jrose1982 Member

I sometimes feel like that. When that happens, I prepare a breakfast that is 40-50% of my daily calories - knowing that I will only be able to eat 2 meals that day. Then I just keep it available for when I'm ready to eat and get on with my day. Or I might graze on it throughout the morning. Sometimes I'll even prepare all…

That's not a consequence of low-carb, or high-fat diets. That's a cause of failed diets of all kinds. And, like you said, "at the same rate as people on high-carb diets". Which I don't doubt you completely made up. But still, the key words are "same... as people on high-carb diets". So it's got nothing to do with low-carb,…

Thanks :smile:

Protein: I've heard 0.7 g/lb of lean body weight. You can find calculators online to help you estimate your % body fat. Subtract that from your weight to find your lean body weight. Carbs: I've read that people should be less than 150 g/day - but that wasn't a very good source, and was based on a lot of generalizations. It…

Start by reducing your bread, pasta & potatoes - I think those are the worst offenders (being high-carb, high calorie, and high availability). There may be others that I'm missing. Maybe read up on low-carb diets, make a list of foods that are restricted. Then research those foods and further refine the list to the ones…

I just do the best I can. But I also try to minimize these situations. I.e. I don't go to restaurants as often as I used to. I'm finding I have more success the more I cook at home, and this is a big part of why.

That's not necessarily true - the "worse off than before" part. I've "failed" several times. But then the next attempt is always more successful. So the attempt actually made me better than before.

I eat very light the day of the party, and then let it go while I'm there. And get right back to work the next day. I should add that I don't do this often, and I think that's why it works for me. This holiday season I've limited these events to one a month (Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas - 1 party each). I also have a…

Every day, when I first get up, after going to the bathroom. I'll occasionally weigh myself at other times too, but more out of curiosity about weight fluctuations, I don't track those weights. My weight fluctuates a lot. I'll go several days with small (0.2-0.4 lbs) gains, and then suddenly drop a whole pound or more…

The fact that your fat calories are high is probably why you don't eat all your calories. Fat is very filling. If you reduce your fat, you'll have to replace them something else - usually carbs. Carbs are not very filling at all, so such a change could make you hungrier and increase the calories you eat. If your protein is…

I have this problem frequently. I've been on and off MFP for about two years now. Certain things help me get back on board: - Reading about weight loss. Success stories do nothing for me, but I have a hungry intellect, so reading about research, learning more about how the body works, any well written diet book (even if I…

This is why I love my family. Not because they don't say stupid crap like that, but because they don't carry a grudge when I tell them they don't know what they're talking about, mind their own business, and shut up already. For the family members that I'm not comfortable telling off, I have a technique that usually works:…

I think it varies by person and by how much you drink. If I drink it regularly it negatively affects my sleep and I've noticed that I get really hungry after drinking a 2nd cup. Both of those affects can hurt my weight-loss efforts. But I've talked to a lot of people that don't seem to have those problems. Try…

These are all very good. I'll add pay attention to your caffeine consumption. I've noticed if I drink too much caffeine I get really hungry in the following hours. Too much caffeine also effects my sleep quality (see #4).

The problem I've seen with the "lowest calorie" versions of things is that manufacturers often remove the fat to reduce calories, and add sugar to improve the flavor (fat has 2x the calories of sugar). Which looks good on the numbers, but fat is far more filling. Review your macro-nutrient goals and consider whether you…

I've discovered it doesn't seem to work on mobile devices. The website has two tabs: one with the calculator and one with an explanation. From mobile devices, the link takes you to the explanation, and I haven't been able to figure out how to see the calculator.

That's hilarious.

Yes. And I think that, right there, is why this calculator is useful. It's not at all accurate, but the resulting perspective is very real, and very powerful. I always thought of myself as normal, even after I learned that I was "obese", even as I started working on losing weight. Because, in the US, obese is normal. But…

I think this uses a bell curve calculation. Basically, it creates a symmetrical curve (that looks like a bell, hence the name), with the middle at the average BMI of the population. The area under this curve represents the total population. Then, using the standard deviation of the data, it can calculate what percent of…

And sometimes people just need to talk out what they're going through. For example: "I can't eat healthy because my family/roommates/friends eat too much crap" (I've seen this one a lot) - it's easy to say make your own meals. But there's a lot of emotions involved. Eating with family is a traditional form of bonding, and…

You don't have to sympathize, you can write off their complaining as easily as they write off your success. It's their problem, one that they have to figure out. All you can do is tell them how you did it. It's up to them whether they listen or not.

I think they calculate it based on a bell curve (which is how I can be bigger than 100% of my group in the world, and only 98% in the US). The US has a high average BMI, which shifts the whole bell curve to the right. So being lower than 91% (despite being average build) is not so much a statement of your health, but the…

For most people it's as effective as it needs to be. It's only ineffective for body builders and those that are naturally very small. But for the majority of the world, it's good enough. Not perfect, but good enough.

I didn't actually find that part very meaningful. Because even if you have a healthy BMI, than that calculation would still add millions of tons just because there are so many people in the world, including many who are well underweight.

I'm glad it made you feel good (and congratulations on your almost-there-success). It made my jaw drop. I might as well admit, my BMI is higher that 98% of American women my age. (and higher than 100% of women worldwide in my age group, but I think that's a mathematical anomaly). I've always known I was fat, but it felt…

I'm a klutz, too :smile: . It was the "less dangerous" part of his post that I had to read a few times to realize he might be joking. Gave me a laugh though. I'm gonna laugh even harder if he's serious (at myself).

I think that was sarcasm.

^^This. However, you can find strength in that "freaking out" state that you're in (I've been there). You're in that place where you're highly driven to make the right decisions and just sitting on the edge of making real long-lasting change. Keep going. Face the scale head-on. Cry if you have to, but keep going. Get angry…

People shouldn't be calling this "tough love". Saying what you think somebody needs to hear just because they're annoying you is not tough love, that's just your own venting. Tough love is about loving somebody enough to understand the full depth of their situation, and then making them see the reality (however hard it is)…

Ok, I don't know that this guy knows what he's talking about (and he's obviously biased to low-carb diets), but this still might be worth reading if you're facing gall bladder removal. I mean, if somebody had suggested slowly increasing my fat intake (and reducing my carb intake) instead of having my gall bladder removed I…