Losing weight is SIMPLE not complicated

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rickyll
rickyll Posts: 188 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Want to know the secret to losing weight or gaining weight?
Here it is:

Find out what your daily caloric maintenance level is. (This is the amount of calories your body burns in a day without any exercise)
This is how fast your metabolism is. myfitnesspal has a decent calculator for this but it usually takes a week or two of experimenting with how much you intake to know your true caloric maintenance level.

For example, it said my maintenance level was 2800 calories a day. After a few weeks of trying to gain weight unsuccessfully, I found my level was more around 3000 calories a day so I adjusted my diet.

If you want to lose weight, first, start with eating 100 or 200 calories less than that amount every day for a week. Weigh yourself after a week and see your results. No change? (because the online calculator maybe didn't get it right) adjust and see what happens the next week.

That's it! Also, know that it does not matter what you eat when it comes to losing weight. You can eat Mcdonalds every day and still lose weight if you eat below your maintenance level. Of course you don't want to eat Mcdonald's everyday because you want to lose weight AND be healthy! two different things!
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  • kms1320
    kms1320 Posts: 599 Member
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    oh my god, shut down the message boards, the problem is solved!
  • ki4yxo
    ki4yxo Posts: 709 Member
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    Sodium?
  • tsh0ck
    tsh0ck Posts: 1,970 Member
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    Sodium?

    what about it?
  • JustANumber85
    JustANumber85 Posts: 644 Member
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    I can eat McDonalds? Damn that was my problem this whole time!
  • funkycamper
    funkycamper Posts: 998 Member
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    First post and he's solved it all. This must be a record.:huh: :huh:
  • C12254
    C12254 Posts: 198
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    There it is. Its that easy. *snaps fingers* LOOKIE THERE! Im skinny now! :noway:
  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
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    Correct.
  • soleilxo
    soleilxo Posts: 202
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    no no no you got this all wrong!
  • taunto
    taunto Posts: 6,420 Member
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    new user, first post, good info

    Is this MFP I am on or some other website?
  • mag2906
    mag2906 Posts: 57 Member
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    It's simple but not easy.
  • MoreBean13
    MoreBean13 Posts: 8,701 Member
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    You need a catchy name or nobody's going to buy it.
  • BaconMD
    BaconMD Posts: 1,165 Member
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    But I'd rather make it unnecessarily complicated and then fail in a few months and wonder what I did wrong!
  • Valmon
    Valmon Posts: 12
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    Hail to the Messiah, He who saves us from obesity!

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  • Oishii
    Oishii Posts: 2,675 Member
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    But, but, but.... Then I won't feel the need to binge like all my dieting friends and I'll be the odd one out! And then, when they ask how I lost weight and I say 'I ate 100-200 calories less than I needed,' no one will want to hear. :cry:

    No, starvation is a much more popular option, so it must be better!
  • childermass
    childermass Posts: 115 Member
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    "rickyll does not have any friends yet"
    and not looking likely if this thread is anything to go by...
  • neanderthin
    neanderthin Posts: 9,968 Member
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    Be in a deficit, don't trust online calculators and eat healthy......gotcha.:wink:
  • taunto
    taunto Posts: 6,420 Member
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    "rickyll does not have any friends yet"
    and not looking likely if this thread is anything to go by...

    Why not? Somebody who has this concept grasped should be an awesome friend to have!
  • sandradev1
    sandradev1 Posts: 786 Member
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    Brilliant post.

    Human nature just tends to over complicate even the most basic information.
  • SurfyFriend
    SurfyFriend Posts: 362 Member
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    Cheers, Although I know all this, it is refreshing to read again after being so involved in learning recipes, macros, all that other crap. Back to basics for a change. nice
  • Aleph13
    Aleph13 Posts: 83 Member
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    I think it's slightly more complex than this....

    especially for those with underlying conditions both phyiscal (glandular/hormonal) and mental

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