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My friends keep telling me that cutting calories won't help me lose weight

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  • AllOutof_Bubblegum
    AllOutof_Bubblegum Posts: 3,646 Member
    Find smarter friends :p
  • CattOfTheGarage
    CattOfTheGarage Posts: 2,745 Member
    It just... Won't... Die!
  • courtneyfabulous
    courtneyfabulous Posts: 1,863 Member
    Your friends have no idea what they are talking about... cutting calories is literally the ONLY way to lose weight. Well technically having a caloric deficit is- so that technically can be done with exercise but it's much easier to do with controlling calories consumed. Ignore your friends, you know what works!

    For your friends information I worked out like crazy and ate clean & healthy & mostly vegetarian for 9 months and lost NO WEIGHT... I started counting calories and lost almost 20 pounds in 4 months (and counting).
  • isabellapanzica9387
    isabellapanzica9387 Posts: 68 Member
    Just keep up with CICO and they will stop once you prove them wrong. I seriously don't understand why people don't believe in CICO since they believe in working out and or eating healthier helps lose weight. The only difference is that we use numbers to track how much we burn when working out and how much we eat. So where is the disconnect?
  • courtneyfabulous
    courtneyfabulous Posts: 1,863 Member
    edited February 2017
    isabellapanzica9387 wrote: »
    Just keep up with CICO and they will stop once you prove them wrong. I seriously don't understand why people don't believe in CICO since they believe in working out and or eating healthier helps lose weight. The only difference is that we use numbers to track how much we burn when working out and how much we eat. So where is the disconnect?

    Right? They are just attempting to create a caloric deficit with various methods of eating and/or exercise but are basically flying blind. We are creating a caloric deficit by actually keeping track of our caloric intake & expenditure. It's basically the same thing but 100 times more accurate and effective.
  • djwar9858
    djwar9858 Posts: 43 Member
    My vegan sister is thin because she busts her butt at the gym each day. My vegan daughter is overweight because she only eats carbs...do what's right for you. I like the person who said- lose 20 lbs...then show them what worked... for YOU.
  • Tacklewasher
    Tacklewasher Posts: 7,122 Member
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  • courtneyfabulous
    courtneyfabulous Posts: 1,863 Member
    Tacklewasher wrote: »
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    Oh didn't even realize this was a zombie thread!! I wonder if OP lost weight or gave into her friends?
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,055 Member
    jofjltncb6 wrote: »
    WinoGelato wrote: »
    leanrippedrustin wrote: »
    Jof, look at you, look at them. Case closed!

    Weird bump is weird.

    I've been away from the MFP forums for a very long time. Only checked today as we're snowed in with the Great Blizzard of 2017. Scroll back to see what I missed in this thread...and find this.

    Way to keep it weird, MFP. :+1:

    Shouldn't you be shoveling? :p
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