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This. The most important thing is hitting your necessary protein and fat requirements (Roughly 1g/lb of lean body mass for protein and .5g/lb of lean body mass for fat). After you meet those minimums, you can eat whatever you want.

This is awful advice. First of all 5 lbs a week is an unreasonable goal, impossible even, and to support that goal is folly. Second of all, the whole not eating before you go to bed is nonsense. It doesn't matter when you eat throughout the day provided you stay at your calorie goal.

Textured vegetable protein. This stuff is freaking amazing, and I'm not even vegetarian.

This list is terribly inaccurate. None of those things have been shown to increase metabolism other than green tea (possibly). Others may affect weight loss in others way, but not by boosting your metabolism.

1g/lb of lean body mass would be more accurate, not 1g/kg of body weight. For the average woman 100g a day is a reasonable goal, especially for weight loss where higher protein requirements are necessary to help maintain muscle mass.

This. There's no need for protein shakes or anything of that sort. Eating wholesome foods would do just as well, if not better. Meat, eggs, vegetables, whole grains, etc.

Whatever you want to eat. Oatmeal isn't magical, it's just a delicious carb source. In my opinion, anyway. Rice, quinoa, pasta, whole grain bread, etc all fit the same bill as oatmeal, nutritionally speaking.

Don't forget the onion ring which could have substantial amounts of calories, considering they're breaded and deep fried. And the ranch dressing as well. Ranch is killer.

First class fearmongering.

Losing 4.2 pounds a week is not healthy. If you're losing weight that quickly, you'll probably not gain weight from upping your caloric intake by a couple of hundred calories/day, but you'll slow it down to a more healthy rate of loss.

Do not look at the "protein limit" as a limit. It's a minimum. More protein is not going to hurt you. In fact, MFP guidelines for protein are already set extremely low for some reason unknown to me.

There is absolutely no reason to "ditch the corn and potatoes". If they fit into your macros, feel free to eat them. Just be aware they're full of carbohydrates, and there's nothing inherently wrong with that.

This. If you can actually see a difference in how you look over a ONE day period (beyond eating at an all you can eat buffet for breakfast, lunch, and dinner), it's all about that water retention. Nothing more to it.

I don't consider myself full until I'm in sincere physical pain, incapable of moving. That being said, I'm only ever full maybe twice a year. I never really feel THAT hungry either. Unless I go for like a solid 12 hours without eating much, I'm probably not starving. Long story short, I eat when I want and make sure I stay…

Nuts are extremely calorie dense, and a great source of fat. Protein shakes are pretty quick as far as protein goes. Carb sources are everywhere. There are plenty of easy foods with big amounts of calories that won't eat up too much of your time.

http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/nutrition/what-are-good-sources-of-protein-protein-quality.html < Is a good read. Check it out.

Eat them anyway. But in all seriousness, try different vegetables, there's so many it's hard to believe you could dislike everything. Not to mention the variety of ways to prepare them.

I'm far from vegetarian, but I'm a pretty big fan of textured vegetable protein. I'll reconstitute some of that, add some spices and vegetables, and maybe some diced tomatoes. There's a lot you can do with it, good stuff.

Fair enough. Google Trutein, they make some of the best tasting protein powder I've ever had. Specifically the Cinnabon variety. 1 scoop has roughly 120 calories, 5g carbs (1g sugar), and 24g protein.

Well, we don't really know anything about you, so we couldn't really say. How long have you been eating 1367 calories for? You have to give it some time to kick in.

Why do you need protein shakes to increase protein? You could just as easily eat more lean chicken breast, or any other protein source for that matter. But if you're dead set on having a protein shake, basically any whey protein isolate is going to be high protein/low carb.

One if I'm lucky. I can't stand the stuff. I'll drink from the water fountain at the gym, but that's about it. Other than that it's tea and coffee all day.

You look like you're undereating, and possibly avoiding fats? I can't really tell considering you're not tracking them.

I would start with black teas and move to green teas. If you like them, that is. Black teas have more caffeine in them than green tea, but only about half as much caffeine as a cup of coffee. And yeah, I can't give up coffee either. I quit for a week and a half, but started drinking again. Tastes too good.

Quitting cold turkey might not be for you if it's giving you massive headaches. Try and ween yourself off of caffeine, it's much easier on the body.

Fair enough, it definitely does grow on you. Perhaps try higher quality green tea, brewed with loose leaves.

Could be you're just stressed out about something, that usually does it for me. Or it could just be one of those days, some days I'm hungrier than others. And some days I have less willpower than other days. When those happen to coincide... problems.

What. If you don't like it, don't drink it. The effects on weight loss are minimal, and any cardiovascular/antioxidant effects it may have you won't really 'see'. That being said, how can you not like it? It's so much better than plain water. :drinker:

I would rather just feast at breakfast than have a snack between breakfast and lunch, but that's just me. My go to snack is a can of sardines though, protein + omega 3 fats? Om nom nom.

Sodium is not going to keep you from losing fat. It might screw with what the scale says because of water retention, but as far as fat is concerned calories is all that matters.