Simple guide to weight loss and muscle building

Aaron_K123

Weight loss: Eat less calorically than your body needs to maintain its weight

Muscle building: Eat more calorically than your body needs to maintain its weight and lift heavy things.

Health: Eat and drink to provide your body with sufficient hydration, micro and macro nutrients.

Everything else is appears to be unnecessary details designed to keep our brains entertained long enough that we stick to it.

SLLRunner

Weight loss: Eat less calorically than your body needs to maintain its weight

Muscle building: Eat more calorically than your body needs to maintain its weight and lift heavy things.

Health: Eat and drink to provide your body with sufficient hydration, micro and macro nutrients.

Everything else is appears to be unnecessary details designed to keep our brains entertained long enough that we stick to it.

:drinker:

_KitKat_

Weight loss: Eat less calorically than your body needs to maintain its weight

Muscle building: Eat more calorically than your body needs to maintain its weight and lift heavy things.

Health: Eat and drink to provide your body with sufficient hydration, micro and macro nutrients.

Everything else is appears to be unnecessary details designed to keep our brains entertained long enough that we stick to it.

Bravo :drinker:

Now for the: I am always in a deficient but I never lose or I even gain weight comments, or I am in a deficient but my 20lb weight gain is all muscle (new lifters have some gains while in a moderate deficient), also the ones that will argue that there are good vs bad calories in regard to weight loss (ie: not body composition or nutrition)

As always Aaron straight and to the point. Great post and simple.

yopeeps025

well said Aaron and it works because I am doing this now.

Aaron_K123

Hey. Just wanted to add that I don't mean to give the impression that I somehow look down at the unnecessary details to keep ourselves entertained. I fully admit I kind of require that, thats why I am here regularly on the forums...keeps me involved, keeps me motivated. Motivation is important of course because if you aren't motivated to act you are likely not going to act, inertia and all. I just recognize that a lot of the things I do to keep myself involved and interested come down to wheel spinning in the grand scheme of things and all that really matters is the calorie deficit for weight loss and the lifting and cardio for fitness. I think that with that attitude you can still find all the detail entertaining but yet no longer stressful because on some level you realize...hey, it doesn't really matter.

ninerbuff

The ONLY thing I would add would be eat what you "like" and "enjoy" too, but being aware of calorie limits. The rest is good to go!!!

A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
IDEA Fitness member
Kickboxing Certified Instructor
Been in fitness industry for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition

Aaron_K123

The ONLY thing I would add would be eat what you "like" and "enjoy" too, but being aware of calorie limits. The rest is good to go!!!

A.C.E. Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer
IDEA Fitness member
Kickboxing Certified Instructor
Been in fitness industry for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition

Oh I think there can be good advice and well reasoned and helpful tips in the "unnecessary" category as well. I just meant what is the actual effector of the weight loss or muscle gain is pretty painfully simple and doesn't need much elaboration. Don't mean to suggest there is no other beneficial advice for how to set yourself for an enjoyable ride.

yopeeps025

Weight loss: Eat less calorically than your body needs to maintain its weight

Muscle building: Eat more calorically than your body needs to maintain its weight and lift heavy things.

Health: Eat and drink to provide your body with sufficient hydration, micro and macro nutrients.

Everything else is appears to be unnecessary details designed to keep our brains entertained long enough that we stick to it.

Get out of here with your logic. Also, we'll said.

well said Aaron and it works because I am doing this now.

As stated in another thread you are not doing both at he same time. You cannot eat at a deficit Monday, a surplus on Tuesday, a deficit on Wednesday, a surplus on Thursday and lose fat and gain muscle at the same time. It doesn't work that way.

As stated before, I am doing that so what does that make me. I am getting stronger and lose weight every single week.

Aaron_K123

Hey guys (MrM and yopeeps). You guys can go at eachother here if you want I'm not actually going to be able to stop you but might I respectfully request we not carry a discussion from a previous thread in here if possible, would hope to keep it bicker free for as long as possible. We all had it out in that other thread, no need to bring it in here unless those claims are made in here and so far I haven't seen that.

I'm no censor so if you keep going I won't say anything more about it just wanted to ask you to think if you'd rather have the message stand or if you want to distract from it this soon.

yopeeps025

I have nothing to say anymore to MrM. I rather just show my result then do anymore talking on that.

Aaron_K123

Hey guys (MrM and yopeeps). You guys can go at eachother here if you want I'm not actually going to be able to stop you but might I respectfully request we not carry a discussion from a previous thread in here if possible, would hope to keep it bicker free for as long as possible. We all had it out in that other thread, no need to bring it in here unless those claims are made in here and so far I haven't seen that.

I'm no censor so if you keep going I won't say anything more about it just wanted to ask you to think if you'd rather have the message stand or if you want to distract from it this soon.

Respectfully,

My message stands.

Fair enough. Was a bit arrogant of me to even say that, feel kind of dirty now. Its a public forum and telling people to "play nice" is just condescending and you aren't deserving of condescension, I apologize

TheGoodEmu

Oooh it was so close to being a thread with no battling! ;-)

I like this post. A short and sweet reminder that all of our intricate or nebulous strategies are just different ways to get at the same simple idea.

psych101

Weight loss: Eat less calorically than your body needs to maintain its weight

Muscle building: Eat more calorically than your body needs to maintain its weight and lift heavy things.

Health: Eat and drink to provide your body with sufficient hydration, micro and macro nutrients.

Everything else is appears to be unnecessary details designed to keep our brains entertained long enough that we stick to it.

I approve of this post :drinker:

alexuh

Good post, I'll drink to that :drinker:

SezxyStef

oh the KISS principal..love it...*two thumbs up*

SLLRunner

oh the KISS principal..love it...*two thumbs up*

Yes!

Keep
It
Simple
Sweetheart (don't like the use of the word "Stupid" here) :bigsmile:

jlynnm70

Agreed Aaron - sometimes keeping it simple (KISS) surely is the best.

All the rest is just details to get lost in!