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Calorie Count	grade question	May 19 2013 22:38 (UTC)	1
Foods : What is the Nutrition Grade? (FAQs) The Nutrition Grade was developed with the goal of helping people improve the nutritional quality of their diets. This tool is fully automated and does not feature any manual corrections - hence all items are evaluated objectively and following the same set of rules. As you may know, not all nutrients are equally good for you. Some of them, like cholesterol, sodium, and saturated fats should be avoided as much as possible. Some other ones, however, such as minerals and vitamins, are essential for your health. Thankfully, the USDA devised the Recommended Daily Allowance (RDA) figures for each one of these nutrients, which were used as the foundation of the Nutrition Grade's algorithm. Obviously, foods rich in minerals and vitamins are graded highly, and their good points are all listed right next to their grade. Undesirable nutrients contribute to the bad points. Even though the USDA does provide RDA values for these nutrients, these values must be understood differently from those for the desirable nutrients; the undesirable RDAs should be viewed as the very last limit, whereas the desirable RDAs mark a target to shoot for. The Good and the Bad Points provide a summary of what the Nutrition Grade identifies as the food items' special strengths and weaknesses. Those points are then converted to a numerical format, and then finally turned into the well-known letter format (A-best; F-worst). No automated tool is perfect, and the same is true for this one. Please understand that Nutrition Grade only checks how close or far away a certain food is in respect to your RDAs. There are many more aspects that need to be considered for Health, and this is only one of them. Finally, Nutrition Grade will not necessarily help you lose weight. It will, hopefully, help you get it done as healthy as possible, but you could, for example, eat only perfectly graded food items and still end up gaining weight. Weight loss is all about counting calories and it is not necessarily related to health - but health and weight loss are also not mutually exclusive. In other words, you should keep an eye on your calories, and at the same time, also try to get as good a grade as you can.
Calorie Count	analysis grade	May 19 2013 22:38 (UTC)	1
Foods : What is the Nutrition Grade? (FAQs) The Nutrition Grade was developed with the goal of helping people improve the nutritional quality of their diets. This tool is fully automated and does not feature any manual corrections - hence all items are evaluated objectively and following the same set of rules. As you may know, not all nutrients are equally good for you. Some of them, like cholesterol, sodium, and saturated fats should be avoided as much as possible. Some other ones, however, such as minerals and vitamins, are essential for your health. Thankfully, the USDA devised the Recommended Daily Allowance (RDA) figures for each one of these nutrients, which were used as the foundation of the Nutrition Grade's algorithm. Obviously, foods rich in minerals and vitamins are graded highly, and their good points are all listed right next to their grade. Undesirable nutrients contribute to the bad points. Even though the USDA does provide RDA values for these nutrients, these values must be understood differently from those for the desirable nutrients; the undesirable RDAs should be viewed as the very last limit, whereas the desirable RDAs mark a target to shoot for. The Good and the Bad Points provide a summary of what the Nutrition Grade identifies as the food items' special strengths and weaknesses. Those points are then converted to a numerical format, and then finally turned into the well-known letter format (A-best; F-worst). No automated tool is perfect, and the same is true for this one. Please understand that Nutrition Grade only checks how close or far away a certain food is in respect to your RDAs. There are many more aspects that need to be considered for Health, and this is only one of them. Finally, Nutrition Grade will not necessarily help you lose weight. It will, hopefully, help you get it done as healthy as possible, but you could, for example, eat only perfectly graded food items and still end up gaining weight. Weight loss is all about counting calories and it is not necessarily related to health - but health and weight loss are also not mutually exclusive. In other words, you should keep an eye on your calories, and at the same time, also try to get as good a grade as you can.
Calorie Count	Best way to log activity???	May 19 2013 22:31 (UTC)	3
If you are setting your activity level to Active, you generally don't log your activities -- unless they are above and beyond what you usually do.
Health & Support	dizzy, loss of vision and lightheaded?!?!	May 19 2013 22:28 (UTC)	1
Original Post by tuttifruitti15: Linden you dont have to be so rude! Thank you faithulchrisitian for being so kind! I hope you're okay. I'll see a doctor too. Let me know how you get on :) Linden wasn't rude at all -- simply speaking the truth and not even being really all that snarky. Almost fainting is almost always a reason to seek advice from a medical professional, not the internet.
New Members	Hello all dont know where to start	May 19 2013 16:28 (UTC)	1
You need to start by figuring how many calories you burn on a regular basis. to determine how much you burn: You can find your basal metabolic rate (the calories you burn while in a coma-like state -- you should not eat less than this): http://www.bmi-calculator.net/bmr-calculator/ You then multiply it by an activity multiplier to get your burn (you can also have CC do this with the Burn Meter) -- you have to be honest about your exercise -- you can't say you're sedentary and then workout for 30-60mins 3+x per week: If you are sedentary (little or no exercise) : Calorie-Calculation = BMR x 1.2 If you are lightly active (light exercise/sports 1-3 days/week) : Calorie-Calculation = BMR x 1.375 If you are moderatetely active (moderate exercise/sports 3-5 days/week) : Calorie-Calculation = BMR x 1.55 If you are very active (hard exercise/sports 6-7 days a week) : Calorie-Calculation = BMR x 1.725 Unless you are a 'mega-heavy' you should not be attempting to lose more than 2lb per week (deficit of 1000 calories per day). If you are within 10lb of a healthy weight (not necessarily your goal weight), you should not be attempting to lose more than .5 pound per week (deficit of 250 calories per day). Calorie deficit = negative net calories = calories you ate minus calories you burned. If you burned more than you ate, you will have a negative net number (a deficit). If you ate more than you burned you will have a positive net (a surplus) to lose weight, you need a deficit to gain weight, you need a surplus to maintain, you should be be within +/- 100 calories
Calorie Count	how do you calculate how many calories you need in a day	May 19 2013 16:13 (UTC)	1
to determine how much you burn: You can find your basal metabolic rate (the calories you burn while in a coma-like state -- you should not eat less than this): http://www.bmi-calculator.net/bmr-calculator/ You then multiply it by an activity multiplier to get your burn: If you are sedentary (little or no exercise) : Calorie-Calculation = BMR x 1.2 If you are lightly active (light exercise/sports 1-3 days/week) : Calorie-Calculation = BMR x 1.375 If you are moderatetely active (moderate exercise/sports 3-5 days/week) : Calorie-Calculation = BMR x 1.55 If you are very active (hard exercise/sports 6-7 days a week) : Calorie-Calculation = BMR x 1.725 Unless you are a 'mega-heavy' you should not be attempting to lose more than 2lb per week (deficit of 1000 calories per day). If you are within 10lb of a healthy weight (not necessarily your goal weight), you should not be attempting to lose more than .5 pound per week (deficit of 250 calories per day). Calorie deficit = negative net calories = calories you ate minus calories you burned. If you burned more than you ate, you will have a negative net number (a deficit). If you ate more than you burned you will have a positive net (a surplus) to lose weight, you need a deficit to gain weight, you need a surplus to maintain, you should be be within +/- 100 calories
The Lounge	Tattoos...	May 19 2013 14:54 (UTC)	3
Original Post by kevinatthebrook: Original Post by carmenxox: When you're 80? I'd be more concerned with regretting it the next day. There's a lot of ugly tattoos out there, and like fashion, tattoos have their "cool" phases. Remember when lower back tattoos used to be cool? Now they just make you look trashy. Chineses symbols, tribal designs, and your name in big stupid letters will never fail to make you look like an idiot. This baffles me. My co-worker has his name in letters about 1.5" high on his forearm. I asked him why and he just shrugged. That's so when he gets plastered, he can remember who he is... or that was how it was explained by the college kids I asked...
Calorie Count	Deleting foods mistakenly added	May 19 2013 12:27 (UTC)	2
Swipe item to right, delete window will appear in red, click on it.
Young Calorie Counters	anorexia again? I need an opinion	May 19 2013 12:19 (UTC)	1
I can't tell you you have anorexia; however, you are underweight for your age and height and you are most definitely under-eating. And active teen female who is overweight should eat at least 1800 calories while losing - you are eating well less than that. 1200 is generally considered too few calories even for those who are adults. You should probably be eating at least 2500 calories, if not more. While you may think you are doing yourself no harm, you may also be causing irreparable damage to your internal organs. Human bodies continue to grow and develop well into their 20s -- when you under eat, the organs, bones, muscles, etc have to steal that energy from someplace, or shut down development. We can't help you -- you need to go to your parents and tell them you are eating 1200 or less each day, that you have lost weight (and tell them what your weight is!), and that you need help.
Health & Support	Potassium	May 19 2013 01:39 (UTC)	1
What is Potassium? Potassium maintains heartbeat and is important in many metabolic reactions. It balances fluid inside and outside the cells to maintain normal cell function. Potassium blunts the rise of blood pressure in response to excess dietary sodium. A high potassium diet might help prevent bone loss and kidney stones. Potassium requirements There is no RDA for potassium. An adequate daily amount of potassium for adults is 4,700 mg/ day. The average American eats too little potassium: Males take in 2,900 to 3,200 mg/day and females get 2,100 to 2,300 mg/day What happens when Potassium intake is too high? There is no Tolerable Upper Intake Level (UL) for potassium intake because adverse effects from excess potassium have not been found in healthy adults. Potassium chloride supplements should not be used except on a physician's advice. What happens when Potassium intake is too low? A chronically low potassium intake can lead to high blood pressure, increased risk of kidney stones, and a possible increase in bone loss. Diuretics (water pills) can cause potassium loss, necessitating an increase in dietary potassium. Which foods are high in Potassium? Potassium is found in a wide variety of fresh foods. The highest sources are apricots, figs, prunes, bananas, oranges and orange juice, cantaloupe and honeydew, baked potatoes, sweet potatoes, tomato products, dried beans and soybeans, low-fat yogurt, skim milk, and beef, chicken, and fish. List of foods high in Potassium Vegetables Beet greens Jerusalem artichokes Broccoli Plantains Potato, baked Potato, French fries Lima beans Plantains Potatoes Spinach Sqaush, winter Sweet potato Tomato products Carrot juice Fruit Dried apricots Cantaloupe Currants Dates Guava Kiwi fruit Prune juice Prunes Raisins Banana Milk Milk, condensed Milk, evaporated Meat/Beans Beans, baked Beans, kidney Beans, pinto Black-eye peas Clams Fish, halibut Fish, rockfish Lentils Peas, split Soybeans White beans Mixed Dishes Chili con Carne Spaghetti sauce Oils/Fat Avocados Chestnuts Misc. Trail mix Blackstrap molasses
Calorie Count	What is the net calorie thing based on, when logging your daily food?	May 18 2013 01:56 (UTC)	3
Original Post by taturtle752005: I been trying to figure that out to someone told me it was the net calories that is deficit but I can't locate where the net is??? on your dashboard -- right next to the thing that says "TOTAL CALORIES" is a tiny arrow -- if you click that arrow you will see "NET CALORIES" -- select that. That will show you your net calories.
Weight Loss	calorie deficit answers plz	May 17 2013 22:35 (UTC)	3
the deficit is negative net calories... So you want to click on the little arrow next to your Total Calories, and select "net Calories"
Weight Loss	calorie deficit answers plz	May 17 2013 21:15 (UTC)	6
Calorie deficit = negative net calories = calories you ate minus calories you burned. If you burned more than you ate, you will have a negative net number (a deficit). If you ate more than you burned you will have a positive net (a surplus) to lose weight, you need a deficit to gain weight, you need a surplus to maintain, you should be be within +/- 100 calories the whole thing won't work if you don't know how much you burn... regarding the size of your deficit -- well that depends on what you weigh now. Unless you are a 'mega-heavy' you should not be attempting to lose more than 2lb per week (deficit of 1000 calories per day). If you are within 10lb of a healthy weight (not necessarily your goal weight), you should not be attempting to lose more than .5 pound per week (deficit of 250 calories per day). to determine how much you burn: You can find your basal metabolic rate (the calories you burn while in a coma-like state -- you should not eat less than this): http://www.bmi-calculator.net/bmr-calculator/ You then multiply it by an activity multiplier to get your burn: If you are sedentary (little or no exercise) : Calorie-Calculation = BMR x 1.2 If you are lightly active (light exercise/sports 1-3 days/week) : Calorie-Calculation = BMR x 1.375 If you are moderatetely active (moderate exercise/sports 3-5 days/week) : Calorie-Calculation = BMR x 1.55 If you are very active (hard exercise/sports 6-7 days a week) : Calorie-Calculation = BMR x 1.725
The Lounge	Gotta be one of the best headlines ever	May 17 2013 21:01 (UTC)	1
Original Post by clg1: "Scientists study violent winds of Uranus" haha! fantastic
The Lounge	Zombie Threads - BRAAAIIINS	May 17 2013 20:57 (UTC)	2
Sometimes after I delete the spam or troll from a bumped thread, I do lock them (occasionally delete them) -- depends on what the subject matter is. The spammer this morning started a thread AND bumped the online money making thread. I thought the online money making thread might have some merit in today's economy -- so I left it.
Health & Support	Vitamin A	May 17 2013 02:19 (UTC)	1
You only need to concern yourself with having too much Vitamin A if you are getting your vitamin from animal sources. It can be toxic in high doses, but again -- only from animal sources. I don't believe you can overdose from vegetable sources of Vitamin A -- you could turn orange if carrots are your primary source and you are over doing them, but other than that.
Weight Gain	Gaining Muscle!	May 17 2013 00:46 (UTC)	1
In the absence of sufficient calories, the body will burn muscle before it burns fat --- so for you to attempt to gain muscle before you've actually reached the stage where you are eating enough (and last time I looked at your threads, you are a long way off), if pretty much a waste of time, furthermore, it could be dangerous. Get healthy, learn how to eat properly, and then set forth to gain muscle -- which can only be gained with a calorie surplus.
Weight Gain	Weight gainers! What did YOU eat today? 1 January -	May 17 2013 00:39 (UTC)	7
I'm about 2 seconds from shutting this thread down, completely. 1. If you are a teen, you must be eating at least 3000 calories to post here. 2. If you are struggling -- this is not the place to post about it -- post a thread in H&S 3. Exercise is absolutely not recommended, particularly if you are gaining as part of ED recovery. We can't stop you from exercising, however -- I will begin deleting posts which reference exercising, or complaints about it. while the thread is here for you, it is NOT supposed to be an ED-recovery thread (which is why the restriction against ED-rants). I've received PMs from members who would like to participate in the thread, but do not have an ED, and have no desire to read rants about it -- it can be all very triggering.
New Members	calorie count explained	May 17 2013 00:29 (UTC)	2
check out the calcamp FAQ -- it explains a lot
Calorie Count	how to add pictures when submitting your food log for the day....	May 17 2013 00:21 (UTC)	2
I believe you have to be a premium member to upload pictures to your food log. You should be able to edit your profile by clicking on the Edit Profile selection (the gear wheel pull down menu on the upper right of the screen -- main site, i don't do mobile). The actually about you section is at the bottom of the page -- also, make sure you hit save.

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