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Yes, sorry to pile on, but it really does sound like you need a healthy dose of some constructive criticism. In all your posts in this thread what I'm seeing is an unwillingness to address your issues by working on yourself, and a strong desire to find people to agree with you that grocery retailers should change their…
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Ugh my grocery store sort of does that in a limited way and it's infuriating. Like, they keep lemons in the seafood aisle; they sell chocolate syrup in the ice cream aisle. They sell pizza crusts and parmesan cheese in the canned tomatoes aisle. What if you want to buy chocolate syrup because you want to make chocolate…
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A reality check for anyone who really thinks supermarkets actively want you to buy "unhealthy" (LOL) food: From the New York Times: "...along with the meat counter, the produce aisle is one of the most profitable parts of a grocery store, with large volumes and higher-than-average markups from the wholesale cost. So even…
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I'm very sorry if this sounds harsh, but please consider it tough love: sometimes you need a stranger to tell you the hard truth that your loved ones won't because they can't afford the confrontation with you. You need to drop the victim mentality and take control of your own life. Pointing the finger at the grocery store,…
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Why would you want to try without measuring tools? Measure for real and know what you're doing, or do not measure and risk fooling yourself. Those seem to be your only choices.
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I have lost >160 lbs and I still eat meals I enjoy with pornographic enthusiasm all the time.
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84 g of sugar is nothing. I have my target set to 90 g daily, don't eat sweets often and frequently get to that level just from all the fruit and dairy I eat. Oh, and I've lost 160 lbs. Bottom line: unless you have been medically diagnosed with a metabolic problem like diabetes, sugar is no big deal and MFP's sugar targets…
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I think the issue comes down to the way the oatmeal is cut. Quaker tends to chop the oatmeal they sell in "packets" down pretty fine, so it takes up less space and is more calorific by volume (but the same calories by weight). 28 g dry is more than 1/8 of a cup if you're using Quaker quick rolled oats from the bulk…
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I actually see the glitch on the regular on my Android. One of the many reasons I prefer to go old-school and use MFP on the desktop site for most things.
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Not everyone has the same goals. Not every exercise has the same outcomes. Cardio is good for burning fat. It is good for heart health. It is bad for optimal body composition because pure cardio doesn't build or protect muscle tissue. Doing lots of cardio without taking measures (i.e., doing resistance work) to maintain…
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If you're dead set on losing more than 1% of your total bodyweight per week for several months, get used to feeling weak and exhausted all the time. It's going to be your usual state.
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Tomato / tomahto
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Wait. A self-described tomato aficionado keeps tomatoes in the refrigerator? BLASPHEMER!
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Getting your activity level right is just a tool for helping MFP get your estimated calorie needs right. Don't forget that another piece of the estimated calorie needs puzzle is how fast you told MFP you want to lose -- this is a big factor that most people underestimate the importance of. You've complained that "the scale…
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Ew, yogurt not from an individual package but from a communal vat with a ladle, probably covered by a sneezeguard? Honestly, if it were me, my answer would be right there. But if that doesn't bother you, normally I think a dining hall would make the nutritional info available to you if you ask politely for it. Still…
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For weight loss, count calories. There's a wide variation in calorie counts for different brands, varieties, and portion sizes of milk and yogurt both, so it's going to depend on that. Two different yogurt varieties can vary in calorie count by 100% for the same portion size, for example. Just eat what you like, read…
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A lot of people just starting out with their diet make the mistake of changing everything at once; they give up all kinds of foods because those foods have been branded by someone as "unhealthy." Protip: it's your overall nutrition that's "healthy" or "unhealthy," not really individual foods. A healthy diet is not just…
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Evidently dudebro thought he would be safe from period talk in the "gaining weight" section, LOL.
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You're looking at this all wrong. Like, how do you know you're not getting too many calories with some SPOONFULS and not enough calories with others?
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A lot of people have more interest in food at the end of the day instead of at the beginning. Eat a lighter breakfast and/or a lighter lunch to save calories for the evening. I eat more than half of my daily calories after 7pm every day. I personally do eat a light breakfast and lunch, and focus on getting high quality…
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LOL 2300 calories is not a "huge" amount. I'm a 172-ish pound 44 yo woman who eats 2000 calories a day and I'm still losing over a pound a week. What many beginners at calorie-counting find very helpful to do is spend their first week or two on MFP not changing their diet, but logging everything they're currently eating.…
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I do a lot of different workouts (swimming, running, weights) but my HRM and activity tracker both think my kettlebell workout burns the most calories per minute. It sure makes me sweaty.
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The nutritional variance from serving-to-serving is simply not worth worrying about. Most people are introducing more error based on just not working hard enough to find the most accurate entry for each ingredient in the database. (Because protip: the database is CHOCK FULL of highly inaccurate entries). If you are sharing…
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Yes, you are probably worried "too much" about sugar. MFP targets for sugar are much lower than they need to be for most people. (Some people have diabetes or metabolic disorders and that's a different story of course). Unless you have been doctor-diagnosed with a specific disease and are under medical guidance to…
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I'm pretty much like this, too. I eat a light breakfast and an even lighter lunch -- both of which I really only bother with at all because I work out in the morning -- to ensure I've got more than half of my daily calories to play with for dinner and evening snacks. I'm the sort of person though who needs something…
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Must ... resist ... urge ... flood thread ... Snowpiercer gifs
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No. No no no no no. Even just roughly back-of-the-enveloping it: 20 lbs in 2 weeks = 10 lbs per week. 1 lb per week = 500 calorie deficit per day, so 10 lbs per week = 5000 calorie deficit per day. A 260 lb person does not even expend 5000 calories per day unless they have a day job as a draft horse. So a 5000 calorie…
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Eating too many calories of any food will hinder weight loss. Just because a food is "healthy" doesn't mean it won't make you fat if you eat too much of it or if eating it makes you go over your calorie balance. Both "healthy" and "unhealthy" foods have calories. If you're counting calories to lose weight, then you should…
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Yep, though I have one "meal" reserved as planned snacks, and that gets adjusted down if for instance cuts of meat turn out larger than planned, or if I encounter unplanned deliciousness, or it gets adjusted up because why would I want to leave calories on the table LOL.
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I roast them in a 375 F oven for 30-45 minutes (depending on how big the mushrooms are: smaller mushrooms need less time), with either light spray of spray oil or nothing at all. They might not be to everyone's taste cooked that way, but I love 'em. I don't mind them getting a bit dry and tough on the outside, I still…
