Feed to shed fat

bacanbit

Great info, thanks!

kayemme

i noticed that my calves, which are genetically huge, have actually reduced in size by about 1.5" with 25lbs of loss, which I thought was near impossible, since they didn't seem overly fatty in the first place.

my thighs, of course, are a totally different story. but my calves have always been rather lean and strong. this actually gave me hope that i will soon be able to fit into knee high boots, which is something i have wanted for a long time.

so while we do build muscle (my calves did actually become slightly more muscular) i also lost considerably more fat than i even knew i had... hope t hat makes sense w/#1.

i sort of disagree w/ the eating back calories part, but at the same time, i don't under-eat often. i commute by bicycle to work 4 days a week and then also bike for both business and pleasure for the other 3 days. some weeks i have 1 day where i don't go anywhere, but with nice weather, that's rare.

anyway, i usually eat around 1500-1700 cals, which is NOT all of my exercise "earnings" or whatever (i really don't like that term because i just try to eat when i'm hungry, and try to not eat when i'm not hungry, rather than thinking about "earning" "treats").

anyway, i sometimes plateau a little, but i have consistently been losing 2lbs a week on average or about 10lbs a month.

so while i somewhat disagree w/the whole eat all of your calories back, the main thing isn't so much the calories, but the nutrition you give your body to continue to work well. i dont' eat a lot of processed food (hardly any at all) so i have to eat quite a bit to get enough calories, but that's good.

but what i wouldn't say is to eat a pint of ice cream just because you want to eat your calories back. all this stuff isn't rocket science; it's common sense.

warm regards!
k

Newfiedan

@deathtaco yes I am aware that there are other methods however I have found this one to be the most effective I have tried thus far and it promotes the health aspect over it, I was once big into weight lifting and got quite huge and during cutting phases I had tried atkins/keto diets and many others I always lost muscle and on this one I have maintained almost all of my muscle mass and am shedding fat quite easily. I like that he focuses on the health aspect and what he says makes sense. I am aware that some things have been refuted and hey that is all good whatever works. I just know that this works and its is quite healthy which is why I promote it.

cowlover22

I agree wit you b/c of what my dietician said..she told me that basically we are getting more muscle we are making our muscle fibers we have bigger and by doing that they burn more energy than fat...also takes more cals to keep muscles too. That is why weight lifters consume so many cals

LaurnWhit

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skinnyb450

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jrobertson37

Thanks for this info. I to have my activity level set at sedentary bc i work at an office. But i also exercise 5 times a week doing either kettlebells or walking/running outside and i always try to burn atleast 500 cals. That must be why im so hungry all the time. I only eat half of my exercise cals back bc i do not trust what mfp says about my cal burned and i cannot afford to get an HRM. So im going to try to up my activity level starting next week. Cant wait to see the results. Plus for the mth of may I will be doing kettlebell and walking/running for the first two weeks then i am going back to the pool to waterjog for 60 mins.

jrobertson37

Okay i just upped my activity level to very active and i still only get 1200 net cals. Now im confused, I thought i would get more net cals. I do not exercise until i get off work around 6:30 so i end up eating dinner late in the evening.

dave4d

Okay i just upped my activity level to very active and i still only get 1200 net cals. Now im confused, I thought i would get more net cals. I do not exercise until i get off work around 6:30 so i end up eating dinner late in the evening.

You only have less than 10lbs until you reach your goal. Are you set at 1/2 lb weight loss per week? As you get that close to your goal, you should set the deficit to 1/2 lb or less.