psuLemon MFP Moderator

I freaking love refeeds. Smashing one today after a week of feeling worn out during my workouts

Oh, there are plenty of qualified individuals. I was point out the lead researchers in protein metabolism. Other highly qualified individuals: Dr Layne Norton, Dr. Bret Contreras, Jeff Nippard, Dr Eric Helms, Dr. Mike Isreteal, Greg Nuckols, Dr. Eric Trexler, etc... Ultimately, I look at people trained in the field of…

From a learning and education perspective, I have done a lot of google scholar and I have followed the top two protein metabolism researchers in the worlds (Dr. Stuart Phillips and Dr. Brad Schoenfeld) for the past 15 years. They are the leading experts in protein research and most cited. Ultimately, the recommendations I…

I thought your weight was 130, but that was your weight at 18 years old. At 170 ish, you are fine. Second, protein being hard on your kidneys is a huge myth, especially in the plant based community. It's predicated that urea is produced, which is a natural byproduct. You can eat 300g of protein a day and it be fine pending…

Body types is a myth, so I wouldn't put much faith in that. Those numbers are still fairly low for a male, and it's worse on a vegan diet because plant based proteins dont have high amounts of L-Leucine, and the other EAA for muscle protein synthesis. That and your extremely high activity is why you actually underweight by…

Out of curiosity, why is your protein so low?

Thanks Ann. Feel free to always @ me.

Nah, that isn't it. I have pretty well developed abs but crappy fat distribution. Literally all of my fat sits in my spare tire area.

A few things, gaining muscle is more about your resistance training program than you diet. Yes, diet plays a small roles (particularly protein) . So what is your lifting routine. Is it a structured program or randomness? If you are keto, add some carbs. It will improve your training and support muscle gain. And why do you…

That is likely overkill given you probably only have 120-140lbs of lean mass. The recommendation is .7-1g/lb of lbm. Also, are you going on stage? If not, carbs vs fat is not a huge concern during fat loss or recomp.

In general, it should plateau within a few weeks. You should see increases in glycogen, waste and sodium which can affect that.

Preach!!!

Nice progress

Still nicely trending. March was a struggle. My wife turned 40, so between parties and lots of cakes, progress slowed. But i am super happy since I am 1 lb away from an all time low. Still working daily to fix issues but overall getting stronger. Sucks getting old

Best of luck!

Yea, life has been very crazy. Between my kids (7 & 5), training my wife and my social media stuff for food, I am super picky on what I respond to. Most of my MFP time is modding. Here is my current weight trends.

I am working on cutting down. I was up at 173 (thank you xmas) and now down to 166. I was close to the 1000 lb club but my back decided to disagree with me and now in PT to get it fixed. Hoping to get to 160.

Cook it full fat milk and top it with sources of fats, like peanut butter, nuts, or high GI fruits and honey. And add in protein powder. Below is an example of my oats.

Exactly. Whenever you are trying to lose fat, never force feed yourself more fat. More fat consumption, means less fat loss. To get into ketosis, you only need carb restriction. So eat enough fat to ensure you feel satiated. When i do keto, i do higher protein and TKD like @neanderthin . So my carbs are focused pre-workout

40 yr old, 170 ~18-20% bf in a cut phase again. I run high protein, mod fat and carb with 1800 calories and run a PPL split currently. I am working towards the 1000 lb club (at 940 now).

It should go away once you stop taking it. It literally provides zero benefit.

I have run many diets to include keto. I thought, for the most part, that is was fairly easy. I got down to 163 with this "diet". I mainly came off of it because i shifted my focus on lifting and keto kills lifting performance, even when keto adapted. I know sit between 167-170 but that is also because it's holiday season,…

I have had a dozen friends try it. They all dropped out because it's a starvation diet that completely relies on "boosting" your metabolism through eating every 2 hours and heavily replies on overpriced protein bars and foods to do that. On top of that, you eat 800-1000 calories. I have actually never seen a successful…

Glad you enjoy it

Umm what does that even mean? OP, if something is a trigger, eliminate the trigger.

To build onto others, can you tell us about how you were eating with Noom? What are your current stats (height, weight, age)? Exercise or none? And do you calorie count? If so, how many calories. General issues tend to be low vitamin D or iron in women, especially if they aren't heavy meat eaters. Definitely get that…

OP, how many calories are you eating? Are you logging daily? Do you use a food scale? Do you exercise?

I would recommend going to a lipologist. Most doctors don't specialize in cholesterol and just parrot guideline data. 207 is not crazy high, especially considering you have a high HDL which drives up total cholesterol level. You have gotten some good advice. I would also recommend adding some lifting.

You don't need to "let your digestion" rest. That is a fundamental function of your body. And doing IF means you will generally have larger meals during your feeding window, which takes longer to digest vs smaller more frequent meals. OP, I eat two meals a day most days. So i "IF". I do it because i need large meals. But I…

You don't go through sugar withdrawal from keto. The headaches are from the electrolyte loss from glycogen/water loss. When you start a keto diet, your sodium intake needs to significantly increase to compensate. Creating good habits is fundamental to long term fat loss. Regardless of dietary preference, that is true. And…