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  • metaphoria
    metaphoria Posts: 1,432 Member
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    NUTELLA! nom nom nom.
  • Natihilator
    Natihilator Posts: 1,778 Member
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    I just want to pop in and say that nothing you read on the internet is true because no one here is real people and everything is a lie, including this.
  • shoshi68
    shoshi68 Posts: 407 Member
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    Wishes there was a like button.
  • BinaryPulsar
    BinaryPulsar Posts: 8,927 Member
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    It's also important to have a poor understanding of basic math when drawing conclusions that are not based in science.
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
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    It's also important to have a poor understanding of basic math when drawing conclusions that are not based in science.

    Whatever.

    There are three kinds of people on MFP: those who understand basic math and those who don't.
  • BinaryPulsar
    BinaryPulsar Posts: 8,927 Member
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    It's also important to have a poor understanding of basic math when drawing conclusions that are not based in science.

    Whatever.

    There are three kinds of people on MFP: those who understand basic math and those who don't.

    :laugh:
  • BurtHuttz
    BurtHuttz Posts: 3,653 Member
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    It's also important to have a poor understanding of basic math when drawing conclusions that are not based in science.

    mistakes insult as supportive comment and reiterates original position with more typograhpical errors
  • tigtigs
    tigtigs Posts: 52
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    I am also the self proclaimed insecure one...So I will use your post as a chance to get my face out in front of hundreds of others and then I will throw out a giant line and go fishing for compliments..so I will tell everyone that I am really ugly and fat and wait anxiously...pressing F5 a billion times in hopes of hearing how wrong I am!! And then when they do fall for my bait...I will disagree and tell them that my profile pic is from 23 years ago...and that if they only saw me now they would understand...but I never will post a "current" pic!!
  • BurtHuttz
    BurtHuttz Posts: 3,653 Member
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    provides half-hearted compliment in hopes that an appeal to your vanity will stir some sort of support for his untenable position
  • tigtigs
    tigtigs Posts: 52
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    provides half-hearted compliment in hopes that an appeal to your vanity will stir some sort of support for his untenable position

    senses your half heartedness...but still feels overwhelmed with joy...it's been so long since anyone has given me a compliment of any kind...and just know that you must be such a nice person! I will then be forced to send you countless messages, FR and stalk you until you give in and accept my request!!
  • cmcollins001
    cmcollins001 Posts: 3,472 Member
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    Read every one of the last 10 pages, totally bummed that I was quoted only once. Sits at keyboard for 10 minutes trying to figure some snarky remark that would get more quotes and "^^THIS!"'s but so depressed about the hard work that went into the first comment that I made, that I finally settle on posting a gif, spend another 20 minutes looking for perfect gif and finally setting on this one:

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    ETA: I wait exactly 30 seconds before hitting F5 to see if my gif is quoted then depressed that it isn't
  • tigtigs
    tigtigs Posts: 52
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    Read every one of the last 10 pages, totally bummed that I was quoted only once. Sits at keyboard for 10 minutes trying to figure some snarky remark that would get more quotes and "^^THIS!"'s but so depressed about the hard work that went into the first comment that I made, that I finally settle on posting a gif, spend another 20 minutes looking for perfect gif and finally setting on this one:

    546289_277822378989474_750169136_n_zps61fd8f22.jpg

    ETA: I wait exactly 30 seconds before hitting F5 to see if my gif is quoted then depressed that it isn't

    Feels sorry for you...proceeds to tell you how I have suffered from depression for the last 20 years due to major childhood trauma, tell you all of my meds I have taken, and that all of my doctors have told me that I am the most depressed person they have ever seen. I take full gratification in that knowing that I am the best at being depressed!! Then I share all of my depressing tips to help you battle depression...since clearly I have been very successful in battling it myself!!
  • smantha32
    smantha32 Posts: 6,990 Member
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    You've never been more wrong.

    Following are a few links that help my case and prove you utterly wrong:

    http://chickswithstevebuscemeyes.tumblr.com/


    This scares me. :noway:
  • smantha32
    smantha32 Posts: 6,990 Member
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    I'm going to make a witty and insightful post that a bunch of people will agree with and quote.

    I will post pictures of cute cats. :bigsmile:
  • BurtHuttz
    BurtHuttz Posts: 3,653 Member
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    546289_277822378989474_750169136_n_zps61fd8f22.jpg

    ^ THIS.
  • AlessisMore
    AlessisMore Posts: 179 Member
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    Club soda is NOT water.
  • Awkward30
    Awkward30 Posts: 1,927 Member
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    Enters the conversation after multiple pages, reads none of them, and comments on the original topic, which has long since been forgotten.

    OP is categorically incorrect. Since I have watched every episode of Law and Order, I'm basically a lawyer and thus know that the OP is clearly mistaken.
  • BurtHuttz
    BurtHuttz Posts: 3,653 Member
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    Enters the conversation after multiple pages, reads none of them, and comments on the original topic, which has long since been forgotten.

    OP is categorically incorrect. Since I have watched every episode of Law and Order, I'm basically a lawyer and thus know that the OP is clearly mistaken.
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    +1!
    This!!
    QFT
    THIS!!!!
    This.

    I disagree.
  • cmcollins001
    cmcollins001 Posts: 3,472 Member
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    546289_277822378989474_750169136_n_zps61fd8f22.jpg

    ^ THIS.

    QFT
  • ErinGBragh
    ErinGBragh Posts: 183 Member
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    There is no mystery to weight loss, everyone thinks something is wrong, their metabolism is broken, they have low thyroid, they have menopause or whatever issue, they are as unique as a snowflake, whatever. I thought a lot of these things once too but once the doctor helped resolve the health issues for me I learned there is still no magic pill. Most people eat more than they need to and are not at good at estimating calories as they think they are. Most people have a lower BMR than they think they do. The only way to know for sure is to go to a lab and have it tested. It doesn't seem fair to have to eat less and feel a little hunger. It's hard to face the truth of it, very hard. It's not fun. It's drudgery at times. But if you learn to enjoy your smaller amounts of food (necessary to lose weight, since the reason we got fat in the first place was eating too much whether we knew it or not), and rejoice in your victories it can be done.

    Your body loses weight in chunks, not linear. I have found that you can do everything right and your weight loss seems to plateau but if you are patient and keep exercising and eating at a deficit (however slight) you will lose it, it will suddenly "whoosh". There are so many variables for the scale; water retention, digestion, hormones, allergies, sodium, carbs, water intake, DOMS, inflammation, the list goes on. People mistakenly think they lose or gain weight when they eat more or less because of these fluctuations.

    Losing weight requires tremendous patience. You will not lose it when you want it or where you want it. The body does its thing. Some apparent plateaus can last a month or so. You cannot make it happen faster. You must focus on two things; calories and exercise. Nothing else matters. Scales and metrics don't matter. The day in and day out grind of exercise and calories are all that matters. It is not very exciting until things fall into place. You get your victories and you ride one victory to the next.

    The scale is a trend tool. The scale is good but put it away and only check once a week and only use it as a trend tool. It will fluctuate, it does not matter. Take front side and back progress pictures at least once a month. You will see differences that the metrics won't tell you and it's that little bit of NSV that will keep you going until the next victory.

    As far as calories…

    To say eat more is wrong.

    To say eat less is wrong.

    If you plug in all your info (typically age, gender, height and weight) into one of those calculators what you get is the average metabolic rate of a group of people who share your age, sex, height and weight. What you DON’T get is YOUR EXACT calorie needs. It's a place to start.

    To find the exact calories needed for YOU to be in a healthy sustainable calorie deficit is the right answer. Wait, if you need to adjust by 100 do it, wait, adjust, wait, adjust, wait. The tortoise wins this race.


    You want to eat as healthy as you can because it makes you feel better and perform better, and makes you healthier. There are a bunch of tricks and clean eating; reducing sugar (especially HFCS), fiber, white flour vs whole grain, low carb, low fat, on and on. All that matters is calories for weight loss. If you need to eat a certain way for health reasons or to feel better do it, but extensive good food and bad food lists will drive you insane at some point, it’s a constantly moving target. Just eat what you like, mostly healthy, mostly balanced, within a calorie budget. We all know what healthy is by now, just do it.

    Also people play mental accounting games with calories just like with finances. Make steps to make sure you are making accurate measurements. Packaged foods can have MORE than they say but not less (they get in trouble if less so they would rather error with MORE).

    If you typically intake sodium at a certain rate your body adjusts, but if you make a sudden change then you will see a spike.

    Exercise is for making your lean body mass pretty (especially lifting weights) for when the fat is gone. Losing fat with no muscle is ugly and cardio alone will not make you pretty. You cannot out exercise too many calories.

    Everyone needs resistance training to improve their health and bone density and this will especially improve your quality of life when you get older. But you will not gain all that much lean body mass as fast as everyone thinks. Guys of course will gain more. A DXA scan will prove the point. There are lots of stories about changing size but no one REALLY knows unless they do a DXA scan. Here's more about that --> http://bradpilon.com/weight-loss/intermittent-fasting-and-bulking/ this is true whether you IF or not. My DXA scans proved that I really didn't gain that much lean body mass yet I look very muscular for a female. I have very high bone density from over 30 years of lifting yet my lean body mass is still only 104 lbs and my RMR is still only 1380.

    I recently had my DXA scan done and at 51.5 years of age I have the bone density of a super athletic 30 year old. That is a direct result of lifting for over 30 years. Now if that is not scientific proof that lifting weights keeps you younger I don't know what is! Also I believe it is why most people think I look much younger than I really am. Because of this I don't have to worry about osteoporosis. If you wait until you are older and your bones start to deteriorate it's a bit too late, you can't get back what you lost, and you can only start a resistance routine that will prevent further damage.

    Cardio is good for you but it is optional. I love cardio, but you can't out exercise too many calories. Of course you burn calories, but not near what all the HRM's say. I learned the hard way, running marathon after marathon (yes even multiple runs during the day), as well as hitting the gym hard, martial arts, staying active all the time, not eating while watching TV, not binging, not mindlessly eating, not pigging out, not having emotional eating issues, yet I gained weight year after year, each decade putting on the pounds. I worked harder and harder, not able to figure out what was wrong. It didn't seem like I ate too much, but for my small size I did and didn't realize it until just a few years ago when I finally started losing weight by eating less.


    Everyone is different, but it's very easy to do a lot of cardio and think you can eat more than you really need, especially when you need to lose weight. It is also easy to think that you are burning more fat than you really are. Just do cardio if you enjoy it and because it's good for you.

    Too many changes at once can be hard on some people. I've always eaten healthy so it easy for me to simply eat less. Eating at a calorie deficit is hard on people; even a small deficit puts your body in a state of flux with hormones and such. Everyone is different. Some people can handle a deeper calorie deficit than others, this is not right or wrong, it just is. Stress in your life affects your hunger hormones; lack of sleep, fatigue, job stress, family stress, financial stress, etc. Add in emotional eating issues and it gets even more complicated. Most people can only handle so much change/stress at once, they try to do too much and fail. Sometimes it might be a better strategy to eat at maintenance and make some small changes first, it really depends on how much stress you are taking in at the moment.

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