lynn_glenmont Member

We don't have a lot to go on here (less than a dozen words from OP) but "my gf called me fat" doesn't sound like "I'm worried about how all that excess weight is affecting your health."

I just wish my gym would bar video recording in the locker room.

Maybe try adzuki beans too? They're used to make a sweet paste used in Chinese desserts/sweet dim sum.

I would call a 171-gram apple a large apple, not a medium apple. Opinions may vary.

Any chance you're a sleep walker who stops in the kitchen for a snack?

Chicken and beans either in a high-protein or high-fiber wrap, or in a bowl, with quinoa if you like, topped with low-fat plain yogurt and whatever veggies you like.

The problem is that some people don't have a realistic perception of the way their body looks. I think it's worth considering that possibility with respect to someone who is nearly 5'8" and who weighs 123 lbs and seems to want to lose additional weight and is questioning whether they should ignore their BMI to continue…

What's your goal? Are you trying to lose weight? If so, I wouldn't worry about it with respect to your weight. If you're trying to gain weight, it will affect it, and that's an extra reason to seek medical help, if that's an option for you. In the latter case, especially if you don't have access to medical care or you've…

If you were drinking a lot (I assume we're talking alcohol), you could have been chronically dehydrated, and may have some water weight gain. I wouldn't expect this to mask a calorie deficit for more than a week or two, although of course that depends on the size of your calories deficit. Also, if you were getting many of…

You can't say that "a 1500 calorie deficit is what you need to lose weight if you aren't exercising" when you don't know a person's height, weight, age, or (most importantly) non-exercise calorie expenditure. Yes, the majority of adults are burning more than 1500 calories a day, but some are not.

I don't think you sound sensitive. I think you sound like you have a perfectly reasonable sense that you're not obligated to wait on your husband hand and foot in all matters related to food.

Also, if you told us what you're clicking on just before you get the error message (possibly you're not starting from the right place) and whether you're using the website or an app, and if an app, whether it's for the iOS platform or Android, it's more likely that the users who see this here could be helpful.

Not sure where the assumption comes from that the GF is responsible for the food in OP's house or for preparing the food (OP doesn-t even say they're living together, but even if they are, don't see how what goes in OP's mouth is the GF's responsibility). That aside, GF doesn't sound very kind. "You're fat" is very…

You can ask your doctor, but if they didn-t say "You should stick to 1200 calories except for ground flax seed -- have as much of that as you want and don't bother to count it," you probably should count it.

I don't think that's true: https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/food-nutrition-assistance/child-nutrition-programs/national-school-lunch-program/#:~:text=The%20National%20School%20Lunch%20Program,and%20residential%20child%20care%20institutions.

Cook chicken and any of the veggies that prefer to eat cooked. Dump all of the ingredients listed above except for the olive oil in a bowl. Combine olive oil with vinegar of choice to taste, salt, pepper, and a little Dijon mustard as an emulsifier. Pour over ingredients in bowl. Enjoy.

Ask the waitress to only give you a half portion of chips, or to serve the sandwich open-faced (no top slice of bread), or whatever it is you think you shouldn't be eating. Your family can't force you to clear your plate of food that's not on the plate. Although I will say that if you're actually skiing for several hours,…

Ask your coach how you're supposed to consume those macros (which total 2850 cals) and yet only consume 2000 calories.

It sounds like you own a restaurant and want to add your menu to the MFP database? I've never seen anything on MFP like you describe (a drop down menu for all the items at a particular chain), but if you have, maybe try reaching out to MFP employees, not users, which is who you'll find on the community discussion boards? I…

Actually, OP lost 15 pounds (from 255 to 240) in two weeks (been doing this for a month and been stalled at 240 for two weeks), but that just makes the case for the advice for the advice in your second paragraph even stronger. It's quite possible stress hormones kicked in after two weeks at what might be 2500-calorie or…

You can change the units in MFP from kilojoules to (kilo)calories (the calories ordinary folks talk about in food are really kilocalories, but labels and MFP and recipes that come with nutritional info nearly always refer to them as calories). I'm not sure if the kilojoule units are what are confusing you. If it's not,…

Also, I think if you turn your phone so it rotates to landscape display, you can see the nutrients in your diary without going to the nutrients page, but you get so few rows in one screen that I have never found it useful, but your experience might differ.

If you told us what version you're using (web browser, Android app, iOS app), you might get more detailed, specific answers, but in general, go to your food diary, click to add food to a specific meal, and type the name of the food you want to add (include a brand name if commercially prepared; include "raw" or "cooked" if…

Best of luck! There can be a bit of a learning curve. A food scale for stuff prepared at home can be a big help. If you go that route, finding one with a tare button (to reset to zero after you put a dish or container on it) and a decent capacity (mine weighs up to 11 pounds I think) if you do much large batch cooking (a…

Based on the numbers you've given us (a half kilo loss per week and your strict adherence to 2000 cal per day), your maintenance calorie intake is approximately 2550 per day. Of course, that doesn't account for water weight loss. If your loss was significantly more at the beginning of the six week period, your maintenance…

The OP sounds Ike it might have been meant as a response to an existing thread.

Because the app reflects actual science and what words really mean, not what your nutritionist tells you because they don't trust you to be able to understand the complete, real explanation.

Carbohydrates include both complex and simple sugars -- perhaps you meant carbohydrates include complex sugars, but the way you phrased it makes it sound like carbohydrates are only complex sugars.

Ideal for what? Running a marathon? Pursuing a career as an NFL linebacker? As a runway model? Depends on your height, age, gender, bone structure, your general health, your potential health concerns, and what you want your body to be able to do. And for some people, what they want to look like. You determine your ideal…

Thanks so much for coming back with that great update. What a plot twist!