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I was pretty happy on my previous vegetarian diet, and after I started tracking calories, I was losing weight at about the same rate as I am now, but without feeling like I was denying myself things I enjoy. I agreed to do 4HB b/c my BF wanted to do it, and I'm supporting him. At any rate, I'm not going to go back to a gym…
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Not recently. I tracked them for the first 4 weeks or so, and I'm eating about the same now. They were coming in anywhere from 1100 to 1400. My base is supposed to be ~1620. I was really concerned about not gettin at least 1200, so I added avocado a few days a week to boost it over 1200. Well, i was trying to follow the…
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Hmm. Could I be causing my plateau because I'm doing ~30lbs on my (fake) kettleball? I'm doing the swings 3 times a week, plus the traverse things and the glute lifts, and adding the cat-pukes and situps twice a week. I only go up maybe 1lb after Saturday's reset day and it's gone by Monday. I'm also taking a multi-vitamin…
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I've been stuck at 209/208 for the last 2 weeks. So frustrated. Trying not to get discouraged, but during lunch (my one REALLY unexciting meal of the day), I wonder why I'm bothering. *sigh* I've upped my water significantly, and it seemed to work briefly, but this is basically now me stuck at about a 7-8 lb loss in 5…
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If you look back a couple of pages, I had the same complaint. While Ferriss says not to count calories, I've been doing so anyway, and I've had HUGE issues meeting even 1200 calories a day on this, even without counting any exercise! Some things I've added: * for breakfast, my BF and I split 3 whole eggs plus 4 eggs whites…
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Coconut is definitely high in fat, but in that way, it's not really like any fruit at all except maybe avocado. At any rate, my small amount of coconut creamer is going to be my diet modification, heh. It's adding such a small amount of anything (other than pleasure), so I can't imagine it's doing much harm. Coconut ice…
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I do. However, I take it with a grain of salt. The thing has been known to change by upwards of 5% just from the weigh-ee stepping off and back on again. Washing your hands, having your feet damp, the presence of the cat in the room, and the moon's current house all can affect it radically. I'm sure the FAA should be…
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We have a pretty good discussion going over on another thread: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/143401-the-4-hour-body-slow-carb-diet Several people are doing it, both strict and not so strict, and comparing notes, sharing ideas, discussing things Ferriss doesn't mention, etc. Come join us!
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V-8 has beets in it, so that might give me pause. Juicing the vegetables (tomatoes, onions, garlic, celery, watercress, spinich, and carrots, plus worcestershire, pepper, and salt) without the beets might be a better answer. Of course, juicing can be time consuming. I'm up 4 lbs after cheat day, sorta - actually up 2 from…
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Does anyone know where coconut falls? My preferred plain coconut milk coffee creamer has, in 1 tablespoon, 10 calories, 1 gram of carbs, and 1 gram of sugar (I assume that's the same 1 gram, if I understand the Carb / Sugar thing correctly). The Whole Foods brand coconut milk has, in 1/4 cup, 120 calories, 2 grams of…
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Thanks for the beans and Brussels recipe. I will DEFINITELY try that. Love them sprouts! 1st cheat day today. Some things were delicious. Others were "meh." I think the BEST thing I had was 1) an apple and 2) a plate of locally made pasta carbonara from our favorite restaurant. Next week, I'm going to hit the grocery on…
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Does anyone have any ideas for what to eat when you go out to eat? TF says "Mexican is great; just don't get the rice or tortillas," but I had a friend in town this week and we went to a Mexican restaurant and I felt flummoxed. I ended up getting a chicken verde mole. The beans were amazing - AFTER I scraped off the cheese…
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donhanesjr, I had about 16 ounces of legumes that day - half a can of lentils for breakfast and half a can of black beans at lunch! We skipped legumes at dinner b/c my BF had bought beans without looking at the ingredients, and I noticed that there was sugar in them (grrr). My understanding from reading the book is that…
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Well, corn is an "avoid" food except in small quantities like is salsa, so I assume popcorn would be best avoided as well.
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Sporty, I think that if there's a major flaw in the research, it's that TF is a young man who was already in excellent shape, and I am not sure how many of his 200 subjects were middle-aged women. I suspect we might have some hormonal differences that may create some limit on the diet for us. I see a lot of red flags. For…
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My partner and I just started this yesterday, so it's too soon to say if it's working. Even though TF says there's no need to track calories on it, I'm still using this site to do that. My concern is that I'm stuffing myself on high-protein foods, going WAY over the protein recommendations here, and yet I'm having to…
