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If you have not exercised much before, your body might be building healthier muscle tissue as you lose fat. This is really common when you start an exercise program, even walking. So even if the scale stays the same, you are still making progress. Don't get discouraged!

Hi Lauriem, It depends on what you mean by processed. My typical breakfast is steelcut oatmeal, then a sandwhich with Eziekiel Bread (these vary, almond butter, peanut butter, or hummus and a vegtable, etc) and usually a fruit snack or two. I do use one of those 300 calorie dinners once a day, because they are super…

It depends on your weight and your BF%, but the 500 figure seems high to me.

Well, the evil in me says wait till she crashes and burns, as someone put it, and then do a few "ha ha, told you so!" as you gracefully hit your goal weight. but that's mean. So resist, even though it will happen. People just don't want advice. Especially if they believe things are going their way. It has nothing to do…

Yup I forgot about that. I just leave my profile at "sedentary" and the Fitbit adds ALL my activity as exercise, automatically. Very convenient.

I own a fitbit, and I like it. Both it and the bodymedia are devices that ESTIMATE your TDEE. For many people who have used both, they arrive at about the same figure for a person. The bodymedia requires a subscription after purchase, which is why I was never interested in it. The question about should you buy one is hard…

Bruce Willis all the time. Don't see it myself.

I actually agree with you. To me, a flaw in Campbell's analysis of the China data is that it is unlikely that anyone in China was eating as strict a Vegan diet as Campbell advocates. Odds are, like most Chinese, they ate a little meat with a meal, more as a condiment or flavor enhancer than a main dish. The results in that…

Masterjohn states on his site that its purpose is to promote the health benefits of dietary cholesterol. He even states he cured himself by eating meat and organ meat. That is a bias, but like Campbell he states his. First- an appeal to authority is when I use the statements of an expert in one area to prove a claim in…

To the OP: Some people find the change hard, others find it easy. It just depends. Many people had luck doing the changeover in stages, especially if throwing out all the food in your fridge at one time might be too expensive an option. Some people start with Lacto-Ovo vegetarianism then start cutting out milk and eggs…

No offense, but all the sites you listed are far more heavily biased than Campbell's book, which actually doesn't advocate a pure vegan diet anyway. He states that trace animal ingredients in your food are fine, but try to avoid them. Two of the three sites you posted are the separate sites of two authors who have written…

Hi mcarter- That 400-600 is what MFP is calling the fitbit adjustment for exercise. The fitbit itself typically reads 2900-3100 at the end of the day. As an example, right now at 10:30PM, it is reading 2892. The adjustment for exercise in MFP reads 773, probably because I have set my profile to sedentary, which what was…

My TDEE comes out to 2956, pretty close to the fitbit, and a BMR of around 1850-1900. I have a body fat estimator, it matches the Military calculator result pretty closely. I have been eating pretty close to my BMR, not really eating my exercise calories to get more in the middle of those two numbers. I 'm wondering if…

I went vegetarian for ethical reasons at first, then read an excellent book called "The China Study" that completely convinced me. I eat mostly whole grains, vegetables and fruits. My intake is currently at around 2000 calories a day and I could easily eat more. I weigh about 200 pounds, trying for 185. I am 6'0. I think…