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1 med avocado is ~350 calories. Why would you down just pure oil?

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I followed Atkins guidelines (but not the diet) for about 1 year and successfully lost 50 lbs. Although low carb means high fat, I only ate baked turkey and fish and many times cured raw salmon with kosher salt and splenda, (sashimi). The rest of the carbs came from raw veggies and fruits. My carb intake was around 40…

Take a look at my food diary. I have reduced cholesterol by 28% with diet only. My LDL dropped from 104 to 73 in 6 weeks and my Total cholesterol is now 138. My TRI is now 48. I am 50 years old

BEST: You look like you lost weight. Was it planned? Are you OK? Have you been to the doctor? WORST: You look like you lost weight. You don't even look good anymore. You look sick. You better go to the doctor

110. Then I get sleepy and bored

I've been looking to clean foods to reduce my cholesterol. Please look at my food diary. My 7 week total cholesterol progress: from 189 to 134. My diet consists mostly of raw veggies and fruits. I don't consider myself a vegetarian, although I have not eaten (and lost craving) for meats. I would say at the moment I am…

Hopefully filed for divorce.

A lots of broccoli

I don't believe losing 3 lbs in 3 month is a weight loss at all. Simple water retention by eating too much salty food the night before can easily alter your weight by 3 lbs. I don't mean to sound harsh or mean, but I want you to know that what I am about to say (and everyone else who responded) are here to help you, to…

I am curious. Could this be too much water? Water has been documented (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_intoxication)

I have been on plant-based diet for the past 9 weeks. So far so good. I am like that guy in the movie - not sure if I will ever become one, but I am managing pretty well without meat at the moment. I get all my macronutrients (and micronutrients) from phytochemicals foods. Welcome to look at my food diary.

I have been on a clean food diet for several week and found that best to do what others already said: bulk prepare your foods. I pre-wash and dry my base foods. I use deep part of my kitchen sink to mix all of my foods. You are welcome to see the list in my food diary, but most of them are high-density phytochemicals. I…

There are several forums on this site referencing Dr. Fuhrman and his diet. I have been reading them and nothing really in reference to diabetes, however there are many people here that claiming they were able to treat type 2 with just his diet. Treat, meaning getting off the pills and insulin shots. Again, I don't promote…

Totally possible. Even at such non-aggressive weight loss with you losing 1 LB per week, you have at least 20 weeks. If you increase your deficit to 20%, eliminate fat from your diet, and up your cardio workouts, you can easily achieve more. I was a 49 year old 260LB buffalo. And if I was able to drop 88 lbs, you can do it…

Agree 100%. You stole my story. With 30% deficit I lost around 50LB in 1 year. Good manageable weight loss. However, increasing cals to TDEE -20% and changing to plant-based diet I am down additional 35+ LBs. Amazing how this stuff works!!

Also, be prepared to answer to comments like "you lost weight. you look sick. how do you feel?". My aunt, bless her heart. She is wider than she is taller and somewhere between 350 and 400 lbs. Tells me that I look awful every time she sees me. And I am having to answer that I am on a managed weight loss program with total…

"...For 15 years doctors told me I would never walk unassisted again..." - doesn't offer us too much comfort level from our medical community, does it?

I have been experimenting with a raw foods lately and it has been a great experience. Specifically with the crucifcoiux vegetables. uYou can look at my diary. Most of my macro and micro nutrients come from raw veggies and fruits.

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I am not sure I could answer how many numbers for you to maintain. But here is my story. I started with total cholesterol of 250. After I lost about 75 pounds, my cholesterol was 189. LDL was 102 For the past 8 weeks, I have been experimenting with plant-based and fresh fruit diet. Please look at my food diary. It is open…

I like your train of thought. You must be a software engineer with Computer Science degree, like me :)

Perhaps, But look at this forum thread. Everyone who eats these foods either has to watch how much. plan for it and not eat something else because of exceeding their limits, etc... We programmed to eat crap, that's why we are here in the first place. 2/3 of us overweight for one reason or the other. Because government…

Both foods are poison. You don't just eat potato. You eat it with oil and sour cream and cheese. Unnecessary nutrients, especially bread. Drop both of them

Steff, you look fantastic!! Every time you post new picture, you look younger. Total inspiration!!!

Life begins at 50. Didn't you know that? :)

Isn't the skin a living organ? It's elasticity to shrink and to expand allow us to gain and lose weight? I see very small progress personally, and I also understand that it took me 30 years to stretch my skin and 2 years to make it lose. Every study on skin I read suggests that it will return to it's original state when…

Those who want to lose 2.5 Lbs to look better in swimsuits on a beach will tell you that weighing once per week is just fine. Their priorities are different from those who want to lose weight for a health reasons. Weigh-in every day. Weigh-in twice per day. Weigh in as often as you need till you know how your weight…

HBP runs in my family. I had high BP for a long time. But since I lost 85 pounds I have normal readings now and don't take any meds. In fact my numbers are better than normal. My bp now around 110/60. I also been doing cardio every day for 1 hour. And my heart rate now around 50BPM. I just turned 50 and all I can say that…

Fantastic. Your quads are amazing.