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I've always heard frame is a load of bull and accounts for a minuscule difference in weight. I say pick a weight that puts you at a BMI of 22-23. See how you feel there. Try staying at maintenance there fro a while. Then you can see if you want to drop a little lower, do a recomp, or stay right there :) Congrats at getting…

So I am not a coach. Feel like I need to preface that lol. But I love the chocolate vegan shakeology. When I dont have that, I love PE science protein powder with extra fruit thrown in, and maybe some flax for some fiber too. A combo I really like is the vanilla flavor with blue berries and pineapple (frozen). Blend with…

Soy in whole food or minimally processed forms (tempeh, seitan, tofu) are generally fine for you. Its the soy that is added in the seriously processed foods (do I really need soy in my chips?) that will get you into trouble. Only time this might not be the case is if you have a hormone issue (under treatment of doctor) or…

You keep repeating that you log what you eat, but are you weighing it? Multiple people have asked you and you have not answered. If you were under eating, you would lose (says the former disordered eater). Even with poor thyroid function or wacky hormones, if you were truly eating 1200 a day, every day and logging…

I also have a heart defect (mitral valve prolapse, which cause my valve to go both ways), and am curious as to why yours caused you to gain a massive amount of weight. Working in skilled rehab and other medical facilities, the only people I found with heart issues who gained a lot of weight were those in very serious…

A track at a local high school is a good place to calibrate many fitness trackers

Do you eat anything before cardio? Even a few hours before cardio? Supplements? It could be a result of the cardio or the food/supplements you are taking before hand. For me, I have certain foods that I cant eat for up to 5 hours before a run (beans one of them, spicy food, apples and a few others).

I bought this little travel scale on amazon. Less than 10 bucks! Might bee good for bringing too and from the dinning hall. You don't have to weigh while in line, if that bothers you. Bring food back to the table, and then you can weigh it out. Just grab an extra empty plate. You might have a little wast when you are first…

I could be wrong here, and if I am I am sorry, but I thought I had seen some research on different dietary needs for individuals with MS. My best recommendation would be to go to your doctor to get a referral to a Registered Dietitian. Could be that because moving is difficulty for you, that you have low muscle mass and…

My ring is a 4.25 at my lowest (though loose then) and at my hghest (much tighter but still able to slip off except right after exercise. And there is almost a 40 pound difference between those two weights on a 5'4" woman.

Also, you should not be manually entering if you have it so that your fitbit syncs with myfitnesspal. That's like double entering, isn't it?

While you can lose weight without weighing your food, if you have a specific time frame, it would increase the likely hood of you reaching your goal b/c you will be accurate. Measuring cups and spoons can be very inaccurate (and listing on the sides of packages can be off by quite a bit, legally. The only way you can be…

21 day fix is a lot of weight training, which is not accurately measured by a heart rate monitor due to the stop go nature of it and the "after burn" of your muscles when the weight training stops. I will say, you definitely burned more than 100 calories for the 30 minutes. How much more though is pretty variable, even day…

I've been on it a few times for my lungs getting really bad. Even with watching food intake and water, I gained (i was on a very high amount with a relatively quick tapper so that may have something to do with it). I would retain so much fluid on it, I couldn't bend my fingers. And I started to hallucinate (which is also a…

As a vegetarian myself, I would add some nuts and tofu in there to up the protein.

It is entirely plausible that being your size and with your physical disability (you did not name what type of disability but I'm assuming one that significantly limits movement from your posts...please correct me if I am wrong!) that 1,000 is appropriate for you to lose. However, with that being said, I would still double…

Carrots ( I can stand raw...used to love until they were my last food had before a stomach bug...) but hate them cooked. My sister will douse everything in ketchup, but hates an actual tomato. She also loves banana bread, but hates an actual banana (sugar seems to be the factor here)

Take a look at low FODMAP in the time being. If you've had an increase in fruit and veg this could be the case.

if you are underweight, I would try lifting heavy and eating gradually up to maintenance so that you can build muscle. I say gradually, b/c if you jump into maintenance calories all at once, your weight may spike before leveling out, and that can freak some ppl out.

I'm of no help because I pretty much get a venti iced coffee with 2 splenda and a splash of cream every time. Boring I know. The cinnamon dolce latte used to be a favorite (I would get the skinny) or the Light caramel macchiato iced is also good (this one doesn't have all syrups skinny, so that make it with as many skinny…

I'll be devils advocate here. I often think the scales at the doctor's office are highly inaccurate b/c they are not calibrated that often. I can jump on my scale at my house, my grandmothers at her place, my friends at her place and get a number within a pound or two of each other, while I can get wildly different numbers…

I can not imagine cooking white rice with oil and butter. I just chuck a cup of rice and two cups of water in the rice cooker and let it go. Really moist and fluffy rice every time. I do use a good rice though, not the super cheap bags. Sometimes I will add a little butter after, but that's just because it reminds me of…

basal is what you would burn in a coma, so don't worry too much about that. Lifting weight will help shift your body fat percentage, though I would do it in conjunction with cardio. Once you get to you goal weight, you should then "reverse diet". Which means you aren't going to immediately jump up to maintenance calories.…

While its a nice thought to think what we just did yesterday or the day before(or the day before in you case) will immediately show up on the scale, that's not how it really works. What you did last week, and the week before, and the week before is what shows up now, which is why consistency is key. I would have not been…

If your levels are where they should be, then your thyroid with meds is working the same as a typical thyroid and it is likely that that is not the cause. Are you weighing everything? Not going off the numbers on the back of the package? Not using measuring cups/spoons, but weighing. Are you entering workout calories? How…

I would do the mirror test to make sure they are not see through (you know, bend over to touch your toes in front of a mirror and look behind you to see if anything shows. Also, make sure you are not showing the bits (i.e. camel toe). If they pass those two tests, then go for it! I see women wearing the nike pro shorts all…

Just keep it in one spot. Don't move it. If you keep it in one spot, you should get a fairly accurate number FOR THAT SPOT. There can be variations of course, that depend on how much you may be leaning one way or another (even slight difference in standing can throw the numbers off). This is why I weight daily. Not to be…

I would also suggest weighing in during TOM, just so you can get an accurate picture of how much water weight you gain, so that you can truly figure out how long it takes for your body to return to "normal". Since you have no idea how much your weight went up from water weight, you don't have an accurate picture

OP, I run daily, and I have been neglecting to lift for the past year (prior to that I lifted at least a handful of times a week, just doing almost a circuit style training with 10-30 pound weights mostly). I will tell you, I was mostly injury free during that time, and my pace was better, after an initial adjustment…

Could you have meniere's disease?