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The ingredient content can shift the calories of the pasta. For instance, for typical bread, you can estimate about 70-90 cals/oz, but if the bread has seeds, nuts, raisins, sugar/flavor swirls, etc., you would have to check on it specifically. For the pasta thing, make sure you are looking at the correct amounts…

Yes and no. While you definitely could have had some metabolic "boost", it was probably nothing drastic. However, more likely it was mostly water weight. You may have lost some fat, but it would be closer to 1# fat/3# water (and still almost certainly leaning even more toward water). I know I went on a vacation once and…

http://www.truenutrition.com/default.aspx Not attempting to plug them, but I buy my protein from them and they have good prices, good flavor, and good variety along with different formulations.

Low carb, low fat, low calorie. I dunno OP, you're asking a lot. What's your idea of low carb/low fat/low calorie?

My brother didn't know we weren't supposed to consume grains, and he accidentally ate a box of Cherry Frosted Poptarts and DIED. Since then, I haven't been able to even step foot inside a bakery, much less glare at the donuts through the glass cases at the grocery. Just kidding OP. You seem smart enough not to take any…

Just wanted to post that some Redditors tested some protein powders, and the Body Fortress stuff ranked really, really low for accuracy and true protein content (by their measurements). https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/lv?key=0Ag9uT-E4EIL7dFZPZnR0WVZybGtFWnRKNzdKNm9XOVE&toomany=true#gid=0

Losing at 3000 (~lb/week). Lift three times a week. Walk ~mile/day. Try not to sit for an hour or extended periods of time without getting up and stretching.

I think steve098 has a point (though the "study" linked was simply a review of actual studies, and not one itself). Also, the review seems to indicate that the "diet" mindset (you know, the one where you are more conscious about decisions) is not necessarily the best option. The point steve098 makes, about being able to…

This is a hard one, as I know with myself, if food is around, I will end up eating it (eventually). I think the best thing you can do is plan to have the whole amount you crave and budget appropriately. Or, if you can't, remove yourself from the trigger. But I think willpower in the face of temptation is almost like a…

Yeah, it is really neat to look at under a microscope. You see, in the human body, whole wheat enters the blood stream and like a knight errant travels the veins far and wide eradicating evil cholesterol goblins who stroll the valleys and plains causing havoc for the poor hemoglobin peasants. The indigestible fibrous bran…

On top of what Fruittibiscott said, I would add cottage cheese, which is delicious sweet, savory or all by its lonesome.

If you believe this is diet related, go through an elimination diet removing ONE food at a time for a week and see if the rash responds. I know that some bodily processes can be turned on or off by caloric deficiency/excessiveness, so you may also want to modulate the caloric amount or macro amounts (again, one variable at…

The portion thing can take months, but if you need to stave off hunger, I recommend diet soda, fibrous vegetables (broccoli, cauliflower, celery) and beef/chicken broth (especially heated and with a splash of milk). These things are all little to no calories and can help with cravings (sweet or salty) or just help fill you…

Two things: 1. Your diet and training could have definitely caused the problem by basically generating too large of a deficit and certain vital processes (blood production, for instance, which your body stopped having periods in order to minimize) may have "turned off". However, talk with your doctor if you haven't about…

Assuming you can, stand up and take a little walk once an hour. It will help with flexibility and it will keep you active. Walk at lunch, if possible. And, in general, walk more.

People have also mention Seasonal Affective Disorder--basically the body changes a bit during different seasons in adaptation. Many people report gaining weight during the winter, but again I think it is because we put less stress on the body to burn calories. For instance, during the warmer months, people are more active…

One explanation for colder months weight gain may be due to less spontaneous activity (it being cold outside and all) and perhaps a want to just bundle up and stay warm (which reduces the workload on your body, thus "slowing" metabolism). But the vitamin D deficiency could also be causing problems, which would again be due…

After eating at the same time every day, the stomach begins to anticipate meals. Thus, if you do weight training every day at the same time and always eat at the same time afterward, the stomach "growling" is due to the stomach producing the acids necessary for digestion (that is what all growling is--the stomach producing…

Yes; via liponeomcdonalgenesis, or denovo lipobigmacogenesis. Stay safe

I agree with the above two posters: this is poorly written advice. It reeks of broscience and is far too general for a bulk of the population.

Except you forgot the "gluco-" descriptor. Correct, "denovo genesis" means "new creation," but "new creation" of what? Neoglucogenesis is much more descriptive. And a person's own choices does not dictate their knowledge in a given field.

I wanted to mention that strength training is important in that if you lose weight without it, you are likely to lose muscle mass (especially around the shoulders, chest, and quad/hamstring areas) and by losing that muscle mass, you may look "disproportionate" (AKA skinny fat). If you are not doing strength training (full…

Just a tip: before you start eating more, I would try accurate logging first, and then reassess after a few weeks. Control one variable at a time in regards to intake.

Yes, you can eat too much protein in one meal--obviously if you ate 1000g of protein, you won't be having a good day. But seriously, do not listen to the people saying 25-30g is all your body can digest in an hour, or whatever. That is broscience. Yes, you cannot use all the amino acids in that hour, but your body will…

If you are using a BIA scale to assess BF, don't--they aren't accurate and while some may give water weight measurements, there are so many variables it is not useful except as a general guideline (and that is only so when you have a well-established baseline, which requires months at a constant level). As others have…

You might look okay without resistance training, but I know that when I lost a lot of weight (male) without it, I lost a lot of LBM and looked like a skinny-fat stickman. To each their own, but there is nothing wrong with preaching weight training. Sure, you can drop numbers without it, but you could also lose weight via…

As others have alluded to, do not fear the big numbers. I eat about 1000 calories the first half of the day, and about 2000 during the second half. How these are divided up all depends on when and what I feel like eating. Don't sweat the numbers if they are right--that is a recipe for anxiety and you don't need that.

The whole "burn fat/build muscle" at the same time thing may be true or not, but it is a null point: continue lifting heavy to preserve LBM in times of a deficit. If you don't, you will end up screwing yourself. Will you gain muscle? Maybe, maybe not. But you will definitely lose it if you do not lift to preserve it…

I know people who lose weight in a straight line, and those who leap and stall. I honestly think it is just a matter of genetics and fat cell count as well as your body's desire for homeostasis (some adapt more quickly than others). From my experience, former fatties seem to have the hardest time losing weight in a linear…

This is why I like caliper or tape measure measurements: my weight has stayed the same, but I have dropped inches (calipers especially easy to tell).