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I count total calories. My main struggle is to get enough protein so I prioritise this. It seems when I make an effort to eat protein-rich food then all the other macros sort themselves out just fine.

^This is the correct answer. The deficit you think you have is evidently not the deficit you have. You can see this based on results. If you weigh your food with a digital scale then the explanation must be that you're overestimating your daily requirements. ETA: How many calories does your Garmin say your expenditure is…

The reason is because people who "plateau" don't reduce their calories as they shrink. Also sometimes people subconsciously reduce their NEAT (that is, all incidental movement during the day that isn't exercise related) to compensate for eating less. But a plateau won't happen if you are eating at a deficit.

I wouldn't trust MFP database to give accurate information on potassium. Unless you're experiencing side effects of deficiency then you are probably fine.

I wanna know what counts as processing? Does taking tomatoes & canning them counts as a process? Because they're still tomatoes in the tin and haven't changed. The tin next to me says ingredients: tomatoes, water. How about taking honey from a beehive and putting it a jar? Is it okay to eat straight from the comb but not…

I just wanna be on Team Raccoon. How do I do that?

Best post in the whole thread. Also, all the people who claim "I ate a deficit and didn't lose weight", you need to submit your body for medical scrutiny right away because biology and science got broken in you. For reals.

I probably exceed the definition of healthy used in this post and I don't eat "clean" at all. I also get confused by how putting something in a package makes it unhealthy. Can anyone explain that?

I think Maori women with ta moko look so stunning. I don't care for most non-cultural face tattoos though, especially gang ones. They mainly make me sad, rather than judgemental.

Did you eat 14,875 cals above maintenance on both days of the weekend? Like actually? So at least 16,000 on two consecutive days? I have some trouble believing that tbh.

I can fluctuate about 3kg/6.6lbs during the course of one day depending on a many different factors. From one morning to the next morning I tend to be within 1.5kg/3.3lbs of the morning before. Weighing myself daily helped desensitise me to fluctuations.

I only ever talk about weight with my partner or people on MFP. In most other cases I would not tell someone how much I weigh. I guess it would depend why they wanted to know and how close my relationship is with them.

What is happening on the 17th of December that requires you to lose 20% of your body weight? I'm really confused by this post.

Lots of the food in the MFP database doesn't have the vitamin content information added to it, and very rare for everything to have potassium information since this isn't legally required on nutritional labels. Anyway, if you're basing this post on not meeting the 100% threshold it is very likely because the data is…

The body has such a fundamental NEED for carbs that it can manufacture its own when you stop eating them entirely. So technically, no, you don't need to eat carbs, but your body and brain need carbs to function.

The mistake you're making is equating weight with health. Those things aren't the same.

Just quoting this because I think more people would benefit from reading and re-reading this.

That middle paragraph right there is the best. Growing up (in a Western society at least) you are inevitably taught to judge fat people. It's conditioned into us from birth by a society that values thinness at the expense of everything else (including health and mental well being). It is a message that gets pushed through…

Also, when I Googled "James Duncan diet" the third result was about fifty threads from myproana website. I think that tells you everything you need to know about this diet.

This thread has everything. If I call bingo first do I get a prize? A kitten gif perhaps?

This is the best post here. Rule for life: Not your body? Not your *expletive* business!

Co-signed. I lurked for a while and the mean people gave me all the knowledge and info I could ever need to achieve what I wanted. They also made me see that I could eat a tonne of food and still lose or maintain. Three cheers for the mean people! :drinker:

I think this has to be correct based solely on the fact your heart rate stays elevated above your resting rate for a fair while after you finish exercising. Like sometimes several hours depending how vigorous your workout was. Your central temperature is also likely increased very slightly, even after you think you've…

Um, you're already the hottest babe I know on the internet. Loose skin and all.

I am the same. I can wring out my hair and clothes after a good run. My best strategy is to just wear light clothes that whick moisture away, turn the fan on at the gym, drink lots of very cold water, and embrace the fact I look like I'm working ten times as hard as everyone else :drinker:

Factory weights are averages and can be out by up to 20% which means if it says 100 cals it could be 80 cals or 120 in reality. That 40 cal difference adds up over time, even within the course of one day. Even machine sliced bread can vary. My current loaf days 83g for 2 slices but in reality it's almost always over 90g…

I don't think the honesty comment meant you're being deceitful or anything, maybe just misled or inaccurate about calorie content. For example when I measure out a "handful" of nuts this can vary between 35g and 55g depending on how big my hand grasps. That difference looks small when on the bowl but in calorie difference…

Without a computer where do you get your nutritional information and calorie counts from? Genuinely curious here, not getting you or anything. Do you have like a book with info? How accurate is that source...that's what I'm sort of asking here. Excuse my indirect rambling!

I log everything except chewing gum (I figure my munching burns the 2 calories anyway) and my daily fish oil tablet. I suppose I could add 12 calories to my TDEE if I wanted to start logging this stuff, but they're a constant so I eliminate them. I do log, however, 30 grams of spinach (7 calories) but then that helps me…

Regardless of whether you're doing it on purpose or not (incidentally EDs aren't something you do "on purpose") you really need to visit a doctor asap. And eat more. Like triple at least what you're currently eating. Eat whether you're hungry or not. Just eat.