#1 rule for losing weight?

Grabber116

I heard a story once about a women that was a 500 calorie/day diet for one month. She lost a considerable amount of weight. When she began to reintroduce food back into her diet she did so by only upping it to 1000 calories / day. She gained five pounds back the first week. The point being where caloric intake is indeed important equally important is assuring that your metabolism doesn't go into starvation mode for long term success.

urloved33

malibu927 wrote: »

Burning more calories than you consume (over the entire day) would be it. It isn't necessary to avoid certain foods save for medical reasons, exercising isn't required (but is great for other reasons), and meal timing is a personal choice.

yep yep yep. and water water water.

malibu927

Grabber116 wrote: »

I heard a story once about a women that was a 500 calorie/day diet for one month. She lost a considerable amount of weight. When she began to reintroduce food back into her diet she did so by only upping it to 1000 calories / day. She gained five pounds back the first week. The point being where caloric intake is indeed important equally important is assuring that your metabolism doesn't go into starvation mode for long term success.

Starvation mode doesn’t exist. The weight gain she likely experienced was due to the increased calories replenishing glycogen stores, thus increasing water weight.

ladyhusker39

Grabber116 wrote: »

I heard a story once about a women that was a 500 calorie/day diet for one month. She lost a considerable amount of weight. When she began to reintroduce food back into her diet she did so by only upping it to 1000 calories / day. She gained five pounds back the first week. The point being where caloric intake is indeed important equally important is assuring that your metabolism doesn't go into starvation mode for long term success.

So are you're suggesting that she gained 5 lbs by eating an additional 3,500 calories in a week? That math is nowhere close to right. Where do you thing the other 4 lbs came from?

Gillibean425

It literally comes down to burning more calories than you take in. Now things like metabolism can effect how you burn calories or salt intake can temporarily lead to more water weight etc., but at the end of the day it comes down to calories in vs calories out.