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There is little to no sugar in a plain meat, are you buying processed/ ready cooked/ deli/ marinaded stuff? If so consider switching off most prepared and processed foods, buy items with one ingredient that look the same as when they came off the plant or animal and make food from scratch so you completely control the…

Have you searched through the entries available in your food diary? Pretty sure all kinds of Chinese food is listed.

You do not consume all the calories/ nutrients, no domestic juicer can extract all the nutrients from produce leaving nothing but fibre. Even commercial machines have to 'wash up' the pulp to extract more juice, in the case of oils they even use chemical and/ or heat to get the rest of the 'juice' from the pulp (eg. olive…

You can't be hitting all your macros without hitting your calorie goal, that is not possible unless I have totally misunderstood MFP. Depends what you are eating and what you mean by clean - as well as the fruit and veggies are you getting the recommended amount of dairy, oily fish, other lean protein, other healthy fats,…

Chicken breast or jumbo shrimp/ prawns, stir fry mixed vegetables, try not to eat much of the sauce.

Why do you think cutting meat and fish will help you lose weight? Just carry on eating the modest amount you do but only lean cuts not high fat or processed rubbish, or reduce meat and increase oily fish and other seafood. And sorry to be harsh but wanting to get back into a size zero dress you wore at age 15 is not a…

Caffeine is if you take enough, nothing unique to green tea AFAIK.

DHA, EPA, calcium, bioavailable vitamin D, haem iron are not all freely available in natural plant foods, many rely on vegan frankenfoods, supplements or go short. I'm not in any way suggesting a vegan diet is any more deficient than the standard US/ UK diet which we all know is appalling. The conversion rate of short…

What diet specifically which foods and food groups, what type of exercise and do you still have body fat to shift? Are you just calorie counting or are you eating specifically for cardiovascular health and hypercholesterolaemia? How intensively are you training, assuming the doctor has cleared you for intense activity?…

Because the weight you dropped was largely water and you've gained that back - sodium, TOTM, carbs? You should be aiming to lose half to two pounds a week depending how much you have to lose, 1200 calories minus your exercise is not enough, you should at least be netting over your basal metabolic rate. Don't weigh daily,…

I eat frozen, dried, canned as well as fresh, pick my fresh fruit and vegetables carefully according to what is most nutritious and reasonably priced as well as personal taste. Also I shop around, go somewhere different every week or two weeks depending what stocks are getting low and what is best priced. Salad leaves and…

Serving of nuts, seeds and dried fruit is often listed at 30g each but it depends what you need for calories, macros and micros really. Given your profile indicates you want to bulk and you are aiming for vegan IMO don't limit yourself with servings. Be sure you are getting plenty of omega-3s because nuts, seeds, soya,…

Whole eggs are nutritious, more so if you choose omega-enriched. Assuming you are healthy you can eat them daily if they fit in with your macro split and you enjoy them. Egg whites are pure protein but contain little in the way of vitamins and minerals.

I aim for nine different low sugar fruits and non starchy vegetables a day but Smarter Science of Slim (half following) advocates twelve - rarely have repeats, mostly vegetables and the full rainbow of colours. To make it easier and cheaper I buy a fair bit of ready frozen produce and batch cook meals. Don't find soups,…

Most of the research is on standardised green tea extract not home brewer green tea which is massively weaker in antioxidants.

Way less sugar, more protein, some fat - you had 100g of carbs most of which were sugars so anything up to twenty teaspoons! Consider switching the banana for half or one avocado, sweetened yoghurt for plain cottage cheese OR plain yoghurt plus whey powder. That will save you 40g of carbs/ sugars or up to eight teaspoons.…

Low sugar fruits, non starchy vegetables, oily fish, reduced fat dairy, seeds like ground flax or chia.

If it's after midnight somewhere in the world it's tomorrow so feed the need and log it for Saturday.

You are under on fat and protein - eat more of those at breakfast and lunch. Also try for more variety, don't have peanut butter and bananas or romaine lettuce twice in one day. Not sure what you are aiming for, don't really understand why you have cut out all the starchy carbs today but then added in two bananas which are…

Don't take the boyfriend to the store each time? Plain Greek yoghurt Low fat soft cheese Cottage cheese Three different hard cheeses Free range eggs Red onions Red cabbage Bell peppers Aubergine (eggplant) Mushrooms Fresh pineapple or kiwis Fresh carrots or celery Frozen mixed berries Four different frozen green veggies…

If the sugar bothers you switch to low sugar fruits like berries, red and black currants, rhubarb, grapefruit.

Constipation? Gas? Water retention? TOTM? Figure out the cause then seek a solution.

Maybe you have fallen off the wagon because you have been undereating and going way too low on the fat? You had less than 400 calories over three meals today, that is starvation rations: the human body can't tell the difference between a crash diet and a famine, it will at some point demand calories. What you have eaten as…

You omitted plant-based, paleo, primal, cleanse and detox.

I'm firmly in the real foods camp, tho not primarily for weight management but for health. I've been long term sick before, partly due to dodgy lifestyle choices, seen enough people through work (lifestyle healthcare) who have done likewise and read enough eye opening studies to be persuaded. Having said that I don't think…

A decent amount of fruit, veg, dairy, oily fish and even olives and avocado all of which is brilliant, but I don't see enough in the way of mineral rich foods (beans, lentils, nuts, seeds). You could have more variety but it's not the be all and end all - being a little picky perhaps switch out the iceberg lettuce for dark…

Depends what your goals are. If you want to lose weight on the scales at any cost you can certainly eat 1200 calories of sugar and lard if you so chose. If you want to lose weight whilst remaining healthy, get the best from your workouts, end up with the least fat and most muscle then you would be best eating 1200…

Not immediately dangerous unless you are diabetic no. Don't stress about the fruit sugar, but moderate your servings, don't have 200g grapes in one sitting, consider choosing lower sugar fruits like berries, red or black currants, grapefruit, rhubarb. Be sure your sugary/ refined/ processed foods are no more than 10% of…

Part of eating healthy is eating the right amount of overall calories and every macro and micro nutrient to be a healthy weight and to fuel all your bodily processes. If you are exhausted by workouts you are either overtraining, have an undiagnosed health problem or are not eating as healthily as you imagine. Your gross…

Selective editing has changed the sense of my post somewhat but IMO (from my POV working in lifestyle healthcare) any diet that needs to be fortified or supplemented to be healthy and balanced is overly restrictive and completely unnatural. Obviously sometimes that is impossible to avoid, for example in multiple allergies,…