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My mother struggled with her weight my entire childhood. That being said, I've never had issues with being overweight (I use MFP just as a diary to keep track of things)...so here is my experience: I *did* notice my mother's weight go up and down throughout the years. When I was little it didn't mean much, as I got older I…

My boyfriend tried one of the two of us and it put him in his 40s and me in my late 30s...we're both in our mid 20s, haha. But I just tried it with my profile picture and it said 27 so...close enough?

If you want the Starbucks "experience" at home I think an espresso machine is a good investment. Assuming you go for the espresso drinks like lattes and such, trying to make a "latte" with a cup of drip coffee is just not going to go well, haha. It's going to be a weird proportion of ingredients. I enjoy coffee black but I…

I eat between 1350-1500 or so depending on whether I do cardio (lol), but as long I stay under 1800 which is a rough guess of my TDEE given how sedentary I am outside of weight lifting, I don't stress about it too much :) But feel free to add. I do a lot of custom recipes since I cook so much so if something ever looks…

yikes. Sounds scary if it were true... http://advances.nutrition.org/content/4/2/236.full "Research studies since the 2004 AJCN article have also refuted the idea that HFCS is metabolically different from sucrose (15, 34–36). Studies published from our research group demonstrated that acute responses to HFCS and sucrose…

It certainly caused a lot of debate/stir when it came out. I haven't read it myself, but I do know a lot of the major criticism is the inconsistency with the rat's diets, timing of feed, study design, etc. It doesn't seem like much, but if they were over or underestimating calories consumed by even a little, it starts to…

I always pack airport snacks just because food is so stupid expensive in airports. Bring an empty water bottle to fill after you get through security to save money. But if you have long layovers and need food...I think the little sandwich stands aren't too bad. If it's a huge airport with a lot of big name restaurants you…

The American Heart Association recommends 150 minutes/week of moderate cardio exercise. This can be accomplished however you want, walking, jogging, cycling, etc. If you're doing very "intense" cardio you can knock it down to closer to 75/week.…

I'm working on getting my body fat % down and have been slowly going from 130 -> 120, so only 10 pounds...and for me, about 2-3 per month is fine. I'm at 123 right now. It seems slow but I don't eat much of a deficit because it tends to make me feel crappy in the gym, and the small deficit is easy to sick with. Not to…

Did someone say sugar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4fbOGxiFDc

Undergrad I did animal science with an emphasis on cattle nutrition, graduate school for epidemiology and biostatistics (public health)...yeah, a bit of a jump between the two haha

Yes, there is a lot of debate over the effectiveness of statins. At the risk of an epidemiology lesson haha, there is something we use called NNT or "number needed to treat" - it's a statistic based on how many people we use a treatment on for one person to see results. For example, for every 7 people who get chemotherapy,…

Budget Bytes does quite a few slow cooker recipes, and bonus, they are good on a budget haha. http://www.budgetbytes.com/category/recipes/miscellaneous/slow-cooker/ I have the black bean soup in the crockpot right now! But I've also done her chicken and dumplings, taco bowls, garlic/rosemary chicken, etc...actually looking…

If you want a food for the protein content only, I actually dislike most real "protein bars" - the mouthfeel is just not for me, they're usually very dense and dry out my mouth. I've had some actual protein dense bars and they don't settle well haha. I prefer getting a good amount of protein via whey or something which is…

Getting an espresso machine saved my wallet immensely, haha. But it also helped with drink calories. I make small cappuccinos that end up only being maybe 30 calories (2 oz espresso, 2 oz milk, 2 oz foam). But. "Short" size is my favorite at Starbucks. For one, I think the short, which is 8oz, is the best size for these…

"Intuitive eating" is something millions of people do every day - it's how those people never become overweight. One of the many reasons people become overweight is they don't listen to hunger/full signals or "intuitively" they think it's okay to eat much more than they need to. Improper portion sizes, usually. I've never…

If you still want to keep track of your food but don't want to obsess, maybe add your food at the end of the day? When I'm not on a cut I don't log during the day, I just put in everything I eat (as close as I can) at the end of the day, before I settle in for a late night treat. That way I have an idea of what I ate and,…

"Hormone free" is probably my favorite food label ever. Everything we eat that was once a living thing (animal or plant) had an endocrine system, so every food we eat has "hormones" in it. Luckily for us you'd never eat enough of any food for it to affect your body. Those pesky digestive enzymes we have ;) A serving of red…

Didn't you know? Conventional agriculture is cheating, making a profit is okay for any industry except in agriculture, that's a cardinal sin, and neither the government nor producers care about the people or the safety of the food they eat ;)

Less than 1% of the American population are farmers, and less than half of them get 100% of their income from the farm (spouses work elsewhere, etc). Next time people complain that we "produce so much!" and "why are farms so big!" and "why aren't there more small farms!" and "big ag companies are evil!" etc just remember…

I didn't say that 100% of those crops in the US are GMO crops, I just meant they are the only crops that are approved for use in the US. It depends on the operation. Unless you were referencing my post further down that corn has been selected heavily from its original tiny form over many years.

Haha yes, pretty much.

It depends on your definition of a GMO food. Borlaug's innovation was mostly through cross breeding, backcrossing, timing of planting, hybrids, etc. Some consider this GMO, others don't - considering most of the crops we eat today have been influenced heavy by backcrossing and selective breeding, it's a murky area - and…

It's been said, but once we start the "GMO Free" wars it's going to turn into another round of "Gluten free!" "Vegan!" etc labeling on foods that seem to be no brainers. When I see vegetables on the shelf with "Gluten free" labels on them, hilarious. People who have serious gluten allergies were reading ingredient lists…

I teach a hypertension community class and the general consensus on the pharmacy blood pressure machines is they aren't that accurate. They aren't terribly off, but because they're a "one size fits all" machine depending on your size it may not do well for you. Generally cuffs are adjustable and you can tighten them to the…

Chocolate calories are dangerous. If it has chocolate in it you need to add another digit to adjust for the bad calories, so it's really 1800 for those squares. You've been warned. But if it's organic chocolate you can take away a digit, because organic food is always healthier. So it would be 18 instead. Makes sense,…

I bulk cook Sundays. Make all of our lunches for the week in one go, and just make the recipe in MFP so all I have to do is add it during the week. I do a couple dinners too for when I work late so boyfriend doesn't feel the need to get fast food instead of waiting for me to come home ;) I try and do new recipes now and…

You may also be an evening gym goer. I'm most energetic in the morning, I'm an early bird, so waking up for the gym doesn't bug me. I also crap out after 9-10pm and want to sleep, haha. My boyfriend is a night owl and there's no way he would work out with me in the morning. He goes to the gym after dinner has had time to…

Omelets are one of my favorites for putting what seems like a lot of food into a small calorie breakfast. 2 eggs + spinach + mushrooms + carrots + butter for the pan is barely 200-250 calories depending on how much I use. But I'm always pretty full after eating it. You can put whatever veggies you want in an omelet to bulk…

If you were actually eating less than 1000 calories net every day 100% accurately with no cheat meals/days/hidden calories using a food scale and properly measuring everything and not kidding yourself you would be losing weight. You'd also feel like *kitten* from not eating enough. Luckily, you're likely eating more than…