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Vitamins can help, although your Dr. should have considered testing you to see if you are deficient in calcium or excessive/ deficient in something else. Many people with osteoporosis actually take in enough calcium but lack in vitamin D. Avoid taking calcium with iron, zinc and magnesium. Ie if you take a multivitamin,…
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If you are two pounds from your goal weight, you won't be able to drop it in a week. Chill and give yourself a month- aim to lose 1/2 lb a week. Also measure yourself. Track your measures, not your weight at this point. If you haven't loss strength, your measurements have decreased and your weight comes up it is muscle &…
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Just my two cents here....I spent months in therapy after a spinal injury. My therapist always encouraged me to explain how I was 'feeling' as in not good/bad here but as in ' the swell of my lower back wants to fold in on itself because my stomach is too strong'. At first talking like this made me feel stupid. But as I…
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Yes, why do people ask a random bunch of strangers they have never met before advice and then have the gall to not listen to it? I mean, MFP is only filled with random doctors, dieticans and the like all waiting hand and foot on these little snobs. The merit of the advice given to them is worth more than they ever deserve!…
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I'd consider upping your protein a bit. Its supposed to help keep lean body mass while dieting. Also, all your exercise is really low calorie. Remember, we burn a sit number of calories an hour just breathing. Find what your number is and subtract that from the walks. That is how much additional energy you burned.…
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the new pope, he really...
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I have no experience on the dairy intolerance but I have lots on the gluten. (My partner has Celiacs.) 1. You need to determine why you have a gluten intolerance. It's usually part of a package deal and involves other things you can't eat. Please look into FOODMAPS, SIBO and Leaky Gut. Usually, when you find one…
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Sounds like a lot of negativity going on here. Yes, it is unlikely that the OP just gain muscle mass. But clearly she swapped out fat for something else if her measurements when down while weight went up. I get that clothes might be a part of it, maybe a pound or two. But really OP you did something right. My guess would…
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Again, I have to stress what test. The standard test for the thyroid is a free T4. Did you get a yes/ no response? Did you get a number and range? Basically, you need a GOOD test to find out if you actually have thyroid issues. T4 is the inactive form of the hormone. You also need to get tested for your T3 levels, TBG…
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BMI is a population tool. When you are using it, you are using other people of the same color, height, and gender as you to guess at how healthy you are. My Zumba coach is the same height as me; we have opposite body types. Just because she looks banging at 150 does not mean I should be 150. So I am a 5'10" female with a…
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OK at 275 lbs there is no intensive diet that will get you to where you want quickly; I think you need to come to terms with that. I've seen 6'3" guys from 175 to 230 being a healthy weight; that depends on frame size and how much muscle is on the of course. I'd say you would probably be looking at a 50+ lb loss. Do you…
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Oh boy. Hi! I'm from a family that out of 30+ grandchildren, myself included, none of us take hormonal birth control. Why? Because we all watched our mothers/aunts and one cousin take it and balloon up. Or develop mental illness. Hormonal birth control can have really, really bad side effects for a percentage of the…
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Ah, sorry. :) That avatar is soooo femme, how did I mess up my pronouns? Tsk, now I must exile myself in shame. Yeah the first day wasn't fun...all the way up to Monday which marked 3 weeks of not losing weight. :/ I don't consume much sodium; its a family trait. Drove my BF nuts until he got used to it and he can from a…
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I have to disagree. Its not a black and white process. You could not be eating enough to fuel healthy grow and just be idling yourself. There is a reason that athletes are really paranoid about their food- the difference between good and great is really slim. For the average person (which you sound like) thankfully it…
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I think an average person carries around about a 1/5 of a kilo of glycogen. (That is basically 100% ready to use energy, traditionally made from consumed carbs.) That number can swing down after heavy exercise and then spike back up after sleeping, for example. And I think we can vary our water in our body by 2 kilos…
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Clearly you underestimate me, sir. ;) I'm a pretty schedule-loving girl. My weeks don't vary that much really in terms of activity- weekends are the crazy ones but I always get either 1 hour of hard, fun cardio in or several hours of slower stuff. For example, Tuesday, Thrusday and Saturdays are my MA days and I've been…
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Glad to hear it works for you. And sadly I don't think it is either of what you mentioned. I never have been able to get down past this weight. Stupid set point. 3 horrible weeks after 3 weeks of success. :(
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Its not my degree area but I've noticed that all the cico studies are always short term. They don't address vitamin decencies or long term damage. Who do you think would live longer? A man who eats organic (which is more nutrient dense) vegetables, fruits, lipids and proteins or the man who eats from McDs all the time?…
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As someone with a B.S. that took dozens of labs, I do feel that I am qualified to say I do weigh and measure my food within a very tight margin of error; I log things two decimal places out. Both my partner and I have severe food allergies so I have to make about 95% of our diet from scratch. I don't do many condiments-…
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Do you change your eating habits between these weeks? (Ie eat more sugar/ carbs and gain then cut and lose?) What is your exercise like? Are you trending downwards at least? Edit: If you are trying to lose 1/2 lb a week and food isn't working for you, have you considered exercising it off instead? 1750 calories over a week…
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FWI- If anyone says CICO, I may stalk them down in real life and murder them. I have a heart rate monitor and weigh all my food. I strength train twice a week with a trainer. I eat 95% at home, from scratch. If it was just calories in, calories out I wouldn't be crying myself to sleep each night.
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Strictly speaking everything- from a blade of grass to a chemical that comes out of a lab is 'natural' as it wasn't made via the supernatural. Some of these things are man-made but again, you know...we are natural. It would be like calling a bird's nest not natural because a bird assembled it. But that's just the chemist…
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You know what is really cool about fancier restaurants? The waiters know more. Call up and ASK about portion sizes for the meat. In general, gazpacho will be lower in cal than pate. The chicken will be the lowest cal entree and sorbets would be the dessert. EDIT: Sobert is lower in calories. It's water, fruit and sugar.…
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Look, I am all for days off (I do one each weekend) but I'd like to point out 2 big things that scream red flag to me. 1. Quality. I have had Little Caesars once; I was GMing and my players surprised me with it as a thank you for the work I put it. I ate it- because I was hungry but it was really not the best. Quality food…
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Partner of someone with diagnosed celiacs here. Honestly the "addicted" thing sounds like total BS to me to sell more books. Let's be honest here- GF is a fad right now, which is tough because the USDA is just recognizing it as a legitimate disease. You know what people also knock back? Other simple carbs: sugar in all…
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Lol, what I mean to say is when I am not working or exercising I do activity but also veg out on the couch a bit. So in that last 7 hours left after sleep, work, and exercise I might spend 1-2 hours cooking, another hour doing mild chores and another 1/2 for the dog, with the rest playing video games, listening to radio or…
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"If you don't eat enough you're going to end up falling flat on your face and lose the energy to exercise." "you'll feel better and be able to perform better in the gym." Well that hit me like a ton of bricks. Complete bull's eye there. Yes, I have been having more fun in these last few weeks. I really do love the exercise…
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Thanks for responding folks...I'm kind of getting this. Question 1: How is 1.7 a week aggressive? The sexypants guide said .5-1% body weight loss was OK. 1.7 for me is .9%. I am at 30% body fat. Question 2: Could eating only 1300 (where I am getting estimated for eating 1600 or more) be the reason I am barely losing any…
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Arrrg...still confused. (Its embarrassing. College was easy....yet I can't figure this out.) OK going to the sexy pants guide I relooked at TDEE again. TDEE= BMR+ exercise+ non-exercise moving+ digestion TDEE= 1699 + 450 + 200+ ? TDEE= 2399+ digestion To lose 1.7lbs a week= 5950/7= -850 a day So is THIS right? 1499???? I…
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Short answer: No, it is not pointless. And before you decided to go to paleo, vegetarian, vegan and low-glyemic sites and ask them the same question- no, their diet choices aren't pointless either. Long answer: Humanity has survived on everything from seal meat & blubber to nearly animal-free diets. And we do well. We have…
