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Something odd about total calories
If you take a look at my totals for today, the Total calories don't actually add up properly if you multiply the protein and carbs grams x 4 and the fat grams by 9. The report says I fall short by 246 calories, but doing the math above, I fall short by only 26. Where are the other 220? What am I missing? :huh:
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Sour cream and onion dip
I loves me some sour cream and onion dip. I'm not ashamed to admit I can eat it by the spoonful. A cup of sour cream has 7 g of protein but 10 g of carbs. This is not too far off from 8 oz. of milk. How horrible is this?
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Back to keto
I've done keto a few times over the years but I guess I was never serious about it, though I thought I was. I am insulin resistant (metabolic syndrome) and probably non-celiac gluten intolerant. I lost 30 lbs on Weight Watchers 3 years ago, but I couldn't stick to that... not enough to eat. I lost a lot of muscle doing…
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Macros?
Actually two questions: * Does anyone track macros in Paleo? * Do you eat root vegs like 'taters, turnips, parsnips? That's all. :)
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Do you eat back your fiber grams?
I don't know if MFP calculates net carbs. If I go over my carbs goal by 20 grams, but I rack up 25 grams of fiber, does that mean I can eat back 25 g of carbs? Or it doesn't matter at all, just use the carbs number and forget the fiber?
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Calculating TDEE and activity level
All the TDEE calculators activity level descriptions are pretty much the same. For example Fat 2 Fit: Sedentary (little or no exercise, desk job) Lightly Active (light exercise/sports 1-3 days/wk) Moderately Active (moderate exercise/sports 3-5 days/wk) I sit at a desk all day but I am in the gym 3-4 days a week, full body…
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Ironic motivation
I've had a battle with myself over weight, eating right, working out, etc. for years. On another site I post at, my history is pretty much an open book. My fault. There is someone who has taken several opportunities to rip me apart. This was today's installment. I think his comments say more about him than they do about…
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New name, same person
I used to be Jainarayan, but that name no longer suits me. Thorbjornn is Old Norse for 'Thunder Bear'. Thor (the real one, not Marvel, though he's not bad either :p ) is my hero, and I am a bear. Fitting name, I think. I've been down this road more times than I care to count, to the point of embarrassment, frustration and…
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Getting started, how does this look?
I want to get a handle on what I'm eating, tracking maybe just for this week. I am pretty sure the cheese, yogurt, milk other dairy should probably get kicked to the curb. I'm leaning towards a keto kick-start. Just wondering what everybody thinks. Morning: Bacon 6 slices. Half and half, 1/4 cup (over the day for coffee).…
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Struggling with staying the same v. changing
This is probably completely weird. If subject is inappropriate, I'm completely cool with it being nuked... I love fat guys. Think of the late Billy Mayes, Richard Karn, virtually any bearish guy with a bear belly; I've even seen guys who are, for lack of a better term, blubbery (OK, obese) who make me say "woof!" There is…
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A reboot and wiping the slate clean to start over
I've been on and off the site for a while. This is a completely wipe-the-slate-clean and reboot start over. Suffice to say I haven't met my goals, mostly because I don't know how much of what to eat. I undereat or I overeat. I used the IIFYM calculator to come up with numbers, using my stats of 5'5", 200 lbs, 30% body fat,…
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Hungry in the evening
Here's the basics... Currently 200 lbs, ~23% body fat. Goal 175 lbs, 15% (weight and b.f. % roughly). Maintenance calories 2300-2400; weight loss 1800-1900 +/- according to Katch-McArdle Formula. So my calories are set to 1800, macros 40/35/25 protein/carbs/fat. The problem is that I'm getting most of my calories early in…
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Returning to keto/paleo: veg. not working
I think I have to return to flat-out text book classic keto or paleo at the minimum. Vegetarian keto, even lacto-ovo-pesco just ain't a-gonna cut it. I tried lacto-ovo-pesco keto, I tried lacto-ovo-pesco 40/35/25 p/c/f. Lacto-ovo-pesco doesn't give enough fat and gives too much carbs. With lacto-ovo-pesco 40/35/25 I can't…
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Radical change in direction
In Dec. 2010 I had 3 lumbar micro-discectomies. I've always been inflexible, with tight hamstrings, glutes (no jokes about being a tightass, I get that enough :bigsmile: ) and hips. Knees don't go anywhere near the floor. It probably comes from years of weight lifting and not stretching. I can't sit on the floor…
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Can't, won't, don't want to eat... not hungry
Maybe it's my food choices and how they're prepared. I've recently (week and a half ago) gone lacto-ovo vegetarian again (religious reasons). I've tried it in the past and failed for lack of planning. But quite honestly I hate vegetables and vegetarian food unless it's prepared by someone who really knows what they're…
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Higher protein vegetarian sources
I've recently decided to give lacto-ovo a shot again, mainly for religious and personal ethics reasons. I may include seafood occasionally. Eventually I hope to eliminate that. However, I don't see myself eliminating eggs, and I'm not so sure about the occasional seafood. For now I've eliminated mammals and birds. Insects…
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Anyone ever have trouble eating everything?
When I was on WW I was ravenously hungry. Sure, 34 DPs (a WW point is 40 calories) for a 192 lb guy w/26% body fat (goal is 14% ), 1740 calories if I include the WPs and APs, when regular calorie calcs. say ~ 2100 for the weight I want to lose. No wonder I was hungry then. <--- That's the guy. :wink: Anyway, now my macros…
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Going to switch to a full body workout
I've always done a 3 day split of legs, push, pull, or 4 days, separating shoulders from chest. But my schedule is interfering with it, in that I may miss a body part, and go too long before working it again. I found an extremely simple routine from Chad Waterbury. http://chadwaterbury.com/full-body-training-part-1/ I'm…
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Weeding out clothes, and the overweight American male
I removed 3/4 of my shirts, buttondown and polo, from my closet and drawers because they are too big. I've gone from XXL to XL and from 17 1/2 to 17 neck. In the XXL I look like I have about 3 hours to live. My tailor says she can alter my collared shirts by taking in the sides and arms for $28 each, but it's not worth it…
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How rigid are you/should you be with macros?
My goals are 50% fat, 35% protein, 15% carbs. No wheat or grains of any kind, but occasional potatoes. MFP give me a much higher sugar allotment than I actually get. Today, 12g out of an allotted 31g. And the sugar I do get is mostly from dairy. Edit: oops, I do usually hit my sugar allotment... I forgot about the small…
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Well, here comes me...
Dorothy: "Where do I start?" Glinda: "Well, it's always best to start at the beginning." About 13.467 billion years ago, a cloud of interstellar gas and dust... oh, ok not that far back in the beginning. :tongue: (I have a singular sense of humor that often gets me into trouble). I'm Jainarayan, an Italian-American guy,…
