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Now that we have ascertained for certain that you are not 100, :laugh: feel free to add me if you'd like.

+2. Agree wholeheartedly. If you are in control of what you eat by preplanning it, you'll think about it less. The only time I think about it is "time to eat again". I've been doing this for almost 7.5 months now. 5-6 meals a day. Preplanning almost the whole time. And I've been hungry and thought about food maybe twice in…

Hair (my standard answer).

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True. I've never played water polo

Definitely friendly.

The real problem I have with TDEE, and with MFP to a lesser degree, is the generalities they use. First, you cannot say 2 people of exactly the same age, height and weight will have exactly the same BMR. Everyone's metabolism is different. It may get you close, but it is still a gross appoximization. Then, the biggest…

No, you won't be putting your metabolism into starvation mode at 700-1000 calories below TDEE. Don't worry about that.

That's what I needed. Your exercise regimen really ramps up the calories you should be eating. For you trying to lose 20 pounds, I wouldn't try to lose more than a pound a week. Maybe 1.5 max. No need to be too aggressive at your age, weight,and weight loss desired. Trust me. 20 pounds is not a lot of weight to lose.…

I fart in your general direction. "Well sir, I have a silly walk and I'd like to obtain a Government grant to help me develop it. " And of course my all time favorite. 'RUN AWAY!!!! RUN AWAY!!!!! RUN AWAY!!!!'

True(ish) -- not sweet tooth in general, but major chocoholic. TNP has been to Starbucks this week.

I think if you gave us a bit more stats, we might be able to help. Like height, current weight, goal weight, real age (because if you're 100, I'm at least 500. How much you weigh now, how much you want to lose will dictate how fast you should lose and therefore how many calories you are going to want to be taking in. ETA:…

Thanks for accepting my request. And to send a request, all you need to do is click on the person's name and their screen will pop up to either send them a friend request or send them a message.

First of all, you have an incredible son. I'm very fortunate to count him among my MFP friends. He's an inspiration to a lot of people here and I hope you are proud of what he is doing, because you should be. Lean on him, because he is a great source of strength. I'll send you a friend request. First mother and son combo…

Thanks, that's what I needed. Using the stats you provided, 22 years of age, female, 5'7", 140, trying to lose 10 pounds, I plugged that into the calorie calculator over at Scooby's workshop to figure out your TDEE (total Daily energy expenditure). Assuming a completely sedentary lifestyle with no exercise at all, it puts…

Peter Graves was, of course, Mr. Phelps, on Mission Impossible. And his brother was even more famous. James Arness of Gunsmoke.

Now my partner has worked with quite a few. Miss Piggy. Kermit. Bert and Ernie. Big Bird. Yup, he used to work for Jim Henson. And he used to wait on tables at a coffee house in college when a young singer was making the rounds of coffee houses in her home town of Richmond: Pat Benatar. But there was one he met that caused…

It was winter of 1975. I was walking out of the Wadsworth Athaneum in Hartford Connecticut after a showing of the french film Cousin, Cousine. My roomie in college was a foreign film buff. When I turned and looked behind me. And about 5 paces behind me was Angela Lansbury. I had just seen her in Gypsy the summer before…

Is that picture of you current and accurate? Because if it is, there is no way in the world you should be at 1200 calories. Mind if I ask your stats? Height, weight, how much are you trying to lose? What's your activity/exercise level now or planned? Because all of that will determine what your intake should be.

False. TNP would love to play a game of Twister.

False. I've never lusted after someone while in a relationship with someone else.

I've got a Smooth Haired Fox Terrier. My fourth.

Monster >> Nah, too young for me. I like guys closer to my own age. But great abs. Congrats.

Well if you want to see lifestyle changes of someone older than you, send me a request. Because I am triple your age. I'm here every day and I'm very serious about the journey I and others are on. Even if I'm not serious about myself. I have friends from your age to much older than me, friends on 3 continents, 6 or 7…

^^^ Yup. Right there with you. I try to keep them fairly close to even all throughout the day.

^^^ THIS ^^^^

Dead on the mark SideSteel. I've been doing it for a while. I am fanatical about making sure I log everything in MFP's food diary and weigh myself on a regular basis under identical conditions. Take the food you've eaten from Time A to now, add in the weight you've lost in that exact same time period and you can actually…

Sounds like a ketogenic diet. Is that what you are doing?

And most times now, you can buy the cans of chicken and tuna will a pull-tab lid, so no can opener needed. Just drain and eat. One 5 ounce can of white meat chicken breast normally has about 120 calories.

It has to be water. There is no other explanation. 9 pounds translates to 31,500 calories or 6300 calories a day more than you need. Assume you maintain at your 1300 calories a day. Have you eaten 7600 calories every day the last 5 days? Do you know how much food 7600 calories would be? Relax. It's water. It will come…