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Sorry, you missed the satire in my musings. We're saying the same thing. "A calorie is a calorie" is something of a battle cry around here to try (badly) to explain that you can eat the foods you want in moderation. The gross oversimplification is only sometimes followed by "in moderation" or "IIFYM". Those are BIG…

A calorie is a calorie. All food is the same. But you're not getting enough protein. Watch your macros! lol Yeah. Semantics. Fighting one misleading idea with another. Definition of counterproductive.

Exactly. It depends. Which is why I went on to say: "But it does ultimately state the RIGHT answer: "Should you eat it, and how much can you have? It depends…" It depends is awesome. THAT should be the answer posted on here for every question of that kind." BTW, who would benefit from a "load of processed lard"?

Agree with most of your post. However, eating too little does not prevent you from losing weight. Search "starvation mode myth" on here for a ton of information. Good one here: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/761810-the-starvation-mode-myth-again

People mean well. It's like anything else. People don't know what motivates them to say stuff. They may be trying to be nice. They may feel threatened by someone who is more fit than them and in some weird Freudian way want to see you fail. Who knows. Strong people just do their thing without worrying about it.

I wouldn't know. Your diary isn't public.

Give it a couple of more weeks. At that point, you can figure it out. If you haven't budged the scale, somehow you're still eating more calories than you're burning. It seems from reading here, and my experience, a lot of people aren't accurately recording their calories. I know I wasn't before I got my food scale. Even…

Short version - two headlines from the article: "Why There are No Good or Bad Foods" "How to Know Whether a Food is Bad or Good for You" Clear as mud. But it does ultimately state the RIGHT answer: "Should you eat it, and how much can you have? It depends…" It depends is awesome. THAT should be the answer posted on here…

Exactly what I thought. Whole idea of the article is "No such thing as clean eating" and "There are no good foods and no bad foods." Then a million references to moderation. Why do you have to moderate if there's no bad food? "People who eat tons of sugar are generally malnourished.20,21 However, most people who are…

Food: Planning is everything. If there are vending machines at work, maybe make them off limits. There might be some choices that could fit into a healthy diet once you get good habits established, but at first, I'd stay away. Bring some fruit, nuts, and healthy meal pre-measured so you can track calories accurately. Get a…

Huh, that's interesting. Mine changes 2% at different times of day.

Sounds like a good call.

No, you didn't say that. Best to ignore those. Don't feed the troll.

For me, the "problem" with it is it's a short term fix. It's something you do when you're "on a diet". And that's what I think fails. I've gone on diets before and the problem is, once you're done, you go off a diet. And you gain weight again. What I'm trying to do now is change my relationship with food. If you're doing…

Yup. EVOO and sea salt for me. Wrap in foil and grill. Yummy!

No. Someone beat you to that. lol Don't worry. Solid advice here and sounds like you know what you need to do now. Ignore the rest.

(edit) I quoted snippets from all the posts, but it got really long. lol Deleting that part so as not to make a mess, but... Congratulations to everyone!! These are super and I love reading threads like this. Really helps keep me motivated. Awesome to see so many people working so hard and seeing such super results!!

Reached a small mile stone today. When we joined the gym in Dec. they gave us a "target" weight. Somehow they came up with 185 for me. At 6' that seemed high and I've set a goal of 175 for myself, at least initially. I may try to gain some muscle weight once I get there. However, it did feel nice to get on the scale today…

But they're yummy! They do have a load of calories. But I work potatoes into my diet. I likes them.

If you did 10k in 1:04 seems like you should be fine. That's just over 10 minute miles. That pace would have you finishing a half in 2:15:01. So even if you slow down quite a bit you're not in any danger of hitting 3:00:00. I would try to put it out of my head and just focus on training. Once you get a solid 10 mile run in…

I don't think eating more will make you lose "more" weight, or make you lose weight faster. At least, not in my experience. When I eat less, I lose more weight. When I eat more, as long as I stay in a deficit, I lose weight slower. For me, though, I don't mind it taking some time. I'd rather eat in a way I can sustain over…

I have high BP. Dr. was about to put me on a SECOND medication. I can't get the sodium under control (okay, I'm not willing to) but have to say, dropping weight is lowering the BP. Keep this up and I hope I can get off meds altogether.

I think people who go on diets end up failing. I try to avoid saying that. For me, a "diet" is a thing you do for a while. By definition, if you end your diet and go back to what you were doing before, you'll have the same result. Presumably, that's get fat again for most of us. I may not count calories as vigorously as I…

1,200 really does sound low for any guy, and if you're exercising on top of that, whew. Then the tiredness - sounds like you might be pushing really hard. Are you losing weight really fast?

Anything where you season the meat a lot, switching to turkey or chicken is kind of a no brainer for me. I agree, tastes exactly the same and I prefer it being less greasy. When I have a steak I have a steak. When I'm making tacos, or chili or something, no reason not to go with the turkey.

Hum. I don't know that I buy that. I'm sure there are people who have gained weight while eating very few carbs. And I absolutely believe I could eat a mountain of bacon and gain weight. It's interesting you mention the Coke thing. I would suggest that it's more likely that eliminating Coke worked for you because it's a…

Yup - go with what works for you. I agree that once you cut some of that stuff out, it's surprising how you stop wanting it after a bit. It took me a couple of weeks before those cravings went away.

I really think this is awesome! And that's pretty much what I'm doing. I would make one suggestion. Maybe add "most of the time" to the end of that. Including "junk" or treats from time to time and in moderation can really make it easier to maintain long term. I think the problem with a lot of those kinds of foods is how…

I don't think there's any evidence to suggest that it will have any direct impact. A calorie deficit will create weight loss, and to that extent, it really doesn't matter where those calories come from. But some people say that cutting down on added sugar helps them meet their calorie goal. Something like a soda can have a…

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