richardheath Member

Cutting sugar can definitely help to remove some excess calories from your diet. Switching from regular soda to diet soda or water; reducing/eliminating sugar from tea and coffee; cutting out/back on candy and pastries... these are all good places to start. Don't cut out all fruit though - it may have sugar, but also has…

Aren't some shrubs poisonous? Or do you mean something other than small ornamental trees? And why vinegar? What health benefits does acetic acid have?

Slow down, plateaus etc are all part of weight loss. By adding in a new exercise, you might be retaining more water (to help heal the muscle), giving the appearance of slowed weight loss too. Plus, as you get closer to goal, the loss is going to slow. As long as you are still heading in the right direction, I wouldn't…

Where does the 2600 come from? 7 lb in 2 months (about 1 lb per week) is a healthy rate of weight loss. But, if you are actually eating 1,200 and your TDEE including exercise is really 2,600 then you might expect to lose more (that's a large 1,400 deficit!). I'd guess that your TDEE is actually lower than 2,600. But to…

Don't make it any more complicated than it needs to be. Sure, eating "healthy" foods is good for you, but the overall composition of your diet is certainly far more important than any one food or food group. Eating clean, by the way, is no guarantee of either being healthy or losing weight. You can still over eat and you…

If your foot still hurts, I'd be worried it may not have healed all the way. Personally, I wouldn't do ANYTHING on it until I'd seen the Doc again.

I see from your profile you have a kid, and another on the way. Is she a stay at home Mum? It might be that, with the 2 hour commute, she is simply frustrated/bored/lonely/needs adult company. I know that when my (now ex) wife and I started having kids, and she was stay at home for a while she'd get that way sometimes.…

Caffeine addiction isn't like other addictions. It doesn't make you seek it out and consume more and more everyday just to keep the lows away. Basically, you might get a mild headache and be irritable if you miss your single cup one day, as that is what your body will get used to. Taken from…

How are you determining body fat %? If you are using one of those household scales, then it is unlikely to be highly accurate anyway. So the fat loss vs muscle loss numbers would likely be suspect anyways.

I don't see mean-spirited attacks. I see people giving the OP some sane, sensible advice. Artificial sweeteners are probably not the cause of your husband being a physical mess - you say he turns his nose up at your "healthy" food, so I would wager that he has poor eating habits: he probably eats too much and possibly…

Good ;-) And don't worry - this won't hurt your progress. I understand the urge to cut as much and lose it as fast as possible, but that isn't necessarily the best in the long run. Slow and steady and SUSTAINABLE wins this race! Good luck!

According to your diary, you've eaten 1332 calories today out of a possible 2156. Maybe you are simply hungry and need to eat something else? ETA - you have eaten 5000 calories less in the past 7 days on top of the deficit you told MFP you wanted... that is a HIGH deficit. Don't make this too hard by trying to eat too…

You have obviously done your research! I've got some reading to do...

And just another word on the low body fat thing... people who tend to have abdominal fat stores (as opposed to say on their hips or thighs) are more prone to diabetes. This MIGHT be linked to what I mentioned earlier about visceral fat. Basically, if the pancreas is surrounded by too much fat, it can't do it's job…

Type 2 can be either a reduced response to insulin (i.e at the level of the insulin receptor), or reduced production of insulin itself by beta cells. Left untreated, the beta cells might become damaged as they try to pump out more and more insulin. But it seems to me that what you are looking for doesn't exist yet! We…

Have you seen a nutritionist who specializes in diabetes? Try to make small changes, and track your blood sugar 2 h after eating to see what happens. For example, have less pasta and more sauce, or have a wrap instead of a hoagie. Increase the amounts of protein and veggies you eat at each meal too. While some people find…

There are lots of possible causes of diabetes, and being obese is just one risk factor (not necessarily a cause). I was "only" about 210 at my heaviest (male, 5'11") and had just lost 40 lbs when diagnosed pre-diabetic. There are lots of skinny diabetics out there! Although, for people who are obese when diagnosed, losing…

Never tried them, but they sound good! I made an IPA recently with Calypso, Citra and Cascade. Called it Islands IPA as it was very tropical.

Ooooh - now that does sound good... probably with Calypso hops...

I beer. My least favourite category to judge in competitions is #21, the Spice/Herb/Vegetable beers. There is rarely anything there I'd chose to make or drink. I've never had a Pumpkin beer I like. Oh, and if you make a barrel aged beer, that doesn't mean it should be overpoweringly flavoured with whiskey. Keep it subtle,…

I try to weed out the things that will have a measurable impact on my actual life/health. People are, in general, very poor at figuring out the statistical impact of many things, so we hear (e.g) "aspartame is bad" and figure it is going to kill us immediately. But we might carry on smoking, or driving without a seat belt,…

Processed white sugar is not artificial. You can chose to put it in your body or not, but at least don't it for a false reason. So if you can't prove it has bad effects, this'll be the end of your post, right? Oh... wrong :-( Compounds such as that have effects on the body whether they are refined or not. Humans have a…

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I've been in maintenance for about 2 years, and don't log. But then, I lost 50 lb without logging too. For me, I was never hugely overweight, so I didn't need to adjust too much to lose/maintain. I AM much more conscious of what (and how much) I eat though than I was before. I think some people will be able to do it and…

Where do you get your GMO flour from? There is no GMO wheat currently commercially available. Not even sure how one would become addicted to GMO and not non-GMO wheat even if it was available. I think you are just addicted to confirmation bias...

Because Paleo is a magic eating style where you will miraculously become healthy and be at your ideal weight regardless of calorie intake. True story*. *The data presented in this post have not been verified by science, logic or the FDA.

Just a word of caution based on this post... If he feels like you are trying to get him to use this so you can prove yourself right, he may not want to use it.

Well, it has only been a month. So tell him not to get discouraged yet. Finding the right calorie level can be a bit of trial and error. Plus, if he is new to working out, then the body tends to hold on to extra fluid to help the muscles repair, which can mask an initial loss. What changes are you seeing in him? Is he…

Don't know about impatient ones. Breaking sugar addiction takes a while. You have to be very patient.

LOL! Awesome. But this is a topic that is never going to die...