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I thought success story threads were supposed to have pictures in them? :indifferent:

^This^ But if the road map seems too complicated use http://calorieline.com/tools/tdee instead.

Weight loss is a journey, not a destination. Change your weight loss goal to .5 lbs per week and never go over your calories. If you set your lifestyle to sedentary, eat back your calories; if you set it to lightly active, don't eat them. Does everything have to be perfect? No, weight can be lost eating twinkies, but you…

Can't tell if last poster is insinuating I'm lazy Or if they're sick of seeing my posts

I disagree, you don't need a lot of calories to spend to eat seeds/nuts. You just need to plan them into a meal just like you do steak and chicken. Or if you are snacking on them, you need to snack on them measuring properly. A 14g serving of dark chocolate roasted almonds goes a LONG way for me. Chicken seems like the…

How else are they going to make us eat their low nutritional value field yield? They fortify it because it's cheaper to feed a civilization fortified food then it is to produce the real stuff and make it affordable. Think of it, we live in a country where there is an abundance of food and no population control; ever wonder…

Without going to the gym or buying calipers, how do I figure my current LBM?

Possible. I did lose it pretty fast. I lost all my weight since April this year. When I pinch it, it doesn't hurt unless I squeeze really hard. It just jiggles around when I jog in place and it's pretty disturbing to watch. It's only an inch that jiggles, but it still creeps me out.

But is your husband medium to large frame? That could be the difference. I have a very feminine style and small to medium body frame. I fit my wife's clothes for godsake LOL! The only thing that has ever been built on my body was my thighs. So what I'm getting at is I've never had muscle tone and my biceps have only ever…

Yeah I don't look sick or anything. My family has a history of being very slender. Like "slim straight jeans" slender. No bones are showing through my skin except my ribs when I suck in my gut (pull abs in). And I only JUST started to see my muscle tone when I flex a muscle. Hell, at my leanest (in high school) I looked…

I stand corrected. I haven't checked my BMI in a long time and here's what MFP had to say: Your BMI is: 22.2 Target weight range: 121.7 - 164.4 lbs So with that said, a person who is 5'8" and 146 would be in the middle of this range. What is your advice then knowing this? If I keep dieting and staying as active as I am,…

Not offended, but are we speaking your opinion here or are we speaking a pubmed verified truth? I thought men can look and weigh anything they want to as long as it's healthy?

As you see on my progress bar, I've lost a LOT of weight. And I've done it all through eating a healthy and 90% clean diet. I am 5'8" and at my last personal scale weigh in I was 146.2 lbs. I have a small to medium body frame and as far as BMI is concerned I am nearing the lowest part of the "healthy" range for my height.…

Think it's possible that the reason you're eating too much calories is due to stress and you're trying to soothe your stress away with a comfort food? I have 2 kids, and when I was worried sick about controlling their behavior I would eat 3 times as much food as I do now. The change? I stopped controlling the kids ;)

Never heard of the diet plan but I've also never heard of an allergy to red meat either. Are you sure you're not having a reaction to the fat content due to gallbladder malfunction/disease? Or an allergy to the wheat bun, breading, or additive you're eating WITH the red meat? Or could it be a lactose intolerant and you're…

A big part of weight loss is being emotionally stable. The reason that is is because most of us will eat foods as "comfort foods" to feel better about the emotional problems we are going through. Also, when we are not emotionally stable, we will have excess cortisol and depleted magnesium stores and both of these are…

It's possible. If you aren't getting your 3500mg of potassium a day (or close to that) then yes it's very likely. Also, Sodium and potassium work as polar opposites and if you are taking in too much sodium then you will have a much higher need for potassium. Body aches could also be a response to a food allergy/intolerance…

Eggs, turkey, chicken, beef, pork, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, almonds, pistachios, pecans, canola oil, extra virgin olive oil, flax seed, bacon, and water. And when you have carbs tomorrow, use them for lots of veggies, low glycemic load fruits, and a modest amount of whole grains (rice, quinoa, buckwheat, rolled…

I've been thinking about shopping there but I'm terrified that the reason they are cheaper is because they are more processed, have more anti-biotics, have more pesticides, or are just overall crap compared to foods at Trader Joe's or Whole Foods. I want to shop there, but first I need to know why they can undercut their…

I've read that if you can handle it, it's better to exercise before you eat breakfast so the energy your body burns is fat and not the meal you just ate since all the dinner calories were used to maintain your body while you were sleeping. It's also good to extend your overnight fasting as it helps heal your organs…

I went Gluten Free in April of this year and I have found that because of my many years of intestinal inflammation, I was malnutritioned in many vitamins. Try to track your potassium intake (women should hit 3500mg minimum daily men 4200mg), be conscious of your magnesium intake and hit 500mg minimum, and take a…

My parents , who are morbidly obese and fed me their obese diet when I was home, has described my weight loss as "smaller than you were in high school and it has me concerned".... :facepalm:

Open your diary and we will help. Chances are, you're eating too little. You can't lose fat AND build muscle. So which are you trying to do?

Fats are approximately 9 calories per gram. Carbs and protein are approximately 4 (I've read 4.2) calories per gram. If you take the number of grams you're eating of each and multiply by these numbers you'll know your ratio. Now take your calories per macro and divide it by your total calories for the day and you'll know…

Funny you mention that, I had a ladder fall accident at my last employer from 2004 that I didn't take seriously and now I have damage to my thoracic region of my back (T7-T9 region). I've recently taken magnesium supplements and I've had inflammation in that area of my back but I read that could be a good thing because it…

Only going to bump this once. If anyone knows how to correct bad posture, please message me. Yoga seems like a good option, anyone else have a strategy that worked for them?

I have generalized anxiety disorder and I used to have bouts of depression. There's nothing you can TELL yourself to cope with this. The only thing that works is changing your lifestyle and going towards a path you believe is good for you. For me, that was quitting junk food, dieting, and learning to be a better father to…

Due to the threat of insults, if anyone has advice, please Private Message me them. I am serious when I say I need advice on this but I'm not going to stick around and get tore apart like I was last week. Thank you in advance. :flowerforyou:

If anyone has any advice on how to stop being a toe runner (I was a sprinter in high school) and how to get my body to naturally be a middle striker please private message me. I am also a penguin walker (toes point naturally outward) so this makes jogging even harder.

I get anywhere from 4 to 10 hours a sleep a night. It hasn't affected my weight loss... Are you eating the right amount of calories? Sleep has a lot to do with hormone balance, but the weight loss aspect of things is more about eating the right amount of calories (or rather eating UNDER the right amount of calories). Also,…