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I've been making my own vinaigrette for years -- 3 parts olive oil, 1 part balsamic vinegar, salt, pepper, garlic, fresh herbs, dijon mustard, honey. It works out to about 60 cals/tablespoon. 10 g fat I think...but it's "good" fat so I don't worry about it.

Yes you can manually adjust it. I do. I hate getting red numbers. The TDEE method builds in the exercise calories, MFP does not. When I use the Scooby calculator above I put in "desk job" and then try to figure out my exercise calories on my own, usually with my Fitbit if I'm running or using MFP's database for other…

I like this site for figuring out TDEE: scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/

I wasn't responding to your post -- it hadn't even popped up when I posted. Weird. :)

American: fouRRRR raHHHH make sense?

350 million Americans would disagree with you on that. :) Sounds like a fad diet...not worth the energy, not sustainable.

Here's the link: bbc.co.uk/guides/z2csfg8#zt83b9q My first reaction is "bollocks!" ...coz it's a British test and all... ;) My second reaction is this: it's taken me years of hard emotional and mental work to understand what kind of over-eater I am and why I do it, and will take me years more to completely overcome it, if…

You can't live without carbs.

That's great! Keep focusing on that feeling and you'll do fine!

A lot of people on the thread are talking about willpower. That's kind of what I meant when I used the term "white knuckle." When I think of willpower I imagine having an internal argument with myself, where the willpower is the little angel on my shoulder saying saying "NO, don't eat that!" and the little devil is on the…

Wow, what a mystery. I'm glad they're looking into it so you can get to the bottom of it. I hope you're feeling ok. :)

Haven't read the thread yet, but have you looked into CBT or mindfulness approaches to food? It requires a lot of head work, but that's your problem. You can't be addicted to food the way someone can be addicted to nicotine or heroin, but psychological addictions are pretty strong. Until you work on your mental/emotional…

LOL...ok, got it. Dude...that's not how you make babies! ;)

I know I'm being dense, but I don't get the joke. Please explain? :)

OP...just let it go. People are going to argue no matter what.

Welcome! If I could give you some unsolicited advice... Make changes that you can live with for the rest of your life. Living on shakes is going to get old fast and you're going to fail at it -- guaranteed. I know you said it's just a "kick start," but if you're going to fail and feel bad and overeat because of it, why…

Re: the bolded part, you've got to be kidding, right? LOL...this is too much. I'm done with this thread... SMH

Yes, and it's a message well worth sharing, because for too long we've been pressured by the media to look a certain way. The message is this: that you don't have to look perfect and beautiful to go to the gym and exercise. That it's ok to sweat and have your hair look like *kitten* and for your mascara to run and for your…

Of course they're real, duh. But when they're doing photo shoots of "workouts" and someone off camera keeps rushing over to fix their hair, apply more makeup, fix the lighting, etc etc etc, it's not "real." You know exactly what the title meant.

This. Splitting hairs just to pick a fight. It's tiresome.

I believe she means women who look like real people who sweat and have jiggly fat and whose makeup smears as opposed to perfect, flawless models.

I had lap band surgery in May 2012. I was put on a diet by my surgeon for the two weeks prior to surgery for exactly that reason. Since my surgery was laproscopic, he didn't have much room in there and wanted my liver to be as small as possible. The diet consisted of oatmeal, applesauce, and artificially sweetened jello…

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I've had good ones and not so good ones. You have to know what you want. I tend to work harder with a trainer. To me, it's worth every penny. Unfortunately my problem these days is lack of time.

It depends on so many variables.

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Yes, yes I did. I'm sorry you think it's weird. I was just offering a different perspective from "you can't eat that! that's bad!" If it's too weird for you, just ignore me. I'm sure it's not very difficult. :)

So eat the red meat, the salty snack things, and the bread...just take your multivitamin and keep your calories at a deficit. Life's too short to eat foods you hate.