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Bill, what was your cholesterol level if you do not mind my asking? The reason I ask is that many doctors consider certain cholesterol levels "normal" higher than others do. Why you may ask? Because many MDs only have to take one nutrition class in med school. You'd be surprised how many...

Thanks Samuel, I never would have done it without support from others. I always like to give support to those trying to lose(or maintain) weight or get in shape(or stay in shape). I ended up finishing my menu up last night as follows: D - veggie burrito (cayenne tortilla, rice, beans...

Well, Bill to be honest, losing the weight was the easy part. Keeping it off is where most people run into trouble. I lost 200 of the 235 over the course of 9 1/2 months on Medifast, a liquid diet. I lost the other 35 after I started eating again. I'll keep posting my menus. As far as the...

Alex has a good point. Eating until "you are not hungry" is a very good eating habit. I was morbidly obese until 3 years ago when I lost 235 #. In addition to ppor food choices most of my life, I also was an overeater. Overeating is very common. I still struggle with it every day. You just...

Like I said, for one's body to metabolize more than 10% of calories fom protein, they would have to do a lot of exercise or lifting. The problem is most people do not do near enough exercise to burn off the protein they consume. This excess protein can overwork the kidneys, pancreas, liver...

The protein myth is rearing its ugly head. You do not need massive amount of proteins to gain muscle or lose weight. In fact, unless you are a hard core gym rat (3+ hours of working out a day) then you body is not physically capable of metabolizing all the protein most Americans and others in...