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Over Three Weeks & NO Progress...:(

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  • Posts: 74 Member

    And she has read it somewhere and applied it to the OP and it would not be kind to try to explain it without putting her down because...

    I used a quote which I've heard before and been proofed wrong. I don't know why this has had to turn into a mass discussion about how stupid I am.
  • Posts: 61,406 Member

    here you are laughing at a reply from someone giving an answer about muscle/fat

    and here you are doing.....what, exactly?
  • Posts: 4,078 Member
    Nobody said that hon. I thought you'd read it somewhere and applied it here, I also didn't see anything wrong with the post that said 'no' in response to yours.

    :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:
  • Posts: 2,459 Member

    I used a quote which I've heard before and been proofed wrong. I don't know why this has had to turn into a mass discussion about how stupid I am.

    There are some phrases here that garner a kind of Pavlovian reaction among some folks. It's not you. You just stumbled across one of the phrases ;)
  • Posts: 32 Member
    is this a joke? It takes more than three weeks. This is a LIFE change.

    What's the hurry? Today is a new day... so is tomorrow. And the next.

    Uuuhhh...no it's not a joke! I wasn't looking to lose 30 pounds in 3 weeks; however, considering the drastic change I've made, I thought I would see at least a pound or two come off. SO since I was early on, I figured I'd come on the boards and get advice from POSITIVE people who are having success in their journey. Otherwise, keep negative, sarcastic comments to yourself, please and thank you!
  • Posts: 17,121 Member
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    nevermind.
  • Posts: 2,178 Member

    Uuuhhh...no it's not a joke! I wasn't looking to lose 30 pounds in 3 weeks; however, considering the drastic change I've made, I thought I would see at least a pound or two come off. SO since I was early on, I figured I'd come on the boards and get advice from POSITIVE people who are having success in their journey. Otherwise, keep negative, sarcastic comments to yourself, please and thank you!

    1. Weigh and measure your food to make sure you are accurately logging.

    2. Eat back 50-70% of your exercise calories.

    3. Be patient. Trust me it doesn't happen the way you think it will happen, or the way you want it to happen, or expect it to happen.

    4. Don't take offense at every straightforward answer you get in the forums, and especially don't take offense to answers from people who have lost the weight, kept it off and been around these parts for a long time. They know what it takes and they will not blow smoke up your a$s.
  • Posts: 917 Member
    Ah, the old "eat back calories" refrain.

    Aren't the calories you're expending in exercise accounted for in your TDEE calculation?

    Why should you "eat them back" if they're already accounted for in the equation?
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