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Have you called BR-549? Really, bottom line, you can't stick with it because it isn't important enough to you, yet. With the health effects you're seeing in your relatives, it should be hitting home how serious this is, but people (in general, not just you) are often quite bad at putting longer term effects ahead of…

I said "If." My point is that increasing calories will not increase or cause weight loss. I posted earlier that 1320 plus exercise calories is more feasible than what's happening now.

If she's not losing at 1200-1300, she won't lose at 1400-1600.

Your TDEE, excluding the exercise, at sedentary, is 1570. 1320 would be half a pound a week. You could eat more or lose faster including your exercise. I've lost 126 pounds after 50. Age is pretty much a copout. Your metabolism slows much less than people believe and, even then, most or all of that is due to lower activity…

Also 160, though.

Five large eggs and half an ounce of cheddar is about 400. Seven ounces of chicken and seven ounces of broccoli is about 400. It may also be that 1200 is too low of a goal for you right now.

"Be better" != "losing weight." Conceivably, at least, you could be healthier. Or less unhealthy. That doesn't mean lighter. It just takes time to get used to logging. Depending on the size of the eggs, you're probably looking at 70-80 x 2 for those. About 110 for 28 grams of cheddar. Mushrooms, frankly, you could probably…

Sucralose has been crazy helpful in my weight loss and subsequent maintenance.

It sounds like you're eating above maintenance. None of the stuff you listed implies eating at a calorie deficit, and that's the one thing required for losing weight.

I feel taller.

Natural sugars don't contain any more nutrients than added sugars.

You might want to look into body recomposition rather than weight loss. Basically, eat close to maintenance and slowly -- very slowly -- gain muscle while losing fat. Stupid auto "correct." ____________________ Access to Beachbody products Access to ItWorks! products Access to Plexus products Been in fitness for numerous…

As a non-diabetic, why would I care about my relative bg response to various individual foods, especially since I don't eat each of them individually in a fasted state? ____________________ Access to Beachbody products Access to ItWorks! products Access to Plexus products Been in fitness for numerous years and have studied…

She's an exercise shamer. Just walk away and do what works for you. I think she took 60K steps up hill in the snow to get to her chemo appointment, so mere mortals have to aim a bit lower. ____________________ Access to Beachbody products Access to ItWorks! products Access to Plexus products Been in fitness for numerous…

Cut them in half. Sauté with garlic. Maybe even a little bacon.

Makes you wonder what? Five days isn't long enough to judge one way or the other. ____________________ Access to Beachbody products Access to ItWorks! products Access to Plexus products Been in fitness for numerous years and have studied anatomy, physiology, and nutrition

It's mid single digits per pound of muscle per day. Twenty pounds of muscle would be about 120 extra calories. Access to Beachbody products Access to ItWorks! products Access to Plexus products Been in fitness for numerous years and have studied anatomy, physiology, and nutrition

Right. No one is making that argument. "Nutrient dense" isn't a synonym for "healthy." That X is more "nutrient dense" than Y doesn't mean it's always a better, or healthier, choice than Y. ____________________ Access to Beachbody products Access to ItWorks! products Access to Plexus products Been in fitness for numerous…

A lot of people will say you shouldn't put a time on it. I think somewhere around 18-20 months wouldn't be an unreasonable goal.

Fluid. Mostly water, yes. It's certainly not fat, muscle, or bone.

Right, so you're taking the complete context into account. And, in the complete context, donuts may be a better choice than broccoli. Therefore, it is not absolutely true that broccoli is healthier than donuts. It can be. It probably often is. It isn't always. It depends on why you're eating it and its role in your overall…

And if you've already met your goals for those micros and macros, why is yet another 1500 calories of broccoli better than 1500 calories of donuts (presuming you have 1500 calories within your goal)?

When I run seven miles, I try not to take the first step thinking, "Oh, Zod, save me, seven miles is so far." I know where the first mile is. I try to get there. Woot, made it, 14.3% done. I know where the second mile is. I try to get there. Woot, made it, 28.6% done. And so on. I'd imagine that mini goals for weight loss…

The point appears to be that some people on restricted diets have to be careful about calorie-dense food, therefore... yeah, I don't know.

Sounds like water weight. Unless you're standing on a scale 24 hours a day, you don't know that your weight isn't fluctuating. You'd be an exceedingly rare individual if it didn't.

No, it isn't absolutely true. ETA: Maybe I'm being thrown off by mangled nested quotes, I don't know.

So people with relatively more restricted diets will have less flexibility in their diets, right? Do you think quibbling over whether 80/20 or some other ratio is globally applicable really addresses the core of the issue?

It appears to be James Krieger, Clinical Professor, Medicine and Clinical Professor, Health Services at the School of Public Health at the University of Washington.

I remind myself that I didn't lose all this weight just to gain it back.

Some people crave things they eliminate, but it's almost certainly psychological. I mostly drink DP 10 rather than regular Dr Pepper at this point. And a couple of gallons a day of water with Mio. Neither makes me crave sugar.