Hi from a fellow Canuck.
First, let me put in the disclaimer that I'm not totally knocking the whole M&E thing. I think it makes a lot of sense for winter eating, when fresh local produce isn't available anyway. It mimics how our ancestors might have eaten.
However...
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I had a gander at your fitday and prior to Friday, your eating looked almost like maintenance eating. It looks like you had 7 Tbsps of creamy dressing on one day. Another day, I see a half cup of heavy cream, and a whole cup on another day. Your calories were 2400-ish. After Friday, they fell to 1500-ish.
I applaud you for working on stallbusters, but I think it's important to give credit where credit is due, and I'd have to guess that it's the lack cheese, heavy cream, cocoa powder and overall calories.
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Forgive me if your fitday was not a good example of what you were typically eating.
Before the existence of the phrase "meat and egg", what was often recommended 'round here was Atkins KIS, which is a strict,
clean plan of eggs, unprocessed meats, fats, and LC veggies only - no artificial sweeteners, no dairy, no processed meats, no frankenfoods, not even canned meats or veggies, if you wanted to take it that far. I think anyone in a stall should give this a shot first, to clean up their eating. Vegetables never made anybody fat.
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It seems that the longest-term M&E-ers are folks who are
unusually carb-intolerant, have bowel issues, etc.
I agree with you that it's all about tools, and shaking it up every now and then.
Best of luck on your journey.
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