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It's enough! One thing to think about is increasing the intensity of your workouts over time to maximize benefits. Because your body gets used to a physical activity and it has less of a calorie-burning effect. You can do intervals on a walk, where you walk very fast for a minute, and then a moderate pace for two minutes…

You look great! Way to go!

Oooh, yeah, eating back all your exercise calories can mess you up, because the MFP can OVERestimates calories burned in the exercises database.

Maybe try foods that are low-volume/calorically dense like a moderate portion of full fat yogurt, nut butters, even dark chocolate. I see from your other questions that you don't like meat and 1200 calories a day in mostly veggies would make most people feel bloated. So you probably have to schedule your meals in a way…

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You seem fun!

Tell em to stop harrassing you about it, and if they bring it up again, remove yourself from the conversation.

Yeah whatever, have fun dude, but this is bad science. You can't debunk anything with ONE subject. Where's the control group?

That is a serious accomplishment-- you should be proud! Congrats. :drinker:

Wow, amazing transformation! And that dress you're wearing in the final pic is beautiful.

I think this is really good advice. Also maybe planning your meals and snacks more might help? Having ideas for specific breakfasts/lunches/dinners that have the right number of calories to add up to 1800, or eating a 200-400 calorie snack mid morning. Or try having full fat dairy instead of low fat/no fat. Lastly, a…

Eating and food culture are emotionally-laden parts of the human experience. People want to eat food that makes the me feel good and makes them happy and is part of a shared experience. This point about moderation is allowing people to eat whatever their mom makes for family gatherings, and to participate in nights out…

I have fitness goals besides weight loss than I can pursue even if I don't lose weight. It keeps me going because it's a positive accomplishment, of doing something. Sometimes staying in a calorie deficit can feel like less of an accomplishment because it's more like I'm *stopping myself* from doing something. And fitness…

[/quote] [/quote] Oh yeah, that is what I do. I run at basically the fastest speed I can maintain for the interval. After the end of a 20 minute C25K session I am shattered. I have to take it down a notch, which is kinda funny because I thought I was on the lowest rung. Thank you everyone! MFP is more helpful than any…

I get that you are worried about going over and don't trust yourself to eat more with out eating *too much.* I think you should Google around for meal plans for 1200 calorie diets. There are lots of them out there and they show that you an eat a variety of healthy food at that calorie total. And you can eat a good amount…

This is an economic concern, not a nutritional one. I mean, you have a good idea about saving money whilst not getting the overly huge portions that restaurants tend to serve. But there's nothing wrong, nutritionally, with the consumption of rice just because a restaurant's business model involves maximizing profits by…

This is great to hear, thanks for sharing. When you say slow down, do you mean literally run slower, or to do shorter runs/smaller intervals in C25K?

thanks for the info!!

Adding acid perks things up and it they type of thing chefs do to elevate flavor. I use lemon or lime juice, apple cider vinegar or rice vinegar. Another tip when you're cooking is to brown something in the dish. Either meat, or browned tomato paste or caramelized onions. That makes a good depth of flavor. I like…

If you want to eat rice and it fits into your calorie plan, have it. I am 99% sure that carbs are not magical weight-gain molecules. Not burning it off after you eat it doesn't matter because if you're eating an appropriate calorie amount for your goals, you'll burn some of those calories next time you exercise. Your body…

Be more specific and you can get advice from people who know more than me. As in, what is your weight/height now, what is your goal weight, do you have any specific issues like you're vegan or you have injuries that limit exercise, etc. Also read this:…

I've had to google half of what people are saying but this is v. informative. cheers :drinker:

Sooooo I am one of the obese people you say you LOVE but you know what, shove your ersatz false love. I don't want it and it's not worth a darn. You're gross and your judgment is garbage.

This thread is going in some directions I don't want to touch but I think people are conflating "health" and "being healthy" with "fit" and "fitness". I think they are two different things. Or that they overlap but are not exactly the same. Fitness is about cardiovascular ability and strength. But health is harder for me…

I often take my dog for a walk right after I have dinner. We walk at about 3.5 mph for about 2 miles and I've never had a problem.

I also hate real women have curves because I think it's code for be voluptuous (ie big breast, big hips, smaller waist) but not fat. So it's a phrase that advocates for a specific body type and not for overall acceptance. I do think that what body positivity and fat acceptance people are advocating for is more than just…

please for the love of medicine educate yourself about the extant studies on bodyweight set points, the differences in diet between fat people and thin people, what metabolism is, and the value of shame and stigmatization in "helping" people lose weight, health outcomes for people who are underweight, average/normal…

Aha, I found the link to this study's abstract about the impact of body acceptance on health: http://www.journals.elsevierhealth.com/periodicals/yjada/article/S0002-8223(05)00322-6/abstract Here is what the abstract says: Abstract Objective Examine a model that encourages health at every size as opposed to weight loss. The…

Someone else being happy makes you ANGRY!!!!! For real all caps, five exclamation points angry? Maybe work on calibrating your emotional response to things that have nothing to do with you before you come for people who are not bothering you.

The point of fat positivity (though fat acceptance is the term i usually hear) is that all people of all sizes, EVEN FAT PEOPLE, deserve basic respect and that no one should be ashamed of their body. One of the reasons it's important is the way being fat in public affects your experience of normal life. For example, it has…