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What everyone else said, plus you might consider trying to do some meal planning at least a day ahead. If you already have planned out a general idea of what you are eatng when, it alleviates a lot of the problems with trying to save enough calories for dinner and such and then having a ton leftover.

I'm pretty sure that this is based on most people just doing better controlling their appetites throughout the day if they eat breakfast. When a lot of us skip, we get so hungry by lunch time that it triggers all day overeating. As you can see from these responses, it's not necessarily true for everyone. But eating…

If you are running a calorie deficit, you can still lose weight eating canned and processed foods. However, I wouldn't recommend living off of this stuff day in and day out if you can help it. They are typically full of salt (which can make you retain water), and short of nutrition. I understand this can be a major dilemma…

I think where you are going wrong is that you have yourself in a frenzy of trying all kinds of gimmicks and fad approaches instead of just concentrating on the basics: nutrition and calories in/ calories out. I would suggest using MFP or a similar calculator to figure out how much food you should be eating every day and…

I would advise that anyone who makes a blanket statement that if you only do __________ thing, then you will never get any kind of disease is making a statement that they can in no way back up. It doesn't matter if it's eating vegan or eating a pound of bacon every day -- the human body is a fallible thing that can get…

I haven't done a lot of reading on this, but what I have seen in several places is that it is a myth that eating many small meals helps with weight loss in any physiological sense (although it works better for some people for other reasons). That said, I'm a little suspicious of the reasoning in the article about burning…

*Raises hand* This isn't my area of expertise exactly, but I know enough about basic sugar metabolism to know that his claims that sugar is "toxic" are utter crap unless you are dosing a person with astronomically high amounts (note that water is also toxic at astronomical amounts). It's too bad he can't chill out with all…

I also have a magnet on my fridge that says "Fat people are harder to kidnap." I might try that one some time too.

I just look down at myself and then back at them with a stunned look on my face and say "Wow! I never noticed before!" Then I go on my way and forget about it because I don't need insults from others to motivate me. I get motivation from myself and from the people around me who actually care.

I feel your pain, but I found out that maintaining weight without tracking is a lot harder that it sounds. At one point during my recent extended plateau, I decided to give my mind and body a break and just maintain for a bit instead of trying to lose. I made the decision that I would try to do it without counting…

You have just solved a mystery for me. Although I guess i should have figured this out sooner considering I was one of the kids in high school science class who was able to taste the bitter PTC test strips while most of the class did not. I no longer feel bad that I can't stand the taste of any of this except for the…

?? Although there are plenty of consequences to eating excess sugar overall, the body does not process sucrose as a toxin. A toxin is something that is harmful to the body or that is no longer needed by the body and is filtered out of the blood by the liver, digestive system, lymph system, etc. The body does not break it…

Wow, it sounds like you need to find some new doctors. We all really have to be our own medical advocates in this day and age. Don't be afraid to go from doctor to doctor until you find someone that is willing to seriously listen to you and help you out. There are still good doctors out there, it's just that they can be…

Agreed. I did some reading a while back on GI as a diet tool and I got the strong impression that experts agree that it isn't really that useful for weight loss. It's a tool that people with Diabetes can use to determine how certain foods will affect their blood sugar, but whether or not a food has a high GI does not…

I have lost around 100lbs and I have some loose skin, but not too much. I think losing slowly helped a great deal, but probably mostly I just hit the genetic lottery. Loose skin has a lot to do with how much collagen is in your skin and therefore how elastic it is. Being young helps. Being genetically lucky helps more.…

Could you provide your source for this? I mean the actual research that proves that crossbreeding modern wheat is the cause of increased gluten allergies. While this isn't impossible, the last I heard there hadn't been any research done to prove it. And my experience is that people tend to point the finger at any kind of…

Carbs are not bad and neither is any other food. Some people find it helpful to cut back on them somewhat for weight loss, but others eat a normal (200-300g/ day) amount and have no problem losing weight. If you are staying within your calorie goal and macros and are struggling to lose, it may be worth cutting back on…

Nope, bread is awesome. I think the perception that it is bad comes about because it is higher calorie than most people realize and there is more sugar and sodium in store bought bread that most people would expect. But as long as you read the label and make sure it fits in your day, you're golden.

Did you got to a family doctor or the gynecologist? I'm just wondering if maybe seeing the gyno would be more useful than the family doc. Also, since you struggle with Anorexia, do you have a doctor who specializes in the disorder? Maybe you could find one. I'm thinking that they may have more experience with dealing with…

I second this, and also would add that you might want to try getting into some higher calorie snacks. Nuts, hummus, (non low fat) greek yogurt, and cheese of any kind are all healthy snacks that will eat up some of your calories.

I noticed in general that you diary is bouncing all over the place both in your calorie goal and in your intake. I went back a few weeks and saw everything from a 1300 goal with you eating 1650 to a 1450 goal with you only eating 900 (I realize some of this may be exercise related, but you need to try to get close to your…

If you look at it mathematically -- 100lbs in 4 months is 25lbs/ month. Which equates to a loss of about 6.25lbs/ week. You would need to run a deficit of 3500 calories for each pound, so that's a total calorie deficit of 21,875 calories in a week or 3,125 calories/ day. How many calories do you need to maintain your…

Just hang in there and worry about getting better however you have to. I think it's understandable that you're feeling sick and if you can't eat, you can't eat. Don't worry about your calories tonight and hopefully you will get some better meds tomorrow. Does anything at all sound even a little appetizing? I know that when…

In addition to what many people have already said, I have also ready in several places that if you exercise to lose weight you are more likely to maintain your weight loss in the long term. http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/weight-loss/AN01619. I think, though, that it's very important to realize that "exercise" can…

I've had a lot of success in reducing sciatic pain with yoga. It did more for me than any painkiller or heating pad ever did. I just use it for the stretching and I started out very gently -- you don't want to get all crazy and end up hurting yourself. Your body will get more flexible as you do it, but don't push yourself…

I wasn't totally sure until I read the story about the multiple personality disorder blind girlfriend on page 5 and by then I had already replied. I'd like that 5 minutes of my life back now. I want to use it looking at the awesome gifs people are pulling out for this thread.

You realize that the body recognizes and utilizes food through a series of complex biochemical signals and hormone changes and not by a cognitive function, right? You can't "fool" your body into not utilizing all of the calories you consume when scarfing a whole pizza by saying to your stomach "now listen body, this is…

What about Hot Head? It's also in the Chipotle family of burrito places.

I just kind of eyeball it. I kow how much I put in the bag and I guesstimate how much of it is still in the bag after I take the meat out and subtract. I guess if you wanted to get really crazy, you could actually measure what's left and subtract it that way. But I'm just a tad too lazy for that.

You make the point yourself that VLCD in the literature varies wildly as to actual calorie intake -- I would agree with you. But the fact remains that, if you have a study where an large person is placed on a 1000 calorie diet, they see metabolic slow down and of course they see weight loss. It is simply impossible for a…