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There's something wonky about the calculation right now, though -- at least for Force owners (we just got a firmware update in the past few days and it's got all kinds of problems, evidently). I'm finding that for unlogged exercise, 6x MET is NOT counting as VAM, but for logged exercise it is? For instance, I walked this…

This is actually great advice. If your fiber grams as a % of total carb grams is a nice high ratio (I think of 10% as a sort of minimum, and anything up to 25% is good if your system can handle it w/o distress!), you're doing it right, i.e., your carbs are primarily coming from healthy sources.

Also, if you are using MFP's defaults for nutritional goals be aware that MFP still sets sugar rather lower (at 16% of total calories) than the standard recommendations (Lucky us: last year the default was an absurdly low 8%!). If you don't have a medical reason to control sugar that intensely, you can just change the…

Love hand-me-downs. I've gotten them while I'm losing weight (which is the BEST) but also when I'm not losing weight but someone else has. The giver never means anything bad by them AT ALL; they just want someone to get some use out of them, and thought of you.

I make 5 servings on Mondays, eat one serving, and save the rest in the fridge. The other 4 servings get gently fried up in a non-stick skillet one at a time with an egg mixed in. I've been digging this with PB2 and chocolate chips mixed in before frying.

Oh also, straight up eggs with black beans, salsa, mushrooms and cilantro in a low cal tortilla!

First, know that how you spread out your calories during the day -- big breakfasts and small dinners, visa versa, one meal a day, 5 meals a day, whatever -- has no meaningful impact on metabolism or weight loss. Those silly "people who eat breakfast lose more weight / gain less weight" statements are not really backed up.…

Another way to look at it is instead of a set number of pounds per week, to look at a % of bodyweight per week. 0.5%-0.75% of bodyweight is plenty fast.

You have to work a little harder to find the correct entries for stuff in the database, especially if you want potassium figures. For unprocessed foods like quinoa you can find the USDA entries. These are identifiable by the fact that they do not have an asterisk * next to their name (because they are not…

If you are sedentary and are not eating at a big caloric deficit then the traditional (rather low) protein guidelines of 0.8 grams of protein per KG of total bodymass are sufficient for you. You didn't mention your weight, but at 5 ft tall I'd still guess that the 60s is not going to be "too high," unless you already have…

Well it is cocoa season. There are lots of instant cocoa varieties available everywhere. Nestle makes a non-fat, artificially-sweetened one for 20 or 25 calories per serving that I think is quite tasty when I make it with hot milk instead of water (and I don't object to artificial sweeteners, so whatever). And there's no…

This. Log. Every. Thing. First, guarantee you've logged every single bite for >4 weeks, THEN assess whether you're losing or not. Also, what the person above said about making sure that you're eating enough to suppress the urge to binge. Especially if you're the type of person who seems to have a hard time honestly logging…

Meh, some people like to feel virtuous by making their lives less enjoyable.

Preach! I get freaked out reactions all the time from people when I tell them how much I eat. I actually went in for a regularly scheduled checkup after I had lost my first 50 lbs. My doctor didn't know I had been working on my weight and was very pleased for me, etc. He was quizzing me about what I was doing to make sure…

I'm also 5'7" and 44. I have been eating at over 1850 for almost a year now. I started a bit lower in June of last year, but settled around 1850-1900 last fall and have lost a total of over 140 lbs so far. Obviously I was much bigger when I started so weight loss was faster in the beginning, but I'm under 200 lbs now and…

I'm calling BS. Cafe employees are not going to be "offended" by a customer politely refusing free food. They might be surprised, but not offended. They don't care about you or what you think and their feelings are not engaged. I smile and say "no thanks" to free treats from people who are employed to offer them to me all…

I agree with both the above posters. Particularly that you have to find a balance between discipline and enjoyment that works for you. You need a plan that gives you results (not necessarily fast results!) but also that you can enjoy / not hate enough that you can stick with it long term. Also, has your dietician spoken…

Personally, I wouldn't eat anything less than 1400. Even 1400 makes me sad, and I couldn't stick to it long enough to make a difference.

The only downside of MFP really is getting an accurate estimate of what you're burning in your workouts if you plan on eating back your calories. If you're not consistent with the exercise, I'd say use MFP and eat back 50% of your calories "earned" from exercise. Follow that for at least one month (two is preferable for…

If it's how your wife and her sister share their love, then let your wife eat it. It's not about you.

How much experience does your PT have working with the obese? Can he provide references from clients who are or were obese who had good results from his methods? As a former "super obese" person myself (current loss: 140 lbs down and counting), one thing I noticed a lot was that very few PTs, fitness professionals,…

Be more skeptical of your sources. Both of the sources you cite (Authority nutrition especially, but the other one also looks pretty sketchy to me) talk a lot of noise about being "science-based" but appear to be advocacy entities that cherry pick *which* scientific studies they cite in order to confirm their own biases or…

You're over-thinking it. A lot. It'll average out across multiple servings. If you're cooking for a family and not just yourself, it's still pretty reasonable to assume your servings will be average, especially if you ladle reasonably mindfully. Long-term success isn't about perfection. It's about intention, mindfulness,…

I'd suggest that maybe the REASON you get "stressed" is specifically BECAUSE you're totally trying to deprive yourself of a food. That never ends well. Yes, if you're restricting your calories to try to lose weight, eating getting too many of your calories from bread and rice etc. will make it hard for you to get good…

I agree that almonds are overrated! I love pistachios and walnuts, and am very happy to eat peanuts. Macadamias are wonderful but pricey, and brazil nuts are divine but sometimes hard to come by.

Technically it's your kidneys, not your liver. And the danger is more a matter of /IF YOUR KIDNEYS ARE ALREADY COMPROMISED/ excess protein can "stress" them, which would not be good. The question of how much is "too much" though is not well understood. There's a wide range of ideas, from 0.8 grams of protein per kilo of…

Translation: "We can still hook up tho', right?"

I'm 198 lbs and I eat 1900 calories a day, losing more than a pound a week still. Those 1200 a day calorie diets are really even only marginally appropriate for rather small women, and generally very small inactive women at that. Or, they can be okay for a larger person for a very /LIMITED/ period of time to lose say, 20…

You can steam veggies on the stovetop. I like to use cooked eggplant chunks under pasta sauce as a low calorie, high fiber alternative to pasta. I also like a salad of very lightly steamed or parboiled broccoli, carrots, peppers with shredded poached chicken and a cold peanut sauce or peanut dressing.

If you're "well aware" that this is the received wisdom among endurance athletes and that your "path" is "different" from the usual, I wonder what made you snark in with your "oh really where do you get your info" comment in the first place. Sheesh.