mattbell007 Member

Knew each other for 6 months, then dated for 2 years, then engaged for 6 months (the longest 6 months of my life), and now I have 26-1/2 years of (mostly) blissful marriage under my belt. Still working to be the guy my wife really deserves to be married to. She is such a good woman that I'll be working on that one for the…

There's no way poutine is low-calorie. It's way too delicious.

Question: How can I fly? Anwer: a. Flap your arms really hard. b. Eat chicken feathers. c. Get in an airplane. You can't fly by flapping your arms or eating chicken feathers, and you won't lose belly fat by doing situps or eating specific foods. They are equally (in)effective. Still, there are people who will sell you…

I was up 10 pounds from the day before to the day after Christmas, but I lost 9 of it in the two or three days following. Up 6 pounds for New Year's Holiday, but I lost a bit more than a pound of that by this morning. I've got another 5 to get back to my pre-Christmas weight. I expect I'll be back to on track by Monday or…

Vitamin B12

Quote: I don't think the body can metabolize 1/3 lb of fat/day. and if it did it would be for life sustaining functions and others such as hair, skin, nails, before it would go into building muscle mass. The body will do what it needs to do as best it can to meet the demands placed on it. If you work hard enough to give…

People are ignoring the elephant in the room. The numbers could be reasonably accurate as is, if you count the elephant. So far, I haven't seen anybody discuss this: body fat lost is not body fat that evaporated or magically disappeared. The body doesn't excrete fat, except perhaps through the pores of the skin, but…

Perhaps I should have clarified. I meant without cheating. Sure, you can cheat, but you can't game them.

I've never done Weight Watchers; although I looked at it seriously several times, I could never get over the fact that it was so expensive, plus food. I joined MFP for three reasons -- they had a BlackBerry app, they had nearly all the food I eat in the database already, and it's free. I did try another free online tool…

Headaches are a withdrawal symptom of caffeine addiction, pure and simple. I'm pretty sure sugar "withdrawal" isn't causing the headaches. I've never been addicted to caffeine, but I've known lots of people who are/were, including some who would deny they were addicted, but addicts of all sorts frequently refuse to…

In the course of me losing weight, I've received some variation of most of the comments mentioned in this thread... plus one I didn't see. When my brother-in-law saw me for the first time in more than a year, he said "You look like an Auschwitz survivor!" I take all the comments as complements. Of course, I'm very…

Vegetables are not that high in fiber? What vegetables do you eat? I get plenty of fiber in spinach, cauliflower, broccoli, jicama, and celery. (I eat apples and berries, too.) I eat them all raw. A 40g fiber day is a low-fiber day for me. Jicama is particularly high in fiber. If you eat a whole medium-large one, you get…

I would take it back, or let them come get it, based on the fact that they did not intentionally sell the ring to me. I'd give it back with no reward needed, but I'd take a reward that was freely offered, as long as they knew they'd get the ring back even if they offered no reward. If they had specifically sold the ring to…

I have been losing weight for a long time now, and I just went through a stretch where I went three weeks where I was under my calorie goal every single day. A couple of times, I ate more than my basic goal, but I hit the exercise bike to make up for it so my net available calories was always positive. Three weeks with no…