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Eat the calories that MyFitnessPal recommends along with 50% of the calories you burn from exercise. Track everything you consume and weigh foods you aren't sure of, such as pasta and potatoes. Make sure to track all exercise above and beyond your activity level that you set when signing up. You should lose weight, usually…

I was 350 pounds and went at that weight, don't worry about other people especially in the gym.

Welcome, Congratulations on the weight loss you have achieved. You're wrong about the MyFitnessPal; its guided recommendation for weight loss has a limit of 2 pounds per week, however if you decide upon a custom goal and input the calories yourself at a greater deficit then it will calculate the estimated loss, which can…

Congratulations on the results you have achieved. I find it makes no sense in finding research online that supports different methods of eating; all the articles contradict each other and people find fault in every food available. Its better to find something that works for you individually, if you function better on less…

Hi David, If you stick to your calorie goal you will lose weight regardless of what you eat. Following a low carbohydrate diet will have no greater effect on fat loss than any other diet, the only reason people believe it to be better for losing weight is because for every gram of carbohydrates the body needs water, hence…

You could eat your entire calorie allowance in chocolate if you wanted, you would probably be hungry all the time but as long as it was within your calories you would still lose weight. A healthy balanced diet of whole foods will obviously be a healthier option providing your body with all it needs, but weight loss is as…

You don't need to be overweight to get diabetes, if Peter Attia feels contempt for his patients then he's in the wrong profession.

You need to start eating whole foods, a Kate Farms Meal Replacement Shake has 68 ingredients and 19 grams of sugar per shake. if you want to start seeing changes in not only your weight but also overall health then start eating foods with 1-3 ingredients.

If you weigh all the food you can (i.e. pasta) and track every calorie that you put into your mouth whilst following the recommended calories you will lose weight. If you don't weigh your food or track calories on weekends then you don't really know how many calories you have eaten and therefore don't know if you are…

Ban everything, everywhere, from everyone at all times. If you micro analyse all the food you eat, you'll never eat anything again.

Unless you have a disease that is affected by wheat there is no reason to stop eating it. Most of the websites that advocate no longer eating grains are Paleo websites mostly owned by the same guy trying to sell you a book.

You can recalculate for every pound lost if you choose. The calculation will factor in weight, height, age and activity level so for every pound you lose you will also lose calories.

Hi Andresconejo, A meal can be as many calories as you choose. Your body won't care when you eat the calories as long as you eat them. I would suggest you decide what you need to feel satisfied at any given meal, for example I like to eat eggs at breakfast because they keep my hunger at bay, whereas a cake of equal or…

Sounds like you are developing an eating disorder. You don't need to keep bumping your post, if people are interested it will remain on the first page. However you aren't giving good advice, you are basically promoting a unhealthy diet with disorder forming behaviour. Congratulations on your weight loss, but I don't…

Everyone is different. If you think something might be bad for you like diet soda, give it up for 30 days. If you feel different then decide after 30 days if the difference in feeling if any is worth giving it up. Only you can decide, as your reaction might be different to others.

Well done on your weight loss! However I wouldn't recommend your diet as it isn't healthy, its basically takeaway sandwiches, microwave meals and sugar coated cereal. Obviously weight loss is as simple as calories out being higher than calories in, therefore weight loss happens. I would now work on reshaping your diet to…

If you are following the recommended calories and log your exercise then you should be fine. If you are under eating to increase weight loss then I suggest you stop and eat the recommended calories and take it slow. The slower the weight comes off the longer it will take to go back on, it takes time to form healthy habits.…

The body uses both food and liquids as sources of hydration. Some foods have a greater amount of water than others and some liquids will hydrate better than others depending on their water content. A glass of water is 100% water, whereas a glass of milk is around 87% water. If you wanted you could get all your water from…

The amount of calories from BMR is just what your body would use if you just sat all day and did nothing, eating below this means that your body will need to find the calories else where, as it needs the energy. That's exactly how you lose weight, by consuming less calories than your body needs, therefore the body uses up…

Except that the nutrition profile needs to be a ratio/percentage on a weight loss website, otherwise people wouldn't you know lose weight as eating a certain amount per pound of body weight would put them over the calorie allowance they needed to maintain to lose weight. If a 330lb guy ate 0.4g of fat per lb of body…

People have been alive for millions of years, and lived long, productive happy lives without giving a care in the world what their macro nutrient levels where, today is no different from the last few million years. If you eat a healthy balanced diet that includes all food groups you'll have no problems.

I'd just add them all back in at the same time, you will bloat because of the increase in carbohydrates and the additional water that your body will retain. But after a few days to a week the feeling should dissipate as its inevitable on a higher increase of carbohydrates. Oh and what the guy above said.

Everyone on this website if they are following the guideline profile that MFP automatically provides them are eating a balanced diet.

I was in no way saying disregard protein. What I was saying is that if you aren't lifting then don't worry about it. In a health balanced diet you'll get all the protein you will need on a day to day basis without having to worry about the amount you consume. Before you came to MFP you were able to exercise and do…

You'll live a much happier life if you just enjoy your food and concentrate on being happy and healthy. If you look at any food on the planet, including those on the whole foods list you will find problems with all of them if you look close enough. The irony is that people analyse foods on their own. When really they are…

If you aren't doing any heavy lifting then I wouldn't worry about the amount of protein you consume. When you do start do to do heavy lifting then consult this calculator: http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/bbprotein.htm Many can argue that its what people call 'broscience' but then isn't science about measuring input and…

Eating 1200 calories per day won't put the human body anywhere near a starvation response causing the body to resort to ketosis to survive. You would need to fast for 2-3 days or spend around 4 days on a very low calorie diet would cause a starvation response and ketosis. Even then for some ketosis is a desired state as…