Calorie Confusion: Do you believe?

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  • fatboymax
    fatboymax Posts: 90
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  • lauractemple85
    lauractemple85 Posts: 109 Member
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    We've all heard about muscle confusion; it's the main reason why P90X is so successful. But do you believe in Calorie Confusion? As in eating a different amount of calories everyday in order to keep your metabolism working.

    In theory (to me) it makes some sense. I know that if I take a pain medication for too long (such as aspirin or tylenol), after a while they will have little to no affect on me.

    Does anyone here believe in this theory?

    "Muscle confusion" is not why P90x is "successful."

    Please stop hating on the most effective workout routine ever devised

    THIS ^^
  • UsedToBeHusky
    UsedToBeHusky Posts: 15,229 Member
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    I found it to be more effective when I first started losing than in recent weeks, but then again, I haven't been very consistent all winter so it may just be that I'm not adhering enough to my calorie goal.
  • chels0722
    chels0722 Posts: 465 Member
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    why do you think we spontaneous people are so damn sexy???
  • jonnythan
    jonnythan Posts: 10,161 Member
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    Now I'm not sure who's being sarcastic and who isn't..
  • UsedToBeHusky
    UsedToBeHusky Posts: 15,229 Member
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    Now I'm not sure who's being sarcastic and who isn't..

    I was going to say the EXACT same thing! :laugh:
  • mktuck
    mktuck Posts: 5 Member
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    I absolutely subscribe to this theory, although I didn't until a few years ago, when my husband was working with a trainer. He set him up so that every fourth day was a high calorie day, and he shed the weight quickly. Of course, he still needed to make sensible choices on those days, but he never plateaued as he lost over 40 lbs in 5 months.
  • chels0722
    chels0722 Posts: 465 Member
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    Now I'm not sure who's being sarcastic and who isn't..

    I was going to say the EXACT same thing! :laugh:

    I'm never sarcastic..
  • evileen99
    evileen99 Posts: 1,564 Member
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    Your body is not the least bit confused by varying caloric intake. In fact, it has evolved to deal with this very thing in a most efficient way--if it experiences a caloric surplus, it saves those calories as fat, and if it experiences a caloric deficit, is uses those saved calories to maintain normal functioning.
  • myofibril
    myofibril Posts: 4,500 Member
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    No I don't believe (interesting choice of words...)

    They are both made up, marketing terms.

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