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Agree with everything people are saying about not demonizing "bad" foods or glorifying "clean eating" as well as the skepticism about gaining THAT much weight by eating too little unless your doctor has diagnosed and is treating you for a very serious thyroid problem. That aside, it's easy to get more fats in if you've got…

Oh, bumping to see where THIS goes.

Meh, it's a free country. She's absolutely free to post an illogical recipe. I'm free to point out that it's illogical. You're free to judge me for questioning your friend (sister, I'm guessing?). I'm free to judge you for having a hysterical rage out to someone questioning your friend. It's the circle of life, young man.…

But why GLUTEN FREE baking powder and baking soda? Why not normal baking powder and baking soda? Why make this difficult? Like, if the OP were gluten free for a medical reason it could go without comment though DERP they would need to not use wheat flour. But using wheat flour suggests the OP doesn't have Celiac and is…

What is the point exactly of the gluten free baking powder and gluten free baking soda? I mean, the recipe has whole wheat flour in it.

Looking over your diary, yes your levels look a bit lower than recommended BUT I also see several items in your diary that I KNOW naturally have sodium in them (e.g. yogurt, bread -- "brood" is bread in Dutch or something, right?) but indicated 0 mg of sodium in them -- you are using some database entries that do not have…

I don't know what you mean by deleting "from your home page." I have accidentally deleted my fitbit calories from my exercise page though. Is that what you mean? If so, it will come back by itself the next time your fitbit device syncs with the fitbit site (that seems to trigger an automatic refresh of the fitbit=>mfp link…

When I started last year I too had a long way to go. A year later, 100+ pounds down, and yeah I still have a long way to go to "perfect." But DAMN don't I feel good now! People who've never been very obese just don't understand how disabling it can be to be big. To be cowed by a flight of stairs or other everyday physical…

^^^THIS. If you're not really sure what kind of exercise you'll be doing anyway, there's no particular point in getting anything fancy or a specialized fitting. There's a big difference in shoes that are optimized for walking, running, dancing, etc. and those stores are going to be best if you already know what you'll be…

Also, I suppose it depends on your goals. Are you going for competitive bodybuilder / weightlifting results? If not, it's probably safe to lower your protein a little if that's what you WANT to do for any reason (more flexibility on where to spend your calories; cost savings at the grocery store because protein =…

1. Eating at a caloric deficit (i.e. dieting) causes your body to metabolize NOT ONLY your fat mass, but also your lean mass (muscles and organs). Eating more protein can really help discourage your body from doing too much of that. It will minimize lean mass loss while you're dieting. Plus it can help make sure your…

You didn't mention your caloric intake. That's pretty critical. Did you not mention it because you're not monitoring it? Eating fruits and vegetables for snacks is great and healthy and all, and so is exercising, but if you're eating as many or more calories than you burn overall it doesn't matter WHAT you're eating, you…

Sounds like me a year ago! Check. Even as a kid I hated exercise and gym class and sports. Yes, I started at about 325 lbs and 5'7" (also, I was 42 years old when I started!) No gym for me either, and though I have access to a pool, I didn't start there. Yes, even light jogging in place was too hard on my joints when I was…

10 minutes off the heat isn't long enough to cook them all the way through, especially if your eggs' starting point was refrigerator cold. 13 minutes is sufficient for the off-the-heat method. That method is very forgiving of going longer, too. If you were cooking your eggs on the heat, it would be important to not let…

Neither necessary nor inappropriate. If they help a particular individual stay the course long term, sure go for it. I don't find them useful because my diet plan includes enough food and treats every day to keep me happy.

Hmm look at it this way. Yes, your body needs CALORIES to operate. You burn more CALORIES by exercising. You have calories in bodyfat as well as in food. So by eating some food and metabolizing bodyfat as needed, your system is getting all the CALORIES it needs to operate. The number of calories you're getting is not…

Weellllll, I don't know. I'm not saying YOUR HRM is inaccurate, I'm saying HRMs, no matter how good, are not necessarily super accurate at estimating calorie burn. To be honest, I don't have an HRM myself for that reason. Bear in mind they don't MEASURE your calorie burn. They make an educated guess about your calorie burn…

Nope, not starvation mode. Probably a combination of several things. 1. Heart Rate monitor or not, you're probably overestimating your burn. Sorry. 2. Looking over your diary, it looks pretty good but I'm guessing based on the portions you enter that you're not weighing your food. Some things on there that are TOTALLY…

Also, I highly recommend getting a pair of lifting gloves to use with your kettlebell. Kettlebell makes you sweaty and the handle can get slippery. Plus I found that kettlebelling gave me callouses ahem I mean skin trophies. I use the FitFour "anti-ripper" (NOT the "gripper") for kettlebell -- they add enough extra grip +…

Yeah, you don't NEED to "keep weight lifting aerobic." The cynical part of me suspects this guy's advice was a variation on "UR a girl why are you strength training?" If you WANT to burn more calories while strength training you can "make it aerobic" but that will typically come at a cost of you having to use less weight /…

I love my kettlebell, it's fun and I get a fantastic cardio workout with it that includes a good amount of resistance! Generally speaking I wish I had started heavier and for most women I wouldn't suggest starting with anything lighter than 15 lbs. It depends a lot on what you're going to do with it. I see a lot of…

I do daily for calories, protein, and fiber, and just check in weekly on other nutrients. Works well for me. I think I feel better if I get more protein on lifting days, so I gotta watch that daily. But I can see doing weekly making sense for the kind of person to finds it easy to be UNDER at least 3 days a week. If you're…

Please read the comment this was in response to (especially before posting your own rudely belittling response). The "please don't" comment was not in response to VLCD diets in general but specifically in response to the ABSURD, DANGEROUS, AND IRRESPONSIBLE suggestion that it would be okay for her to STOP EATING FOOD…

Please bear in mind the monstrous suggestion that this person actually suggested was not a VLCD diet. He suggested it was perfectly okay to give up food ENTIRELY and just take supplements "for quite a while" because the OP's current obesity level is so high she's got "plenty of reserves." That is the most irresponsible…

For a limited amount of time. A doctor would not have a patient eating <1200 calories for years. And it's going to take her years. But more to the point, she hasn't had gastric bypass surgery. A VLCD diet prescribed for gastric surgery patients is not appropriate for just anyone who wants to lose weight, without doctor…

No. Do not "just eat supplements." That is punishment. Eat food. Your body has reserves of calories in terms of stored fat, but not enough nutrition in that fat. Protein and carbs in particular. I don't call people or advice given on the forums crazy lightly. But that is freaking madness. I can imagine that maybe under…

Please don't do that. Just because you weigh a lot does not mean it's okay to punish your body like that. You need some protein. You need some carbs. You can only get carbs from food. Your body will cannibalize its own lean mass (muscles and organs!) to get protein if you're not eating food. And what you want your body to…

You're not NUTS but maybe you're not making the best choices right now? It's great to be gung ho and committed to improving your health. BUT you may find that 1200 calories crushes your soul over a long period of time. And you may feel that ULTIMATELY you won't get the results you really want, because your mind and body…

A lot of people like them, presumably because they're very accessible to beginners (you don't need to be coordinated at all to follow along. After all, it's just marching around). But they're not for every temperament. You need to be a certain type of person to be able to stand the way she talks. If you're the kind of…

Ummm no, he maybe shouldn't have used the phrase "in diet" because that ::should:: mean "ingested," but if you read his whole comment carefully I think what he meant is that everyone who is losing weight is METABOLIZING a lot of fat -- from their bodies. Which is *mostly* true with the exception of absurdly lean…