DeguelloTex Member

I don't think OP is in elementary school.

Grilled chicken, pork, beef, shrimp. Very filling, high protein, low inherent sodium, easy to cook, and can be cooked in multiple ways. While going from 335 to 209, I ate a lot -- a lot -- of grilled chicken seasoned different ways.

Not unless you have someone willing to trade you some limes for those lemons.

Help with what? You could eat less or raise your calorie goal to a more realistic level and that would go a long way toward getting rid of the red. 2000 calories at 375 is really, really low.

Gee, maybe the fact that both have different non-sugar components could be the difference. Sweet tea and cake sound kind of different even if they have the exact same kind of sugar in them.

Chicken, pork, steak, shrimp.

Let them talk. It's on you not to base your self-esteem on what they say.

Why would the fact that different people have different amount of "flexible" calories available invalidate the concept?

I had 377.6 grams of protein yesterday, yet I don't weigh 1048 pounds. If you don't find MFP's defaults suitable, they're pretty easy to change.

Then peel it and weigh it at home and take it to work in a baggie.

What's hard? Pretty much everyone here told you that MFP's number isn't an issue for you.

There's a lot of that going around, too.

Sugar is sugar. MFP doesn't distinguish between inherent and added sugar. If sugar isn't a medical issue for you, it's personal preference.

If he won't go to the doctor and you're not his guardian, you just have to do your best with what you have. Try to make sure he stays hydrated and see if you can introduce more calorie dense foods like ice cream or chocolate milk.

I didn't say that they say it in the same way. What I have said, multiple times, is that if you think there's a better way to say something, say it that way. Maybe if there was less time spent policing others' tones, there'd be more time to make all of these eloquent posts everyone seems to think they can be making.

Then you should take feelings into consideration equally to facts. Have at it.

I don't mean the Cartesian self, particularly in a scientific sense, but, again, unless you have some way of modifying the processes which generate consciousness, the consciousness of the entity is fundamental, foundational, and precedes any conscious processes implemented by that entity.

Unless you know of some way to rewire the biochemical processes in the brain which give rise to consciousness, no, it isn't just a difference in point of view. "I think, therefore I am" is about as central as we're able to manage. That's the entity. That's the level at which personal responsibility, mens rea, etc. attach.

Given that all processes fall back on the entity anyway, I'm more entity-based. Processes don't operate themselves.

You and @tomatoey can't even agree on the value of "be more goal-oriented." Again, maybe give answers you think are helpful and others will do the same. If you don't find "you" statements helpful, move past them to the "I" statements. OP's been asked what would be more helpful and, unless I missed it, hasn't shared that…

Yes, weighing to an improper measurement is improper. Liquid or solid, scale or cup.

If you think "be more goal-oriented" wouldn't be the next "condescending" answer -- "of course I have goals, do you think I'm stupid?!?!" -- you're more optimistic than I am. Even leaving aside that not everyone view settings goals with the same degree of approval, kinda like with exercising self-control.

True enough, but I rarely recommend will-nilly stuff like that, anyway.

That it's more trouble for you than it's worth hardly makes it improper, though.

Not if you know it weighs 12 grams, right?

That's not how I see it at all. I prelog all my eating. To me, that sounds like planning. Agreed? When I get the sherbet, I see the dutch chocolate ice cream. When I get the strawberries, I see the cheese. When I get tuna, I see the cookies and peanut butter cups. I exert self-control when I forego those potentially more…

I like my results to be correct. Consistent measurements -- which I think is easier to do with weight than with cups and spoons, others may not -- makes it easier for me to get correct results. I mean, if my log says 80g of milk and not 80ml of milk, it's not like a jet engine is going to blow apart in the sky because I…

Useful for some people; not useful for other people. This ongoing campaign to force all answers into the same box as if all posters and readers process the world in the same way is getting really grating. If you think it's a more useful answer, give that answer. Others will give other answers. And posters and lurkers can…

Doesn't that kind of beg the question, though? I mean, yeah, if your premise is that there isn't enough willpower to make it through the day then, yeah, there isn't enough willpower to make it through the day. Even presuming that's true, though, it doesn't mean that willpower isn't the answer, it just means that you want…

How is it improper to measure liquids by weight, exactly?