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I use it sometimes, when I want milk in cereal, just for the difference in calories. It's small, but generally significant for my 'sedentary' setting by the end of the day.

This. If folks - even family - are openly judging the contents of your plate on Thanksgiving, politely tell them to mind their beeswax.

They'll basically make it any way you ask for it, provided they have the ingredients on-hand. There are 'secret Starbucks menu item' lists available via search engine, too.

Quad Americano with whip most of the year. At this time of year, I'll sometimes treat myself to an Eggnog Latte (which has yet to appear on the menu at our local shop :'( ). I don't care if it's not the most 'nutrient-dense' use of my calories, either.

But, that's part and parcel to the larger issue that labeling something 'organic' is largely a meaningless marketing ploy, from a United States regulations perspective; it may be different in other countries, but I've not seen evidence of this personally. Penn & Teller's Showtime series with the censored name did some…

Walking/hiking for ease-of-access. Canoeing if I ever get the opportunity.

8 8oz cups is total liquid, stemming at one point from a survey of behavior in the 1940s. It was a descriptive, not a prescriptive, number, that included coffee, tea, beer, soup, and the liquid in, for example, bread to get to the total. http://www.snopes.com/medical/myths/8glasses.asp

Bothers me a little that we can 'flag' but not 'like.'

First, congratulations and best wishes on your continuing recovery from an ED. The following answers presume you're not a vegan: Seconding greek yogurt (pick your favorite) with a granola; half a cup of each for starters. A simple hard-boiled egg with a slice of toast is a viable choice, particularly in your situation.…

http://junkfoodscience.blogspot.com/2007/10/gi-more-bad-carb-myths.html For weight loss, they are absolutely the same. If you have studies proving otherwise, please cite them; several folks who have made this particular statement in the past have been unable to provide such studies, so I eagerly await any real proof here.…

For the vast majority of non-elite athletes without preexisting medical conditions like hypoglycemia or diabetes, meal timing is all but entirely irrelevant. Skipping breakfast (with no other changes in overall caloric intake) won't make you magically start to shed pounds or send you into the quasi-mythical "starvation…

Given that the body breaks down most foods into sugars to convert to energy, I'm really, really curious about these 'endless' negative effects that, apparently, the body is voluntarily subjecting itself to in order to stay alive.

Glycemic index is rarely useful. http://www.gnolls.org/1029/fat-and-glycemic-index-the-myth-of-complex-carbohydrates/ http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/86/4/988.abstract No comment on grain-free oatmeal.

Deficient in beer and honey-roasted cashews, apparently.

If you look under the Cardiovascular tag for Exercise, you'll find "weight training" that gives you a result higher than zero; the Strength Training tag is not designed for that. Eat back your exercise calories unless you're doing the TDEE method (which you're not, on 1200 or 1400 calories).

This. If you're hitting your macronutrient goals, and getting your micronutrients, there's nothing wrong with having a diet pepsi - or a regular one - provided it doesn't put you over your goals. You don't get extra credit for going above and beyond your nutrient requirements.

Never mind. Found the fix.

Relevant gnolls.org/1029/fat-and-glycemic-index-the-myth-of-complex-carbohydrates

I actually caught the sarcasm; I was highlighting a relevant bit for the "TL;DR" folks.

My emphasis. Given the portion I highlighted, you might consider speaking to a counselor about body image and body dysmorphia; many universities have folks on staff who are well-versed in helping people with body-image issues.

Six whole subjects. Huge indeed.

Um, not really true. relevant article If it works for you and doesn't, uh, 'holt' your progress, great.

There's very little - if any - reason why an otherwise healthy person NEEDS to switch to low-carb for health, and there's even less reason why 'single ingredient foods' need any particular emphasis in a diet that is otherwise nutritionally adequate and geared toward obtaining or maintaining a healthy weight. The above…

Your body has no real way of discerning the difference between 'fruit sugar' and others. Barring a specific medical issue, don't worry about sugar at all.

For prepubescent kids* with several types of ADD/HADD behavioral markers, sugar and caffeine can act to help them focus and calm down. That said, they're your kids. The boundaries you set in the above quote are not unreasonable, and are well within your rights. *Once puberty sets in, this is less often the case, from what…

This. Also, while it's working for you thus far, that's an awfully small calorie total for an adult male. I'm a smaller (and older) guy than you, with a higher calorie goal on 'sedentary.'

Imagine if they marketed sugary cereal to kids, too!. . . oh, wait.

This.

Short answer: No. Long answer: 1200 calories is the minimum MFP gives when you plug in "Female, Sedentary, lose 2 lb/week." With only 20 lb. to go, it's likely that 2 lb./week is too aggressive a goal. . . and you're often not hitting the 1200 minimum that MFP recommends. Compound this with the generally accepted (around…

I am fascinated by the notion that stereotyping based on the sex of the persons involved ("sex" rather than "gender" is a deliberate distinction here) is somehow not sexist, given that it's practically the definition of "sexism".