sympha01 Member

I bet you don't mean that. I bet you'll be back. To repeat yourself. Again. Look, you posted a link. I posted a reply essentially saying I thought your post showed bad manners (talking before getting to know the community, and telling people what to do). You posted calling me a jerk. I posted calling you a jerk back, and…

Pancakes are deelishus. But I make them in the rice cooker so they're not terribly flat.

There you go again, telling people what to do lol. Maybe you can stop reading this thread, as it's only giving you sadz because it didn't go the way you thought it should. Or don't. DO WHAT YOU WANNA DO lady.

:) I agree with rabbitjb. Positivity for positivity's sake leads to unconstructive groupthink and gets us nowhere fast. There's a reason "critical thinking" is considered a skill. The world needs critical thinking. The diet and fitness world needs it especially.

Choose your words more carefully then. Your post title told people what to do. That's telling people what to do. Words mean things. Use them the way you mean them and you won't be misunderstood. And if you took the time to read and lurk for a while before posting links willy-nilly, you'd see that when people genuinely want…

OP, you have 6 posts. You're kind of new around here to be telling other people what to do.

Maybe the reason we are confused by your question is that you seem to be assuming that even if you are weighing yourself "regularly" you will not catch weight gain. Especially 'before it is too late." Meanwhile, the rest of us are assuming, oh you're weighing yourself. You will see the scale and see "Oh, my weight has…

Based on your description, it sounds like your issues are not really around which foods you choose, it is around portion control. This is by far the most common problem, but people don't want to admit this and deal with it. To lose weight, you will have to eat fewer calories. Changing which foods you eat alone will almost…

Boom. Textbook body dysmorphia. Which is a psychological condition that you need to seek help for, especially if it is causing anxiety around eating, because yeah that would be an eating disorder too. Focus on getting the help you need to get a handle on these feels before you focus on your eating or exercise plan. Because…

If feeling like you're in the minority bothers you, then maybe don't spend time in the forums of a calorie-counting website. I'm actually confused -- are you REALLY surprised? Or are you just dying to start a discussion?

Not necessarily. You certainly sound like you have some irrational anxiety combining body dysmorphia (your BMI is in the healthy range, but on the lower end of it and you have large breasts, but you feel "fat" and "gross" -- btw maybe you want to watch that judgy body language around other people who might ACTUALLY be…

Honestly. If you ask a silly question you're going to get some blunt answers. When you phrase your question like that, does it "actually" work, you are displaying -- at best -- your skepticism to a well-proven fact. At worst, you are displaying not just skepticism but hostility to the idea that it works. What result can…

1) There's no reason to worry about sugar from fruit unless you are diabetic 2) If you plan to worry about fruit sugar, wouldn't the sensible thing be to stop EATING it, not to stop LOGGING it? smdh

I notice you keep using phrases like "all of a sudden," "total transformation," and "burst." No, it doesn't work that way. I started at 335 pounds, and at first I exercised so I could eat a little bit more while losing weight. It seemed like sweating some every day was a fair tradeoff to get to have a glass of wine with…

I honestly don't understand this kind of thinking. What you're describing doesn't sound like it's so revealing that it would be undignified at any age. If your body can rock it, rock it. The number of years that have passed since you were born is irrelevant. Don't internalize the the kind of sexism that tells women what is…

It's not uncommon for newcomers to MFP to choose the 2 lbs a week loss option. You don't have to do that. You really also don't necessarily have to eat 1200 calories a day to lose 2 lbs a week, ESPECIALLY if you are obese. MFP's math (and/or the assumptions to plugged in to their formula: the place most people mess up here…

OP, you say you've been around here for a couple of weeks and that you're eating 1200 calories. So people are (rightly) telling you that fitting stuff in is easier at a higher calorie level. You've probably seen a few flam-y threads about eating so few calories. What you haven't seen is what the long-timers have: people…

There have been quite a few studies published in the last couple of years where the takeaways seem to be that exercise "does not help you lose weight" and that people who exercise may tend to overeat beyond the point of any additional exercise deficit. Your doctor may be thinking of these studies, and also misinterpreting…

I've been dropping weight for a long time and while it's slow now, I have found that my mental health was much improved when I stopped tracking exercise calories. IMO trying to estimate calories earned from a specific workout is a sucker's game, HRM or no. I use my HRM as it was intended: as a tool to optimize my training…

I started out with a lot to lose and while I began by losing 2 lbs a week, now I'm down to < 1/2 lb a week and I feel pretty good about it. So far I've lost >170 lbs, and feel like I've got another 10 to go. Obviously with that much to lose in total it takes a couple of years. There was no point in being impatient really…

It really can depend on the quality of your pots and/or slow cooker. If you are going stovetop, you will have difficulty maintaining a low, even temperature if your pot is cheap and thin. If you are using a slow cooker, you will have difficulty with certain manufacturers that design theirs to get too hot on "low." The…

I weigh about the same as you (currently 161 lbs, 44 yo) and I could not run AND eat 1200 calories. I need at least 1800 cal / day to support running. I also run 3 or 4 times a week, I actually eat about 2000 cal / day, I'm ravenous on run days, and yes I'm losing weight (slowly -- about 3 lbs a month right now). If I'm…

I count fat grams to make sure I get ENOUGH of them. Because for me, cutting calories tends to lead me to reduce fat, but not getting enough fat makes my body feel yucky, and it requires constant intervention in my diet to keep it right.

So in the absence of a list of such foods, will you have difficulty "meeting" your calorie goal for the day? What did you used to eat before you started tracking? Eat that. If you are trying to lose weight, just eat less of it. A lot of people just starting out make the mistake of thinking they have to "cut out" all…

Underwhelming premium app is underwhelming. The feature list looks like stuff that's overpriced considering how long many of us have been dealing with perfectly acceptable workarounds. But I'm guessing they'll get more signups from new users than the existing user base. * different goals different days -- meh, I'm not an…

Gotta be honest -- a lot of times when people say this it's because people who are trying to lose weight demonstrate behavior that really does make people worry (skipping meals or eating so lightly that someone would not fail to notice), or we actually do talk about weight loss efforts a lot/ way too much. That is…

I like them roasted best, but I frequently dice up a raw sweet potato, toss it with a can of black beans, a diced onion and some salsa, maybe some lime juice and extra cumin and oregano, and cook (covered) on the stove top until the potato pieces are cooked through, which is always faster than I expect. Great on its own,…

Yes, your height can still increase. I had a couple of small growth "spurts" in my 20s. I also tend to get 1/2 inch taller when I lose a lot of weight, because weight evidently compresses your spine. I am in my 40s and added a 1/2 inch last year after losing a bunch of weight. Obviously that wasn't growth but just a change…

I made chicken tikka masala in mine overnight and OH MAN my house smells wonderful right now. The contents of the pot look amazing too (fantastic texture and color to the sauce), so I have very high hopes. Bonus: this is the simplest chicken tikka masala recipe I have ever tried, too (and I've tried a lot of them!).…

Frankly, I think we would all do well to replace the phrase "rest day" with "recovery day." We need to recover from strenuous effort -- lifting heavy, or high intensity cardio. We don't necessarily need to "rest." For instance, one very sensible recovery strategy is to alternate cardio with weights, and it's very common to…