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This is not helpful at all, but I read "help count my macaroons." I was very ready to offer my expert help there.

The wonderful thing is that if you get on a good diet you will quickly feel the change. I do not have diabetes, but had to change the way I eat for my health. I absolutely loved cakes and candy, and didn't deny myself much! I had a set-back this spring/summer and didn't watch what I ate (bread is so convenient, desserts…

Make sure you get the right nutrients, even if you mix them with less healthy food. Also pay attention to your body. You may discover that when you're not active, you're not that hungry. Respect that, and don't make yourself eat just out of habit. :) Good luck!

At your weight/height ratio it is smarter to use a measuring tape rather than a scale. By varying the exercize you can sculpt your body and add muscle, arriving at a more pleasing shape through working out. You already work out a lot, and you are most likely getting the benefit of this, but since you are staring at the…

It's impossible to say if skipping breakfast is a problem for you personally, but it may be a good idea to consider the research described in this article: http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/07/23/heart-attack-risk-men-skip-breakfast_n_3638459.html For those who don't want to click links, it shows that men who don't eat…

It sounds like you have an image problem and not a problem with lack of knowledge. Still, a specialist may teach you things you never considered important. Go talk to a therapist about your image issues, and find a dietician to help you learn more about healthy food, don't trust some fad diet or dieting tricks off the…

Actually, what that study shows is that there might be a lot of different stress factors in food, and that gluten may be one of them, or that gluten may be found in the same types of food as one of them, or that the other stress factors may lead to a reaction to gluten. That isn't exactly the same as saying gluten…

They probably have a more active metabolism. This explains both why they are warm, and probably also why they are thin. I am cold now, I was cold when I was 20 kilos heavier, and that comes from the same source as my weight problems: hypothyroidism.

Can I ask why it's important to eat oatmeal if you don't like it? After all, whole grain bread, müsli, and several other grains can do the same for you as oatmeal, without having to work around your preferences. And if you really want to get your oats but want a different taste and texture, I make oat-flour waffles or…

If you are a picky eater, but still have experimented as much as you say, then my guess is that you know what you should eat. So rather than making this a long list of posts with "why don't you try..." just to see you reject it, why don't you make a list of things you miss in your food, but would like to find healthy ways…

This might be counter intuitive to your busy schedule, but I'd ask you to learn to cook. Get a cook-book with calorie estimates, and start learning what you are actually putting into the food you eat. Learn what things you like and what it does to you, don't just accept what others serve you. If your hubby cooks, he will…

High protein helps regulate the feeling of hunger, so the egg and bacon advice is good. Low glycemic index carbs - that is anything whole grain (bread, oatmeal, brown rice) - helps delay the effect of the carbs, and so you have even blood-sugar for longer. And if you do rather hard work, you need to eat, so pack a slice of…

It doesn't have to be plain water. Herbal teas, lemon tasting water, water with a little juice in it, sparkling water - any taste you add that doesn't contain or is very low on sugar is fine. I have a problem with water retention that just drinking water doesn't solve, so I drink a lot of tea, and it does what it is…

I am 5,8 and 163 pounds, and I do believe I could get lower than that if I just was a little stricter about my diet again. I have a heavy frame, no dainty little girl at all - so yeah, if I can get to this, I am pretty sure you can get to 155. The question is if you want to. It may be you are a lot more comfortable and…

Several different ways to approach this, but here are a few quick fixes you can apply with a little bit of planning. 1: Make sure you always eat food that fills you up: Lots of fiber and vegetables, low GI to keep your bloodsugar even, proteins to trigger the sense of being satisfied and full. 2: Get a hobby that keeps you…

I really hope you can do it this time! And if you don't manage to stick to your diet, perhaps it's a help to know that you can have huge health benefits from getting more fit, even if you are overweight. Actually, unless you have other health issues, it can be better for you to not try to diet your way to a slim figure,…

If you want to eat back your calories because you're at a plateau or otherwise stuck and want to try eating more in order to lose, then think about a few easy, high-calorie things you can add to your food. Put a spoon of virgin olive oil on your salad, don't use a low-fat dressing. Have a handful of nuts, those are…

First: Good for you for losing the first 25 pounds! Congratulations!!! It's ok to pause and see if you can maintain this weight for a while. If you "only" have 25 pounds to go, then you are in a fairly healthy range, and there's no immediate danger to slowing down a little. So I'd recommend that you adjust your calories a…

You weighed yourself in the gym at night. Despite the evidence of your clothes and eyes, you feel like you have gained weight, because of you weighed more than you used to, at one instance (although three different scales). When I work out, I gain weight. Through-out the day, I gain weight. It is all about what I eat, what…

I think eating healthy food where you know what is in the food, rather than processed food, is a very good idea for you. You obviously have decent habits already: according to your ticker you want to go from 50 - 45 kilos. Unless you are very small - I don't know how tall you are - that is pretty low, so starving yourself…

The problem with clothes is that fashion so rarely favours my shape. I have a classic hourglass shape, and these days I am not overweight, which means that while it's easy to find clothes I can use, they are always too wide in the waist, and too narrow over the breasts. Wide hips have become the least of my problems,…

I tried to google this, and found a few hits on research. It seems like there is fairly solid evidence that you release toxins - or more precisely, trace minerals and chemicals that you don't want to have building up in your body - through sweating. It doesn't matter how you sweat, but sweating is good for us. This means…

I don't run, but I am always hungry on the days when I have worked out a lot. I use protein powder to help control it. I eat a normal amount of food, and then drink the powder if I am still hungry. Protein helps the feeling of "fullness", and is also good for rebuilding muscle, so I guess it's all good.

They are our designated drinkers, to keep up with the Russians. It's an ancient war where the British, French and German are allies: http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/02/17/article-1357892-0D3BD410000005DC-175_968x562.jpg

It's normal to produce differently, more on one breast than the other. There are a lot of reasons, but it's not uncommon. Around here the recommendation is to never start with the same breast. Remember which breast the baby started on the last time, or which you pumped first the last time, then start with the other. This…

I have perhaps 10 cheat days through the year, most of them for social occasions, such as Christmas and birthdays. For times like that food is such an important part of the ritual, I choose some days of discomfort afterwards in order to gain the social bonding. Other cheat days are for instance when I travel, and we end up…

More than fifty years of practice at the concept "friends with guys and not sleeping with them" says it can be done. Actually, I can even have sex with guys and remain friends after. It doesn't have to be all drama, jealousy and high expectations.

I assume you are planning to follow the body trim diet, which is basically a version of a low glycemic index diet, only with a more extreme emphasis put on the protein and meal frequency. Except for the three day detox, this doesn't look all that bad, as it includes healthy carbs, but it is still looks pretty boring. I…

First: If your allergy is severe, go have a word with a doctor. Food allergies can be very dangerous, and you shouldn't experiment without knowing what you are doing. If the reaction is on the annoying end rather than the dangerous end though, here's what I'd try: If you are allergic to dark chocolate but not to light, and…

Backed by science? Science has backed so many weird things, I get extremely suspicious when science tells me something is absolutely true for everybody. People are different. People have different needs. Science deals with statistics over a very wide range, and they disregard the extreme responses. People consist of…