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You might find this an interesting read: http://physiqonomics.com/the-weird-and-highly-annoying-world-of-scale-weight-and-fluctuations

I'm sorry, I missed that you have obsessive-compulsive disorder. If calorie counting or logging are triggering your OCD then it might be a good idea to step back and talk with your therapist or treatment team. Balancing mental illness and a diet can be hard (for me it's depression) but there are ways to do it if the OCD is…

With a closed diary, it's tough to give really specific advice. We all hope that there's just a logging issue somewhere because that's the most common issue with stalls like this and also the easiest to fix. If there's a deeper issue then it becomes a lot harder to narrow down exactly what's happening. There are only a few…

They grouped blue and green together under a single color name, if I recall correctly. And I believe several other cultures did the same thing. But it's been a long time since my degree so I may have it wrong. So there's a solid historical precedent to be made that the sky is actually green. We only call it blue as a…

I honestly believe that if someone posted to the debate section that the sky is blue, MFP would go 28 pages debating whether it's actually blue or if it's just perceived as blue.

Looks like you've got your answer, but I wanted to point out that there's also an Acronyms and Terms dictionary in the Must Reads post at the top of the Getting Started board: https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1069278/acronyms-and-terms-for-new-mfp-members-v-6/p1 If you haven't checked out those stickied…

Which ones have the potential to cause cancer? There are a whole lot of different artificial sweeteners. Are they all at the same risk level? What dosage is required before it becomes a risk? The studies I've seen that show a cancer link have only been conducted on mice and they required the mice to eat an inordinate…

You don't think that there's a possibility that it's a normal weight fluctuation since the OP has only been gaining in the last three days?

Personal preference. There are applications where I use sugar and applications where I prefer an artificial sweetener because it fits into my goals better. Some artificial sweeteners are migraine triggers for some people. Some artificial sweeteners cause diarrhea if eaten in large quantities for some people. Some…

How much weight have you gained and over what period of time? Did you start a new fitness routine alongside the new diet, by chance? Weight fluctuates from day to day for everyone based on things like hydration levels, food and waste in the system, exercise, hormones, macro balance, etc. Sometimes those fluctuations make…

I'm sure they've changed the formula since my college days, but I hated Slim Fast when I tried it. Not enough food for me (I lose better eating 1600-1700 cals and want to gnaw my own arm off below 1400) plus the shakes always sat in my stomach like a rock. Can meal replacements work? Sure. I'd guess they have the same…

I thought I was the only one still upset about the way *kitten* was handled when first rolled out. Seeing the staff say that ESL speakers who were confused by it could leave the board was hugely disheartening. Glad I'm not the only one.

Based on the text in the images, that appears to be a screenshot from the menu from a local restaurant called "My Danny's." The full name is "diet chicken breast plate."

I had those kinds of binges. Where it feels like someone else has taken control of your body and you're begging them to stop eating because it hurts? I was already in therapy for depression and anxiety when they started, so I was able to get help for them before they got too far. For me, it wasn't just strong emotions but…

Weighing would be better (and ime easier). And be sure you're choosing good entries in the database (it's full of some nonsense) and that you're using the recipe builder for homemade food rather than relying on generic or homemade entries.

The average woman doing everything she can to build muscle (progressive overload, surplus, etc) gains something like 1 to 2 pounds of muscle a month. It's very hard to gain enough muscle to offset the amount of loss you should be seeing in a deficit. Your diary is closed to us. Any chance you'd feel comfortable setting…

I suppose this is a good reminder that just because it's on Netflix doesn't make it true

When people talk about muscle weighing more than fat, almost everyone understands that volume is being kept constant in the comparison. 1gallon lead= 1gallon feathers 1gallon muscle = 1gallon fat Lead and muscle weigh more than feathers and fat. The bigger issue is that muscle is almost never gained as quickly or under the…

Your workouts should be based on your goals. For just weight loss, you don't have to workout at all. It's personal preference how much you workout if you're just using it to burn calories. If you have more specific fitness goals then you want to tailor your training to your goals, but it's impossible to say without knowing…

My arm swelled horribly from the IV fluids when I was in the hospital for my gallbladder surgery. Give your body some time to do its thing while you're healing.

Instead of hard boiled eggs do you have time to switch to fried or an omelette preparation that you could cook with a fat? Butter or oil would definitely help here. Peanut butter with the apple. An oil based dressing on the greens. Even just switching from a slice of cheese to a higher calorie cheese stick would help. Is 3…

I know there was another poster on here once upon a time who ate out for all of their meals and wasn't losing do to portion creep at the restaurants. I think they solved it by logging everything as 1.2 servings to account for the excess calories. If you aren't losing weight over a large period of time (to account for weird…

Click on a person's name from the forums. That will bring up their usercard. Then click on their name there and it should take you to their profile. If they have their diary set so that people can see it, you'll see a big green "View diary" button. Since the default setting is for diaries to be set to private and most…

I'd want to know what kind of fasting the OP is interested in before being able to answer this question. I love IF as much as anyone, but they could be asking about 16:8, 5:2, juice fasting, water fasting, or egg fasts for all any of us know. There are lots of different kinds of fasting. Which kind are you interested in…

I use "apple, raw" and can usually find what I need

The thing is, you've got a lot of people here trying to help you. But we don't have a good picture of what's going on so it makes it hard to jump in and give advice. I suspect I'm not the only one lurking here hoping to get a better idea of how to help, but instead we're on this side track of who is or isn't being positive…

Sudden jumps are almost always water weight fluctuations from sodium, cheat days, exercise, hormones, menstruation, etc. I wouldn't worry about it unless it sticks around.

These might be useful links: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1234699/logging-accurately-step-by-step-guide/p1 http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1290491/how-and-why-to-use-a-digital-food-scale/p1

Stalls suck. It's tough to give good advice with a closed diary and few details. These would be my very generic suggestions without a lot of info, though: 1. If it's been less than 3 weeks or so, don't sweat it! Normal fluctuations happen and unfortunately sometimes we stall for a week or two even when we're doing…

And now someone has flagged it, which is definitely not how the flags are supposed to be used (unless they've changed it? I thought it was for things like nudity or hate speech only?)