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I just glanced at your diary. It looks like you eat a lot of pre-packaged and processed foods. Have you thought about putting more effort into preparing your own foods from fresh ingredients? I think that might help to cut down on the amount of sugar, carbs and salt that you are getting. When I see 250 calories for…

No processed foods. Prepare everything from whole natural ingredients.

AND, weigh and measure your food to make sure you are accurately counting calories. It's so easy to shift our perceptions when we don't. I know that is often my problem. That being said, you may be adding muscle and retaining some water along with it. So I agree with the previous posters that you should look at body…

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Neither are a problem unless we over indulge. The problem with our processed foods and modern recipes and diet is that they often have way too much carbohydrate and fat. Not to mention - sodium.

I'm afraid trying to find low fat and healthy Indian dishes in a restaurant is not easy. If I were you I would enjoy the food you want to eat but pay attention to portion size. Do not eat the entire portion. Maybe eat more salad and forgo the rice to help you out.

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Good question. Look at the label carefully. Often they list the nutrition information for both the mix alone and as prepared according to directions.

DITTO. This post is spot on. We need this information to help you.

I've been strength training since May and haven't really lost any weight. I started back running 3 miles a day last week and focussing on counting calories and am now down 8 pounds in about 1.5 weeks. I know it's mostly water and that will slow down. But I think the cardio really really helps me.

This looks like an article from someone who is not a licensed medical doctor or research scientist. I see a claim about cortisol levels but no data or published peer reviewed studies to support that claim. Do you have any proper references?

Another Dad here looking to lose 80 pounds. Egads. That's a lot. Let's do this!!

Christine, You are such a motivation. Congratulations on the 62 pounds. That's terrific. There's nothing wrong with slow weight loss as long as you keep losing and stay with it. I've been trying to lose 60 pounds for the last couple of years and keep failing. I need to get committed again.

I love sushi too. A lot of calories are in the rice. I love the fish most of all so I will usually order a little sushi and lots of sashimi. If you can't do the fish without the rice, try eating the sushi leaving half the rice. You can bite the top and bite into half the rice ball. Rolls are harder to eliminate the rice…

I may get criticized for this but I don't think going to a low calorie diet, even 1100 calories for 2 or 3 weeks is harmful. I wouldn't go longer than that. Starvation mode is not as simple as people think. In just a couple of weeks you will not starve.

Without the cheese it's no longer pizza - it's flatbread!

Good idea. We need a sticky for this.

FYI - Raspberry ketone is simple to synthesize and is sold for pennies on the pound as the chemical commodity. This fad with no real scientific data backing up the claims is simply draining the pocketbooks of folks desperate to lose weight.

This, I think, is so sad. You want to eat healthy but your parents put up roadblocks. Ugh. So wrong on many levels.

I am a chemist. Any heat will denature egg proteins. That's what happens when it is cooked - microwave or stove.

No, it won't zap the protein. The problem with eggs is that they tend to get rubbery when cooked in a microwave. But I think if you are mixing it with the oatmeal that should not be a problem.

Personally I find it helps every now and then to up my calories for a couple of weeks. Some recommend actually going to a maintenance level of calories for a week or two. I think this helps reset our bodies. Then go back down to a 2 pound per week deficit. That may kick start your weight loss again. This may not be your…

I often make chicken or tuna salad using LOTS of chopped celery and carrots. That way I can bulk up the salad to make it filling. I usually throw in some fresh herbs and use non-fat greek yogurt instead of mayo to bind it. I use romaine lettuce leaves as a wrap for the salad. Low calorie, low carb, high in protein, filling…

I think you should be able to get a healthy level of nutrition with 1200 calories a day regardless of the exercise. Even if your net calories after factoring in your exercise are less, you still put 1200 calories of nutrition into your body. So it is probably ok to use exercise to get your 500 calorie burn/eat deficit.…

No, you don't have to eat all those calories. But you don't want to have too much of a deficit over a period of time as it might approach an unhealthy rate of weight loss. I like to think about balancing my calories, exercise over a week's time.