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If they were claims, I would provide. However I'll be nice. http://www.fsijournal.org/article/S0379-0738(03)00417-1/abstract http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0379073885901148

Oh, so far I love this blood type diet. It's like reading your daily horoscope. May or may not apply to anyone.

For the past two weeks you average around 1300-1400cals. Even if you are a petite lady, there is no way you can put on 3lbs from those calories. If you're weighing your foods and not estimating your serving sizes, it's water weight. If you're not weighing your food, there is a good chance that you're eating more than you…

Talking to a dietician can help. A good meal plan may speed up your weight loss and make sure you don't end up with any deficiencies while losing weight :flowerforyou: I'd tell you to start eating lean meat, eggs, low fat dairy, beans, vegetables, fruits and nuts but first you need to gain a healthy appetite back.

Checking your diary, this is what I think. Through July, you put yourself on 700 to 1600cals a day. What you eat is mostly fast food or junk food. You probably strained yourself to stay low during those days or made a very bad calorie zigzaging. Long story short, you don't feel hungry because mentally you supressed your…

If you don't have a medical condition that needs you to stay under a protein limit, don't worry about going over your proteins in MFP because MFP's protein setting is pretty low by default. Unless you are avoiding dairy, the best way to get calcium is through milk and milk products. You can try skim or low fat cheese if…

Prosciutto, mozzarella, tomatoes, basil, olive oil, dijon mustard in parmesan foccacia.

I'm at 40% protein, 30% carbs and 30% fat. Those are not something I can hit every single day but I don't consider changing them.

Oh, I don't back away from eating but if we don't count the last couple of day (ahem, not a good time of the month) I'm trying to stay away from my nemesis (too much grains and sugar) because if I don't and indulge myself for one day (even in calorie goals), next day I feel terrible, I get an upset stomach so it haunts me…

I have to disagree, wandering around with the uncomfortable feeling of bloating from too much sodium (or carbs/sugar/whatever you react badly to) is a depressing feeling that will keep you away from your goals. You will not feel satiated by eating processed foods, especially too much simple carbs. That's why fruits,…

You already know about the bad food choices ;) The less processed foods you eat, the easier you'll find it to lose weight. Your sodium is through the roof and you're probably not drinking enough water hence your body is holding onto all it can.

^To add to this, on table 2 of that study, you can see that there is still LBM loss in R+D but significantly lower compared to C+D. On the other hand despite the higher LBM loss, BF% loss is greater in C+D.

On baseline BF% 46.2 ±6.8.

You can improve your flexibility with yoga at any age as long as you don't have any skeletal problems, then you need the supervision of a physiotherapist. So go for it and don't get discouraged, your flexibility will improve day by day.

How healthy and fit you are matters above the scale. While I was writing my thesis I visited this old lady, she's well above 75 and we went up to her attic to look for her old photos in a chest. It was a medium chest, weighing maybe around 45-50 lbs and I couldn't lift and put it on the table. She told me not to worry, and…

Shots? :laugh: On a serious note though, most people get symptoms of anxiety at that 300-500mg. Elevated high rate can cause problems who already have blood pressure problems or heart problems of course. Effect of higher doses depend on the person and body condition but 1000mg and above is usually not safe in a short…

Forget about calories. How much lbs do you aim to lose? I'm guessing none, it's just the body fat percentage you want to drop, right? Then for a healthy diet you need to watch your macronutrients, you should eat to reach that protein/carbohydrate and fat goal because that's what your body needs. You won't lose that body…

I don't know what's your daily totals now but increase gradually. Food does not turn into fat as soon as you eat it. Food does not turn into fat if you skip breakfasts. Food does not turn into fat if you eat all of your food right before going to bed. You need to give your body the fuel it needs so that it can support you.…

No you won't add more body fat while you're on a deficit. What kind of strength training do you want to do? Go with carrying your own body first. Do lunges, squats, crunches. Do as much as you can. You can do 5? That's good, you can do 6 in a few days. Everyone goes through progress and you need to go through that as well.…

1200 is low if you've been eating let's say 2000cals so far. Your basal metabolic rate is around 1500 calories or so says the formulae, normally that's the minimum calories your body needs to function and most people wouldn't want to go below that. If you try to restrain your calories low like today, you will feel tired…

I think you are taking this too personal. I'm yet to see one person like you on boards. More than half are aforementioned teenagers and the rest are "help I can't eat 1200 calories, I'm too full", actually asking for help to eat more while drinking a considerable amount of water and eating a basket of vegetables. So no, I…

What's your height and weight? And have you set your weight loss goal to 2lbs/week?

I think your diary is good but have you tried adjusting your macros a bit? Making small changes in eating habits may prove to help. Like decreasing your carbs by 10-15% and increasing your protein intake. You're usually around 50-60g so 80-85g may help.

Subtle? :laugh: I want to purchase the full text :drinker:

That applies to 99% of the people. You may have a rare condition that limits you to certain foods or certain calories but those are 'supervised'. And 'rare'. There are many teenagers on this site, some even younger than 18 on perfectly healthy weight, whose bodies are still not done with growing up and who will screw their…

Actually that's a very light essay. Those who are starving themselves will eventually lead themselves to muscle atrophy, and I'm not talking about skeletal muscle loss, you can replace them but smooth muscle loss of internal organs and heart muscle loss, these damages can be irreversible and no one thinks about them.…

Yes, I haven't explained in detail above but by taking more water, you are diluting the sodium. Sodium in plasma is filtered in nephrons and then some of it is reabsorped because the body still want to keep some of it for bodily functions and inner balance. This way, by drinking water, you tell your kidneys to filter…

That's very wrong and misleading. Caffeine in high amounts can kill you especially in supplement form since they're easy to take but it's not impossible to have that much with coffee either, they're called espresso shots.

^To add, don't go over 300-400mg of caffeine in above. That's around when you see negative symptoms of caffeine.

3 servings a day is perfectly okay. As long as you're not going over your calorie limits or missing your macronutrient goals while trying to keep in your calorie limits because of extra fruits, enjoy them. If you're worried about sugars, try less sugar dense fruits like berries as opposed to for example bananas.