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  • I think that anyone who doesn't know by now that fast/junk food has about a million ingredients per item has been hiding their heads in the... silicia :P Some of this is worthwhile information but some just seems to be scaremongering. Again. Since when is yeast extract evil? I'd better put down the marmite (joke, that…
  • Wow, these are all great (and that website reccommendation was gold)! Thanks everybody - I have more avocado meals to eat now than I do avocados, how depressing. I used both google AND mfp! The magic of the internet, and being able to do what I like on it, astounds me.
  • It's perfectly possible, but it won't all be fat. Don't be discouraged if you see very small losses or no loss at all for a while.
  • 1.4lbs is a really good sustainable loss, be happy :) It's early days yet - why don't you keep trucking on and see where you are in a couple months? If your losses start to slow then, you can rejig your exercise routine or diet. I believe that cleanses are placebos at best and harmful at worst. Colonics freak me out and…
  • I've recently discovered sweet potatoes! They're a superfood as far as I'm concerned. Very nutritious and taste great. You can just whack them in the ovenfor an hour or so and use them like a normal jacket potato (i.e put whatever you want on them). I also like making salsas. Tomatoes, chopped peppers and onions fried in a…
  • A lot of people stop smoking cold turkey though! I would find not weighing impossible for a month, but I'm cutting down to 3x week for a couple months and then further from there. It's going to be a challenge - good luck to you :)
  • One of my friends took canned food (e.g. tuna) and a can opener - that's a way to get some protein! Don't stress too much about the macro breakdown - it's only a few days. Just concentrate on enjoying yourself and not over-eating :)
  • Well, caffeine makes me jittery and nervous but I love a latte, so I ignore it. Some people have a higher/lower tolerance for caffeine but I say that if you like coffee as long as you're not having 6+mugs a day you should be fine (I say that because I can't imagine that much coffee!). Also, it can make calories stack up if…
  • I JUST got back from a festival where I put on a tonne of weight due to bad eating habits. Honestly, stay away from the food they sell there. It's fatty and ridiculously expensive. Try and find a supermarket nearby that sells things like sandwiches which you can eat on the go and will keep out for a day or two. Load up on…
  • For me, chin ups and push ups for arms/shoulders, hula hooping for abs/waist and squats for legs :D also, running started toning me up really quickly! Doing intervals of hooping and jumping jacks was really intensive, I found so that might be something to look into at home as well.
  • There are benefits and drawbacks to both. Cow milk is what we're generally used to and it's easily accessible. Soy milk is a great alternative if you want something different. However, you can be allergic to cow milk or lactose intolerant. A lot of people seem to have soy intolerance as well though, so it's whichever one…
  • I'm a moderation type of person. I never considered my diet to be unhealthy and I enjoyed it all, I just ate too much of everything, so I haven't stopped eating anything to be honest (but some of the portion sizes have become tiiiiiny). But I can no longer eat the full calorie/fat/sugar version of anything that I know has…
  • I definitely think you need to think about this in the long term - it's going to take more than two months to fix all the damage done if they were really very restrictive diets. Your body probably thinks you're doing what you've always done. Exercising 6 times a week seems a little intense! If there is no time for your…
  • I have never found that drinking water makes me any less hungry except very temporarily. If I am hungry at all, drinking lots of water will bloat me for about 10mins and then I will be ravenous. Maybe it's to do with the expansion of your stomach from the copious amounts of water? Maybe your body isn't getting enough food…
  • What types of food are you eating? And could it be an emotional problem? I feel sometimes that when I eat something 'bad' like a food that is high in fat, even if I am still under for calories I will feel really guilty and the next day I will feel as if I have gained weight even though I haven't. I imagine my arms are…
  • Hey, chin up! 57lbs? WOW. There is absolutely no way that you are not smaller. It can be irritating when people don't realise you've lost weight. This school year, I lost 15lbs, and people had no clue until it was prom and I was all dolled up in a tight dress. All year, I resented them for not seeing, but you know what?…
  • Say the meal had 800mg in total - if this is not typical for your meals then you'll still end up for the day under 2000mg, no? It's all about variation. One day, you might have 500mg of sodium and another you might have 3000mg. As long as you eat healthily and try and keep a balance, one day over the reccommended will not…
  • Well done to you!
  • If you are losing weight from all over, the change in your general size will be negligible. For example, if person A loses 20lbs all from her thighs, they will be many inches smaller when she measures them. If person B loses an even amount of fat from her entire body, she, although still being smaller and having lost the…
  • I don't have an official weigh in day. I weigh myself every day but only update my tracker whenever my weight has stayed below a certain weight for a good while. If I was to have a weigh in day, I reckon I'd pick one in the middle of the week, just because it seems like you'd have less weight left over from the weekend and…
  • At 174lbs, I was a UK14-16/US10-12 - on the bottom, which is the only sizing I pay attention to and at 150lbs I was a UK12/US8-10. At 130lbs, I'm a UK10/US7. I was at around 32% body fat at 174lbs, 28% at 150lbs and 26% at 130lbs. I'm 5'2", so a bit shorter than you. I'm thinking you might want to look at sizes 8-12? That…
  • Carbs are not evil! You can lose weight on any ratio of carb/fat/protein as long as you are on a calorie deficit as far as I'm aware.
  • I think it's more important to eat enough food than to stay under the goal that myfitnesspal sets for your carbs/fats. Especially if you are eating on a tight budget, as 'healthy' protein sources tend to be more expensive than foods with more fats and carbs. As long as you are feeling well in yourself - i.e. you have a lot…
  • Have you tried swimming? It's very gentle on the joints and you can go as fast or as slow as you are capable. That's not very fair of him - I hope he becomes more supportive as you continue :( Good luck!
  • Oh, so really, consistently tracking fat percentage is the only way to do keep track. I've gone from about 26% to 25% going from an internet calculator, so around 3lbs of that was fat and 4lbs was lean body mass. So not great. JennyJH, maybe that's because your muscles had time to fully recover and heal? Or you overcame a…
  • Definitely eating 1200 and burning 700. I used to do that every day and it's a lot more sustainable than just eating 500 in my experience. You get a lot more nutrition if you eat the additional 700cals - that is a HUGE meal that could be filled with all sorts of vitamins, minerals, fats and proteins. Eating 500 makes you…
  • I weigh the meat raw and log that. If you measure it after cooking, you have no idea how much moisture/fat has been lost from the meat in comparison to database value. It is much more accurate to go with the weight from before cooking. However, I often use the after cooking weight for when I'm eating something someone else…
  • I think a lot of people don't really and truly believe that eating disorders are mental illnesses. Telling someone that they're being vain when they are disordered and think that they are fat is so very ignorant. I think it can be partly because of jealousy and that kind of person has no idea that there's nothing to be…
  • I hate very low calorie diets and always have. They REALLY irritate me. But I think you will find that there are quite a few people on here who do not care about any of the reasons why the diet is seen as being bad and to be fair, jt does seem to be working for them with few (perceived) side effects so I just shrug when…
  • Rome was not built in a day. Presumably, it took you a while to put all this weight on; it surely will take some time to come off. I have been fighting a battle with my weight since I was 8 years old (I'm now 18). My highest weight was 174lbs and I'm 130.5lbs now. How long has it taken to get off? 4 years, give or take.…
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