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If you're losing weight (overall trend over a few weeks) then you're eating the right amount of calories to lose weight. If not, you're eating too many. All calculators are only a starting point. Observe your results and adjust as needed.

My personal preference is for the Bollywood diet.

I don't have hiatal hernia but I do have reflux. For me, any type of fat aggravates that, as well as anything very acidic. I have it medicated now with proton pump inhibitors, so I don't have much problem (although if I go mad with rich food (meat and fat) it's still uncomfortable). With reflux it's not really a question…

In actual fact I'm a West-coaster so I think you're all crazy. I don't even take vinegar.

I prefer the Holyrood diet. Don't forget the salt 'n' sauce! (Interested to see who gets this)

If my friend succeeds at something, I'm generally happy about it. If I don't feel happy for someone when they succeed, I conclude that they're not really a friend. :confused: If you're losing weight for any other reason than your own health or wellbeing (I include aesthetics in that), you're not likely to succeed in the…

I think there's a lot of good advice here - tough, but good. I feel for you, OP, because this is a hard set of issues to deal with. For what it's worth, here's what I think: - First, I think it's important to do some soul-searching, as others have said, and decide if you can deal with the fact that he may never change, may…

Are you tracking everything you eat and drink and weighing your portions on a scale? Those of us who are overweight usually got there by not knowing how big a normal portion should be, so this stage - weighing out your food - is critically important and you can't skip it. If you eyeball your food or measure with cups, you…

Interestingly, I have a touch of this as well. I actively enjoy the feeling that I have food stored. For me, it's in direct tension with my desire to start eating and just keep going, as I know I'll be sad when it's all gone. I've found I can play the two impulses off against one another to achieve the result I want - not…

There is no fish in the world that doesn't taste good fried in oil and butter. But whether that fits your goals, I don't know.

It's not fat gain unless you ate 7000 calories over maintenance. Just water retention. Pay it no mind, it'll go away again in time.

I have 'naturally slim' family members. It's not a conscious choice for them. It's just that they don't enjoy eating extra food. They find it uncomfortable and not enjoyable. Sure, they'll overeat at a birthday party once in a while, but then they won't be that hungry for a day or two, and unlike many of us, if they're not…

Sorry about the derail. Back to business. OP, I totally identify with needing something to feel in control of, but weight loss isn't a good choice. It's not physics, it's biology, with all the unpredictability that goes with that. Trying to control it precisely gets a lot of people into psychological trouble. Find…

If you were solid, this would be true, but you are soft and squishy, meaning your body inflates and deflates with gas pressure. If you fart out a cubic centimetre of air, your body volume will reduce by about a cubic centimetre, so you will lose a corresponding amount of buoyancy. This will cancel out the reduction in…

Only if said gas is heavier than air. If it's the same weight, it's weight is cancelled out by its buoyancy (yes, things have buoyancy in air - that's why helium balloons float) - there would be no change on the scale. If it's lighter than air, you will actually get heavier on the scale when it leaves you. But I'm don't…

There's no way a fart can make you lose weight. They're air and methane gas. If a fart weighed a pound, it would fall to the floor and bounce. Your scales are messing with you, @seramachickens

If it's a regular occurrence, you can see if you are over or under estimating by the effect on your weight loss. Are you losing slower or faster than expected? If not, no worries. If yes, adjust your estimates. If you're being accurate with the rest of your week, that should work.

@try2again has it right. I suggest running a search through the forums for 'fluctuation' or 'water weight'. You'll find the theme repeated endlessly - why did I gain weight when I did everything right? Because sometimes - oftentimes - that just happens. The body is not made of a solid material with a single, consistent…

I'm afraid that if you come into a forum where people are working hard to lose large amounts of excess weight and dealing with struggles like gaining 5lb overnight for no reason, or binging on 2000 calories in one go and trying to find a way through the fallout from that, or worrying whether they can afford loose skin…

Yes, always do this, otherwise you'll end up with huge anonymous lumps of stuff that are still in there 18 months hence. Always portion, label and seal tightly.

I quite like these. I'm a fan of a good infographic. And if more people understood what eg carbs actually are, there would be less fertile ground for the cultivation of woo.

...cauliflower? :confused: I think my favorite is "persistence beats perfection".

Make sure you drink plenty and try to get a lot of your fibre from fruit and veg, as that is the best for keeping regular. Remember you won't pass as much because you are eating less than you used to, and give it time. Your body may just need to adjust to your new eating patterns.

Oh, for goodness sake, it wasn't a 'bad meal', unless the chicken was soggy and the fries were undercooked. This isn't a game of 'good food bad food'. It isn't some kind of virtue contest. It's about consistently staying under a calorie goal. If you do that, you will lose weight. You can eat fries, fried chicken, wine,…

Sure, overeating on sausage rolls and crisps is unhealthy. Undereating is equally unhealthy. You are all about extremes, and you're talking as if the only choice you have is between extreme overeating and extreme undereating. The only way you will lose weight is if you learn to eat in moderation. If you are really serious…

I have a few cast iron griddles (a flat one, a ridged one and one of the big rectangular ones with a flat side and a ridged side). I have them because they are big slabs of metal that don't warp over high heat and don't get damaged with rough treatment, unlike non-stick and aluminium pans, which can't stand up to proper…

Stop panicking! Ask your partner if the smell is still there. And ask him if it is strong enough for others to smell it. It may not be. He is physically closer to you than random people, and around you more, so just because he notices a small and finds it bothersome doesn't mean it's actually noticeable to other people.

Try not to worry so much about what other people think you should be eating. There is some basic nutritional advice that doesn't change much, but beyond that, your body is adaptable, and as long as you give it plenty of variety, it'll figure most things out for itself. If you current diet makes you feel good, is giving you…

Sounds like random fluctuation to me. Never draw conclusions based on less than three or four weeks of consistent logging. You need to give it more time.

I really like leftover pizza and find it not too bad in calorie terms, but pizza does vary a lot. I generally just refrigerate and eat over the next few days, but you can certainly freeze it. Just wrap it up in something airtight to stop it drying out. If you want to eat it but not all at once because of the calories, try…