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When I first started it could vary by 4 to 5 pounds. Now that I've been doing this for 4 months i find I am almost exactly 2 pounds more at bedtime vs when I wake up (post morning pee).

People are negative about clean eating because it has no definitiion and is essentially meaningless.

I think you are missing the point, which is HRMs might give decent estimates of calorie burn for cardiovascular training, but they fall short (as does every device for that matter) when it comes to weightlifting. Sure circuit training turns your strength training into a cardiovascular activity but even the manufacurer of…

I do not really understand the OP and it seems like more research should have been done before they made this purchase. To get the most out of the fitbit logging and overriding the devices calories completely defeats the purpose of the device. Fitbit is just another way, or as i like to call it a second opinion about your…

While diet and exercise certainly are a major modifiable risk factor for many diseases (diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and others) they are only one of many. They get a lot of press(and should) because #1 they are something that we can control ourselves and #2 obesity is a huge problem. Unfortunately ere…

I am 5'6" and started at 195. I have been at 176 for like 6 weeks. I know it doesn't help you any with your current plateau, but was wondering if you had any other plateaus on your journey. Seems we have similar goals.

Why do we think it all comes down to education? People know cigarettes cause cancer, people know not using condoms/bc results in pregnancy and stds, people know eating a lot of calories makes you fat. It is very arrogant of middle/upperclass people to simply think if only people just knew all these facts all of these…

Make sure you use very very small weights, don't want a bulky vagina. Hrm wait....

Do both. The person worried about the scale is misled. #1 you will lose more pounds in fat than you will gain in muscle and at a much greater pace. Building muscle is a very very slow process. While it is possible to gain muscle on a calorie deficit (if the deficit isn't to great) there is pretty much zero possibility of…

Oh noes teh chemicals! Quest bars taste good and have a lot of protein if that's what you are looking for. If it tides ya over to the next meal who cares if it has sugar/carbs. Pretty much any 200ish cal bar seems to work for me, sure some ingredients can help you feel fuller but if the bar you eat tides ya over go for it.…

I am in! I weigh in on Mondays as well. SW: 195 CW: 177 (as of 4/29) GW: 170 UGW: ??? Depends on how much muscle is under there! Maybe 145 Check in dates Mondays 5/6 5/13 5/20 5/27

When baking the type of flour can definitely affect the end product. Other ingredients and even small things such as the temperature of the eggs, temperature of the butter, and very small changes can make an enormous effect. Baking, unlike cooking, is much more of an exact science ( ask any baker). That being said if you…

Once you go from American adjunct lagers over to full flavored beer it's about impossible to go back. The only solution is to account for it, adjust calories/workouts around it, and drink the good beer. Aventinus (tap 9) by Schneider Weisse is the perfect beer IMHO, or go with a high alcohol Belgian strong dark ale like…

The term processed really has no meaningful definition, nor does the term organic. This is an excellent site for consumer protection explaining the issue http://www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/organic.html

Scooby's workshop has a nice muscle mass grown predictor tool. Even under ideal conditions of diet and working out most people will not gain much more that 10 to 12 pounds of muscle per YEAR. Unless you have the perfect storm of genetics, nutrition, and working out and are a male you might be able to see significantly…

I am always amazed at the amount of pseudoscientific beliefs that are in our society and especially in the realm of diet and weight loss. First of all while there are medical conditions to which gluten needs to be avoided in (celiac disease or actual allergy to gluten) this should no way imply that gluten is harmful to…

Make sure you are using the scale at one of the preferred times of day such as just after waking up or 2 or 3 hours after a meal/exercise. If so, the scale is most likely a more accurate measurement than the fat to fit radio calculators. In fact it even states on that website under the tools that water…

As far as BMI not telling the whole story, this is certainly true. However, the inaccuracies of BMI are more for incorrect assessment of overweight individuals because it doesn't take into account muscle mass and thus people like athletes with low body fat might have a higher BMI. BMI is far more accurate/meaningful on the…

I think the point is that wanting to "tone" is the same myth of spot reducing fat, you will notice more muscle tone/definition when the fat covering your muscles is gone. So saying that you know you cannot spot reduce fat but then saying you just want to tone is kinda confusing because they are basically the same thing.

It's Skyline time! Damn now I'm hungry for some chili.

Double blind, placebo controlled studies in peer reviewed journals that back up this claim? Please do not follow this advice. It is well intentioned however false. Please see a medical professional.

I am a pharmacist and the vast majority of hypertension is called idiopathic hypertension, which means high blood pressure of unknown cause. While we know that certain unhealthy lifestyles can contribute to hypertension, and some lifestyle changes can correct the condition, in many cases even eating healthy, limiting…

Pretty much everything related to calculating weight loss is a guess, an educated guess based upon real science, but still a guess. Even with things like food scales the amount of calories that you are actually eating vs what you actually are, are not 100 percent spot on. Also calculating how many calories burned during a…

My wife and I finally got up the nerve to try scuba for the first time last year in Mexico. Both of us are very out of shape and found that we were able to do it no problem. We wish we would have overcame our fears earlier since we missed out on scuba on our honeymoon in one of the greatest places to scuba Fiji. At least…

I also am in the process of eliminating soda (coke zero in my case). About 2 years ago i finally switched from regular coke to coke zero, something i thought would never be possible for me. Now it's time to get rid of the coke zero. One day at a time..... I feel ya.

I am a pharmacist and honestly it doesn't matter which multivitamin you go with, in fact even taking a multivitamin at all is most likely not needed. Most Americans are over nourished not undernourished and many of our foods are fortified with extra vitamins. However, if you are concerned that you might be deficient in one…

Loving myself no matter how I look won't prevent me from having a heart attack and dying at 50. It's not about love it's about health.

Weight loss shakes, weight gain shakes, ensure and all other liquid meals are in essence the same. Yes some have more protein and different amounts of calories. People who are losing weight drink one instead of a meal, people trying to gain weight drink one between meals or in addition to meals. They are valuable tools…

The people that gain weight after being put on thyroid medications are usually the people who had an over active thyroid (hyperthyroidism). In these individuals we will either destroy the thyroid with radiation or with medication or remove the thyroid gland. After the thyroid gland has been removed/destroyed the pt now is…