Calories In Versus Calories Out = CRAP!

re Taubes and his hypothesis: if insulin is increased and nutrients are being told to be delivered to cells but there aren't nutrients available (aka calorie deficit) then how is any fat (or muscle) meant to be stored?

calories in vs. calories out is a LONG TERM LIFESTYLE CHANGE that has a 100% success rate. I've been on here for over a year, had some ups and downs but weigh my self consistently and if I've learned absolutely ANYTHING on this journey, it's that the human body makes no sense and the scale might even show you gain weight after a stellar week. BUT, I promise you months down the road you'll have lost weight, feel better about yourself and the way you look.

If you haven't already, go to wal mart and buy a food scale, they are like 3-4 bucks for a cheap one and will revolutionize how you see your meal portions when you can physically measure all those grams and ounces. You may find you've been eating far too much.

re Taubes and his hypothesis: if insulin is increased and nutrients are being told to be delivered to cells but there aren't nutrients available (aka calorie deficit) then how is any fat (or muscle) meant to be stored?

I think his hypothesis proposes that any carbohydrates ingested throughout the day, immediately increase insulin which contributes to fat storage, rather than being used for the body's normal processes as is what happens in healthy weighted individuals. This is a faulty mechanism that comes about because of hormone dysregulation. That is my understanding but I could be wrong.

Protein produces insulin as well. Recent studies have shown low-carb diets produce a virtually identical quantity of insulin to the SAD. The solution to insulin issues is eating 1-2 meals/day with no snacks, not reducing carbs, although personally I enjoy carb cycling (nothing like being able to eat a box of frosted flakes one day, and a pound of prime ribeye the next).

re Taubes and his hypothesis: if insulin is increased and nutrients are being told to be delivered to cells but there aren't nutrients available (aka calorie deficit) then how is any fat (or muscle) meant to be stored?

I think his hypothesis proposes that any carbohydrates ingested throughout the day, immediately increase insulin which contributes to fat storage, rather than being used for the body's normal processes as is what happens in healthy weighted individuals. This is a faulty mechanism that comes about because of hormone dysregulation. That is my understanding but I could be wrong.

His hypothesis is wrong. For example, protein is insulinogenic, not just carbs.

I just want to add that some of you people are completely rude!!!!!!!!!! She was stating an opinion so 7 pages of you people had to post to tell her she is wrong???? WTF!!!!!! I thought this site was motivational!!! If this poor woman chooses not to get back on this site ever again, I wouldn't blame her one bit!!!!!!! How can you people sleep after telling someone they aren't special and they are "doing it wrong"??? This is crazy!!!!! People!!!! She is having trouble!!! She has probably been criticized for a while because she is overweight and you "people" want to shut her thinking down and make her sound stupid??? WOW it's high school all over again!!!! *very disappointed*

On another note, just tweak what you are doing. The only thing I agree with is give it time. Change it up until you find something that works. Remember EVERYONE is special so something that works for "John Doe" may not work for you, but I am sure you will find the right fit. Feel free to add me as a friend and I will offer some needed motivation as often as possible. Good day to you!!!

So it's better to just flat out lie? Just enourage her and have her tweak everything? Blind aimless trial and error?

This isn't the stone ages where we're trying to figure out what causes pregnancy or how to make beer or what berries are safe to eat without causing death.

This is simple basic science.

I just want to add that some of you people are completely rude!!!!!!!!!! She was stating an opinion so 7 pages of you people had to post to tell her she is wrong???? WTF!!!!!! I thought this site was motivational!!! If this poor woman chooses not to get back on this site ever again, I wouldn't blame her one bit!!!!!!! How can you people sleep after telling someone they aren't special and they are "doing it wrong"??? This is crazy!!!!! People!!!! She is having trouble!!! She has probably been criticized for a while because she is overweight and you "people" want to shut her thinking down and make her sound stupid??? WOW it's high school all over again!!!! *very disappointed*

On another note, just tweak what you are doing. The only thing I agree with is give it time. Change it up until you find something that works. Remember EVERYONE is special so something that works for "John Doe" may not work for you, but I am sure you will find the right fit. Feel free to add me as a friend and I will offer some needed motivation as often as possible. Good day to you!!!

What's funny is people who say they're special or things don't work for them seem to get a lot of advice from people who haven't lost a whole lot of weight or this is their 3rd or 4th attempt...but when someone who has lost 50, 100, 200 pounds says you're not special...well...heaven forbid!!! Weight loss is simple, it's science, it's physics, it's already proven. If someone doesn't have the discipline to follow through with it, or the will power to succeed, that's on them...it's not because they're special or different, it's just that they are not patient enough to wait for results. Why do you think all these fad diets are such money makers...because people are in a hurry to lose and don't actually want to work for it.

I just want to add that some of you people are completely rude!!!!!!!!!! She was stating an opinion so 7 pages of you people had to post to tell her she is wrong???? WTF!!!!!! I thought this site was motivational!!! If this poor woman chooses not to get back on this site ever again, I wouldn't blame her one bit!!!!!!! How can you people sleep after telling someone they aren't special and they are "doing it wrong"??? This is crazy!!!!! People!!!! She is having trouble!!! She has probably been criticized for a while because she is overweight and you "people" want to shut her thinking down and make her sound stupid??? WOW it's high school all over again!!!! *very disappointed*

On another note, just tweak what you are doing. The only thing I agree with is give it time. Change it up until you find something that works. Remember EVERYONE is special so something that works for "John Doe" may not work for you, but I am sure you will find the right fit. Feel free to add me as a friend and I will offer some needed motivation as often as possible. Good day to you!!!

Everyone is NOT special, everyone is the same. We are all the same species, our bodies all function in the same way. Your way of thinking is honestly part of the problem, not part of the solution. Blindly changing things will not accomplish anything. This is science, not pin the tail on the donkey.

I just want to add that some of you people are completely rude!!!!!!!!!! She was stating an opinion so 7 pages of you people had to post to tell her she is wrong???? WTF!!!!!! I thought this site was motivational!!! If this poor woman chooses not to get back on this site ever again, I wouldn't blame her one bit!!!!!!! How can you people sleep after telling someone they aren't special and they are "doing it wrong"??? This is crazy!!!!! People!!!! She is having trouble!!! She has probably been criticized for a while because she is overweight and you "people" want to shut her thinking down and make her sound stupid??? WOW it's high school all over again!!!! *very disappointed*

On another note, just tweak what you are doing. The only thing I agree with is give it time. Change it up until you find something that works. Remember EVERYONE is special so something that works for "John Doe" may not work for you, but I am sure you will find the right fit. Feel free to add me as a friend and I will offer some needed motivation as often as possible. Good day to you!!!

I'm sensing a product of the, "You can do no wrong" generation (and that's saying something, since you're only a few years younger than me).

Sorry, sister. You're not special. I'm not special. No one's special. Do I have some issues that make it harder than "normal" to drop weight? Absolutely. Does that make the science behind how my body works completely different? No.

"Just like high school"? Were you the kid who sobbed when someone told them, "Sorry, I just don't like like you" or ran home crying when you failed a test?

Regardless of how you've been raised to perceive the world and yourself, let me flip it on you:

Say this woman came on saying she's trying to train for a marathon. She says she's been trying to train for three years. When people ask her how often she runs, she says, "Well, not consistently, and actually I haven't done it at all for two weeks, and I haven't gotten any closer to my goal of running a marathon over the last three years..."

So if people responded, "You need to start, well, running," would you similarly attack them as "attacking her and telling her she's wrong"?

P.S. If I state an "opinion" on valid science like, "I believe the world is flat" (oh shi-), you're seriously going to just let me walk around with that deluded belief? What favor would you be doing me by letting me live in ignorance?

lol if you arent losing body weight, you are not in a defecit.

Everyone is NOT special, everyone is the same. We are all the same species, our bodies all function in the same way.

The first sentence is correct. "Everyone" is not special. The second sentence is BS. All bodies do NOT function in the same way.

k, but the laws of thermodynamics work for everyone.

Everyone is NOT special, everyone is the same. We are all the same species, our bodies all function in the same way.

The first sentence is correct. "Everyone" is not special. The second sentence is BS. All bodies do NOT function in the same way.

agreed.

Everyone is NOT special, everyone is the same. We are all the same species, our bodies all function in the same way.

The first sentence is correct. "Everyone" is not special. The second sentence is BS. All bodies do NOT function in the same way.

for 99% of the population all bodies start off functioning the exact same way. Its the chronic abuse of food that ****s you up and creates all these "special snow flakes".

Everyone is NOT special, everyone is the same. We are all the same species, our bodies all function in the same way.

The first sentence is correct. "Everyone" is not special. The second sentence is BS. All bodies do NOT function in the same way.

If your body is not functioning in the same way as everybody else, then you are either:

A. doing it wrong
B. have other health issues

You need to see a doctor for assistance.

Everyone is NOT special, everyone is the same. We are all the same species, our bodies all function in the same way.

The first sentence is correct. "Everyone" is not special. The second sentence is BS. All bodies do NOT function in the same way.

If your body is not functioning in the same way as everybody else, then you are either:

A. doing it wrong
B. have other health issues

You need to see a doctor for assistance.

Not sure what is meant by A (doing what wrong, exactly?) but agree with B.

Everyone is NOT special, everyone is the same. We are all the same species, our bodies all function in the same way.

The first sentence is correct. "Everyone" is not special. The second sentence is BS. All bodies do NOT function in the same way.

for 99% of the population all bodies start off functioning the exact same way. Its the chronic abuse of food that ****s you up and creates all these "special snow flakes".

I have no idea if your statistic is correct, but I I fail to see how when a snowflake is created influences its existence. Whether or not some bodies lose/gain differently is not based on "majority rules".