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If you want to up the protein of your granola add a large egg white to the mixture, this will also help making those lovely crunchy clusters.

Op tracking what you eat is easy, slightly more work in the beginning as you need to find everything in the database, but after a while it gets easier and quicker. If sticking to it is hard maybe start at a lower deficit and build on lowering it in steps. Say 200kcal below maintenance once that is easier lower it again,…

I set it for the weight I would have to be for a bmi of 25 which was 73kg (160lbs) when I started at 107.6kg (~237lbs) at the time it seemed impossible to get there as I had been a teenager last time weighed that but now I'm close to it (1.7kg to go) I'm considering changing it to 70kg

^^Low fat foods is not good advice for someone following a low carb diet. OP weightloss starts in the kitchen, tighten up on logging, double check the entries you use against labels and if you don't already weigh solids with a scale and liquids in spoons or ml as appropriate. Also it may be worth getting the measuring tape…

From experience you wouldn't want to, I've had laparoscopic surgery and the air they pump in can create quite a bit of discomfort for the first 2 weeks. I suggest you set for maintenance at sedentary and focus on healing whilst recovering.

Have you cut out caffeine? It may be that you are having caffeine withdrawal.

I weigh daily in the morning before my shower. As to how often I see losses on the scale that has varied massively. In the beginning it was weekly or biweekly now with 1.7kg to goal it can take a full month before I see a loss and it is 0.5-1kg at the time in a bit of a whoosh. I am happy with that I'm in no rush. It all…

I honestly lost count of the times in my life I have lost weight and gained it all back again, I have done it all: meal replacement similar to slim fast, WW, herbalife shakes, VLCD, montiac diet, low GI diet you name it I lost and gained it all back. Looking back I could say I failed on all those attempts or I can tell…

I don't take any notice of use by dates on fruit and veg. I go with the does it still look/smell as it should and is it mould free. Yes to both? I'll eat it.

Maybe it is worth it not to go on the scales for a while. If you are weight lifting (which I am assuming you are) then the number on the scale doesn't tell you as much. Gaining confidence isn't easy but instead of focusing on the number on the scale (or your pants size) it may be better to focus on what you do like about…

Stop having a pity party it doesn't do you any good. Go to the goals section in mfp fill it in and stick to what it tells you.As you are on a 72hr hospital prescribed liquid diet save the $15 dollars you usually use for food and go grocery shopping with it buying staples such as people have probably already have suggested.…

Mine has never done it automatically , I may be to impatient to wait for the prompt I can't say I've have kept track of how many pounds lost before I have done it. Just see what happens after you're 10lbs down. It could just be my phone, it won't let me look at ppl profiles or diaries either even when diaries are open but…

The fruits lowest in sugar's are berries but fruit/sugar won't be the reason you are at a plateau it's incredibly normal to get stuck for a bit. Battle through and if you see no movement on the scale for 4-6 weeks then start looking at lowering calories a bit, on that note since you started losing has your calorie…

How about eat 1200 and lose just shy of a pound a week or exercise for the grand total of 84 calories a day and lose a pound there is really very little in it. But why would you want to be that strict. There is no point in punishing yourself. The winner is the person who eats the most and still loses. But you know, you are…

I always used to watch it when it was on TV in the UK but with horror that anyone would put themselves through such a program. There is no chance I would never put myself through such crazyness. I would have probably punched one of the trainers within the first week if I got treated like the contestants do.

It's entirely up to you, if you want to have a day of higher calories a week then do so, you are in control, just be aware that having a smaller deficit may mean it takes longer to lose those 2lbs it's all about your own perspective.

I'm on 1340 a day when I'm sedentary but eat back most of what my fitbit allots me from moving so usually eat more than that, just look back at your diary and see where you can make changes to reduce your calories

Yes it can be done skinnytaste.com has lots of low calorie recipes if you need some inspiration. Love her italian turkey meat balls and the chicken fajitas although I add things like avocado that puts calories up but she also has some great salads like chicken and mango which are pretty low cal.

Tastes are included in my portion sizes, everything I cook from scratch is entered as a recipe and split in equal portion sizes on mfp but I usually give myself a little less than hubby therefore any tastes during cooking are already accounted for.

When you have depression that 'letargy' to do anything about what bothers you and at the same time beating yourself up for the same thing is a hard one to overcome so my answer would be baby steps. Why not start with just logging everything you eat, you don't even have to be accurate with weights/volumes just start, once…

First, are you sure your logging is accurate, are you weighing and measuring all the food and drink you consume? And are you cross checking the database entry with the calories on the package where possible/using usda entries? I'm not being mean but at 1200 cal with 53lbs to lose you should be losing weight and people are…

The solution is quite simple really, get your meds optimal, at a bare minimum a TSH below 2 but ideally you want to be symptom free. And use mfp to count calories and lose the weight, it may go slow until you're optimally treated (stay in control of your own thyroid health, educate yourself and make sure you know your…

You know, I can't remember, I did it in the 90s so the good part of 20 years ago, you couldn't have potatoes with your meat and veg or pasta with meat etc. Needless to say it wasn't sustainable and I didn't ever go back to it even when I regained the weight. I've tried allsorts: Low GI diet, VLCD, WW on several occasions,…

Diagnosed hypothyroid in 2010, lost 70 lbs using calorie counting so can definitely be done but I'm on medication. Unless your thyroid issues are due to iodine deficiency (which is highly unlikely in the western world) there is nothing you can do to fix it yourself, it's also not your fault unfortunately this happens be it…

I've done a diet plan where you couldn't combine carbs with protein it worked in the same way as any diet does but I wouldn't say I lost any faster than on any other diet plan and I've tried a lot of them!

I have never had it for longer than a couple of weeks at a time so I couldn't tell you if there would be a longterm effect of weight gain but if I do take it I never gain weight, that is one of the side effects I never have.

If you want to improve your diabetes then the diabetic charities tend to have diabetic friendly eating plans, diabetes UK most definitely has, why not follow something like that and support the charity in the meantime by buying their cookbook/ eating plan. My dad has had great results using diabetes UK and has actually…

Normal tea with skimmed milk, barley water and diet coke as wel as water. I drinkt the most tea really it is my drink of choice.

I don't think I would like anyone to comment on my eating whether I am under my calories (which would be frequent because I don't eat all my calories from activity) or over or if I had eaten something others may feel is 'bad'. It is the main reason my diary is private if I want an opinion about my eating I would ask for it…

Alcohol and popcorn every once in a while won't do any harm and I had both this weekend, at the end of the day you will need to overeat/drink by 3500 calories over maintenance to gain a pound so any weight gain you may see on the scale will be water retention. Acknowledge you had a bad day, log it and move on, its life and…