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The bookends of "normal" BMI
Even at my heaviest, I'm never outside of the "normal" BMI range of 18.5–24.9, although I still feel crappy and unhealthy as I start to creep up towards that higher end. I know all of the critiques of BMI, but does anyone know if there's evidence that the higher end of "normal" has health risks compared to the lower end? I…
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Trouble using exercise diary
What am I missing about the exercise diary? With the food database, pretty much everything I search for is there, however, the opposite seems true with exercise. I really struggle to find anything even though I know what I did is common. Example: I did a whole arm routine this morning. I don't want to enter each thing I…
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High protein, low carb/fat foods for vegetarians and vegans
I'm having a hard time finding vegetarian/vegan foods that are high in protein without also being high in carbs or fats. I'm trying to do a "recomposition" diet, meaning I want to get about 70 g of daily protein on a 1,300-1,400 cal diet, and I'm not seeing a way to do that without relying too much on protein powders. I'm…
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Losing weight versus building muscle?
For the first time in my life, I'm feeling overweight based on how my clothes fit but the scale says I'm actually near my usual low/target weight. I'm assuming this means that I have lost a lot of muscle since I permanently switched to remote work after COVID began. But this is new to me, so I don't know what to do with a…
