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OK, so nobody can get injured or have other priorities that cause them to have setbacks? Nobody can lose their job and not be able to afford a membership for a while? Nobody might have to focus more on, say, caring for a terminally ill loved one, at the expense of a more superficial goal? My goals are not at all aesthetic,…

Methinks he misunderstood his dietitian or he's pulling your leg. If he has a DEXA scan from before and after that shows these results, I'll believe it (but not the "without exercise" part). Other methods are too fraught with error to make a real conclusion.

Exactly. Trying to estimate by eyeball is a good way to stymie any progress. https://youtu.be/JVjWPclrWVY

How many pieces of toast? What kind? What did you have on it? How much of that? How much fruit? How much did the chicken breast, cauliflower, cheese, and grapes weigh? None of what you said is loggable, so it's impossible to quantify the calories-in part of the equation, let alone the calories-out part. Time to invest in a…

If you start missing your period, you're probably exercising more than you can recover from, and if you have spotting afterwards, your workouts may be more vigorous than you're ready for. Oh. That probably doesn't apply to you. NVM.

Fair enough, but then you've set your perfect macros to make you fat. So we'll have to ask, "Perfect for what?" I guess it's all about context.

How so? X grams of protein, Y grams of carbs, and Z grams of fat always adds up to 4(X + Y) + 9Z calories every single time. If you're over your calories, you're over on at least one macro.

@SnuggleSmacks , I found one in like-new condition for $74 on Amazon and it came in today. Wonder what happens when I try to pair it with my phone. I can't believe it's been so many years and they still can't make an armband with all the same sensors that can sync up with a chest-banded HRM and doesn't require a…

Well, crap. I've been limping along with a broken Bluetooth feature on my LINK for over a year waiting for the new device to come out, and now I find that there won't be a new one. At least, TBTWP is not the band that was delivered. I was hoping I could ditch the subscription for BodyMedia Fit, but instead it looks like…

Mine's public. I've only got a few days logged right now, but if you look back about 10 months or so and older, you should see quite a bit of data.

Nthing the scale suggestion. That's the way to log accurately.

What about really butch chicks that everybody can tell you're not friends with so that you can creep them? Oh, wait. We're already friends. Never mind.

Personally I find that no one wearable has all the features I want, but the BodyMedia Fit comes closest. The features it lacks that I want are a chest-strap heart rate monitor, bluetooth that doesn't break, and the ability to access my data without a subscription. When that device comes out, I'm buying it. ETA: I think the…

*raises hand* It drove my friends nuts. I would break out my pocket scale, pull my meal apart into its constituent parts, weigh and log each one, and then reassemble. I'm a slow eater compared to those friends anyway, so that just exacerbated the problem. And it triggered some really obsessive, disordered eating behavior.…

I was wondering if anybody else reading this thread had immediately thought of this old thread! http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1052395/i-ate-pizza-and-ice-cream-bed-woke-up-less-fat

This has been my favorite song for a few months! The video got cut off, though... What about the rest of the song?! >:)

I had to.

DYEL?

It is not physically possible to eat fewer calories than your body burns off and not lose weight, no matter whether they come from cheeseburgers and fries or organic locavore artisanal kale. :noway: It's certainly easier to eat fewer calories than you need by eating non-calorie-dense food, but that was not your claim.

Just about everything above is wrong. It *is* simple. Calories in < Calories out . What it isn't is *easy*. Eating "healthy" isn't a guarantee of weight loss. You still need to find a way to eat fewer calories than you use, no matter what you're eating. You don't need to cut carbs or fats or sugars or sodas or whatever.…

My diary is open. Feel free to creep it. I follow flexible dieting, and don't believe you can define "clean" objectively with regard to food.

I seriously can't comprehend how that woman gets enough protein. And "mono-meals" sounds like one of the worst imaginable tortures.

How can you say "Keep calories down and you will lose" at the same time you say "Stop counting macros too. It's all about eating healthy food and working out"? Counting macros is an excellent way to control your calories.

Ice cream or GTFO.

Likely all those same things that he would have been cured of had he controlled his blood sugar and got enough protein, fruits, and vegetables using any other diet...

I think the flexible dieting article (http://evidencemag.com/flexible-dieting-basics/) pretty much sums the whole issue up quite well.

Unless they contradict you. My trainer has a degree in nutrition too, and he is an awesome and motivating lifting coach. But even though we discuss food, he would never presume to give me nutritional advice, because he is not a registered dietitian. Use the right tool for the job. Actually, you came in representing…

I'll weigh in on it too... An Internet calculator isn't going to be nearly as accurate as honest logging, weighing your food, consistent exercise, and good ol' patience for determining your TDEE. Record your weight at regular intervals, then log your intake accurately while keeping your exercise consistent. At the end of…

Seems fair.