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  • dunno about a beer belly but I prefer a natural smooth look to the silly six pack look. I think sixpacks are more for men for other men. I've never been attracted to that. the implied vanity is also unattractive. yeah.. sixpacks meh. big meh.
  • you make a recipe, take each ingredient and reckon it in. There are some things where the protein is able to be weighed separately. I find i make the sauces pretty much identically each time. Once I enter a recipe it's there. If something significant is different I change it. I do weigh the portions and figure out the…
  • either you aren't weighing your food and are eating more than you think you are or you have a medical problem. go to a doctors.
  • if you've been weighing your food for any amount of time you can get a good idea of how many ounces of cheese you just ate from eyeballing it. cheese for the most part is cheese when it comes to calories. the fruit I would pick the highest calorie fruit and estimate the total amount eaten. you're not going to eat like that…
  • yup, I may have small windows where I don't log but it's really easy to start slipping without the logging.
  • http://www.healthcommunities.com/electrolyte-imbalance/too-much-potassium-too-little-potassium_jhmwp.shtml
  • I was 115-125 for a long time (Same basic height) and went from a zero-2- at 115 to a 2-4 at 120-125
  • 5'2.5" 167 size 10 jeans most of the time, sometimes 12's still. at 162 I'm a solid 10. 177 I was a solid 12 sometimes 14..
  • ????? wine for the win on calories vs spirit drinks. beer not so much but wine is low carb/sugar and basically only 123 calories for a 5 ounce glass. 3 ounces of margarita is 150 calories and usually you get much more than 3 ounces at a restaurant. fajitas are usually cooked in a TON of oil. I'd ask for something grilled.…
  • you arent' going to go into starvation mode. it just doesn't work that way. starvation mode is a myth. as long as you aren't honestly starving yourself every day there is really nothing to worry about with an occasional huge diet deficit. there are even diets dedicated to it that work quite well. intermittent fasting and…
  • you are being too hard on yourself. you look great. if there is extra skin I think they say to give it up to two years to readjust and you should massage those areas regularly to help with blood flow. use lots of moisteners as well.
  • \ OMG that would be SO awesome. I have my fingers crossed. She can only do one emotion. Smug bemusement.. Seriously.. dislike.. Love capaldi. I do think they were going way overboard with the love me accept me even though I'm older. Good grief.. by dr who standards he isn't old at all. I"m relieved they've gone back to…
  • I know pineapples are a popular addition to cottage cheese. sweet cottage cheese isn' tmy thing though. I have been eating it every day with diced onion, cucumber, a small potato, pepper and garlic and maybe chives and basil if i feel like it. Sometimes I have a slice of toast instead of the potato but the potato is better…
  • Set your goals to be realistic is the number one piece of advice. it sounds to me like you internally expect it to be fast... it won't be. it's a long slow haul with a lifestyle change as part of the picture. expect it to be slow. that's how i stay in it and don't get discouraged. I remember it's going to take awhile and…
  • press down on your arms with a couple of your fingers for a few seconds and see if it leaves a dent. same with your lower leg/ankle. If it does that's a sign of water retention. (And it's a serious sign of water retention, the kind that needs medical attention pronto) regardless if it leaves dents or not though, with those…
  • F 44 5' 2.5" (but I round up to 5" 3") 166 gw 125 I'm just getting serious again after a few months of maintenance due to ankle surgery. I'm finding I'm going to have to cut out ALL Junk food le sigh... still gonna have wine night with cheese though. LOL
  • I don't have a problem with not being able to stop until I eat it all.. for me it's just things around that I'll grab a bite of each time I go into the kitchen. so it adds up to calorie trouble at the end of the day. Crackers.. any kind of cracker. potato chips are closer to just can't stop but it's still more of a…
  • ^this I wouldn't sweat being over a bit on the carb macro. other macros are more important. Remember to also to subtract your fiber carbs from your carbs for your real carb level. the macros in mfp don't subtract that (IMHO they should) also for the most part unless you are following a certain macro setup by a nutritionist…
  • It's a matter of finding the exercise you can do regularly and enjoy. little things do add up and make a difference. take the stairs instead of the elevator that sort of thing. park at the back of hte parking lot where ever you go instead of hovering for one of the upclose spots.
  • maintenance numbers are based on height and weight. and age. when i get to goal I'll be allowed about 1500 calories to maintain lightly active.
  • it won't kill you to not eat back your exercise calories. there is no guarantee the burn calculated is correct. I'd go with what is comfortable for you to eat. If it were me personally I'd be aiming for 2000 calories on the days I was very active and 1450 on the days I wasn't and see how that works out.
  • I had a philosophy instructor who liked to go on and on about the weird dreams he had after eating cheese right before bed.
  • when you eat makes no difference.
  • I wouldn't worry about that so much.
  • we have central market's in seattle. Only a couple but we do have them. quite nice
  • Whole foods. the quality at trader joes.... you get what you pay for.. except for their frozen food. that tends to be a good buy same with their junk food. their food food tends to be low quality, old and stale and nasty. whole foods costs a little more but the quality tends to be top notch.
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