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  • ickybella
    ickybella Posts: 1,438 Member
    Oh, you get out of here! All this common sense is making me dizzy.
  • determinedbutlazy
    determinedbutlazy Posts: 1,941 Member
    I LOVE eating in bed. Mmm.
  • Sweeterescape
    Sweeterescape Posts: 132

    Start here:
    1) Eat within a reasonable caloric intake for your goals.
    2) Consume adequate protein and fat.
    3) Consume at least enough carbs to allow you to train with intensity.

    (And can you just use some common sense with food selection?)

    4) Lift weights
    5) Get rest.
    6) Repeat
    7) And quit worrying about all the other crap.



    Be patient.

    THIS. THANK YOU - absolutely right! Common sense is best!
  • rachylouise87
    rachylouise87 Posts: 367 Member
    You don't need to eat clean.

    I'm going to have to respectfully disagree somewhat on this. There's too much processed garbage that's loaded with chemicals out there. I sure do feel a lot better since it's being phased out of my diet.

    That's a different topic. He's just saying weight loss is about calories. Chemicals have nothing to do with calories.

    Does this apply to hormones too? can hormones play a part in weight loss i always thought it was cals in vs out
  • cally69
    cally69 Posts: 182 Member
    Can I just say how much I've enjoyed this post. These forums can mess with your head if you let them.
    Thanks for posting.
    Here's a question; having read hundreds of posts I can see that the general consensus is that cardio does nothing for weight loss and I should be lifting weights. I currently do step cardio mixed with interval training (using 5lb weights).
    What I need help understanding is how the calories I burn doing cardio doesn't contribute to my weight loss? I have a lot of weight to lose so I don't feel I need to eat all my exercise calories back (most weeks I don't touch them). Surely the additional calories that that the cardio gives me adds into my overall calorie deficit?
    For example, if I am eating at a 3500 weekly calorie deficit and I burn an additional 3500 cals with cardio, would that not equate to a 2 lb weight loss over the week?
    Also, from what I've read on these forums, it takes a lot of work to even build 1lb of muscle (which I've read would help me burn an additional 50 cals per day) and initially you might see a weight gain due to water retention as the muscles rest and repair.
    Plus, I've read on here that when you try to log weight lifting you don't seem to burn many calories actually doing it.
    Don't get me wrong, I believe that weights are the way to go, I just don't fully understand the way it works better than cardio.
    Any help would be appreciated as I have respect for your post and feel like you talk a lot of sense...
    X
  • dad106
    dad106 Posts: 4,868 Member
    awesome post!
  • twinmama1987
    twinmama1987 Posts: 566 Member
    awesome! .. made me feel better. all this stressing over ratios, and too much information. Taking it back to simplicity. Lifted a weight off my shoulders.
    :flowerforyou:
  • robin52077
    robin52077 Posts: 4,383 Member
    Best post I've read all month....maybe even all year.
    I ♥ you.
  • fteale
    fteale Posts: 5,310 Member
    So you don't recommend any cardiovascular exercise at all?

    I agree with most of your points, but I think cardiovascular fitness is pretty damn important. And I don't especially want to lift weights. I assume you are talking to me. I don't lift weights, I do have muscle definition. Maybe I am not human. Or maybe there is more to life than lumps of metal.
  • cally69
    cally69 Posts: 182 Member
    So you don't recommend any cardiovascular exercise at all?

    I agree with most of your points, but I think cardiovascular fitness is pretty damn important. And I don't especially want to lift weights. I assume you are talking to me. I don't lift weights, I do have muscle definition. Maybe I am not human. Or maybe there is more to life than lumps of metal.
  • Dave198lbs
    Dave198lbs Posts: 8,810 Member
    this stuff won't fit in the spreadsheet
  • cally69
    cally69 Posts: 182 Member
    So you don't recommend any cardiovascular exercise at all?

    I agree with most of your points, but I think cardiovascular fitness is pretty damn important. And I don't especially want to lift weights. I assume you are talking to me. I don't lift weights, I do have muscle definition. Maybe I am not human. Or maybe there is more to life than lumps of metal.
    I believe the OP meant that cardio does nothing for weight loss. I'm hoping he'll respond to my post above so I can understand better why this is so.
    X
  • TurtleRunnerNC
    TurtleRunnerNC Posts: 751 Member
    Awesome post!
  • Allie_71
    Allie_71 Posts: 1,063 Member
    How did I miss this? Beautifully said :)
  • timadotcom
    timadotcom Posts: 653 Member
    I like it when I read something that makes so much sense... Thanks!!! I always knew this stuff deep down inside, but you never hear anyone saying it.
  • k2quiere
    k2quiere Posts: 4,151 Member
    Be patient.

    And here is all that needed to be said!
  • Sharon009
    Sharon009 Posts: 327 Member
    Thank you! If one more person tells me that diet soda has sugar and will cause you to not lose weight I am going to scream! Also I eat low carb because I have a blood sugar problem: other people dont have to do what I do. My mom is convinced diet soda causes cellulite- it doesnt my 4 yr old niece has lots of it and she only drinks milk.
  • sel254
    sel254 Posts: 273 Member
    Love this! :happy:
  • crudd123
    crudd123 Posts: 244 Member
    Thanks!:smile:
  • steadk
    steadk Posts: 334 Member
    love it!
  • alp1990
    alp1990 Posts: 56
    Haha great post.

    I'm sick of people who have been using Mfp a month or longer suddenly believing they are fitness experts and coming out with all these grand claims about what you should and shouldn't do.

    I eat what I want within my calories (1400), and I exercise HARD when I can (600 calories, at least 3 times a week + "manly" weights). Overall, i'm losing weight much quicker than a lot of people I see on here, who are fussing about their carb intake, trying to "eat clean", eating like 1 calorie per day, and not doing weights as they are afraid they are suddenly going to go from 200 pounds to looking like worlds strongest man in a week.
  • AliceKlaar
    AliceKlaar Posts: 275 Member
    OP, the sheer awesomeness of your post has just brought a tear to my eye. Thank you.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    Like like like!!!
  • stephaneb74
    stephaneb74 Posts: 151 Member
    Nice one....
  • genzo1980
    genzo1980 Posts: 4
    THIS IS SIMPLY THE BEST AND MOST ACCURATE POST IVE READ ON HERE IN AGES....... (and trust me, in a Nurse).

    Very well said!!!!

    Now that I have your attention -

    Every so often I'll make one of these random bits of info. How about now.


    You don't need to eat clean.
    You don't need to avoid white bread or potatoes or beans or rice or _____________ (insert food here) unless you've got an intolerance/allergy/medical condition.
    You don't need to eat breakfast to get your metabolism started.
    You probably don't need to pay any attention to GI.
    Your metabolism doesn't get kick-started and you don't rev it up.
    Eating frequently is fine but it doesn't "boost your metabolism".
    Don't waste your money on Raspberry Keytones and you should probably turn off Dr. Oz.
    You are not toning.
    You will not bulk up, ladies.
    You also don't "gain muscle really easily". Yes, YOU.
    Low carbing is not dangerous.
    Low carbing is not metabolically superior.
    You can eat food before bed.
    You can eat food IN bed.
    There is no specific time at which eating will cause you to gain fat.
    The little pink dumbbells do not constitute "lifting weights".
    That glass of blended up "juice" that you're replacing your meals with, probably isn't "cleansing" any "toxins".
    "Hot Pants" don't make you lose fat, although they may make your wallet lighter.
    You don't need to burn off that bowl of cereal or piece of chicken.
    You don't need to worry about whether you're burning carbs or fat.
    You don't need to worry about how much fat you burned during your workout, or how much muscle you gained during that set of bosu-ball dumbbell flies.
    You don't "shock your body"
    You don't "confuse your mucles"
    Stop switching up your lifting program. How about stick to something and add weight to the bar.
    Just because you saw it in a documentary doesn't mean it's a good idea or even remotely research-based.
    You don't need to zig-zag or carb cycle or do the 17 day butt wash or the cabbage donkey stew diet.
    2 weeks is not a plateau.
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    .
    .
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    Start here:
    1) Eat within a reasonable caloric intake for your goals.
    2) Consume adequate protein and fat.
    3) Consume at least enough carbs to allow you to train with intensity.

    (And can you just use some common sense with food selection?)

    4) Lift weights
    5) Get rest.
    6) Repeat
    7) And quit worrying about all the other crap.



    Be patient.
  • BostonMatt
    BostonMatt Posts: 258
    Damn you. I was looking forward to a funny *kitten* story.

    Great post!
  • kais79
    kais79 Posts: 41 Member
    Many things in your post are what I finally concluded on my own after years of failed dieting attempts, and I believe that is why this one is finally working! It's cool to see others found this to be true as well! :)
  • Cambrendle
    Cambrendle Posts: 104 Member
    :heart:

    my weights are what's in my cupboard (i.e. empty milk jugs refilled with water)... so they have flashy colors and labels ;p
  • BrettPGH
    BrettPGH Posts: 4,716 Member
    Wow. I have to argue. This could not be more wrong.

    You can eat food IN bed.

    I'm still getting flack from my girl for a piece of fried chicken in a HOTEL BED 3 years ago. You wanna go clear that up with her for me SideSteal??



    (perfect list that is 100% spot on by the way)
  • Suziq1023
    Suziq1023 Posts: 46 Member
    Lmfao. Clean eating confuses me - man, I wash everything -- don't you? that's how I process it! I work for a living, I can't grow crops year round - it gets too cold and not enough sun and I don't have the time or energy - but i do wash the rat pee off the tops of the cans so by the standards to which I was raised, that's clean. Oh, and I clean my plate because children are (were?) starving in asia. Does that count?

    Bummer about the breakfast though - I really thought that was helping :(

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