#milkshake calories calculator

[unimportantweirdo]

do u think i should be worried about how little i eat

[star-ver]

my tips for restricting: notes from my intake log from october when i lost 10 lbs without trying:

1. aim for 0 calories, all the time, in any situation.

if this is going to be your absolute #1 goal, you need to think like it is. restriction and motivation need to be on your mind 24/7. this way you can never be caught off guard when tempted by food, or lose focus. i remember repeating "food is the enemy" in my head when i was about to get a snack.

2. keep your eating habits SIMPLE! do not complicate things. do not make decisions that depend on future you.

never say, "well, i'll still be under my limit" or "i'd have enough time to burn it off so might as well" because then you end up getting a ride instead of walking or being offered a snack and then suddenly you're completely off track and ready to lose control and binge.

3. make 1/3 of the food you eat "comfort food"

a decent part of the food i ate was some form of comfort food because my family are all fat americans. (i dont mean junk food, like cheeseburgers milkshakes poptarts etc) i think this helped me out because it gets rid of emotional hunger which is something i struggle with now. living off the stereotypical ana diet of almonds, black coffee, rice cakes, cucumber, cream cheese, dark chocolate and hardboiled eggs is only going to make you crave "bad" foods more. plus only eating cold foods makes you feel sad and bored. there's plenty of them, but my fav warm low cal comfort foods are:

campbells chunky chicken noodle soup (110 per cup, 220 per whole can) v filling and delicious, heat it up

bibigo (i think?) chicken and cilantro dumplings (i dont remember but theyre really low for dumplings)

4. weigh yourself every few days. don't get fixated on the number going down by specific increments, just make sure the general slope is downwards.

if you want to lose faster, restrict harder. getting fixated on numbers instead of eating habits is a great way to stop losing weight. i know it's exciting to calculate how much you'll lose eating 400 a day for a week but you are so much better off limiting your math to cal counting and unit conversion.

5. don't switch up your mindset!

only recently have i started losing my motivation often and switching between cal limits and diets and high res to low res. this leads me to binging and feeling out of control. i would recommend not dieting but always trying to get lower and lower "scores". don't worry about the abc diet or the get worse diet etc etc, just starve on your own and listen to your body (not too often though)

remember, discipline means sticking to what your plan says, not what your brain says!

[literaryfandomangel]

The Promise - Chapter Sixteen

*TW * indepth talk about ED in this chapter

We entered the diner, Marko and Paul behind me as if they were sentries, ensuring the Princess didn't bolt. I swallowed as I followed David and Dwayne to a table in the restaurant's corner. David sat down first, then Dwayne on the opposite side. I slid into the booth beside David, Marko following. Paul pouted but sat beside Dwayne

. 

David handed me a sticky menu. The four guys each took a menu to peruse while my hands trembled as I forced myself to open it. All I could see were photographs of food. Hamburgers, cheeseburgers, french fries, milkshakes, BLTs.

My brain revolted, screaming at me to get out of that diner. My stomach roiled at the thought of this food anywhere near my lips, even while my hunger lashed out, demanding to be fed. 

Look at all those calories. You were doing so good. Don't let them touch your lips. Don't let them turn you fat! My thoughts were wild with the fear of food and self-deprecating. I didn't know how I would get out of this mess. But my thoughts were stifled by the appearance of the waitress. 

"Drinks?" She snapped gum behind her red lips. "What drinks can I get for ya?"

"Water!" I blurted out, dropping the sticky menu. "I just want a water." 

The other guys got soda. It hurt them to witness their mate in such turmoil and distress. A different distress than that which occurred on the Boardwalk. They could protect their mate from unwelcome advances - but they couldn't protect their mate from their own mind. 

My enemy wasn't a tangible thing. It was a thought. A thought that bled into my actions. Telling me that the food was terrible. David attempted to push his abilities onto me, but it wouldn't work due to the intense fear flooding my body. Their abilities were dampened when it came to mates, but it was startling for it not to work. 

Dwayne reached across the table with his massive hand. He grasped my left hand within his, providing comfort. I was seconds away from devolving into a full-blown panic attack at the thought of eating. Especially once I had seen the menu and mentally calculated the calories of each item. 

"Look at me," Dwayne commanded, his voice as smooth and rich as velvet. Something about his tone had me turning and looking into Dwayne's honey-brown eyes. "Why are you panicking right now, princess?"

"Don't want -" I gasped, throat closing as I shook my head. I couldn't - wouldn't - articulate why I was spiraling in the middle of a diner. Especially not in front of guys that I hadn't known for a long time. Regardless of the safety they enveloped me in, nor the familiarity of their touch. Even my closest friends in Phoenix had no idea about how bad I was getting until I was put into the inpatient program. 

"Food?" Paul asked, voice soft and serious. I looked at the wild-maned blonde man to see his mischievous look replaced by concern. I nodded, feeling Markos' hand rubbing circles into my back as a form of comfort.

"Let's look at the menu, kitten," David suggested, but I shook my head, eyes widening. The waitress came over with the drinks, still snapping gum. 

"You want to order yet?" She demanded, tone sounding bored. 

"No," Marko's cherubic face darkened as he bared his teeth at the waitress. She stepped back, feeling her instincts want to flee at the barely concealed predator beneath the surface. 

"Give us a bit more time," Dwayne cooed at the waitress. She nodded, slinking back behind the counter. David's hand came behind my head, smacking Marko sharply. He yelped, but that dark look was gone. 

"What about scrambled eggs?" Marko suggested, looking through his menu as I staunchly refused to open mine. "Dry toast?"

I stared at Marko for a moment, dumbfounded. These four men were more understanding than my own father. They were taking the time to find items on the menu that wouldn't send me into a complete meltdown. My father had pushed me to eat things on the menu that he knew I wouldn't eat, but these four seamlessly work together. Marko knew not to push, Dwayne wanted to discover why my meltdown, Paul guessed the issue, and David was the rock. 

My heart ached as I realized I wouldn't be pushed into eating. Or at least pushed into ordering something that I would never eat. My body relaxed, and my breathing slowed as I registered the situation around me. 

"Oh," I whispered, emotionally drained from that panic attack. I mentally calculated the amount of calories in the suggested meal. After a quick and estimated deduction, I decided it was the safest option. I nodded, telling Marko that would be fine. 

Paul snapped his fingers for the waitress. When she finally came over, the guys acted like she didn't exist. David ordered a cheeseburger and then placed my straightforward order. I smiled, happy that he had taken charge of the order. That would have made me self-conscious. The other three guys all ordered - Marko chose Belgian waffles. Paul got an American Breakfast with blueberry pancakes and a chocolate milkshake. Dwayne chose the Turkey Club. 

Listening to their orders made me realize how much those meals embodied the four men. Marko was sweet - cherubic and mischievous. But he had a dark side. Paul was both sweet and manly but liked to be childish and goofy. Dwayne was such a classical guy - turkey club on rye. And then David was the typical male specimen ordering a cheeseburger. The waitress huffed, marching to the kitchens for the food. 

"Do you think," I cut myself off mid-sentence, twiddling my thumbs. 

"Think what, love?" Paul asked, encouraging me to speak. All four men loved the cadence of their mate's voices and hoped to motivate me to speak more often. I was already talking more than I had before moving to Santa Carla. 

"Think she'll spit in the food?" I worried. The table erupted into amused laughter at my innocent question. I just blinked at them. It was a legitimate question. She really hated the five of us at this table. For what reason, I'm sure it had to do with the four guys. 

“Nah, mia cara,” Marko winked, wrapping his arm around my shoulder. His hand played with a lock of auburn hair hanging by my collarbone. “She wouldn’t dare.”

“But she seems to hate you all?” I questioned, sounding small as I asked that question. I wondered if they would think that I was jealous of that waitress. 

In that moment I caught a glimpse of why others seemed afraid of the group. There was something predatory, glinting in their eyes. My heart started to beat a little faster, a natural human response, but I wasn’t scared of them. They had been nothing but gentle with me. I could understand that these four men were rough around the edges - the punks of the Boardwalk - but they were total sweethearts while I was their focus. I can’t deny that their protectiveness made me feel loved, cherished. 

I listened while Paul went on a tangent about how the waitress thought she had a chance with David. A pang of something, jealousy no doubt, erupted in my heart, but I realized that she never had a chance with David. Therefore, I had nothing to be jealous about. David and the other three were pouring their attention into me, not other girls. Once Paul had finished his story, they started talking amongst themselves. 

I was content to just listen to their conversation about nothing. Feeling bold, I leaned against Marko’s side, soaking up his warmth. I looked up, seeing his golden locks, curling in the light. I was fascinated with Marko’s hair because my own hair wouldn’t hold a curl. It would take an entire bottle of Aquanet and mousse to keep my hair curly. Then I would be a hazard the second anyone lit a cigarette, spontaneously combusting due to the chemicals sprayed on my hair. 

I reached up and grasped a lock of his curly hair. I moved it every which way, entranced by the way it appeared to be liquid gold under the light. It was truly mesmerizing with the shimmer running through the curls. Marko’s hair was long, almost to his midback. The length of Marko’s hair rivaled my own auburn hair. 

I could feel the coils in his hair where a natural curl would begin when I held the strands straight. It was so foreign to realize that this was all natural. He didn’t curl it or perm it. I imagined that the back was brushed regularly since the curls were lighter in his longer hair. Directly on top of Marko’s head the curls were dense and tightly wound. Marko had felt my ministrations, starting to lightly purr at the feeling of my fingers in his hair. It wasn’t audible to my human ears, but the other three supernatural creatures could hear their brother purring for their human mate. 

“Orders!” The waitress said brusquely. I let my fingers slip from Marko’s hair, missing the pout on his face at the loss of feeling. The waitress plopped the plates of our food down, almost throwing them in her haste to retreat. The four guys began to dig into their food, but I just stared down at the stuff on my own plate. 

Slowly I unrolled the silverware. Then I began to cut the eggs into tiny pieces, before abandoning the idea of eating any of them as the grease shone under the light. I picked at the dry toast, putting mere crumbs into my mouth. The guys surreptitiously watched my habits, studying the way their mate ate. 

They noticed how I spent more time playing with my food. How I could make it appear as if I were actually eating more food than went into my mouth. They smirked, enjoying the manipulation tactics employed by their mate. They could only imagine how their mate’s manipulation tactics would aid in her undead life. But this display only made them concerned, since the four men realized that they might lose their human to this mental disease. 

“You want some strawberries, kitten?” David decided to try to cajole me into eating some more food. He slid the bowl of cut strawberries towards me. I nodded, feeling that strawberries were safe. I chewed each slice slowly and thoroughly, washing it down with a gulp of water. By the time that I was finished with my meal, I had probably eaten about half a slice of toast and half of the strawberries. 

When Paul got up to pay the bill, I asked if he could grab a cup of coffee, black, to-go. He nodded with a wink, before disappearing towards the counter where the waitress sighed. About five minutes later, Paul returned, holding a to-go cup of coffee in his hand. 

“Ready?” David drawled, in no rush to leave. He was eyeing the mostly full plate of food that was left in my wake. I nodded, smiling brightly as I took the cup of coffee from Paul. 

Chapter Seventeen

[lilcowzia]

Do you have any tips on what kind of food to stuff yourself with on a budget? I want to get bigger, but I have a hard time balancing price/ volume

yeah uh, don't do what i do lmao food delivery like doordash is so expensive its nuts. the easiest way to do this at restaurants is just to calculate calories to price outright, i only sort of estimate this quickly at fast food places when im deciding on items. adding milkshakes is a good boost. for grocery shopping you're basically gonna want rice, pasta, and potatoes for your meal bases, pasta is the best for stuffing imo. the price of basically everything is really high rn, but imo junk food has kind of been hit the worst. my reccomendation would be bulk stores like costco for those kinds of things. oh, and peanut butter! PB is suchhhh a good calorie food and PB&J sandwiches are mega underrated. my recommendation generally tho is to eat what you enjoy, and add calorie bombs like heavy cream and butter into your cooking. you are definitely gonna get most bang for your buck with pasta based homemade meals imo. there are sooo many recipies out there. also if the goal is gaining weight you are also gonna wanna get your snack on, in addition to stuffings (im kind of terrible at this lmao but yanno)

my whole thing is like, if the food tastes good you're gonna eat more of it, so always keep in mind your favs and preferences, keep hedonism in ur heart uwu

[chubbybellygains]

Jonathan, who had always prided himself on his self-discipline and healthy lifestyle, was now embarking on a dangerous experiment. He decided to let himself go and indulge in the pleasures of food without restraint. His curiosity drove him to experience the sensation of carrying a few extra pounds, just to see if he liked it. He even calculated the number of calories he needed to start gaining weight.

Jonathan found himself in his car, on his way to not just one, but two different places for lunch. His first stop was Chick-fil-A, where he ordered a generous portion of nuggets, accompanied by a large side of crispy fries, a large milkshake, and a cookie. This amount of food surpassed his typical intake.

Although his stomach began to protest against the onslaught of food, Jonathan couldn't bring himself to stop. He felt there was still some room left to indulge.

With his belly already bulging, Jonathan didn't hesitate to continue his experiment. He wanted to keep his intentions hidden, so he drove to another restaurant, this time choosing McDonald's. He ordered three small cheeseburgers, more than enough for a single person, along with a large basket of fries, two apple pies, and, after finishing his first coke, he ordered another one. He felt excitement building up as he watched the food being handed to him.

Jonathan relished in the sensation of every extra pound wrapping around his body, feeling his clothes grow tighter with each passing moment. The simple act of filling his belly brought him an unparalleled pleasure, one that he found addictive.

As he sat down to eat, the expanding waistline became impossible to ignore. Jonathan could feel the weight settling in on his hips and thighs with each bite. However, despite the discomfort and the knowledge that he was becoming a prisoner of his own indulgence, he couldn't care less. In fact, he reveled in it.

The taste of the food, even if it wasn't of the highest quality, was heavenly to him. The act of stuffing himself made it all worthwhile. He savored every bite, enjoying the way the food slid down his throat and settled heavily in his already overstuffed stomach. The pleasure he derived from his gluttony surpassed any previous satisfaction he had known.

Jonathan was fully aware of the consequences that awaited him. He knew he would struggle to lose the weight he was intentionally gaining, and his newfound habits would be difficult to break. Yet, the allure of an expanding, indulgent body enticed him too much to resist. The thought of delving deeper into this world of excess held an irresistible power over him.

As he finished his second meal, Jonathan glanced down at his bulging belly, pushing against the constraints of his straining waistband. He knew that soon he would have to confront the reality of his choices, but for now, he surrendered himself to the euphoria of his gluttonous endeavors.

Though he initially planned to gain "just a little weight" to satisfy his curiosity, the journey he embarked upon had become an insidious trap. With his newfound habit, he wouldn't be able to stop even if he wanted to. This was only the beginning for Jonathan. He found himself trapped in a relentless cycle, unable to resist his compulsive desire for food. He was both unable to shed the weight and unable to prevent himself from adding more. Nonetheless, he felt satisfied with his current state as he drove home, heavier than ever before.

[ms-demeanor]

Okay so hi hello i am a very normal person calorie talk happening ahead warning

I broke down the meals for the sample daily diet in this handout that Abra Pappa shared with a seminar in 2013 and it's absolutely some clean keto saturated fat truther bullshit. (there are some rounding errors in my calculations there, but nothing extreme; the extreme numbers come from the "snack")

Breakfast, lunch, and dinner aren't too nuts until you realize that 40% of your daily calories are supposed to come from the "snack" mint chocolate shake and 60% of *those* calories are from half a can of coconut milk, which is what really really really fucks with the recommended allowance of saturated fat.

Like, if you take out that milkshake it's your bog standard VLCD "meals of the stars" "could barely support the nutritional needs of a 10-year-old" diet but you're throwing in 8 ounces of chocolate mint flavored coconut and banana as a meal replacement shake.

It wouldn't be anywhere near as ludicrously bad for you if it was a cup of cow's milk or a cup of almond milk or a cup of soy milk, but it's coconut milk because she thinks (or at least thought and was paid to tell people) that the saturated fat in coconuts is much better for you than other kinds of fats and can't cause problems for you because it's special and good.

And you know what, one day of having a huge spike in your saturated fat isn't a huge deal. The problem is if it's supposed to be daily.

I mean, I guess I also think the problem is that this doesn't look like a diet that is likely to lead to a great deal of satiety; I think breakfast is probably pretty solid but would be better with a lot more carbs, but lunch seems like it would be *filling* while not *satisfying* and dinner just frankly seems like it would not be enough to satisfy people (THAT could actually use some more fat and some carbs; the handout has an optional recipe for baked sweet potato fries with a mayonnaise dipping sauce - if you added that to dinner it might actually be a pretty solid dinner that would ensure that you wouldn't feel hungry afterwards).

Your body likes carbohydrates. Carbohydrates give you quick energy. Your body likes fat. Fat helps you to store energy and helps you to feel full. Your body likes protein. Protein helps to rebuild your muscles and helps you to feel full.

Saturated fat (fat that is solid at room temperature, like butter and vegetable shortening) is linked to high cholesterol, which is in turn linked to heart disease. The amount of fat or saturated fat that you eat is not going to have a 1:1 impact on your heart health and that is going to be significantly different based on each person's genetic propensity for heart disease, but generally speaking it is best to eat as little saturated fat as you can while maintaining a nutritionally complete and satisfying diet. What you should *not* do is regularly drink half a can of coconut milk as an afternoon snack holy shit.

Also your body likes carbs. Your body likes carbs. This sample diet isn't the worst I've ever seen, but generally speaking you want most of your daily calories to come from carbs with the remainder being fats and proteins; you'll often see this broken down as 60% carbs 20% protein 20% fat. If you consume too few carbohydrates, you will likely have issues with feeling tired or having low energy because your body will need to make more of an effort to get energy from fat and protein. This *can* cause fat loss over time, but that loss will not be sustained unless you can sustain that type of diet, which the vast majority of people are not capable of doing long term because it makes you kind of feel like shit, might spike your cholesterol, and makes it difficult to engage in social rituals around food.

So yeah I don't want to go look at the modern Abra's Kitchen website and look at her recipes because I feel like if you were getting paid as a professional to recommend diets to people in 2013, before you had any kind of nutrition certification, and you were pulling *this* bullshit, maybe nobody should listen to you.

Hi! My employer's workplace wellness program was recently revamped, and I'm trying to assess whether it's slid into the nonsense side of wellness-world. Specifically, there's a webinar being offered by a guy named Abra Pappa on using an "anti-inflammatory diet" to "battle against chronic diseases… including heart disease, diabetes, arthritis, and even certain cancers." This sounds… sketchy to me, but I know you have both expertise in nutrition and a strong bullshit detector, so wanted to ask what you make of it.

Okay long story short never trust anyone who got their degree from a university that started off as a school for chiropractors.

Abra Pappa got her MS in Functional Medicine and Human Nutrition after getting a BA in Theater; I checked the requirements for that degree and the school's whole catalogue is throwing red flags but what's throwing the most red flags for me is that if I wanted to get a degree in nutrition from an ACEND accredited program I'd need to take a hell of a lot more than one bio class, one anatomy OR one physiology class, one medical terminology class, one nutrition class, and one biochemistry class in order to get into a master's program.

It's funny because she went from a BA in theater arts to an MS in Functional Nutrition and Human Nutrition and I've been trying to go from a BA in Theater Arts to an MS in nutrition and *aside* from the whole private school costs thing one of the major barriers is that I'd basically need to re-do all of my undergrad to get in a lot of chemistry, some calculus, and MANY nutrition classes before I qualified for a Master's program. But based on the program she took I'm only one medical terminology and one biochemistry class away from a Master's program instead of more like ten to fifteen classes (primarily in nutrition, chemistry, and physiology) away.

Anyway she says she's a Licensed Dietician Nutritionist. There are some states that allow LDN certification, New York is one of those states. *BUT* to be an LDN in New York you have to

Complete a program in dietetics-nutrition that culminates in a bachelor’s degree that qualifies for certification in dietetics-nutrition or has been accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Dietetics Education (CADE).[Note: CADE is now ACEND] The program must include at least 45 semester hours of coursework in dietetics/nutrition and must include at least 20 semester hours of coursework in the area of human biological sciences and social and behavioral sciences

Pappa went to the University of Western States in Oregon, and the only ACEND accredited school in Oregon is at OSU, so if she's an LDN it's from someplace that isn't New York, where she lives and works.

She also claims to be a CNS, a Certified Nutrition Specialist, but in order to qualify for THAT you need to have an MS with some pretty rigorous coursework

And this is what the school required for her MS program:

And given that she didn't have a science degree for undergrad it seems pretty likely that she wasn't doing anything close to what an undergrad nutrition program looks like:

For the record, here are the MS requirements for an MS in nutrition with a health and wellness emphasis at that same school:

In order to get accepted to the MS in nutrition program in that school you either need to have a BS in nutrition or a BS in biology or chemistry and take all the undergrad level nutrition requirements ON TOP OF that BS.

I don't think that a theater degree and an MS from a woo-y correspondence school really count, even if you do pay $45k for your diploma.

If you go look at the requirements for any ACEND accredited school and compare them to the MS program from University of Western States it leaves UWS looking pretty shitty in comparison. Like, nowhere in her requirements is there a statistics class! Stats is required even for an associate transfer certificate in nutrition! EVEN AT THE 2-YEAR LEVEL FOR REAL NUTRITION DEGREES YOU HAVE TO DO STATS AND SHE DIDN'T HAVE TO TAKE A SINGLE STATS CLASS FOR HER MS. You will note that the cal poly MS program has one entire MS-Level class on vitamin metabolism and one entire MS-Level class on mineral metabolism for any of the three MS in Nutrition emphasis courses; her school required neither.

This shit makes me want to climb the walls.

I'm just going to start calling myself a nutritionist. California will let anyone call themselves a nutritionist, there are absolutely zero protections on that term and I can get myself a piece of paper for like three hundred dollars from a diploma mill that has some kind of bullshit accreditation.

Here are the programmatic accreditations her school has:

Compare with the Cal Poly programmatic accreditations (I cite cal poly a bunch because it was the program I was hoping to get into eventually so I researched it the most; that's where I got my BA, go broncos):

Note that the website for her school is listed with the department of education as wschiro.com because it was called Western States Chiropractic College until 2010.

Every time i dig into something like this it makes me want to stare into space for hours. No wonder college students are getting fucked on their loans and going to bullshit schools. No wonder everything is a scam these days. People bitch about credentialism but you know what maybe this lady is a CNS; sure, for some people that requires passing board certification tests, getting 1000 hours of clinical supervision, and becoming a Nurse Practitioner with real actual nutrition study from a solid program, but for other people it requires zero understanding of statistics, a theater degree, and three *whole* units of anatomy. Maybe she clears the bar on that one! She doesn't have the qualifications for an LDN in New York, she's not an RDN because she sure as fuck didn't take the classes required for a *VERY SERIOUSLY* protected title, but maybe you can be a CNS with an online diploma from the western states chiropractic college.

I fucking hate everything.

You know the whole reason I wanted to get a degree in nutrition was to yell about shit like this online, but fuck it. Fuck it, I'm a nutrition-isht because i live in california and I can say I am and who's going to check? Who's going to look up whether I took classes in public health or anatomy or the metabolism of micronutrients before they hire me to do corporate seminars on healing your relationship to food? I am legally allowed to do that so I might as well, right? If all I have to do is be charismatic and convincing I'm pretty sure I've got that down, actually, so who's going to check?

Nobody! Nobody is going to check and everything is a scam and I hate everything.

ANYWAY

The relationship between nutrition and inflammation and the relationship between chronic disease and inflammation are two different, complicated things that are difficult to point at and say definitively what the connections are.

I am of the opinion that any time you're getting deep into things like an anti-inflammatory, ketogenic, or PH-Balancing diet without a specific condition that calls for the avoidance of certain foods for very clearly scientifically reported reasons, you're dealing with a woo-woo biohacker who's looking to sell a diet plan.

The thing about nutrition science is that it seems like for most people the "answers" are pretty basic: eat enough food, get enough macro and micronutrients, eat a variety of food, avoid processed meats, try to eat more fruits and vegetables, get enough water, and stay as active as possible NOT for weight loss reasons but for metabolic health and joint/muscle maintenance. It's really, really, hard to sell that though, which is how you get people like Abra Pappa in 2013 writing out this bugfuck "Food and mood" handout with a midday snack that is so bonkers in the way the calories are distributed that I'm sitting down and doing math about it (it looks like about a third of the calories that day are supposed to come from the mid afternoon spinach, mint, cocoa nib, and coconut milk smoothie which is, as I said, bugfuck nuts).

It's hard to sell "please eat more fruits and vegetables, which is difficult because actually most places don't grow enough vegetables for the population's nutrition needs and it's cheaper to eat grains and industrially produced meat than it is to eat five cups of vegetables that you need to prepare daily and also maybe skip the bacon" but it's much easier to sell "five anti-inflammatory superfood milkshakes that will fill your belly and fight cancer" because it's packaging nutrition as a product and not as a massive systemic issue that happens to have very specific requirements for a large number of individuals who *do* happen to have disorders that are based on nutrition and inflammation (celiac disease! I've got one of them! Eating the wrong foods definitely causes inflammation in my body as the result of an autoimmune disorder! but that doesn't mean that the things that are inflammatory for me are inflammatory for everyone!)

Anyway I think like about 97% of workplace wellness programs are largely bullshit based, or at least import bullshit a lot of the time, and nutrition is a science that has, just, so much bullshit in and around it.

So I would take anything they say with a grain of salt, and hopefully less than 255% of your RDV of saturated fat (seriously that meal plan is ludicrous).

Side note: there is a subset of nutrition people who looked at the way that we got fat wrong in the 80s and flipped it and reversed it and went "actually you can have as much fat of any kind that you want as long as it is natural and you will have no issues" and this is how you end up with people on 100% natural clean keto diets who have cholesterol levels over 600. Abra Pappa recommends "clean/natural" eating and has taken continuing education on keto and has a recipe for a single-serving smoothie that calls for 8oz of coconut milk I think she's very much in the "'good' fat truther" camp (or at least she was in 2013 which is maybe why New York has a requirement for people to have some kind of nutrition certification for giving out nutrition advice and maybe she should have done that because she didn't even go to her bullshit "grad school" until 2017).

(We DID get fat wrong in the 80s and total avoidance of all fats is bad for you and there are 'good' fats that you should eat and everybody needs to eat some level of fat for proper nutrient absorption but even if you're only getting fat from nuts and avocados that's not going to prevent your arteries from forming plaques if you're having nearly triple the recommended daily value of saturated fat as part of your afternoon snack)

[fitnesspizzainmydiet]

Discipline over Motivation

Since I have started my fitness journey two years ago, one of the most common questions I get is “How in the world do you stay motivated?”

The truth is, I’m usually not “motivated” to pull out my kitchen scale and weigh every single bite I put on my plate.

I don’t usually want to pull out my phone at the dinner table at Applebee’s on a Friday night when I’m supposed to be enjoying my “girl’s night” to calculate how many calories I can afford to consume,

I don’t want to run to the gym at 9pm on a Monday night because I work from 7am-4pm and have class from 6pm-8:40pm and have no other time during the day to get my workout in.

But over the years, I’ve built up my discipline to the point where I do it, even and especially when I don’t want to.

Why?

Because I learned that discipline = results which = motivation.

So many people are searching for this “motivation” because they think that’s what’s going to deliver results but what happens when you’re not motivated? You sit on the couch, binge watching Netflix for hours, “snacking” here and there, not tracking your meals so you over consume calories, and the next day you feel like crap. Then, because you already feel like you messed up the day before, you say F it and promise you’ll get back on track on Monday. You eat like crap all weekend because you know once Monday comes, it’s time to get strict with your diet again.

Then Monday comes around and the scale is up by 3-5lbs and you feel even worse because you’ve “ruined all your progress”.

All because you weren’t “motivated” to get yourself to the gym on Thursday night.

I once read a quote that truly changed my perspective. It said “if you want something you’ve never had, you have to do something you’ve never done.”

I know it sounds so cliché and obvious, but sometimes that’s what we need.

You can’t keep going out drinking every Friday night, ending up at the diner at 3a.m with an order of disco fries and a chocolate milkshake and then waking up and going to the gym Saturday morning expecting results by Monday morning.

The trick is to stay 80% consistent (I say 80% because it still gives you flexibility to enjoy things in moderation) and the results will speak for themselves. Once you begin seeing results, I promise you won’t be searching for motivation!

Rome wasn’t built in day, and your dream body won’t be either.

Have patience, stay consistent, track your progress, and enjoy the journey.

[satinofsundays]

Perfect meal plan for a quick weight loss

Not sustainable, but ok for 3-5 weeks.

I have been highly busy with weight loss and I just made the perfect meal plan for a single day, which is sooo good I can easily eat it for the entire week.    Well at least when it comes to taste and that yummy feel. I have still to calculate the fats, protein and carbs!

I am posting it here for future pleasure because I am so glad when I scroll through my posts and find meals that I remembered that I loved (I only post meals that are so good wish I could bathe in them). Usually I have forgotten the meals when I find them because I try new meals and so on, so I am very excited to see them again.

First! I have spent a good five years tweaking the way that I eat. If you are a daily pizza person and loves bearnaise +++ It will be like going cold turkey to eat like this. Changing your eating habits takes time! In a few days I have spent one year on Bright Line Eating, but I still have had so many meals with sugar and flour during the year. But now, one year after, I eat less sugar and flour. And I can more easily go a month without having any, and without wanting some. So... Patience.

The plan:

The kcal is calculated from what I use and ofc not a global count.

Breakfast | Banana peanut butter rice cakes. Better than candy! 2 oz homemade peanut butter ( I used “Peanøtter” from Eldorado with a little oil) Remember that future me? Homemade tasted soooooo goooood! 1 oz rice cakes ( I used “First Price Riskaker med salt”) 2,5 oz banana Half this amount if I am not working out or being active this day. 538 kcal / 269 kcal 

Lunch | Overnight oats and chia pudding Don’t be greedy on the fruit. Every Youtube video with That girl, that woman, what I eat in a day and so on all use so little fruit. The pudding gets yucky yuck.  1 oz oats 0,5 oz chia 6 oz milk 3 drops vanilla extract 6 oz fruit (I like best to have just banana) a pinch of cinnamon 367 kcal Make the pudding the night before (make a batch with 2-3 portions/days forward in one container) and add the fruit when I am having some. 

Shay Mitchells Protein shake OMG. Some days this shake is the only thing that get’s me to the gym. Not kidding! It tastes like a milkshake, and I want milkshake. Btw. I can do the same shake without the protein powder as well. 

33 g Protein Powder (I use the Belgian chocolate from Protein.no. So good!) 60 g Banana 20 g Peanut butter (Regular or homemade) 10 g Spinach 300 g Milk (I use skimmed milk) Cut this if I am not working out or being active this day. 397 kcal / 0 kcal

Dinner | Hummus and couscous Just like that. 2 oz couscous 2 oz hummus Add some onion if you want, maybe some garlic. 568 kcal

The hummus recipe: https://www.matprat.no/oppskrifter/gjester/hummus/ 

I will share the English version soon.

This all adds up to about 1200 kcal if you are working out or not. 1200 is a low calorie diet that is recommended by a Norwegian doctor for people to get a power start on their weight loss. It is important to recognize that he is recommending this amount of calories for only 5 weeks. And on these 5 weeks people can drop 10 kilos/22 pounds, but this obviously depends on how heavy they are from the start. He is talking about people with morbid obesity. If I am lighter, I might not loose as much.

The doctors diet consist of meals I can’t eat because they have some sugar and flour in them, so I am making my own plan.

And since this is a public platform, I would like to share that I am 170 cm tall and I weigh 86 kilos. So I am NOT loosing weight towards underweight, but normal weight. I just got out of morbid obesity, which is when I weigh 87 kilos.

And a little tip! When I was in my normal weight, I was always chasing how to be thinner. I believe that my obsession on becoming thinner is what made me heavier. You have to relax about your weight, and keep a healthy relationship towards it, because it is then easier to forget about it and to not mess things up for yourself. You should not weigh yourself every day, but rather once a month if you have the same obsessions as me. If you do that you have plenty of time to tweak your weight if it gets out of balance. 

I used to check up on my weight everyday, but when I was happy and satisfied with my life, I had not learned this and just never checked up on it. I gained 24 kilos in just 6 months! Thinking back, I should have checked it every 1th of the month and made adjustments earlier on. It took me only 6 months to gain the weight and now it has taken me 6 years to loose 12 of them. And I was INSANE when it came to my weight. Everyday obsession. How could this happen, right? But with this experience I can tell you it is so much harder to actually be heavy and loose the weight, than it is to be thin and try to be thinner. So for heavens sake, get a healthy relationship with your weight before it blows up in your face.

March 10th - 2023

[c4ndl3s-4nd-m1s3ry]

Sooo I didn’t really stick to my diet however i’m gonna make a list of my fear foods so here we go

Bread (in general)

Milkshakes

Granola bars

Milk

Steak

Fried chicken

Fried food in general

French fries

Burgers

Butter

Ranch

Sauce (in general)

Popcorn (hard to calculate cals)

Pasta or noodles

Multiple plates needed

Sweet tea

Non-diet soda

Unknown calories

Alcohol

Extra sugar

Bacon ☹️

Sausage ☹️

Waffles

Pancakes

Baked goods in a general

Specifically cake

Fudge

Cheese (I love cheese sm so it’s easy to binge on)

Ice cream

Cream/creamer/heavy whipping cream

Basically every food ever is a fear food for me because it’s food and food makes me gain weight and binge

[yikesharringrove]

Maybe one where Steve or Billy have an eating disorder? (I can kinda see more of Steve being the one with problems but Billy too, could have struggles with having to look "perfect")

tw for eating disorder (orthorexia), body image issues, fatphobia, and Neil being the fucking worst.

um, this is an idea I had a little while ago I thought would be interesting

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Billy was a chubby kid.

He never grew out of his baby fat, really just put on more as he went through puberty.

His dad fucking hated it.

He would pinch at Billy’s tummy, squeeze his soft rolls until it hurt, call him fat shit and lard ass and ugly pig.

He put Billy into sports as soon as he possibly could. Made him go on runs around the neighborhood.

He would restrict what Billy was allowed to eat, would make comments when Billy helped himself to another serving of whatever dinner was that night.

So it’s really not Billy’s fault he’s ended up here.

With his toes tucked under his nightstand to hold his feet down. Doing his daily core routine.

One hundred crunches, one hundred sit-ups. He’ll hold a plank for four minutes after this. Move on to his daily push-ups. Two hundred of them.

It’s the only way he can keep the weight off.

Keep the fat off.

He needs to be this way. Hulked up.

He can’t live as his natural body wants. To be covered in a layer of blubber. And he can’t be scrawny, he thinks his dad would hate that even more than him being fat.

So he did this. Woke up each morning at five to work out. Only ate lean meats and protein. Spent hours and hours going on exhausting jogs. Worked out after school until he collapsed.

He built up muscle, and he guesses being huge was fine when he looked like this.

There’s barely any fat on him. He’s all bulky muscle.

The perfect body type.

He’s enviable. He’s desirable. He’s everything he wanted to be when he was young and soft.

But he’s miserable.

He spends so much fucking time on himself. Constantly counting the calories in his food, squinting at nutrition labels to see if he can even eat it, or if there’s any trace of the shit he refuses to put in his body. Fats, carbohydrates, sodium.

And fuck, he just want’s to eat.

To laze around Steve’s house and pig out on the holy grail of junk food that’s stocked in his walk-in pantry. To rip through a case of beer with him without calculating how many miles he’ll have to run tomorrow to work off all the calories. To do some dumb shit like share fries and a milkshake at the diner with him.

But he can’t let himself.

Can’t let his body breathe for even one second.

He has to be this.

He has to be perfect.

[cemeteryrocks900]

Lunch (top left): I did another challenge of mine which I’ve already done with the pasta, but I made a double serving for me and my boyfriend (there was definitely something missing but we couldn’t figure it out) but I’ll give what it is but the measurements are too confusing

Ground beef

Broccoli

Home fries

White rice

Snack!! A smoothie bowlll!! I started getting worried at this point because I’ve been out eating my boyfriend all day and it makes me sad bc I wish he would eat more:( here’s the bowl deets

1.5 cups ish of quartered frozen strawberries

1.5 frozen bananas

2 chunks (literally 2) frozen pineapple

About 1/2 cup of orange juice

Dinner:( we went to a hotdog place and I hate going out bc I had my food planned and my mom didn’t want it and we were out seeing my grandma to help chop ice out of the way

1 hot dog, light ketchup

Almost all the onion rings😓

A good amount of fries

Ugh I feel so gross about this still

Night snack!!! Strawberry milkshake (fear food!!!)

I’ve always told myself I don’t deserve a milkshake (1 I’m allergic 2,it’ll make me sick 3,so so high in calories) and I still feel horribly disgusted in myself and guilty about this

I don’t even want to try to calculate the calories for today I’ll probably give myself a heart attack

My stomach is bloated by 5.5 inches, omg do I look so pregnant, I would show you guys but I’m a minor and I feel like that would be b0dy ch3ck1ng

Idk you guys lmk bc I’m comfortable, because I know it’s only normal and I want it to be normalized but idk

I feel so so so gross today, my grandma also said to me “someone’s hungry huh?” Because I was trying to finish the food bc I didn’t want anything to go to waste and I had to make up for not eating at home, so that made me sad bc she knows I have trouble eating

I feel really guilty and fat and so bad about myself, I’m having a bad day with my body but I’m glad I got to see my boyfriend today, but ughhh the day went by SO FAST

I feel like I have no time In the day for anything

My boyfriend helped me with my math midterm that I get to take from home, I got 3/4 of the whole thing done so I’m going to post a to do list after this

But I gotta get ready for bed first

Hope everyone is doing good today, ik I’m posting very late!

[crazy-fangirl2524]

Kevin X Food headcanon

Since someone requested this so here goes nothing ((yall can request any hc I’ll gladly write them))

Everyone knows Kevin is a diet freak, he only eats healthy food and calculates calories like his life depends on it

which was true since he is forced to eat heathly in the nest and if he even thinks about anything with sugar oh boy there’s this scar at the corner of his lips from a slap because he wanted to get an ice cream

The others rarely see Kevin eat anything unhealthy because yes even though he do sometimes eat ice cream if nicky’s buying it and when they go Waffle House he might order waffles like once in a blue moon.

But the concept of eating healthy was so drilled in him since he can remember that he can’t fathom eating snacks for no reason so he can’t understand Andrew’s high sugar intake and the others eating snacks casually like ???

But one hangover morning, Andrew and Neil are gone, Nicky and Aaron are still sleeping, and Kevin is starving and there’s no food except some snacks he knows are hidden by Andrew

Looking at the stack of snacks he feels his lungs tightening and he can almost hear a harsh voice speaking in Japanese.

His head splitting headache and nauseous stomach doesn’t help at all

He begins wielding the pros and cons of eating snacks for breakfast: if he doesn’t eat anything it might wreck his stomach and snacks can’t be that bad since his teammates eat it all the time and nothing is wrong? If he eats it, so what? No one will hit him and it’s not like one morning of snacks will ruin his ability to play, he will just work out extra hard this week and eat even more healthy

His stomach growling is the last straw and he closes his eyes and grabs a snack, it’s Oreos.

He is tempted to look at the nutrition facts but he knows it will just make the voices louder, the sound of wrappers opening sound like a whip on skin and Kevin flinches

I can’t let them control my life anger courses through his veins replacing the fear, fuck riko fuck Tetsuji fuck the ravens, he can eat whatever he wants.

Angrily he bites into the Oreo and he is taken back by the flavour that had exploded in his mouth.

He eats one, then another, and another, until he had finished all the Oreos.

He feels triumph for a second, then horror strikes him and he rushes to the bathroom, retching and heaving into the toilet, he can feel phantom hands tightening his throat, voices growling in Japanese

The whole month he goes to the gym everyday and doesn’t even look at anything that’s not nutritious

Just as he begins to forget the incident, the team goes to waffle house and Matt orders an Oreo milkshake and Kevin tries so hard to not look but he can still taste the Oreos a month ago and he doesn’t even realised how much he is craving it and Matt notices and wordlessly passes his milkshake to him

Kevin is flabbergasted and is like no, by now the team begins to notice and Nicky is about to say something but one look from Andrew and Neil he shuts up

With everyone looking at him Kevin can only give up and takes a sip, then another, and another, until there is only half left.

Kevin looks up, guilt and embarrassment written all over his face, but the genuine smiles on his teammates face makes him relax just the slightest

No one comment on it, but during movie nights, when Nicky passes him the Oreos, Kevin takes them without protesting and nibbles on one quietly

Everyone exchange a smile and if there is more Oreos lying around from then, then it’s not like Kevin cares or notices

[chiveburger]

for years and years there has always been misconceptions on how kim jongkook maintains his body or why he’s so “crazy” over exercise? and those are all fallacies and labels that programs PURPOSELY impose on him because of his physique. they created this memorable role for him which is being muscular, being strong, being sparta like all those masculine features that he plays along with because that’s what sells in a field where everyone tries to stand out. but jongkook isn’t even like that. he’s not as restrictive as people think, and he’s not some meticulous freak calculating every single nutrient and calorie and working his body to the bone to stay muscular. I’ve talked about this, but jongkook literally spoke out about his scoliosis and how keeping in shape and building the muscles surrounding his spine is what HELPS mitigate the pain. people are so quick to judge this guy as some gym freak when he’s been busting his balls since he was in his 20s. he works stupid hard, and the advice he gives when it comes to weight loss and exercise are all realistic and healthy. he’s not forcing others to drink chicken breast milkshakes or saying that the goal of weight loss is just to starve yourself. he has NEVER once said that, and he doesn’t support the idea of dieting if you’re doing it for short term either. he tells people what goals are realistic and what aren’t, and how it’s important to adjust the food you eat in sustainable ways that can last your whole life. people think this man eats a selected handful of protein and works out for 24 hours when those were all exaggerated images used in the media... yes, he might be more consistent with his exercising but technically we all should be, and for him who has done it for decades it’s part of his life and he’s made habits that are lasting and suitable for him and his conditions. people never stop to think about that when they point fingers at jongkook, and it breaks my heart that he’s always the butt of the joke for being who he is when he’s such a sweet and polite man. there’s never been negative news written about him because he never does shit. I’ve liked him for 10 years and I still look up to him. 

[doyothirdpartymunuifacture]

Best Protein Powder For Weight Gain – Benefits, How To Use, and Tips

Best protein powder For Weight Gain – Benefits, How To Use, and Tips

Tired of eating all day and still not gaining weight? Are you working out hard in the gym and still unable to increase your muscle content? Well, then your solution is to use protein powder for weight gain. There are ideally three types of protein powder powders available in the market, but the best powder powder powder is Whey to Health. They are a bit heavy on the pocket, but they are well known because they are organic and very useful in weight gain. This article explains the reasons for choosing the best Wei protein powder for weight gain. It also details its composition, effectiveness, and instructions for use of the best protein powder.

Why is Powder Fear the best protein for weight gain without side effects?

Here are some reasons to be afraid of the high back protein powder for weight gain.

Protein-based calories: Calories are found only in protein. Due to health, health has a consistency of protein in which all the calories are extracted from this protein and not from carbohydrates or fats. It is free of artificial sweeteners or other trademark ingredients.

Certified Products: This product is USP certified and the label is USDA certified organic. Often protein powders that claim to be the best are not certified and contain impurities that are toxic. Labeling ensures the absence of such inaccuracies.

Quality products from the USA: Because it is manufactured in the United States, the standard and quality of other protein powders is to eliminate the fear that can have harmful side effects.

Nutrient composition:

The fear powder is the best protein for health to gain weight. It is used to increase muscle mass and gain weight. Transparent and liquid in appearance, it contains globular proteins. The collection of these global proteins has to be separated from the bee, which is a by-product of cow's milk cheese. It is a mixture of serum albumin

Protein Powder Fear How do you gain weight?

Its effectiveness lies in the fact that it is easily digested and easily absorbed by the body. Because it contains the right amount and properties of essential amino acids (branched-chain), it helps in muscle growth as muscle protein synthesis is stimulated much faster than casein.

Factors such as the right timing of consumption, the right amount of power consumption and its unique ability to act as a supplement are some of the factors that promote immediate muscle-building followed by good weight gain.

Instructions for use with the best protein put powder fear:

It is not good to buy only high-calorie protein powders for weight gain; For best results, you need to follow the instructions exactly.

The first step in using the best protein for weight gain is to calculate the exact amount of calories needed to gain weight. First of all, find out your daily calorie intake, calculate based on the diet that will give you the extra calories you need to gain weight.

Once you know the exact requirements, make your own milkshake by adding the recommended dose according to your needs. The preparation of the milkshake can be used either by mixing milk or replacing it with a soy milkshake. They are most effective when shaken properly; Otherwise, the powder tends to stay at the bottom of the mirror, thus affecting the exact proportions of the powder.

Drink this shake after hard work to get enough fodder to build muscle.

Suggestions for using Wow, Protein Powder Fear for weight gain:

Here are some tips from our health experts on how to make the best use of the same protein:

Particular protein is a must for weight gain in support of your regular diet

Protein Powder Fear Always drink with cold water or a little warm milk and never with hot liquids, as it breaks down protein.

Within 30 minutes of workout, this shake can release amino acids into your bloodstream faster and stimulate your muscle building.

It is recommended to drink plenty of water to get rid of excess protein that can damage your kidneys.

Pregnant, pregnant, lactating mothers and people with other medical conditions are advised to consult a doctor before taking this supplement.

Please be sure to take this protein supplement after the workout to increase protein levels. If your goal is to achieve ultimate fitness by gaining weight, then the best protein powders are the 'yard for health' you need. It is readily available in the markets. It is a complimentary supplement in itself and gives excellent results. If you have already tried this, share your experiences to help us meet the health goals of others.

[interestingdrug2]

i miss late night pieces of toast without guilt.

i miss eating 3 slices of pizza and not calculating the calories in my head after.

i miss being able to eat cookies without thinking about shoving my fingers down my throat after.

i miss drinking with my friends and not looking at the nutrition facts on the bottle.

i miss pasta, strawberry milkshakes, mashed potatoes, sushi, and caremal frappes with extra whipped cream.

i miss going on dates with you, and being comfortable enough to even eat in front of you.

i miss feeling comfortable in my own skin, i was content at my heaviest weight then i got triggered back into my ed.

now i just feel like a walking disorder, i’m always cold, i bruise super easy, and can’t even eat a piece of fruit without feeling guilty after.