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My diary is open. About 2 weeks ago I went primal and feel great. I do still eat dairy, mainly greek yogurt and cream. My plan is to be not fanatical...for instance, I love the KIND bars, the maple pecan one today does have peanuts in it. And my nearly full jar of mayo is made with soy oil :( but that will go soon. Since I…

What about flaxseed--ground up in smoothies, on top of salads etc. Or the oil. I do not know whether flax is very allergenic--maybe it's included in your allergy test results.

I am going through the same thing. About 2 weeks ago I went primal, and have very little energy. I did read somewhere that it can take awhile for our bodies to switch over to optimal fat-burning mode, and hope this is just a transition period. Overall, I really like eating this way though.

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Thanks for this recipe, it sounds like muttabl, I have never been able to find a recipe for it.

yes, as long the PB doesn't have sugar.

life imitating sci-fi?? love the soylent green ref :smokin:

Columbus brand low-sodium turkey breast is great. You can find it at Trader Joes, also they have uncured roast beef which I think is also lower in sodium. Or cook your own, it's easy to roast a whole chicken and slice it up for the week.

uncured roast beef and low sodium turkey breast for sandwiches. Also, the Daily Sprouted cinnamon raisin bread, wonderful toasted with peanut or almond butter.

Just use MFP's entries. You can change the cals burned MFP gives you just by typing in what your HRM tells you.

Try eating small meals every 3 hours or so, a protein and carb combo. If you eat 4-5 small meals at 300 cals each that is 1200-1500 cals, a much healthier amount. Eat calorie dense foods like nuts and avocados to get the cals in without filling up.

It should be counted as your lifestyle--you can change your activity level to lightly active or active instead of sedentary.

The amount of calories MFP gives you to lose does NOT include exercise calories--your base calories already has the deficit figured in. So once you exercise, your deficit gets bigger--too big. Since it is more sustainable and healthy to maintain a smaller deficit for weight loss, it is then recommended that the exercise…

It may be better to add your maintenance calories in incrementally. instead of eating 1200, then immediately 1775, try 1200, 1300 for a week, 1400 for a week etc. so your body gets used to having those cals.

It's normal to lose a large amount of weight (water weight) in the first week or so, then the weight loss will slow down. Some people lose at a steady rate, some have said they lose it in spurts. Keep up what you're doing.

You may meant this as a vent, but your message has motivated me. Congratulations on your weight loss, and doing it in a sustainable way! You are one of the lucky few to have a doctor with half a brain when it comes to nutrition/weight loss. Keep it up :flowerforyou:

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http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/115953-bmr-vs-tdee?hl=bmr+vs+tdee#posts-1583492 this might help

Lowrise pants are the work of the :devil: ! I agree that most people should not be wearing, even the stick thin people-- I am so tired of seeing parts of body parts in public! Anyway, like a previous poster said, there are some brands with a natural waist. I found some Lee jeans that were great. Also, Eddie Bauer has pants…

well said!

chocolate covered oreos I've had, but fried ones?? Today in the computer lab someone put out a big bowl of oreos and some other cookie--I didn't dare get close enought to see/smell/taste!! They said they were transfat free versions, but still so not worth it. So here's to will power!

Over the past few years my TOM has come every 3 weeks too, with fatigue, extreme crankiness, food cravings, etc. I could bareley recover before the next round. So my nurse practitioner recommended Zoloft and it works!! I take half a zoloft daily (12.5mg) and no more PMS!!! Hallelujah! Definitely mention this to your MD or…

the calories lettuce and cukes contribute aren't significant, but if you want to track other nutrients and have an accurate picture of your overall eating habits, you can count them.

HI, Your goal weight, final or interim, doesn't affect how MFP sets your calorie allowance. It's your weight loss goal that does this, ie, did you set it for a 1, 1.5, or 2lb per week loss? If you want more calories, set MFP to .5 or 1lb per week loss. Hope this helped,

Agree! You are getting closer to your goal and as you get closer it gets harder to lose weight. You should have a smaller calorie deficit now. What is your BMR--probably not 1200? You should be eating at least your BMR cals as a base amount. But increase the amount of cals you're eating incrementally to help avoid the…

You are right. Doctors--the american health system in general--are not focused on prevention but on fixing health problems once they appear. Sad but true.

You're doing just fine. You're losing just over a pound a week which is a perfectly healthy rate. Keep up the good work!

My stretchy undies are a little too small:angry:

So you are doubly frustrated, trying to adjust to a foreign country can be exhausting. Does German packaged foods have the nutritional info? You can enter them into the MFP database.

Hi, Sorry you are feeling down and frustrated lately, believe me it does get easier. I had another peek at your food today; I see you added a whole grain roll at lunch, that is great. It (whole grains) will digest more slowly than crackers like Cheezits or the pretzel you had this morning. Plus those cheezits have a lot of…