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I remember that I was *obsessed* for the first 8 months, maybe a year. Because that involved learning about fitness (started with that), nutrition, how to tweak ideas to my taste, what worked and didn't. Like it's a learning curve. Once I had a good handle on it, and a rhythm, it became second nature and I didn't have to…

Not sure, but this sounds like a friendship in which food isn't just an occasional thing but pretty central. I have a friend - grew up with, have seen occasionally since adulthood. Back then it was about pizza (and we burned it off with bike riding and swimming and whatever) but even now, food is like a third member of the…

I'm not, but I am up, sorry to bust in (and sorry you're working tonight!). Fam went to bed a little bit ago, they were tired from travel. We ate and watched Bad Santa. Which I passed by when it came out because I thought it looked stupid, but it is GREAT (for a Christmas movie especially). I hate watching movies twice,…

I'll agree that it's easier to stay fit and manage intake (and sometimes appetite) when you're getting a lot of exercise & protein. And definitley, exercise will give you a bit of a margin of error (though agree with NOT doing 5 days in the first couple of weeks, if you're doing stuff other than walking and especially if…

I agree with all this. By appreciating and addressing the mechanisms involved, we can stop asking people who struggle with simple caloric restriction ("willpower") to suffer and punish themselves, and support them in their goals in a way that actually meets their needs. And yeah, the strategies suggested are all low-risk,…

I don't think you do know, other than by reflecting on experience and going with trial and error. I don't know that it necessarily needs to be pathologized as addiction, particularly, but recognition that some differences between people exist seems like not a huge problem to me. Agree, the food most readily available (in…

To me, the value of discovering vulnerabilities where they exist is not that it gives people "excuses". Instead it might give them tools to address these vulnerabilities. E.g. again with smoking. Some research suggests that people with those hungry receptors tend to do better with cessation methods involving NRTs and other…

+1 I don't understand why people just wrote off the research until it was explained by Caitwn. I mean I do, people are worried about the idea of responsibility etc. being threatened by research, or just don't want to believe that it ever possibly could be, and are concerned about some audience or other misreading the…

Woot! Awesome, Sabine - thanks! I've accepted your invitation :) Thank you, anglyn! Appreciate your recommendation, again, and looking forward to trying out those recipes :) Happy holidays, guys :)

I think it's the pouring water over the food that's unusual!

The homeless people in my area have been disappointed with my leftovers, preferred money. Which is fine, up to them, I'm not going to judge their preferences. NB that is not necessarily food I cooked. I'm a good cook. That would be like a sandwich I bought and changed my mind about.

What if you asked your parents if you could portion this food off in special tupperware and label it "GUESTS ONLY - DECEMBER 25TH [26th, etc]", so you could firmly frame it in your mind as "not mine"? So you'd put like, I don't know, 10 cookies in one tupperware. Maybe even write the names of some people who will be there…

I think it took a lot of courage to say what you've said, and to ask for help. If you have regular shin splints, get that looked at, first of all. I am going to go against the grain and suggest that if your body shame is as intense as you're saying it is, maybe not bother with swim or dance for now - just for a couple of…

Ok yes, fair enough. I can barely get through listening to the daily specials. I would not ask anyone to suffer that. OH you mean possible shaming for underwhelming counts. Or overwhelming ones maybe too. Yes, also against that.

I did get the Kindle edition for use on my Android (no Kindle). Navigating is annoying, don't know if it's the book or my phone.

So I got "The South Beach Diet Supercharged: Faster Weight Loss and Better Health for Life" and I'm pretty happy with it. It's all familiar - what's helpful is the structured meal planning. 3 meals + 2 snacks (1 hr after meals or before cravings - had forgotten that). Plus having recipes etc put together & handily…

I had a burning pain right over my kneecaps; was diagnosed by physio as quadriceps tendonitis (tendinopathy). It came about after several months of high-rep squatting etc. You should get a more precise diagnosis, but if it's tendon stuff, rest is a legitimate response and sometimes the only thing that helps in the short-…

Agreed. I'm working on that one, myself, getting better at it. It would be nice if the packaging for a lot of stuff (e.g. veg at my local/cheapest grocery store) were less "family sized" so that as a single person, I wouldn't have to expend as much effort in managing food storage and planning, but just planning better…

Yeah, there's variation in taste buds & a lot else. Ignoring donuts (or cookies, brownies, anything sweet) is the easiest thing in the world to me. I could have half a bite and put it down. Potato chips are another story. Avoidance, or minimizing exposure, is a legit long-term strategy for a lot of people. I've minimized…

"Update: This story received criticism from our readers. Since it was originally published, we’ve updated the article with some new information and context (see below)." ^^ least surprising outcome. I have a bunch of live-and-let-live veggie friends, but heavily political vegetarians aren't unknown for their dedication.…

Maybe, but for most people it's just hunger. Getting macro ratios together really helps a lot of people.

+1 For one friend in particular, who is really down on herself (despite the fact that she has some totally rational reasons for not diving headfirst into a lifestyle change, like a 70 hour workweek, huge care-taking responsibilities, and a few other things besides), I make a point of recognizing that she actually does have…

But in general: - Yes, agree with you re having a conservative deficit. -5 lbs is much easier to stick with than -2lbs - Agree with being less restrictive - but also focusing on filling things & micros. 80:20. There is that trial and error, but a lot of people find an emphasis on protein, fibre, fat more filling Re…

Yes, this. It's hard to work it out! Definitely trial and error. I wasn't as able to be as consistent with it as I'd have liked, but I did in the past try to make note of high-satiety days, to help hone in on those recipes and days (and sometimes amounts and meal times) that work. In some ways it's a moving target, because…

This works better for me than filling up with just veg, other carbs, for example. I've had days where I've tried to avoid meat; I always go over and still don't find myself full. Pop a steak in there and all of a sudden the grumble monster has nothing to say. Protein, fat, and fibre are what a lot of people find satiating.…

+1. Also for dairy, hard vs. soft cheeses (e.g. feta vs. brie), and lower fat yogurt and cottage cheese. Good to keep these in for calcium anyway, hard to get a lot of that from food period. And you can trim the fat off meat, so you're getting less sat fat while keeping the protein. Or choose leaner meat to start with…

Mushrooms vs. "meat" is close enough for me in terms of taste, but doesn't hit anywhere near the spot when it comes to satiety. It hits just to the left of the spot, maybe :/ I do a little better with falafels and bean burgers and things like that. Still not as filling as a real burger, though. But yeah I'm not keen on…

Ah, you mean like their centre of balance would be affected? Maybe! I thought that correlation was between cardiovascular fitness and death by trauma irrespective of weight, but it wasn't specified further, would be interesting to see. (I'm thinking of it in terms of cardiovascularly unfit people not being able to respond…

I did see that, but am scratching my brain to imagine what kind of genetic factors they think would come into it. Poor CV system (so, maybe, fitness-avoidant, because it's somehow aversive) --> some kind of coagulation problem (?? no idea! ) --> bleeding complications with trauma? It seems strange that there would be a…