I didn't look at her complete diary but I only noticed her eat that once in 4 days. I guess you're perfect? Quit fear mongering. Nothing wrong with foods of preference in moderation.

[quote=mummydee]If you are trying to lose weight, I would put your intake between 1200 - 1500 a day, If you eat more and it's good fruits and veggies etc. then no worries, but sponge cake with icing is not a good input for your body. Keep it healthy and the weight will drop off. [/quote] As long as she is getting vitamins from other sources, why is that spongecake not good?

CICO.

Whatever you want as long as you stay within your calorie goals.

[quote=Lizzygracemusic]SERIOUS... I'm out of this discussion, you are wrong, advise anyone reading this that they are wrong. Not "ALL" of ANYTHING is bad for you, but go ahead and eat all the butter you want HA. You will not do your body any good. Now, there is meat with stearic acic, and eating sensible amounts of foods rich in stearic acid, seems to be scientifically fine, but to say saturated fat is healthy is a very misleading statement! [/quote] A simple google search will prove you wrong. Quit with the myths. Sure, you can over do anything, but saturated fat is essential.

[quote=eKatherine]Eating industrial seed oils makes people fat. [/quote] Lol, wut.

Why exercise if you're just going to re eat the calories expended? Doesn't make any sense. There may be some benefit to having a day where you have a small surplus or maintenance for a week but don't make it an excuse to stop counting calories. You can easily set yourself back in a day or weekend of bingeing. The benefit may be more psychological than physical.

[quote=DangerGrainger]Dark chocolate is full of MUFAs; studies show eating a diet high in these healthy fats can rev your metabolism to burn fat and calories. It may also help by curbing cravings for salt, sweet, or fatty diet-wreckers. ......BOOM But make sure you keep it to a single serving, hence why I suggested the individual packs. [/quote] Lol, nah, no food can "rev" your metabolism. Now, there is a thing called the thermic effect of food. Macronutrients all need a different percentage of their own energy to be digested. If anything helps it would be protein as the TEF is about 25% much higher than fat and carbs. The differences would be neglible in a mixed diet though.

[quote=mrspackrat]Eating the bulk of your food in the evening, when your activity level is low, results in winding up with far more fuel than you body needs, and the surplus gets sent straight to your fat cells. [/quote] Mostly good advice, nice post. I have an issue with this though. While the second part of the paragraph is correct in that a surplus will create weight gain, the fact that your activity level is low has NOTHING to do with it. The first part of the sentence implies that calories when you're not active are processed differently.

[quote=eKatherine][quote=Diabl... at night, when I should DEFINITELY not be eating anything, [/quote] Myth. Time of day matters not.[/quote] Evening eating does matter. By then most people have already eaten the food they have scheduled in, and all calories beyond that point will be in excess. [/quote] You know exactly what she meant by it there, Kathy. I for one like to save a good amount of calories for before bed. I sleep like a baby.

[quote=Spacey47][quote=hope nelson]ok i will read the book thanx saraWD. and spacey47 if i had the book i wouldn't ask that question but no ur not crazy but maby a little rude. thanx anyways tho...[/quote] Tbh it was a pretty silly question Your considering something that will have a huge effect on your life and you can't be bothered to read the book! Or do some basic research Btw the only thing that will make this or any diet "work" is to maintain a calorie deficit Just saying [/quote] Quoted for truth. Knowing this fact will help you get ahead of the game from the get go. Use whichever diet will help you adhere to a calorie deficit. Some diets may set you up for failure, you must learn through trial and error.

I've seen this happen in me many times during my fat loss. I would stall weight wise but I would keep consistent because I knew the calorie deficit did not lie then over night one day I would drop 3+ lbs.

[quote=dingdong2]As of this week, I lost another 5 pounds. I'm now about 185lbs after being stuck at 190 for 3-4 weeks. None of my dieting/exercising routines have changed :-\ [/quote] "What’s going on? Back during my college days, one of my professors threw out the idea that after fat cells had been emptied of stored triglyceride, they would temporarily refill with water (glycerol attracts water, which might be part of the mechanism). So there would be no immediate change in size, body weight or appearance. Then, after some time frame, the water would get dropped, the fat cells would shrink. A weird way of looking at it might be that the fat loss suddenly becomes ‘apparent’. That is, the fat was emptied and burned off days or weeks ago but until the water is dropped, nothing appears to have happened." http://www.bodyrecomposition.c...

[quote=socias1]Especially at night, when I should DEFINITELY not be eating anything, [/quote] Myth. Time of day matters not.

[quote=juthompson] but I have been eating a small piece each day. This has to stop![/quote] Why? A small piece a day is nothing to fret over. Get a food scale and weigh it, if it is indeed small it cannot be more than 2-300 calories. Fit it in. Learn to moderate and avoid a binge.

[quote=DangerGrainger]because dark chocolate is good for wait loss. [/quote] This is false.

Ingria is so crazy, always has been. eKatherine, just because you let your weight get completely out of control, you're better than someone that knew better? This thread makes me smile. A quote from an up and coming fitness guru. "Being very involved with the fitness industry I find it disturbing how many people refer to their particular type of "food avoidance" diet as a "lifestyle". High carb vegan lifestyle... low carb lifestyle... Paleo lifestyle.... etc. Avoiding certain foods does not qualify as a lifestyle to my knowledge... although it may, under certain circumstances, qualify as a specific mental disorder called Orthorexia Nervosa."

Seriously, you're just going to give people an eating disorder with your advice. Othorexia nervosa. Wouldn't wish that on an enemy.

Certain foods are only unhealthy in large amounts. Even then they are only unhealthy because they are most likely stopping you from reaching your micronutrient goals. Someone sticking to a calorie goal is not eating a large amount of any food unless that is all they are eating which is dumb. A variety of foods is recommended. Common sense is your friend. If all I ate was celery or any other vegetable, that would be an unhealthy diet. How is a quarter pounder a day going to make me unhealthy given that I am still getting my vitamins and eating in moderation? Labeling foods as healthy and unhealthy is not productive. Labeling a diet as healthy and unhealthy is. Stop with the fear mongering. http://www.wannabebig.com/diet... I'll take Alan Aragon's advice over yours any day of the week.

I don't keep track of any macro, Fatsecret does it for me. I just decided to check since you said you eat loads of them.