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I clicked on this because I thought there was some kind of information that women of this height range needed to read or which might be helpful to us. The actual post = creepy and irrelevant.

Heh well I did eat meat when I was a child, but this is definitely a new ballgame in lots of ways. For example, I'm a really good cook, but cooking meat is totally new to me. Sometimes I screw it up. Grass-fed beef is amazing. I hope grass-fed lamb has similar qualities. Thanks, y'all!

Some processed foods are also whole foods. For example, yogurt is in my opinion a whole food. So is butter. (And why on earth would we want to not eat it? It is a whole food, so she doesn't need a substitute for it.) WRT bread, read the ingredient labels. Or make your own. I don't eat a lot of bread so I don't make my own…

I agree that planning is very important. It helps you to avoid that point where you are super-hungry suddenly and have nothing ready. I will cook a dinner and take leftovers from it for lunch the next day, for example. The other night I cooked a single 1/4 pound hamburger patty for myself. It took less than ten minutes and…

Honestly, this might be an issue. During pregnancy our bodies prepare to breastfeed, then all that DHA-rich fat feeds a baby's brain. In the absence of breastfeeding, your body isn't sure what to do with that fat. You've thwarted the mechanism that your body had in place for losing weight.

Then how do you explain the people who lose or maintain weight while eating enormous amounts of fatty foods? Or those who gain weight while eating very little? People are metabolically different (see Roger Williams's work on Biochemical Individuality) and not all calories are metabolized the same way. There is also the…

The assumption that someone was overweight because they were eating more than their TDEE in calories is erroneous. Weight gain does not result only from overeating (in fact there are people who routinely "overeat" and do not gain weight.)

Weird, I routinely eat too few calories and MFP never tells me that message. Or maybe I never notice it? If I eat too few calories per day, I don't lose weight and I am tired and have stomach problems. So yes, I try to eat enough every day.

It is very strange for a doctor to add cytomel on top of Armour. This is because pig thyroid actually already has more T3 than humans naturally make. So on Armour, you really shouldn't need MORE T3. I worry that your balance may be way off. Instead of just taking more T3 in the afternoon, why not split your dose of Armour…

Yes. Way too much sugar. You may be doing long-term damage to yourself by eating that much sugar regularly. Plain beans can be snazzed up with lots of stuff, and you might find that making your own maple beans makes you satisfied with less sugar.

With this, I disagree. I think individual food items are VERY important. And I also do not think a calorie deficit is important or should be everyone's goal. Just as an example, one of my biggest problems losing weight has been that I didn't eat enough calories every day. In order to lose weight, I had to eat MORE food,…

I personally caution against relying on fake meats or on soy for your protein needs. I was a vegetarian for a very long time (20+ years) and ate higher protein than most, but it still wasn't enough for my current protein needs :(

REAL FOOD ALL THE WAY! However, I think "all things in moderation", so I don't fear the occasional junk food, and also, I happen to like (one type of) protein powder. I have to balance my protein carefully, so the Designer Whey kind helps me to have a smoothie (which I otherwise wouldn't be able to do, and which I love.) I…

Yeah, you have it mixed up. :) What you are thinking of, I think, is that when you eat protein with a sugary or starchy substance, the protein slows digestion and therefore stops you from having an insulin spike. Insulin spikes are not what you want, they make you store your calories as fat without getting to use them for…

If the foods you like to eat at restaurants go over your calorie/nutrient budget, there is a really easy way to stay within budget: eat half your entree and take the rest home to eat later. Most restaurant meals are very large compared to what we need in a meal. Many studies show that we eat what is in front of us out of…

I have learned that if I don't get my minimum calories per day, I don't lose weight. I have a low appetite so if I only ate when I was hungry, I would get about 1000 calories a day and would have low blood sugar and low energy. If I am low on calories I will eat something fatty or with protein to help get myself over the…

These days my TSH is .5 or less. But TSH is really not the right way to measure thyroid function. TSH is a pituitary hormone, not a thyroid hormone. It is more important to measure thyroid hormones, like Free T3s and T4. Unlike some people, I started seeing positive results with NDT right away. The T3 definitely kicks in…

Yes, I take a complete B supplement. I also eat a very balanced diet including many good sources of thiamine. Every week I receive a delivery of in-season, local, organic vegetables. Most of the veggies I eat are fresh, not frozen (freezing and thawing destroys thiamine.) I eat eggs every day for breakfast. And when I…

Any animal that dies of "natural causes" is unsuitable for eating because it sat there decomposing for a time before the owner found it. I think that butcher is having you on. It is not legal to sell meat that was not processed under cold conditions from the moment of slaughter.

This is why it is important to know where your foods come from. I made a rule that any meat I eat must be humanely-raised, pastured, and local. I research my meat sources. Do not settle for a label that says "natural" or "free range": you must find out for sure where your meat comes from and how it lived. I think you mean…

I have been vegetarian for about 20 years. I was vegan for about 18 months around a decade ago. Being vegan was terrible for my health; it required too much soy. (I now think that soy is very unhealthy. I have it in small amounts, but I try to avoid it in general.) After being vegan, I started incorporating fish into my…

No, it isn't right: whey drained off has protein and sugars itself. It is not just water.