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Doesn't matter how many meals you have. You can have 5 or 6 if you can fit them all in that 6 hr window and keep the calories at 1600 (or whatever your goal is).

Look into the idea of IF - "Intermittent Fasting". Sounds like you skip breakfast anyways, so it's a great start for you. In a nutshell, you don't eat for 16 to 18 hrs, (fasting state), and the other 8 or 6 hrs you intake all of your required calories for that day. So you eat 1700 calories from , say, 2 pm to 8 pm, then…

You are incorrect. Scooby's calc shows TDEE and BMR calculations. I based my answer on BMR numbers. Dieticians and health nutritionists recommend eating back all the calories you burn during exercise for a healthy weight loss. At her weight, 1900 net is a good start.

That's 1900 calories NET. Which means exercise included. So if you burn 800 calories / day walking, you'd have to consume roughly 2700 calories that day. I'm not sure where the idea of " only eat half of your exercise calories back". I'd like to see some info on that myself.

Go here LINK and enter your info. Results may be more or less the same compared to MFP's, but there is a lot of other nice info. For #6, leave it at 20%. With the numbers you gave, you should be around 1900 calories/day for a healthy weight loss.

Here is an interesting article regarding the matter: http://www.leangains.com/2010/06/malcolm-gladwell-on-low-carb-diets.html

I don't see how carbs have ANYTHING to do with intermittent fasting . It's the calorie intake that is the primary focus. There was a study done (year?) that a guy ate twinkies and other high carb foods and still lost weight. Again, low carb, high carb, it doesn't really matter as long as calorie count is low. See here :…

Sunshine, don't be surprised to see dramatic weight loss then bounce up again, the "yo yo" effect with a fast and low carb diet. The problem is, carbohydrates hold your body water in. This has to do with the muscles storing the energy to function. When you drastically reduce your carb intake, the water is naturally flushed…

How much weight is typically shed per week with a 18:6 IF plan ? I just started it 2 days ago and lost 4 lbs. Is that normal ? Everywhere I read it states that typical results are 1.5 to 2 lbs per week. I'm 35 and not sure if that's considered the "younger crowd" or not. LOL. To Leigh, High Intensity workouts are…

you CAN eat whatever you want, but that's not always the case. Instead, eat what you WANT AAAANDD it's HEALTHY for your body. Especially on a low caloric intake, you want your body to have the most nutrients it can.

Are you following your caloric input closely ? The most simple way to lose weight is: LESS calories than your daily requirement is. MFP, if set up correctly, does a pretty good job at it. Just follow that with your exercise program and you should start seeing weight loss. What are you expecting to lose per week ? what is…

How "fast" is fast for you? how much do you weight now ? what exercises do you currently do ? what is your goal weight ? are you eating healthy ? :indifferent: If you don't want to get to a hospital in a hurry, stop using all the crap out there such as the fat burners, etc.

My wife and I have been using Truvia for the last couple of weeks. It's available at most supermarkets . No complaints so far, except for a slightly different taste than regular sugar. After a couple of days I was used to it.

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EAT NOW, PAY FOR IT LATER... :drinker: :sad:

I second that.

But then again, there is LOTS of stuff out there that IS True.

Great Job and welcome ! When you drop him off at the school, jog back home, then back to his school, then back home again. That'll raise your heartbeat a bit to shed some more of those calories.. Also, for a better and quicker result, try to incorporate an aerobics routine into the diet plan. Even jogging for 45 minutes…

How is eating some fruit over others "derail" a diet plan ? You stated yourself that it's the calories that count. Eating twinkies will get you into a hospital in no time. Anyway, the question from the user was about cutting sugar intake, nothing else.

I hope the problem is not psychological rather than physical. Just a thought.

http://www.everydayhealth.com/forums/healthy-eating/topic/sugar-in-fruit

(I got this from a different forum I'm a member of. It belongs to rlp1963. Hope this helps) Fruits contain simple sugars - glucose and fructose as well as fibre which slows down the absorption of carbohydrates resulting in a lower glycemic response. Your body needs glucose ( a source of energy) but not sugar. So while you…