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Nope. And it's not likely people will go off and do deep-dive nutritional research for every entry they make when so many entries can't even manage filling out what's already on the label.

I buy the Oats Overnight shake packets and make it with oat milk (tastes best to me) and an extra scoop of protein and have it on my way to work. I find it’s a good blend of the convenience of a shake, with enough chew to feel like it was a meal.

I think the problem is too big to even really contemplate. Four trillion anything is such a ridiculously large number, it's hard to even imagine, much less think of as a target to measure change. I may just be in a bit of a bubble, but I also don't see a whole lot of excessively large people or a lack of whatever might be…

I personally don't see a population-level change that can be made by an individual, that personal accountability and influencing your children is the only thing that can really be done. What high-level interventions do you see being effective ways to bring about global and societal change that seems to be needed? Or even…

I think you have to manage expectations as well. Muscle building is not a days and weeks endeavor, it's more like months and years. A pound or so a month is about the most a woman can put on under ideal circumstances. That of course, doesn't mean you won't get stronger, it's just the amount of physical muscle that you gain…

Weight loss is about calories consumed. You can consume them any time you like. Some people like intermittent fasting and limiting the hours that they eat in. Personally, eating dinner is practically the last thing I do before I go to bed. I prefer to eat late and don't eat until whatever work I have to do at home is…

I think the question is, what benefit do you think you would gain from premium that would be an improvement to you, over the free version?

I desperately, desperately wish I could. I would give a lot to dump meal planning and preparation drudgery. Except giving up variety, apparently.

Are you a premium member? If you are, then you probably need to put in a support ticket. If you aren’t a premium member, you don’t have access to the barcode scanner. It’s a premium-only feature.

Maybe YouTube videos and a mirror that you can practice the moves without weight as you go? You’ll probably need to figure the names of exercises to look them up though.

Ahhh....it's a much slower pace than you're imagining. For one, you typically plan on doing it for a few hours. You also have to go slowly enough to concentrate on monitors and keyboards and not on having to keep up and stay steady on a walking pad. Like you said, briskly walking just wouldn't work. But on Zoom calls you…

Why wouldn't you be able to use the keyboard? We have a lot of people at my university that use walking pads at their desks. It hasn't seemed to have any effect on their productivity. From what I understand, it often improves it.

I’m a fan of frozen vegetables and meat. Neither require much more than occasionally dividing a larger piece. No peeling or chopping or whatever people do with fresh vegetables. Other than snacking vegetables (that come pre-cut) and bagged salads I probably haven’t used a fresh vegetable in months. Frozen has a wider,…

No need to cut out carbs whatsoever. Keep in mind that this is a message board of interested amateurs, so take what might be useful for you to try and leave the rest.

Have you come across Living Well with Gastroparesis? It was an amazing resource when I had gp. The lady that wrote it and runs the site finally ended up getting the pacemaker type implant and has had amazing results, if I remember correctly. I had idiopathic gastroparesis for a couple of years and it was a really rough…

Frozen is generally as nutritious as fresh, as long as it’s plain vegetables, not sauced. Canned vegetables are already cooked and can be high in sodium.

Unless you're never going to allow sweets into your life ever again, banning foods is not really a great solution. It's just generally a good idea to lose weight the way you intend to maintain that weight loss. White-knuckling your way past all "naughty" treats forever and ever isn't sustainable. For me, I have a small…

I worry less about staying motivated all the time and focus more on small habits that are easier to build and rely on. Kind of like brushing my teeth. I just do it, I don't have to be motivated to do that every time. It can be tempting to lose weight in some kind of dietary cocoon, but eventually you'll need to have habits…

Are your settings in calories or kilojoules? If you’re trying to convert kilojoules into calories, it sounds like something got changed in your settings.

I wear my Fitbit on a waistband clip when I want to wear a dressy watch. Step counts are pretty consistent when I do. Unless I do something crazy big with my arms like washing windows or lifting boxes over my head. That always throws things off. But day-to-day I’ve been surprised at how little arm motions seem to affect…

I use the 90-second rice packets. Currently I have wild rice, brown rice, cilantro lime rice, Spanish rice, chicken rice, regular rice. By far the best way to get variety without a lot of cooking or storage.

I'm not a fan of Stoicism, so I don't frame my wellness in terms of what I think I deserve or not. However, if 40%--or nearly half the time, you're so unwell you can't function in daily activities, that is absolutely something to be addressed by a professional (not a personal development guru). Speaking for myself, I'm…

I've taken a potassium supplement for years. I adjust the dosage every year based on my annual bloodwork. I would never, ever, ever just start randomly taking potassium and even less so would I base that supplementation on MFP entries. Potassium is (among other things) a key requirement for maintaining your cardiac rhythm…

You can enter your meal plans as far in advance as you like. A lot of people on this site track ahead for the week.

The first thing I wonder is what is the source for this list and what are they selling? From this, literally any bad feeling that you have is caused by gut problems.

Have you had COVID? Not all of my smell came back after I did and I often get random scents that have no identifiable source.

You don’t have to figure it out for yourself, just run the same guided setup you did originally with your new weight. Most people need to adjust every 10-15 pounds or so.

People don’t even fill in the existing fields in the database entries, I doubt seriously they’d leave the site and research GI impact for an entry. This is a crowdsourced database, MFP staff have nothing to do with the individual entries.

I lost weight faster once I started eating back exercise calories. I wasn’t so wiped out if I ate more, especially on heavy days.

I hate using single use plastics, but I haven't come up with a better option. I have to store things in flat packages. I have an apartment sized fridge with an apartment sized freezer. The freezer is about three quart-sized freezer bags wide, so the prospect of using glass bowls or meal prep boxes is a non starter,…