lot of details on this same recent page... lemme check the name of the thread and you can check it out.

i customized my % goal categories to what I'm trying to accomplish so I do try to keep them close to goals. It helps me at the end of the day when I'm under and deciding what to have to bring up my total calories. That being said, it's always fairly rough and I don't obsess over it, more of a guide when making some choices.

From what I've seen here it seems many just ignore the sugar allowance with regard to fruit and un-added sugars (word?) I just completely took away the sugar tracker and replaced it with potassium, iron, or calcium, things I want to make sure I get enough of. Almost all of my sugar comes from real food so when I do have…

my hubby had the blood work done for celiac and it came back negative but he certainly does better without grains. His GERD is all but gone and both our IBS has improved. Overall better feeling of wellness, less fatigue, etc. We both love bread too but you don't crave it as much after you get away from it awhile and then…

I do a smoothie for breakfast sometimes, something different and fairly quick. I don't know that I'd want to do it everyday, it doesn't keep me full as long as eggs or greek yogurt with nuts and berries. We use a protein powder (vanilla) fresh baby spinach flax seed whatever frozen fruit in the freezer, usually berries 1/2…

I was a semi vegetarian for a few years (my mom wouldn't let me go full out in high school) I still ate poulty and seafood. I got SOO bored, still don't really love chicken.

My ingredients made for a 56 cal muffin

I made these last week and tossed in the fridge, make a great to-go thing. Only prob is that the paper cups are hard to peel off, I should have baked right in the muffin pan and then set in a paper cup. Made 12 "muffins" My basic recipe adapted from the wonderful, awesome Mel over at The Clothes Make the Girl…

I used to be this way. I found out that when I switched to eating "clean/paleo" my cravings dropped off. It sucks to go cold turkey for a few weeks but then I found my cravings dropped off. I can now say no to cake or ice cream or whatever shockingly easy. Now I have a piece of dark chocolate most days and it doesn't…

I'd be more worried about the glycemic index of different carbs. Ie. How the carbs affect your blood sugar levels. Here is an interesting website. http://www.glycemicindex.com/ For me personally good carbs are all my fruits and veggies.

Fage 2% is my fave, mix in walnuts and fruit and I have a breakfast that lasts.

I ignore my fruit and veg sugars as well. I don't really have any processed sugars in my diet, if I do it's rare enough that I know exactly where it came from. I replaced the sugar column in my diary with potassium, something I'm trying to get MORE of, not be restrictive about.

I use local honey just for the allergy issues in the Spring. I second the cinnamon or fruit idea.

Both of these are so true, and funny

Ooh, good to know. I do use the non asterick entries whenever possible, usually with the produce. I'll look into supplements, maybe I can find a low dose one to just fill in the gaps on really low days.

Typical guy blaming hormones. j/k, just busting your chops.

Not personally but my hubby is working on a research paper at the moment and was sharing the research he found regarding Vitamin D and Omega 3 and psychiatric/learning benefits. That may be a place to start your search.

A few weeks is still early. You may see some big changes all of a sudden soon. Don't worry about the scale, pay more attention to how you feel and how your clothes fit.

I felt so sick from all the extra sugar and and cake at lunch I didn't eat dinner. So I was under on calories but felt awful. I good reminder of why I eat the way I do day to day.

They are different. So one may be better for some things, worse for others. I did P90X a few years ago and now do XFit. I'm seeing better results with crossfit. I can give my pros and cons for each but they may be different for you. CrossFit Pros group atmosphere coach/trainer fast results constantly varied CrossFit Cons…