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I don't know if a vegetarian can successfully do Atkins. It's difficult for you to get in enough protein without taking in to many carbs. You do now the first 2 weeks is 20 net carbs per day with 12-15 of them coming from veggies.

If you are strength training, you need protein within 30 minutes of finishing your exercise to help repair the muscles. If it's cardio, you don't need to eat.

It's highly unlikely there were ever exactly the same size. No one's body is symmetrical. Take a full length picture of yourself, make a mirror image, cut them in half and paste them back together - 2 different bodies will be looking back, no identical.

Your sister has no part in you losing weight. We need to make the choices that support our goals. Other people should not have to do without because you are trying to lose weight. My dh was very thin and snacked all the time. I never told him he couldn't bring it in the house. I learned to say no.

FitBit was far from accurate for me. I changed to Body Media and now I'm doing better. Does your HRM have the chest strap? Otherwise it is also questionable. j

Muscle and fat weigh the same. A pound is a pound. Muscle takes up less volume than fat.; You seldom build muscle when you are in a calorie deficit.

Some of you are very harsh in your criticism of anyone doing low carb. Unless you know the persons medical history you are in no position to judge. The poster didn't ask if you thought it was a good idea, she asked for tips. How would you feel is someone posted you should not be eating any processed food or simple carbs? I…

Losing weight without exercising causes you to lose lean body mass (muscle) along with the fat. Your body will not look toned, it will be flabby from the muscle loss. You need to do both cardio and strength training. A mile walking burs about 100 calories, not enough to aid in weight loss.

Is peanut butter pourable - no. It is not a healty oil and peanut oil is not a healthy oil. Peanut butter can be used for a fat. There is a difference. Try frying an egg in peanut butter.

Bicycling and jogging are good for cardio but you need to add 2-3 sessions of strength training with it.

Genetics also comes into play. Lose skin is sometimes the price we have to pay for abusing our body. I can't wear sleeveless shirts or tank tops because of lose skin on my arms.

Ladybugshoote, you'd get more answers if you start a new thread, not change what the original thread is about. The sugars in fruits and vegetables are not added sugar. They occur naturally. You need to read labels to know if sugar, dextrose, manitol, dextrose, fructose, etc. has been added. This would be added sugar that…

Only restaurants with more than 20 locations have to have nutrition info available. Why not look it up on line before you go and then if they don't have the nuts you can find a similar item and go from there.

For the same calories as a banana you can get one of the light ice creams and have half a cup.

You can get fat from eating too much of anything. If you take in more calories than you expend in a day, the balance is converted to fat.

If you want to lose inches while exercising, you are going to have to do strength training. Cardio is not enough to reshape your body. If you want to be healthy, you need to exercise. If you have only been doing 1200 calories for a week after not eating enough for nearly 2 months, its going to take time for your body to…

Take a look at Body Media. I switched from FitBit to Body Media and it is so much more accurate. FitBit is a glorified pedometer.

As I see it, you are eating no fruits and vegetables and which means you are lacking in nutrition. And those capsules you are taking have not been proved to aid in weight loss by the FDA.They are a waste of money. You need to set reasonable goals and eat better to preserve your lean muscle mass and lose fat.

No one should be eating less than 1200 calories a day unless they are medically supervised in their weight loss. It takes that many calories to get adequate nutrition.

It could be these people have had bariatric surgery.

And where is the science to support that we need 150g of carbs per day for the brain to function? That's a lot of bs. I take in no more than 50 net carbs a day and my brain works just fine and the weight is coming off. Your diet is too heavy in carbs.

Losing weight is 80% what you eat and 20% exercise and 3 times a week isn't enough. For exercise to help with weight loss it takes an hour a day. You don't have to do that all at once, it can be done in short segments that fit into your busy life. I had been yo-yoing for months and I finally decided to cut all processed…

I've been hypothyroid for many years. A high protein low carb approach works best for me. I have at least 100 grams of protein a day, including a whey shake for breakfast, and keep my net carbs to less than 50. I am satisfied and never hungry and just had blood work done last week and everything is within normal range.…

Your can enter it as a recipe on this site. You are going to have to come up with how much the recipe makes because there is no way of knowing how much a cup is if you don't know how many cups you made.

I use Body Media Core and link it here. I want that calorie deficiet and I don't eat back all my exercise calories because I exercise to lose more weight. I stay within my MFP recommendations, not net calories.

Thanks! This is wonderful. I signed up for 2 courses. I'm a senior and was going to look into some of the ongoing education classes that are offered to senior citizens at colleges in the area. This is even better - no need to leave home.

I'm doing medically supervised weight loss and on 1000 calories, high protein (100+ grams) and low carb (no more than 50 grams net) so according to you I should have lost a significant amount of lean body mass along with fat. I have lost 18 pounds, 16.3 punds of fat and 1.7 pounds of lean body mass. I have had a decrease…

The American Heart Association says a healthy person can eat whole eggs so there is no reason not to. The have found the cholesterol in eggs is different from that from other sources and it isn't bad for you. I hate egg whites and Eggbeaters and opt for a real Eggland's best egg instead.

You need to keep logging only as long as you want to keep the weight off. The National Weight Loss Registery reports that of the thousands of people on the registery, 90% report they still log daily and exercise at least 45 minutes every day. Every time I don't log, the portions creep up and the junk creeps in and the…

It sounds like you are doing a spinning bike.