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Chicken: zero carbs Beef: zero carbs Pork zero carbs Cheese: less than one carb Eggs: less than one carb Cottage cheese: four carbs Spinach: 4-6 carbs (4-5 of which are fiber...i.e. no impact on blood sugar) Celery: similar to spinach Peanut Butter: My natural peanut butter has four carbs with two grams of fiber

Umm...no. Excess carbs ARE stored as fat. Your glycogen stores in your liver are very small and will already be filled by the end of the day. Carbs are the WORST to exceed on.

You don't have any chicken, beef, pork, eggs, cheese, cottage cheese, jerkey, milk, spinach, broccoli, celery, or peanut butter in your house?

Six servings of fruit might be a bit excessive for someone in your situation. Try keeping it to 2-3/day until you get it down. Try sticking to low GI fruits as well: berries, canteloupe, apples, citrus. For the yogurt, switch to plain if you can and sweeten it with fruit. 1 cup of Fage 0% greek yogurt has 9 carbs and 20…

Going vegan also means cutting out the processed foods though, doesn't it? If he added animal protein back into his diet while maintaining the other vegan principle methinks there'd be NO impact on his triglycerides. Even if thats not the case your dad is an exception rather than the rule. Sugar is THE reason for…

Why cut out animal fats? Your doc is right...sugar. Cut out the sugar...especially the processed foods. A banana or an apple as a snack will have no negative effects on your blood, and plenty of positive. In particular is you eat it before or after your workout. Eat complex carbs (brown rice, steel-cut oats, barley), if…

One of the best investments of my life was in a sausage maker. I've made brats that taste EXACTLY like the real deal with 2 grams of fat and 14 grams of protein. Throw some kraut and spicy brown mustard on and you're set!

Not really that hard to find zero carb food: Do you have any chicken, steak, tuna, pork, eggs (1 carb each), cheese, cottage cheese (3-5 carbs per serving), spinach, broccoli, lettuce, sprouts, beef/turkey jerkey, or whey protein in the house? Low-fat cottage cheese: 1/2 cup is 90 calories made up of 4 carbs, 3 fat, and 14…

That article couldn't be more wrong. Unused carbs are stored as fat, protein is not.

At 100 grams? Absolutely nothing (adverse, that is). Most people SHOULD be eating 80-100ish grams each day.

Low sodium beef or turkey jerky...also, whey protein.

There are no nutrients in bananas that aren't found in abundance of other foods. Spinach has almost twice as much potassium as a banana. Bell peppers have FIVE times as much vitamin C. Eat bananas, but as one poster said: in moderation. ANY food that has 30+ grams of sugar (like a banana) should be eaten in moderation.…

The key is the ginger, though. Ginger has proven affects on settling the stomach.

Also, I noticed that quite a few of your calorie totals didn't match the macro nutrients listed. For example: Fiber One- Honey Nut Clusters Cereal (1 Cup)- 160 calories, 42 grams carbs, 2 grams fat, 5 grams protein. Carbs and protein are counted as 4 cals per gram, fat as 9 cals per gram. That would mean this serving is…

You need to eat those calories. Your body is going to be storing fat and burning lean mass...not good. Your body can't survive on 700 calories each day. If I were you I'd eat your 1460 calories.

As everyone has already stated: WATER. Drink water, plenty of it. Try to avoid juices and sodas as sugars can actually hurt the healing process. Clear broths, water ( I drink it both cold and hot when sick), and I really like the above posters suggested tea. I was going to suggest ginger tea, but I like the sound of the…

No, in fact, its probably lower than you want it anyway. MFP tends to go WAY low on protein. If you are an average sized male I wouldn't worry about it until at least 80 grams protein. For example, I eat about 200 grams of protein/day. I do in depth strength training so my goals are probably different than yours, but…

No. There are very few things that "slow down" weight loss as long as you are eating less calories than you burn. Fat is good for your body on any "diet" and as long as you are getting your fat from natural sources (no trans fat) and keeping your macronutrients in the proper ratio for you (fat/carbs/protein) you will be…

Interesting approach...let me know how it works. I wonder though, how much you'll be bulking considering your height/weight/activity level and your caloric goals. 2600-2800 seems to be at a caloric defecit for your range and that makes it harder (some say impossible) to bulk. I'm 6'3" 220 and with a workout I burn around…

Just wondering...why cut so much fat when bulking.

Dietary cholesterol (found in eggs) has little to no impact on blood cholesterol. The poster who said avoid refined sugar and carbs hit it on the head. My mother-in-law had high cholesterol about a year ago. Her doctor wanted to put her on medicine right away, I advised her to hold off. Here's what she did to lower it so…

Its early, nothing you can't recover from. Just eat light and lean the rest of the day.

Don't listen to "studies" that suggest any certain excercise will or won't contribute to weight loss. Weight loss is 100% from what you put in your mouth, not what workout you do.

Low fat cottage cheese is a very good before bedtime snack because its protein is slowly absorbed. Most body builders eat cottage cheese before bed.

No...it will not burn more calories. Best recovery drink? I guess it depends on what your goals are, but the nature of the protein in milk (casein) doesn't lend itself to quick absorption...thus your muscles have already broken down by the time the protein is absorbed. After a strength training workout my body needs about…

Maybe I'm missing a post history that would indicate lioness as hostile...but in this thread I see no evidence of such behavior. What I do see are multiple posters speaking in vague generalities attacking one poster who backs up posts with science and evidence. Its like you keep ignoring the multiple times she posted that…

20-30 carbs per meal is by no means "low-carb". Noone outside of advanced athletes needs more than the 200 carbs you have alloted. I have no idea what your current weight, fitness level, and goals are but I do question the amount of calories in general you are supposed to be eating. I'm a 31 year old male who works out…

As stated already I'm sure you don't even have to reduce to 1200 calories...I'm not sure why this aribtrary number keeps getting tossed around. You can get an estimate of the daily calories you burn based on things like age, weight, etc. When you add in the number of calories you burn through your walks and such you simply…

Its tough to know what's right for you having no real information to go on...that being said: A good balance for weight-loss is 45% protein, 25-30% carbs, 25-30% fat. Make sure your carbs are not the processed kind as they are good for NOTHING. So if you are eating a 1200 calorie diet you'd be eating 135 grams protein…

I think the best price/taste/quality product on the market is Gold Standard Whey Protein. It can be found at your average nutrition store and I've even found it at Jewel/Osco before. A slightly lesser quality product though very good tasting...and good enough for sure...is Pure Protein Whey. It can be found at Target and…