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that's really too low a net number for anyone.... I'd say this is the problem. You need to log your exercise and eat back the exercise calories. Your MFP goal already has a deficit built in - by exercising and not eating back the calories, you're making the deficit too big, which sets you up for all the same problems you'd…

If you are habitually undereating (as in too big a calorie deficit) then yes this kind of sudden, rebound hunger and the urge to eat aaaaall the foods is a normal survival response. If that was happening to me, I'd review my calorie goal, and see if I need to raise the number of calories I'm eating daily.

They will get smaller as you lose weight. I have big calves for my height 5'1" but they went all the way down to about 13.5 inches when I got to a healthy body fat percentage, and I had to work my *kitten* off literally and eat at a surplus just to get them back to 14 inches. I'd like them to be significantly bigger…

Hell to the yeah! I like having muscles and flexing them. I'd love my muscles to be bigger - I'm at a genetic advantage when it comes to muscles due to having a large frame, yet it still takes so much lifting and eating at a surplus just to add half an inch here and there to my muscles. Really, there's *no* danger of…

if you weigh food, instead of counting it, e.g. logging the numger of grams you ate, rather than logging it as e.g. "1 apple, large" then it's pretty accurate. It may not be entirely accurate as the amount of calories in an apple will vary a little, but it's not going to be that far off. The issue of restaurants is because…

Have you considered the possibility that binge eating on potatoes and being depressed may be the direct results of being too strict and restrictive with your diet? It's a normal survival response..... you do paleo, right? Well what do you think a half-starved Homo erectus would do if he or she came across a lot of food?…

you know why.... it was that freaking apple cider vinegar thread.. I had acetic acid in my mind. I did think lactic acid when I typed it though.... thanks for pointing it out! ETA: omg I can't even edit it... oh well!!

It's not the lack of air - you build up an oxygen debt (i.e. acetic acid) when you do strenuous exercise and when you get to a point where you can't get enough oxygen to get rid of the oxygen debt, you become exhausted, feeling exhausted, and unable to get enough oxygen. You slow down, you keep breathing really hard, your…

so is all vinegar. That's how vinegar is made. also, by the time the acidity/concentration of ethanoic acid gets to a certain point, the acidity kills all the microorganisms that are making it, so it's not a very good probiotic, in fact I don't think that any bacteria can survive in it. The same is true of beer and other…

any clear of very pale vinegar won't stain if you use it to sterilise surfaces in the home, but it smells really bad. It's very good on windows/glass though. the problem with saying "apple cider vinegar" is it gives the impression that there's something special about this kind of vinegar... i.e. it's misleading. If you're…

a couple of the studies posted by dragonwolf showed a possible health benefit from acetic/ethanoic acid - which is not present in fresh apple juice. The number of participants in the studies were small though, and the studies only looked at acetic/ethanoic acid, i.e. if there is an effect (which is possible) it's due to…

^^^ this - and quite a few other possible conditions. Healthy men don't lose very much iron, hence the risk of iron deficiency anaemia being really low. Male athletes have slightly higher needs (due to iron being needed to build muscle) but even male athletes should get enough iron from an omnivorous diet, or on a…

are you vegetarian or vegan? If not then low iron in men warrants further investigation. It's common in women because women lose iron through menstruation, pregnancy and breastfeeding... but men don't, and men need a lot less iron than women, and meat will provide enough, so if a man's eating meat yet still has low iron,…

@ Dragonwolf - i'm neandermagnon :drinker: - neanderthin is another user on this site, although I've not seen him around for a while - I didn't think you were making a sales pitch - what I meant was that some of what you were saying, i.e. without the links to actual scientific studies, sounded like you were repeating the…

FIFY and ^^^ this same woman, different levels of hydration and cutting - i.e. difference in how she looks off season (i.e. like a bikini model) and when competing (i.e. like a fitness model) you get the bikini model look by lifting and keeping your body fat around 18-21% you get the fitness model look by lifting and…

Okay so a quick look at a couple of those shows that there may be some benefit to consuming acetic/ethanoic acid. Although the number of subjects were extremely small, so the conclusions are not firm by any means (sorry I didn't look at all of them, because I have a slow internet connection and they take forever to load...…

I know all about the various different vinegars for cooking purposes. I'm a connoisseur of vinegars (kidding - I'm not even that good at cooking... I just like the taste of vinegar and use various different ones). Which is why it doesn't make much sense that apple cider vinegar would have health benefits that the others…

You people are the ones touting this stuff as having health benefits, and I don't believe you. People are extremely gullible and there's so much quackery being touted that I simply don't have the time to look up every single one individually. I will believe in the health benefits when any of you people touting them prove…

Please can you link me to the actual scientific studies that these statements are based on. Otherwise it's just words on a screen. Anyone can type words on a screen. "The health benefits of eating ants: 1. they contain formic acid which helps to protect you from tennis elbow. 2. they are a good source of protein. 3. The…

Please could you people who are touting the benefits of apple cider vinegar explain to me what it is about apple cider vinegar, compared to other vinegars such as red wine vinegar or malt vinegar, that has the health benefits? And also, if it's something specific to apples, then wouldn't apple juice have the same health…

Link me to these studies i.e. published in peer reviewed journal articles. No mercola or alternative daily. Also, what's in apple cider vinegar that's not in malt vinegar or red wine vinegar that has this effect?

Mercola is a well renouned quack. Maybe he has shares in apple cider vinegar. You need to be a bit more selective in your reading. Try peer reviewed scientific journal articles.

you're supposed to have an insulin spike after eating because biology drinking ethanoic acid or any other strong acid before a meal will probably make you lose your appetite a bit and eat less, which would likely result in a smaller insulin spike.

Don't drink it. Use it in cooking, e.g. salad dressings, adding it to sauces etc to add some zing, or sprinkle it on chips (french fries (I'm British I call them chips)). Mint sauce is vinegar based, that's another option (if you like traditional British roast dinner). Also, the health benefits are exaggerated. It doesn't…

you might like these palaeolithic workouts on my blog: https://cavepeopleandstuff.wordpress.com/2013/05/31/palaeolithic-workouts/ - roleplay the lives of your palaeolithic ancestors

somebody trying to sell corsets necromanced it

I like my big rib cage. It makes my boobs look bigger, and gives my body more of an "hourglass" shape, although I'm not a true hourglass as I don't have big boobs, so in terms of what clothes suit me, "inverted triangle" fashion advice tends to suit me better. I don't have much waist because my rib cage ends about 1 inch…

based on what I know about biology...... NO YOU CAN'T.... you can't reshape bones with a corset. Not without breaking a rib or two. Or binding the chests of growing children. Rib cage size is genetic. If you have a big, barrel chested kind of rib cage, then blame the neanderthals for that one, but no amount of corseting is…

I have a mahoosive rib cage. My lung capacity is off the charts for my height - not even close to the normal range. I blame the neanderthals.

Turns out I didn't :laugh: