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The likelihood of you burning enough calories during sex to make it worthwhile is very slim. We all know what it is, and some get it pretty regularly so you're not going to shock any of us. 100 calorie snack packs might get you to your goal weight, but you're not going to be happy with it when you get there. If you don't…

I still can't find coconut oil -- I live in Canada's largest city (around 4 million people) and still can't find it anywhere. I have bought olive oil & grapeseed oil though. I really hadn't even considered making my own because honestly it seems like such a hassle for a topping -- I haven't really made any condiments…

The book Wheat Belly mentions people curing their pain by avoiding wheat & grains. It's worked so far with my mother (took her 4 days to notice, but now she can't believe how much better she feels). The problem will be convincing her doctor that that's what the problem is. Can't diss wheat. :grumble:

Mainly leftovers (cook extra steak, chicken, etc) but I also do wraps with romaine lettuce leaves (similar to a salad, but decidedly different) and fill it full of meat, veggies, cheese (if applicable) and a homemade oil/vinegar dressing. Very tasty. The other option is snacky type foods all together like some meat, hard…

Yes but people think that they sound more clever mocking something they know nothing about. Hubby's stomach shrunk 3 inches our week without wheat/grains, but he's stayed the same weight. (Still 178 pounds at 5'10", so not really too overweight, but his stomach was 38 inches and is now 35 a week later). No bacon…

I did lots of chest exercises, so while the bra size went down, my cup size increased, and they actually look larger than when I was fat. Plus they're as perky as when I was a teenager (35 now). Of course I purposely stopped losing weight when I got to my goal which helped avoid the boobs shrinking, and as long as my…

Spaghetti squash lasagna turned out better than expected. Hubby wanted more veggies in it, but it was just the right amount of mushrooms, red peppers & onions for me (so I could pretend they weren't there.) It was a real hassle though, and we should get 5 meals out of it, so I've got to look on the brightside. Bringing…

Spent last night making a spaghetti squash lasagna today with lots of meat and cheese and some veggies I don't normally eat. Hope it was worth the trouble -- it was way too much work. Next time I'll just make it into a sauce and pour it on the "noodles". Still figuring all this out! Measurements Bicep - 10.5 Chest - 34.5…

I do intermittent fasting once a month or so (so skip three meals over a 24 hour period), and I've never had any sort of stomach cramps or anything beyond light rumbly. In fact, I typically do it because my stomach is telling me that it's not happy with me and needs a bit of a break. I have had horrible stomach cramps when…

I'm not sure how "Paleo" I'm being, but we decided to do a wheat free October after reading Wheat Belly. We already don't use sugar and now have cut out all of the wheat, cornstarch, grains, etc. I was trying it off and on the week before to get myself used to the idea, and yesterday was in a fair amount of pain from going…

Have you considered that perhaps carbohydrates might be more to blame than fat? Carbs raise the blood sugar (diabetes) and some carbs can keep them elevated for hours on end (like whole grain pasta). I understand that the FDA prefers to blame fat for various ailments, but their approach has pretty much been sucky for the…

I recommend reading Dr. Davis's book as opposed to a short quote from a magazine. He doesn't encourage the consumption of oats, rice, quinoa instead of eating wheat -- he encourages the eating of vegetables, meats, nuts (not peanuts which are a legume) and fats/oils to replace the lost nutrients. Rice flour, oats, etc will…

Another recommender of Wheat Belly. Fantastic book. Gave up grains a few months ago (not entirely, but say 80% of the time -- actually before I read Wheat Belly -- and dropped obvious fat so quickly I wish I hadn't followed the stupid recommendations by government mandated "health" sites for the past year since instead of…

I really hope she's joking. In any case, she shouldn't be allowed anywhere near any sporting goods if she truly believes that. I curl 20s and lift much heavier regularly and while I'm not trying to put a baby in there, my uterus is just fine. Of course I rarely use my uterus to lift the weights. I am more concerned about…

I recommend reading Wheat Belly. I'm half way through it and it's quite fascinating, even for those of us without any (known) gluten problems. The author recommends all cut wheat completely out of their diets for various health ailments. I haven't yet, but I'm getting all my eggs lined up to try Wheat Free October (man,…

I find the people around me on sidewalks, etc seem to be slower and stupider over the last year or so since I've started to lose weight, and often get in my way. But no, no more irritable than normal :wink:

So the OP joined in April and her one contribution to the message board is this? And according to their ticker, haven't lost a single pound in four months. Interesting. Obvious troll is obvious.

You don't look like you have a lot to lose. Eating cleaner is clearly your best path. You will likely lose a few pounds to start off, but you will likely plateau quickly and it will last a while. And unfortuantely that's when a lot of people give up. Treat chips like a reward (and despite what a lot of people seem to…

Steroids are never the answer.

For lunch, I do lettuce wraps with pieces of precooked chicken and dressing (can add whatever low carb veggies you like to the wraps). Some nights I'll also use cauliflower in lieu of potatoes. I'm not sure what the carb count for those veggies are as I'm concerned about cutting out the "starch" than the carb.

I found when I was really overweight, I could lose and eat bad food. Calories in vs calories out. Eventually I got down to a healthy weight and that stopped so I needed to eat cleaner. It helped to reduce the garbage and then eliminate it (for most situations -- I still have my "fun" meals reguarly, but more often now that…

I get all my carbs from fruit & veggies (occassionally rice) and the weight melted off. Now that I'm maintaining, I'll have a sandwich once a week or so and some pasta & french fries (not together) usually once a week (and ice cream a couple times a week), but I try to finish consuming all of my grainy & sugary carbs…

That is hilarious. 3 sets of 8 reps (not even saying if it was a strenous weight for the participants or if it was like 3s) takes what, 5 minutes x 3 times a week. So, 15 minutes A WEEK of weights vs 12 miles of jogging?? That's several hours for some people. So apparently several hours of exercise vs. 15 minutes per week…

I was finding myself in a similar spot -- much less extreme that what you're describing, but since there are a lot of addictions in my family tree, I decided better safe than sorry and I simply stopped logging calories for a while. I don't know if that would help you, but it was freeing for me. I still lost weight (I mean…

I don't remember anyone forcing me to choose one or the other before I lost my weight.

It's odd, but I'm the exact opposite. I haven't bruised in ages but when I was nearly 200 lbs, I'd have tons of bruises I couldn't explain. I am making sure to get plenty of iron though, so maybe that has something to do with it??

I haven't done this yet: Age: 35 Sex: F Body Fat: 19% (according to three different tape measure websites Weight: 128 at 5'5" Average daily calories: 1700 + around 250-300 for exercise (when applicable) Happy with my numbers so those are pretty much goal. Might be interested in losing an inch off my waist, but I'm happy…

I actually LOVE fasting. I've done it once a week the last two weeks, but went a while before that since I've done it. Both times that I've fasted recently it was on a Monday and typically it was because I made a pig of myself on Sunday and I was bloated and uncomfortable and just icky. Felt so much better just relaxing…

We're at exactly the same weight & height!! I set it at 1720 as that's what it said would be "lose 0 pounds per week". Natch that's pre-exercise calories. I was thinking of upping my activity level, but thought I'd stick with 1720 (pre exercise calories) for a couple of weeks and then possibly up it then. If the weather…

Unless you ate 21000 calories more than you burned, then you didn't gain 6 pounds of fat -- and that's all that matters.