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Not really doing the six meals a day thing but I do eat about 6 times a day just to get all my required calories in. Breakfast, second breakfast at work, lunch, afternoon snack, dinner, and bed time snack. If I can eat all my daily calories then I skip the bedtime snack. Food is fuel, eat enough at all that jazz.…

When you eat has zero impact unless its more calories than you burn in a day. I eat right before bed at least 2 times a week and it has no impact because its less than my max burn. In fact, I used to save 400 cals for after dinner chip snacking each night while I adjusted to diet changes. Things like this only comes into…

You are 6 ft tall and male...and you eat significantly LESS than I do at 5'8" and female. Definitely check your number at iifym.com and scoobysworkshop.com. Your BMR is your MINIMUM calories you should be eating just to maintain your life functions in a coma state and I am guessing that you are eating less than yours. I…

Forget the scale if you are seeing inches drop. There are dozens of things that can affect the scale weight: salt, lack of sleep, dehydration, large dinner, exercise, Aunt Flow, water retention...and the list goes on. The scale rarely stays still mine goes up and down from day to day. I only track the lows. **Edited…

When I make shepherds pie, I usually make several individual size ramekins so that I have lunches too. I can freeze or eat that week. I also make lentil stew and freeze for lunches. For the most part though, when I make dinner I plan to get one or two lunches out of it for later in the week. Sometimes I freeze if I have…

Hmmm. The only thing I can thing of would be if you replaced half the oil, butter or margarine in your regular recipe with applesauce. Everything else I know of is vegan and gluten free. What is your ultimate goal in getting a healthier recipe: reducing the calories per serving? Increasing the health benefits of the…

Given that breakfast is the meal that "breaks your fast" -- whatever you want to eat whenever you want to eat it is fine. Technically. Your body is not on a time table. Food is fuel. If you are consistently eating at or below your daily burn it doesnt really matter when you eat. I actually DO believe eating breakfast…

You would have to experiment with how absorbing water changes the weight of the pasta. I always weigh it dry, or in a pinch I choose an entry in the database that specifies that the food is cooked. Cooking pasta al dente vs well done (in theory) can have different weights. Cooking either takes away moisture or adds…

LOL. I really have to bite my tongue every time a woman try to convince me to try Isagenix. It is NOT a miracle weightloss product! If it was you wouldnt be having to start another program! You wouldn't still be morbidly overweight and still struggling with your diabetes! Those shakes do not work! Yes, you might lose a few…

I cannot eat bread anymore and I miss tuna on toast so I make it in salad form. Lettuce, spinach, chopped cucumber, drained can of tuna, and about 3 tablespoons of vegenaise (mayo works too if you aren't allergic to eggs). Plus salt and pepper to taste. Sometimes I use a garlic and chili grinder. I layer everything and…

Never. Not once. Not even close. But then I also dont take my phone out or use in the rest room so my risk is pretty low. I can survive being without my phone long enough to use the facilities. I can check that text in a few minutes, after I have washed my hands and exited. I am a little put off when women in public…

This makes perfect sense to me. I look at starting pictures and pics at 25lbs lost. I think I look the same. There is a slight thinning of the neck and face but ALL my fat went down proportionally. I was inches thinner too but everything looked the same to me! Others could see it but I couldnt. It wasnt until around 35lbs…

I eat a hashbrown pattie and 2 turkey sausage links for breakfast just about every day, and then I have 40g of cashews when I get to work. Its not really "low carb" but it is lower carb. Sometimes I have fruit but it lacks the staying power of protein. I also cannot eat eggs or milk so I am limited in my food choices. I…

Not your height- I'm 5'8" but I also carry my weight evenly. I didnt actually look too bad at 230 lbs. In the end my weight has come off pretty evenly. I think the waist and chest moved faster and then hips and thighs had to play catch up sometimes but it was never noticeable. Ive lost 39 lbs and it took to 30lbs before…

I'm supposed to be taking a full break right now, but my body is dropping pounds still. Maintenance IS tough. I tend to stick with a few really good days where I stay on target, a few where I go under, and few where I go over my caloric goal. I'm still collecting data to find my more accurate tdee and I know I'll have to…

Hmmm. Amazing body pic indicates that they did something right and might have some great advice...or do I delete them because I dont think they have face appeal? I don't have a single person on my FL who was added for their body or their looks. Nothing goes thru my head when I see a less than attractive face attached to a…

There isn't anything like that that I am aware of, although AdventuresofaGlutenFreeMom.com is a great resource for living with multiple food allergies. I live without: gluten, eggs, milk products - cow and goat, coffee, honey, pork, mushrooms, bananas, cranberries, pineapple, almonds, yeast because of food allergies. I use…

Here is the deal- I joined a ladies only gym because I didnt want men watching me sweat. Ladies only gyms suck!!!! I dont go there anymore. I would love to have been able to do some lifting but they only have cardio machines, a few resistence machines and some pathetic dumbbells. They cater to cardio bunnies. I went to…

Here is the way I look at it. Adding exercise to your diary and eating back calories already assumes a base of say 100 cals per hour just for life functions. Those types of entries should be lower in burn calories. A HRM doesn't account for or factor that in. With the HRM you are supposed to wear it all day and then that…

Waste of calories??? I cannot seem to get my fat macro to average less than 40% of my diet! Most weeks I am at 40/40/20- granted I am on a restricted diet due to food allergies. They are totally worth the calories! I'd starve without them. Literally. To each their own I suppose. I also have gallstones, too many that they…

I have to agree with the other poster. Cutting starches and carbs is about calorie budgetting, not so much that those types of calories are the enemy. Eat what you want, within your calorie goals. You will get better bang for you buck increasing your veggies and decreasing your starches but thats a technique for those who…

I allocated 300-400 calories for evening snacks, and voila- problem solved. I got my chips and ate them too. Seriously, time of day when you eat calories doesnt matter unless you have medical conditions that come into play. I know that progressively eat more as the day wears on so I plan my calories accordingly. I will…

I also cannot eat eggs. I tend to eat a hashbrown and 2 turkey sausage links for breakfast. Sometimes I mix it up and have turkey bacon. :wink: I dont think the hashbrown is going to make it low carb for you, but how about just having some protein for breakfast? I also eat 30 g cashews for my second breakfast when I get to…

I dont really do cheat meals. I try to stay within my calorie goal, but I eat whatever I want as long as it fits. You learn pretty quick that eating a huge portion of steamed veggies and fish is going to give you a better bang for your buck compared to one scoop of ice cream. Sticking with the goal number eventually leads…

Eat more fat? Seriously though, fat is GOOD for you. Maybe just not in the form of deep fried foods and cakes and cookies. 40% of my diet comes from carbs and healthy fats(each), only 20% comes from protein. Although I am working really hard to get my protein above 20%! The quoted link other posters have mentioned is kind…

Weeeeeell, to start with- it would help if you had her bone structure. I have to agree with other posters- she is lean, not muscular. Her body fat % is low which shows whatever muscle she does have which might be the reason for your question. A combo of cardio and strength training will get you as close as your genetics…

Swimming is going to be the easiest on the back and knees. Next, I would suggest walking. As much as you can and everywhere you can. Boring I know but walking is one of the best exercises you can do all your life!

The place to start is with today. Focus on a day by day goal of just reaching your caloric goal. Set a realistic calorie number and focus on the small picture. Forget about the big goal for now and just focus on the next 30 days. I dont know much about PCOS so this may not work for you- but I focus on seeing a 3-4lb loss…

It doesnt matter when you fuel your body only that you do, appropriately. BUT if you are someone who doesnt go to bed before midnight, you might want to frame your day around your sleep schedule. A day begins when you wake up and ends when you go to bed. Eating at 2am comes off the day before and isnt borrowing calories…

Those are my macros too. I honestly dont worry about fat unless its from baked goods or in the form of deep fried foods. I am also on a restricted diet- I'm gluten free, dairy free, egg free...and the list goes on. Food allergies suck but it would be worse if I had to try and find a way to eat less fat. Fat is healthy. Its…