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That isn't how Type 2 Diabetes even works. At least use the right buzzwords and start dropping terms like "insulin resistance" into your anti-sugar posts.

1) Stretch meat with lentils or beans 2) frozen veggies are your friends (Did you know you can roast frozen veggies -- from frozen -- just like fresh ones? Takes a little longer and there's a slight difference intexture, but frozen cauliflower roasts wonderfully) 3) Meal plan. But don't plan "meals" as in "I will make this…

The USDA foods database is full of whole foods, not brand names. "Beef," and "Egg, large" and "Milk, whole." Use those. With eggs, be sure you're picking the right entry. Eggs from backyard hens can be considerably different in size (I learned this from baking). There are references in older cookbooks to how much beaten…

The calorie counts at restaurants are based on an "ideal serving" that often bears no resemblance to what you actually get. Especially with subway, where each sandwich is built to order (and I've never been to Panda Express, but they do that too, right?) The person making your sandwich can add hundreds of calories with the…

Your'e eating campus food? How are you counting your calories? At your weight and activity level, the issue is almost certainly that you are drastically miscounting. If you're eating in the university dining halls and trying to use random entries from the food database to "sort of match" what you think you see in what they…

Celery juice (or powder) is what "natural foods" manufacturers use instead of sodium nitrate. IT's got huge amounts of nitrates in it. Now, I have very low nitrate woo, but I feel like someone has mixed up the word "Cure." Just because something can be used to "cure" a sausage or a ham doesn't mean it will "cure" your…

Turn oven to 400. Put a sheet of parchment on a rimmed sheet pan. Put bacon on parchment in a single layer, nearly touching. Bake 15-20 minutes, or until its the doneness you like.

Get a small bowl, or even a teacup. Put it on the scale and zero it out. Open the bag of junk food, and pour out ONE serving (by weight) into the bowl on the scale. (Important!) Seal up the bag and put it away before eating even a single piece of the junk food. Carry the bowl away from the kitchen. LEAVE the junk food in…

How are there "hidden" calories in olive oil? It's a single-ingredient product. Olive oil. 119 calories per tablespoon. Where would they be hiding?

Always go with the pack. MFP database is full of foods input by people who don't understand how to enter a food into their diary by saying they ate less than or more than one serving. So they do their own version, and they define "one serving" differently than on the pack but the entry doesn't make it clear, and MFP allows…

Cottage cheese -- with or without toppings or stir-ins of berries or veggies or seeds.

Just remember when cooking with it that turmeric is also used as a dye, which means it stains like crazy, including countertops, if you leave a puddle of turmeric-containing liquid.

Six weeks is really early to start restricting, especially trying such a large deficit (or trying to drop it fast). Let your supply stabilize, and get through the first few major baby growth spurts. THink of it this way: All the calories your baby is getting are coming from you -- and it takes some additional calories of…

A loved one lost weight on citalopram, because when their mood improved, they moved more and got out and did things. IT's one of the drugs usually described as "weight neutral" in the literature. Some people gain a bit on it, some lose. It's not one of the ones that tends to result in gains for most.

I'm so sorry for your loss. Caretaking through that kind of condition is so brutal on the people it leaves behind. I'm going to ask a different question about your health, but I promise its related: Did you have counseling and support during your wife's illness? Do you have any counseling or support now? Living through a…

I actually misquoted your OP and didn't make my point strongly enough. You didn't say you "don't like" those things. Your OP said "I HATE!" Over and over. You HATE everything. There's a difference between just "not liking" something and HATING something -- and in many cases, its a difference in perspective. I don't like…

I'm going to put my foot in it and tick you off. What I noticed about your "I hate" list is that a lot of it is just plain negative, and its not all about exercise. You don't like other people's music. You don't like other drivers. You don't like dogs. You don't like changing your clothes. You don't like sweat. OP: you…

You sound like you want people to say "Yes, you've ruined it. Its all over, you might as well quit." That's not what people are going to say. It was a bad day. Tomorrow is a different day. Treating ANYTHING in this world as all or nothing will get you nowhere but miserable. I tell my kids, when they come to me with…

Oh, obviously. Nothing I said there implies that calorie counting isn't legitimate. We just need to understand what it is and what it isnt'. and its the only metric we've got. There's really no other option than to use the numbers that are calculate that way, and because they're all relative to each other, they'll give us…

IF you have a fitbit or count steps with your phone, the general categories used to define your basic activity level are: Under 5000 steps a day: Sedentary 5000-7500 = "Low active" 7500 - 9,999 = "somewhat active" 10,000-12,499 - "active" 12,500 and up - "Highly active.' NOte that this is just the cutoffs used in many…

Because foodstuffs are complex and so are people, the numbers at either side of the calorie equation are estimates. The caloric content of foods is calculated by burning them to ash in a bomb calorimeter and measuring the energy they give off -- but our bodies don't do that. Likewise, all estimates of how many calories we…

As said: BMR is not your total burn. Its your BASAL metabolism, without activity.

Homemade Eggs Benedict. Yes, the real thing. Full-fat everything. Eggs, homemade hollandaise. Its not low-calorie, but its a reasonable amount for dinner, and very satisfying. In non-restaurant portions, many foods can be fit into a reasonable daily allotment.

"I chose the plan I thought would have the best long-term results. I'm getting exactly the results I expect from the plan I chose."

Too many calories. Not particularly bad ones - we don't do dessert or candy on a regular basis, but you can overeat on healthy foods as well. Not enough exercise (particularly 1) after a job change that dropped my activity level, 2) an injury that limited my mobility for several months, and 3) changes in my social network…

I can't afford a new winter coat as nice as the one I currently have, so It needs to continue to fit (and zip!)

There are so many incorrect entries for basic foods that its rare that MFP correctly identifies most of the ingredients. (The biggest problem I have is that people are adding entries to the database rather than figure out how to convert portions from grams to fluid ounces or volume measurements, and they don't understand…

6 ounces is literally a custard cup. I've never seen a bowl that small at a buffet or cafe. They're all larger.

In playing around on the treadmill with speeds and paces, I've realized that to be able to "jog" for 30-90 seconds (the start of the Couch to 5K program, or similar), I need to slow down to between 4 and 5 mph. THat's not my "natural" pace when I think "Now I am going to RUN," but its a pace that is sustainable for longer…

"Cough variant asthma." Both exercise and cold weather can be triggers.