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If you eat a very low carbohydrate diet (around 40g total carbs from green veggies) while eating at a caloric deficit, you are likely to lose more scale weight short term than you would on a similarly calorie restricted diet that's not low carb. What are your targets for protein and fat? If your protein is too high, it can…

Yeah, but those charred bits can happen either in an oven or a grill.

I didn't quite follow that part, either.

Humorously, on the list of "processed" foods, Spam actually isn't very high. Anyone ever read the ingredients? Remarkably simple. And spam musubi is fantastic.

To be fair to the clean eating people, I don't think they'd disagree with you. In my experience, they have less of an issue with preparing any given single ingredient and more so with the stuff that gets added in when you industrialize food preparation, make it shelf stable, etc. Whether they're right or wrong, that seems…

I'm confused. Are we on, "there's no such thing as a processed food", or "processed foods can be eaten as part of a good diet"? It seems to vary -- if there's a clean eating thread, it's "all foods are processed/there's no difference between 'natural' and 'processed". If there's a pop tarts and ice cream celebration…

For which exercises? For pull exercises (deadlift being the primary if you're focusing on compound lifts) you have some options: 1, you can view hand strength as part of what you're building, and keep on trucking, or 2, you can use wrist straps that allow you to cinch directly to the bar. Some people love 'em, some people…

You could have just said, "sorry, I was wrong," but whatever makes you feel better. My content on these forums speaks for itself. Have a great day!

The person's answer only exists within the context of talking to someone who has already expressed an interest in clean eating. Someone asked how clean eating works, and the person described it to them. You somehow took that as an assault against people who don't follow clean eating, or a belief that what you're doing is…

If you're going to take offense to that characterization, you (in general, IIFYM proponents) should do a better job of explaining your overall dietary philosophy to people. If people think your diet is the "pop tarts and ice cream diet", it's likely because a high volume of the posts concerning your eating methodologies…

I did. Perhaps it would help you on a re-read of the text if I specified who wrote what. A person asked a question about clean eating, he got an answer from someone about clean eating, and encourages them to "do it their way". An uninvolved third party felt the need to ask why someone was telling him why he can't eat cake…

Did anyone tell you you couldn't?

The answer I'm going with is "maybe". Eating "clean" (which I'll define as eating a diet containing foods with minimal post-processing) can have some advantages over simple calorie counting. For instance, you'll likely eat a higher volume of food per calorie, which can help with your satiety if you are someone who is prone…

Stalling is something that a lot of keto people go through post-induction. There's even a name for it - post induction stall syndrome. If your carbs are low, and your calories are under maintenance, just keep going with it. It'll start up again. Google "post induction stall syndrome", or check some of the keto groups here,…

I was going based off of your numbers -- the 247kcal/150g number, and then did the math to the 535g. If you're not eating the skin, I'd probably calculate it closer to boneless skinless chicken breast, of which 535g is approximately 19oz. 4oz is around 110kcal, so the 19oz would be around 522kcal. Assuming you're cooking…

I like heavy cream, personally (a little bit goes a long way) and the DaVinci sugar free syrups are fantastic. I use them for coffee, italian sodas, etc. That's when I'm not guzzling it black like a fiend, though.

Sounds approximately correct.

Howdy. I'm a T2 diabetic as well, and here are my thoughts on what you posted. Everything I'll say is based upon my thoughts and experience, is not medical advice, and should not take the place of an ongoing conversation with your doctor. :) 1. Congratulations on not smoking. That's fantastic and a great step for overall…

Actually, for you to agree with him, you'd have to measure the effect on your blood sugar of a glucose-only dose (i.e. 50g glucose) versus a glucose/fiber dose (25g + 25g). The spike on the second is likely lower than the first -- not "nothing", but not the 50g either.

The easiest way would be to take your blood glucose (and A1c) and see where it's at. If you give a little bit more information (your food logs, your blood sugar logs, and what type of diabetes you have) it would be helpful.

nevermind.

Please go back and re-read my initial post if you have a moment. What I said was, if you are eating a ketogenic diet, and not intaking enough fat, you will be hungry. That's because ketogenic diets rely on fat for energy. If you are trying to eat ketogenically, not eating enough fat, and replacing it with protein, you'll…

Oh? How's about: Lamenting the "poor cookies" or "delicious chips" to someone who has made the decision to not eat them. Posting a big picture of a Pepsi to someone who views soda as unhealthy for him. This is a 20 page thread. Those were things I found on page 1.

Well...that escalated quickly.

I worry for our culture when "displaying a modicum of respect and decency" becomes synonymous with "being coddled".

Walking is good. Any sort of body weight exercise that you can do would help, too -- pushups from the knees, bodyweight squats, etc. Movement-based stuff. But, really, if you're very unfit -- anything helps. Do you have a yard? Moving something that's heavy (but not so heavy that you can't manage it) from one side of the…

Yeah, I guess I'm still missing something. You said that the statement, "soda is bad for your teeth" is without merit. Your proof that the statement is without merit (i.e., not correct) is that it's as bad for your teeth as many other acidic foods. That's not a proof that the original statement is without merit. It might…

I'm not sure I understand your argument here. Because other acidic things are bad for your teeth, the argument that soda is bad for your teeth is without merit?

Well -- if you're trying not to go over, the best way would be to look at the foods that contain the most sugar in your day, and eat less of them. :wink: If you'll excuse the gentle teasing. But for the most part, if your calories are at where they should be, and you're losing weight as you think you should be, then you…

Let me see if I can explain it a little more clearly. Let's say you need 200 "units" of energy per day, regardless of where you get that energy from. As you say, you eat around 200g of carbs a day, and don't have hunger issues. Your body is running on a glucose metabolism, and assuming you're not gaining weight, you're…