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True to an extent. The problem I see is the way gym class has been traditionally taught at the middle and high school grades. It's far too focused on competitive athletics and not enough on fitness. Those who are not star athletes quickly learn the message that physical activity is not for them. We need more people like…

They used to make Dunkin Donuts in each store all day long and they were awesome. Warm and yummy. Nothing like a fresh donut. Now they're trucked in from some central factory and the quality has suffered tremendously. DD's re-imaged itself back in the late 90s from primarily being a donut shop to being a coffee shop that…

Just like you didn't gain all your weight in one single week, you're not going to gain everything back in just one week either. Changing your diet and exercising for long term health is indeed a lifestyle change but vacations are meant to be a break from our regular routines. Leave the exercise stuff and protein bars at…

This morning I saw a moose on my way to Tim Hortons after hockey practice - but I'm not Canadian!

If you can't run, walk. That's how I started on my path to running. I walked for a good 4 months before even attempting to run, and then only at 5 MPH for a few minutes. Start off walking at a pace you can sustain for 30 minutes. If you are very out of shape, ramp up your time to 30 minutes at something like 2.5 MPH. Once…

Two words: Slow Down. The #1 mistake novice runners make is starting out their run going too fast. This isn't gym class and you're not doing the quarter mile or 100 yard dash. Chances are you are overly taxing your cardio vascular system which leads to exhaustion. My advice is to learn to pace yourself. You can buy GPS…

Just so OP hears both sides, I've gained a lot of those benefits without doing a keto diet. I can't speak to the hair, skin and nails issues since I never had those, but the more energy thing was coupled directly with weight loss. And yes, it's a big life changer. I eventually figured out that the hunger issues I was…

This has not clearly been determined at all. The highly publicized study that found no link between saturated fat and heart disease has been called "seriously misleading" and several researchers have called for it to be retracted. It's telling that not a single major health organization in the world changed its dietary…

Fizzy Lifting Drinks: The one time I tried some (my grandpa swiped it), it gave me the most awful gas. And unfortunately, I got really high on that stuff and preceded to bump into things left and right. Got caught and was royally chewed out. Came close to losing my inheritance over the whole incident.

My belief is that MFP exercise estimates are probably as good as its food estimates (taking into account the inaccuracies of calorie estimation techniques and the variability among the same kind of products). So yeah, it should be good enough.

I don't eat much fast food but it's generally easy to find something that fits into my allotments. "Regular" restaurants or gourmet burger places OTOH... Ever look up the calories for a place like Red Robin? Yikes!

There are surprisingly a large number of menu items at McDonalds under 400 calories. http://www.mcdonalds.com/us/en/food/meal_bundles/favoritesunder400.html

I ignore carbs completely. Doesn't seem to affect my workout one way or the other.

I have consumed diet soda for 30+ years and the side effects so far have been ... nothing. No headaches, cancers, dizziness, nausea, cravings, alien visitations, nothing. The occasional burp I suppose, but really nothing noteworthy. I drank diet soda when I was fat. I drank it when I was skinny. I drank it while losing…

Lots of people clutching their pearls over the free bagels and pizza thing. No, I don't think it's a good idea either but in all honesty, the very last thing on my mind when I'm at the gym is eating so I wouldn't find myself tempted in the slightest. I'm amused that a lot of people dismiss PF as a place for beginners. For…

This is misleading. The restrictions you are describing are only in place for the first week or two after the surgery. But she's lost weight right? Weight loss is not a cure-all by any means, however for a lot of people who are unable to do it on their own or for people who keep yoyoing, they are still better off being at…

I actually lost my butt when I lost my weight so be wary! The good news is, my pants no longer fall down anymore, butt or no butt. Most men's pants sit right at or just below your belly bulge. The bigger bulge, the more it pushes down on the top of the pants. Once your belly goes, you won't find yourself tugging up on the…

You're obviously new around here! :) There's at least one keto/low carb thread here every day. Eggs are usually a big player in keto diets and while I'm sure you can do it without eggs, it just makes things that much harder. Now, if you were a vegan, I'd say forget it...

Found this by googling: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3470459/ The conclusion: "At present, weight loss surgery is the most effective and sustainable treatment option for severe obesity as long as the individual is motivated to make the lifestyle changes required."

This almost can't be said enough. I suffered with shin splints for too long because I picked the wrong running shoes. Like everyone else, I've been buying my own shoes for decades. Why would I need help now? Well, I'd never been a runner before, that's why. The right shows made all the difference. It's funny. People will…

It's marginally burdonsome. It's about as difficult as creating a recipe here on MFP. Yeah, it is. If small bakeries can do it, why not restaurants? We're going to have to disagree on this point. Knowing what we're consuming is the first step to weight control. Hiding that information or making it a special request…

Why is it not realistic? This is the information age and it's no longer all that difficult to find out nutritional contents of ingredients. We already have this information on pretty much everything at the grocery store (fruits and vegetables being the notable exception), even for food coming from small local bakeries. So…

See my post above. The study is snapshot on demographic trends, not diet success. What people want is irrelevant.

Disagree. The study is not a weight loss study. It's a demographic study. It's like tracking how many people who live in poverty are able to rise out of it. As with weight loss, there are a variety of reasons as to why someone may or may not, but as with weight loss, it's not a good place to be and most people in that…

Well that's your problem then. There are approximately 0.77 Canadian calories in a US calorie (It changes day by day). Costco is an American company. As you note, using 1.6g of fat comes out to 34 calories, but that's Canadian calories. 34 * 0.77 = 26.18 which gets rounded down to 25. And there you go.

Sorry but the point stands. The assumption when you prepare and present a meal for someone is that they are getting one "meal's" worth. That's how it works at home and that's how it used to work in most restaurants. The trend over the past few decades however, is for restaurants to overload their plates with too many…

Yup. As a group, birds have the fastest metabolisms of any animal, so fast that some of them, like the hummingbird, have to eat almost constantly. Reptiles and amphibians are real slow eaters out there. Adult snakes eat just one time per week, sometimes once every two weeks.

Bad analogy. People don't paint their house for a variety of reasons: 1) it doesn't need it, 2) they have vinyl siding or stain or stucco or something else, 3) they are renting. In contrast, I'd say the vast majority of people who are overweight wish that they were not overweight. The study is trying to determine if people…