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If I'm logging (I really only log when there's a problem), then I usually pre-log dinner as soon as I know what it will be - or I'll guess what it will be. I log lunch/ work snacks when I pack them. The rest of the day, I log as I go along. There's no slavish adherence to what I log - it's just a convenient way of…

For research purposes (which ought to be what's backing the formulas) strenuous activity is defined as >6 METS (metabolic equivalents). So strenuous should be burning 6+ times your BMR for that time period. Moderate is 3-6 METS. I've also seen the talking test - that if you can sing, it's light, if you can talk in full…

My success with commuting has been limited - I re-injured my knee (ACL and patellar ligament) and took a couple of weeks off because my PT thought I might irritate it. Riding is the only thing that makes it stop hurting for awhile, but I haven't dared hills yet. I'll say my goal for the rest of the month is to improve the…

There's a ton of variables that go into the light you pick. How long you're riding, the amount of traffic/ambient light, how often you want to recharge your light, what your backup plan if your light fails is, etc. Then there's lighting to see vs to be seen. I've passed on lights because they don't mount well due to my…

My husband does choose to eat foods he enjoys. He LIKES pork sausages covered in melted cheese and dipped in mustard. More than he likes pasta or bread.

I know, JPW1990. If he really liked cheese curds, he'd find a way to eat them. He's just much more into soft-ripened raw cheeses that you can smell from three towns away.

Alas, it does not. At least, not for my husband who's doing LCHF. Cheese curds are too low fat for him to eat a great deal of. He's after a 2:1 fat:protein ratio - in grams. It does mean all the triple cream brie you want, though!

Totally. I just figure that I'm as likely to have a 3lb bounce on weigh-in day as I am on any other day. If I weigh every day, I -know- it's a bounce, and not that I've been sleep-eating reeces pieces.

I'm routinely hungry on non-exercise days. Most of my exercise is bicycling, which I find to be hugely appetite suppressing. Then I have a day without riding and I eat ALL the things. My week averages out pretty well.

I've been weighing every day for more than a year. I don't seem to be less sane than when I started... It's just one more data point for my trend. My summary page has the trend line rounded to the nearest pound, and it's nice to see that it hasn't fluctuated more than +/- 1lb since mid December.

A hardboiled egg with salt, pepper and ranch dressing. Egg salad was just too much work for a bedtime snack.

A squeeze of lime juice makes it even better, IMO.

I don't like artificial sweeteners. It isn't good FOR ME to drink sweet things, or to eat sweet things in excess of what I can justify the calories in sugar for. Phosphoric acid in cola-flavored soda (diet or non) may contribute to osteoporosis, tooth decay or kidney disease, but last I looked, the studies were pretty…

If you're not going to track calories, or weigh and measure everything you eat, or worry about how many fruits and veggies you eat... What ARE you doing to lose weight? I completely understand not wanting to obsess - but to lose weight, you need to create a caloric deficit somehow.

The box is a little dry - I needed a lot of water to get it down.

The day after a long/fast bike ride, I'm usually ~ 2lb lower than I would otherwise be. It's glycogen depletion, so as artificially low as a high sodium meal might might be called artificially high. I only record my trend weight in MFP, but track daily weights. Even when it's "air travel makes me gain 5lb", I record my…

MFP less RMR was awfully close to bikecalculator.com with a flat ride for this ride. They were both at the lower end of estimates I saw, and feel more realistic. I may just go with that and see how I do. The 1 calorie per 100kg (body weight plus bike weight?) per meter could be a useful tool though - do you have a…

Yeah, my commute is rolling all the way, which makes things a little more complex. If MFP is close to right on the calorie counts, I'll assume this is exercise-induced hunger, and feed it lots of protein.

Exhaustion can mean not enough calories, and it can just mean that you've ramped up too fast. I have an appetite I can't trust, and can't easily quantify my exercise. My metric for needing to eat more is "I can't think, I have the dumb." When I start having trouble focusing, I can't remember things, I can't decide what to…

Since we're nit picking (and these are some mighty small nits)... once you consider margin of error, it doesn't really matter. 1 have an assortment of measuring cups in my kitchen. Measuring water (so fluid and weighed ounces are equivalent) tells me that my measuring cups have an average absolute error of 4%, with a max…

The USDA says that bananas are 36% refuse (skin, in this case). 130g*(1-.36) ~83g. That would be a 74 calorie banana. To sanity check, your banana should be less than 6" long. Exactly where/how you measure a banana is a topic for another post. ;)

Typically, low carb diets vary from 20g to 100g of carbs per day, with 50g being a fairly popular target. Low carb diets with "unrestricted" calories work because they cause you to be satiated on fewer calories. Exactly how many carbs you can eat and still feel satisfied with fewer total calories is going to vary - both…

What I look at first depends on the type of food. Crispy dehydrated broccoli: fiber, serving size, calories per serving Plain yogurt: calories, fat, ingredients Flavored yogurt: carbs, ingredients, calories Marinated/prepared meats: Ingredients, protein/fat ratio Ice cream: carbs, fat, calories

If it's pink - eat fewer beets.

The oranges are mine. I need five oranges a week. The office cat pesters everyone for their lunch, and he despises oranges. So I pack an orange. The orange sits on my desk between me and the cat and he doesn't try to shove his face in my plate. When I'm done with lunch, I eat the orange. Everyone can count to 5 - if there…

Clearly, cheat days mean different things to different people. My goal is moderation (for the purposes of this conversation - moderation means that my habits support my goals - so if I act completely out of habit I have a balanced diet with about the right number of calories). I have days that are "eat without…

That's much more likely to be the Philippines. For the OP - I'd use measuring cups/spoons as much as you can. If items come pre-weighed (like 1kg of meat), you can cut them into reasonably sized pieces and divide your starting weight by the number of portions (8 portions means 125g of meat per portion). I'd encourage you…

You could weigh the pork when you add it, then weigh it again when you remove it and log the difference. Most of the change will be rendered fat, with enough water that the macros should be close.

IME, panic is vastly overstating the case for medical professionals. I have a bad knee (meniscus tear, arthritis, some tendon laxity) and it's painful to walk on. I also have a BMI of about 25.5. I went to see the orthopedist, expecting to be told to lose weight into the normal range, and maybe not the top of it. Instead…

Have you tried Boost or Orgain? Orgain is generally considered the easiest, but it's highly individual.