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Um, no. The addition of carbon dioxide does not make weight loss more difficult. Soda can make weight loss more difficult in these two ways: 1. "regular" soda has calories that you may forget to count -- also they are what some call "empty calories," in other words sugar is adding calories without other nutrients. Some…

It's actually easy to both succeed and "screw it up" but neither is permanent. All you need do is eat few calories than you expend over the long terms and you will lose weight over the long term. To gain weight, just reverse that and eat more than you expend. For maintenance, eat an amount that maintains your weight. So…

There are lots of times the nutritional information on seemingly identical products is different. Manufacturers may change the formula/recipe or the measurement in a package without warning or the same product may differ regionally depending on which manufacturing plant is used. If the change is too radical to seem…

I keep a bag of Tyson's grilled chicken strips in the freezer. An 84 gram/110 calorie serving has 21 grams of protein and only 2.5 grams of fat.

I'm in your corner!! Best wishes!! (My aim is ONEderland by new years or my late January birthday so I fully understand!!)

String cheese, which has each piece shrink wrapped, can survive quite well at room temp so you can even keep several days worth in the bathroom to eat before you take your drugs.

Another good reason to wear a face mask!

The most important thing is to figure out how many calories you should be eating. Weight loss is fundamentally a function of eating fewer calories than you expend. You may do exercises but consider these to be more for health than for weight loss. No particular food or pattern of eating is better for weight loss. Some…

Many of us grew up thinking of supper as a meat and sides, more specifically a meat, a veg, and a starch. It would probably be better for us if we thought of our main meal as vegetables and grains with a side of meat. In fact, the "healthy eating plate" in its many forms shows half the plate filled with vegetables and…

Walking is great. It makes me feel wonderful. But to lose weight, you must eat at a calorie deficit. Walking burns more calories than the same amount of time spent sitting in front of the television so, yes, it can cause you to lose some weight IF AND ONLY IF you all that nice walking doesn't cause you to increase your…

The source I trust for up-to-date, science-based information is Harvard University School of Public Health's "Nutrition Source." https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/ Your nutritionist's suggestion that pasta is healthier than meat seems based on more old-fashioned ideas about nutrition but don't take my word for…

The question is how many calories you are consuming overall. If you've lost 20 pounds then you have consumed about 70,000 fewer calories than you've burned total through this period. This means your method is working for you. Weight loss (or gain) is fundamentally a matter of arithmetic. Burn 3500 more calories than you…

The database is like a thrift store under bad management. We all add stuff to it -- some is useful, some isn't. You can usually find what you need but it takes both searching work and knowing what you are looking for. This requires doing some research in other sources, too, to have a good idea of how many calories…

Hi, there. I've got 6 months left in my 60s and over 100 pounds to lose. Back, too, after a long period of laziness but now blood sugar is too far up and I must take weight loss seriously so I'm here for the long haul. I've been back since May 8th and lost 17.5 pounds since then so this DOES WORK!

I walk to the Amazon Music "Oldies Station." Most songs I can walk right to the beat but occasional ones I just do a comfy pace for me and enjoy the music. I like that a change in tune is an opportunity to change my pace. There are, indeed, some songs that you had happily forgotten that are still okay to walk to. I've…

You burn calories even when you are asleep. The act of living requires calories. You first need to figure out what your daily calorie needs are, including those from exercise and use that total to subtract from for weight loss. Use the MFP calculator to figure out your TDEE (Total Daily Energy Expenditure). At your high…

As the poster above said, it does "matter" in that you ate 500 calories more than you intended to eat. Since it takes approximately 3500 calories to make up a pound, your 500 calories will slow your weight loss by 1/7th of a pound. Some folks try to "undereat" for a day or two to recoup those 500 calories. This can be…

I, too, have more than 100 pounds to lose. I've been here and gone many times but this time I'm back for the long haul because I lose weight best when I'm doing daily logging and check-in. I've lost 32 pounds since I first joined, 17.5 of those since I came back May 8. No great secret for how to do it. Eat well but fewer…

Basic rule: any calories you consume count as calories you consumed. Whether and how you log them is up to you. You can fudge on the log but your body will know the truth. Cereal and milk can be quite difficult to log accurately without using a kitchen scale. What you think of as a serving of cereal may be 2 or 3 or more…

BMI charts are based on an average and "ideal." We know there are indeed folks who are have a small frame and some who don't. Some are more muscular than others. We have different shapes. You're individual ideal weight may be different from a BMI table. This is true for small amounts of weight.** Don't listen any more to…

I have bags of frozen grilled chicken strips and turkey meatballs in the freezer. Just grab a helping and nuke it for a minute.

Yup. I really don't need flattering correspondence from members of the opposite sex. I'm here for weight loss discussions not for social enrichment.

Different folks react differently to different foods. As folks above have said, figuring this out will take research, trial and error, and expert medical advice.

That's a cool looking machine. Wouldn't be the ticket for me but I can see lots of other folks using it.

Those 3 pounds are likely to be increased water retention due to natural hormone variances (especially in cycling women), salt consumption (often high in processed food and restaurant takeout), exercise causing muscle micro-tears (this is natural whenever doing a new exercise or increasing resistance). Don't worry about…

Also, the "first week whoosh" can make it look like you've slowed down a whole lot. That first week loss of an inordinate amount of pounds is usually due to water loss as most diets have us switch from a higher sodium consumption to a lower one. Replace, for example, a cup of mac'n'cheese with a cup of green beans and not…

Side effects for too much fiber don't usually set in until you are eating more than 70g per day and then are mostly easily cured by drinking more water. You'll know you are eating too much fiber for you if you are experiencing side effects like bloating, excess gas, and constipation. Of course, since constipation can be…

I also have Type II diabetes and my endocrinologist said my macro calorie percentages were in line at 40-30-30 (carb-protein-fat). I do notice that my fasting blood sugar is higher if I eat a "starch" with dinner. If I skip potatoes, rice, etc., and have another low glycemic level veg instead the next morning means better…

I don't weigh everything after an initial check to make sure I'm close enough. For example, I know most of the bananas I get are a little heavy for medium but too small for large. A lot of times, though, I cut off the parts that have been bruised so I figure over the long run medium banana is the right database choice for…

It's very difficult to "ruin your metabolism" through dieting. This is more of a dieting myth than anything else. You body does not "go into starvation mode." You calories needs do, however, go down as you lose weight -- but only a small amount. Fundamentally,things like intermittent fasting have very little effect on…