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Personally, I think reducing your simple carbs while eating a comfortable amount of complex carbs is the way to go. Complex carbs are great for giving a nice boost of energy for a longer period of time, tend to have lot's of fibre, and there's generally actual NUTRITION in the food. Basically fruits and veggies and whole…

They're not making excuses. You're posts are quite honestly far more useless in the context. You aren't providing any solutions to the problem except to say "Ah, you don't have anything to be stressed about! Just take responsibility!" when it clearly goes deeper. OP is stressed, regardless of whether you can sympathize or…

Dude, it's not an excuse, it's a reason. An extremely valid reason. It's a coping mechanism, that's not something tough love can help. Coping mechanisms need to be replaced, not removed. OP, if this is related to stress, your best bet is to start by developing healthier ways to cope with the stress. It's tough, but it's…

I really agree with you on the simplistic thing. Like, yes, losing weight is as simple as caloric deficit. This is true. However, actually achieving that, alongside various other factors that impact how you eat and exercise is really hard for a lot of people. Breaking old habits is hard. Being on medication is hard. For…

Meh, I think it's boring, and quite inefficient. And siultaneously very vague and far too specific. Like, it doesn't really actually allow for someone to account for their micronutrient or even macronutrient needs, and it's certainly possible; it's too vague in this sense. And it's too specific for what to eat when; Why…

The "just one more" mentality was and still sometimes is a big thing for me. But it's usually along the lines of "Well, I did one 'bad' thing, so another bad thing won't be that much worse." Is that how it is for you? If so, you pretty much just need to see moderation as the most important thing. It's a process, and it…

I just really want to point out that MFP is notoriously bad for it's calorie assignments and assigns unnecessarily low allowances. I'm really hoping '50 pound' was a typo because otherwise you ought to be gaining weight, not losing. A healthy person should have a BMR of around 1500 calories, give or take a bit. As such,…

If you're concerned with the scale, calories are the most important thing If you're concerned with your health, a balanced diet is the most important thing. Personally, I've never been big on the 'clean eating' thing because it's boring, and rather restrictive. I like treating myself with "unclean" foods like donair and…

Same here. I do what I can to eat nutritious and fresh food, but I'm a student, currently not working, and it can be difficult sometimes to eat good quality food. I try to eat a lot of salad and bananas purely because I can afford that. I also treat myself to other fresh fruit and avocados when they go on sale. But…

This! True hunger is NOT mental at all. If you're hungry, eat. Always eat. Just eat healthy is all. Unless you really have a craving for a cup of ice cream or something that is (never be afraid to treat yourself). In this case, just eat some bigger meals throughout the day, or add another meal at night for shortly before…

I eat about 1750 on an average day. If I work out more than usual (so if it's a run day, for example) I eat back the exercise calories.

I'm really not sure regularly eating a whole chicken is healthy. Chicken is healthy in moderation, sure, but using it most days as your primary source of calories?

The example I generally use is 1000 calories (someone eating at 2000 will probably be fine, but I see your point). The issue with eating so little is less what it does do your weight loss, and more what it does to your health. A slight calorie deficit is normal and healthy, but if it's too large, it can result in various…

It's certainly not inherently bad, but I can see it being difficult. First, you'll need to be able to meet your minimum calorie goal (I presume yours is around 1500, give or take) in one meal which may mean you'll have to continue eating when you're full, and may make yourself sick. As well, you need to be extremely…

Yeah, you're body can already do that, don't bother. If you're body isn't detoxing properly, you need to see a doctor. That's not to say doing a day full of smoothies won't help motivate you, but it's not going to actually cleanse anything.

I feel that eating something you enjoy and then 'punishing' yourself with exercise is unhealthy. It promotes an unhealthy relationship with food. Personally, I find it much better to exercise first and 'buy' a snack of some sort. I want food and exercise to be positive in my life, I want food to be thought of as a reward…

I don't know how long you've been doing this, but I'm assuming we're talking about one week...If that's how much you ate this week, and you're expecting exactly a 1lb loss for this week, but that's not quite how it works. It can sometimes take a few days, or even a couple weeks, to see the change.

Actually 'starvation mode' IS a real thing. It's just a lot of people don't understand how it works (for example, it doesn't stop weight loss, but it does it slows it). It's actually called adaptive thermogenesis, and it's very interesting. However, it's not the first concern I come up with. Screw weight loss, people need…

And you don't have to entirely forgo your favorite dressings, just learn to use less. A big thing I used to do was just but a bunch of dressing on top, then I'd need more to cover the lower leaves of salad that didn't get touched. Now I mix the salad with the dressing in a bowl so everything is lightly coated, which uses…

how could it be simpler...it's just 'add food' then you search the food and how much you ate. It probably seems more complicated because you're not used to recording it that way. But I find it much easier to use than any other food diary I've tried.

Emily, 21, and don't really have a specific big goal. I'm just losing in 5-10 pound intervals until I'm happy with how I look and feel! Not new to MFP though! But could always use some more friends. I'm a pretty big nerd. I used to go to anime conventions and cosplay (still do a bit of cosplay with friends now and again, I…

Here's the way I see it: counting is a useful tool for some people. While it certainly requires careful consideration (you can't look just at the calories, you also need to make sure you meet all your nutritional needs), and it's definitely not for everyone (I know a lot of people recovering from eating disorders need to…

You keep saying outliers. But when there are so many examples of when BMI doesn't work, those aren't outliers. Outliers are rarities that skew the data. Get much more than a couple and it stops being an outlier and is now a trend. Me, for example, I'm fat. I'm willing to admit that I'm fat. That's why I'm here, I'm not in…

"Because it's too hard to pronounce" will not be acceptable... THANK YOU SO MUCH Every time someone says "If you can't pronounce the ingredients, then it is bad for you" my eyes roll so far back inside my head. If that we the case, most 'unhealthy' food would be perfectly fine for me, since my Bachelor of Science has…

This. I mean, hey, if you have the calories and really want a cheeseburger, go for it, but don't eat a cheeseburger just because you have leftover calories. That said, I know what you mean by "I can't eat all that." When you change your diet to include fewer calorie dense foods, it can be hard. MyouTakaraTri is wrong…

Not quite! Generally speaking, those who are younger need more calories for their day; younger people have higher metabolisms (pound per pound) than their older counterparts. That's why children can eat almost as much as a healthy adult and still not gain much weight. Energy needs peak in early adulthood. So it probably…

A week and a half isn't always enough to see results. Your best bet is to weight yourself only once a week at the same time (natural weight fluctuations occur through the day and the week, but around once a week at the same time should remove some of the variables involved). You'll maybe see a pound a week, with some…

If 1200 is your usual, you can definitely afford to be eating over the top every now and again (1200 is a pretty low calorie intake honestly, you could probably up it if you wanted to, MFP's system of assigning calories isn't very good). So yeah, basically just go about the next day no differently. You can't undo the…

Popcorn really isn't that bad. It's a pretty healthy snack in my opinion, even pre-seasoned/buttery ones. And hey, maybe it's not the best, but I think it's worth the treat if you like it! That said, a bowl of yogurt with granola and fruit and some honey is good. Or some apple slices sprinkled with a teensy bit of sugar (I…

Also, if you've set the built-in calculator to say you have a sedentary lifestyle, make sure to eat back your exercise calories. You need to replenish those calories because those calories are your energy source for the exercise.