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What is your workout routine and how many times a week do you hit the gym?

I don't workout. I don't have a gym membership.

A few press-ups here and there if I can be bothered. The rest is genetics.

At so much, am learning to readjust eating, jacq

I don't understand that. Did you type it with your face?

I refuse to get into a kerfuffle with anyone but it's bugging me to not say something. I stumbled on this thread, read some and skipped to a random page where the OP says this thread is "probably riddled with misinformation". As you can see by my join date I'm no expert either, but when someone acknowledges their own information is of questionable quality it raises an eyebrow. That's all, just keeping my conscience clear, caveat emptor and all that.

Only because my advice is mainly based on the previous experience of either myself or those I know.

When I say "misinformation" what i mean is that the advice I give may not be what the leading experts in sports & fitness science or study are saying. It may not be what other members here have tried or agree with.

It's just advice though. At least I'm here offering something instead of nit-picking or trying to blow what other people say out of the water just because their methods never worked for me.

Going back to the science studies and experts though... The planet is 50% overweight and that number is rising. So I don't care much for most of their studies/opinions or guides.

All I know is what I've seen and that's what I'm sticking too. If you guys want to listen that's fine, if you don't you know where the door is.

Going back to the science studies and experts though... The planet is 50% overweight and that number is rising. So I don't care much for most of their studies/opinions or guides.

I did 'The Core Challenge' and was scared to cough or sneeze for 3 days because of the pain.

As you get better at doing it, increase the minute planks to 90 seconds and press-ups by 5 or 10 reps depending on how brave you are.

Good luck, guys.

Im having a really hard time doing push ups. Started doing wall push up, my wrist are not strong enough.

I refuse to get into a kerfuffle with anyone but it's bugging me to not say something. I stumbled on this thread, read some and skipped to a random page where the OP says this thread is "probably riddled with misinformation". As you can see by my join date I'm no expert either, but when someone acknowledges their own information is of questionable quality it raises an eyebrow. That's all, just keeping my conscience clear, caveat emptor and all that.

DebbieLynn: Excellent points! I don't know why anyone would prefer misinformation over a slew of easy to use online BMR/TDEE calculators (that are, even with their own erros, significantly more informed than this post). The point you bring up about a 300lb bodybuilder vs. a 300lb morbidly obese and sedentary woman perfectly encapsulates the error in the OP's method. I don't know how anyone could say that certain variables considered in those calculators are irrelevant (age, body fat %, etc). It's just shocking.

Did you actually read the article I linked before you fell off your chair in horror?

Sure you can use Miflin St Joer to calculate BMR. Or Katch Mcardle if you know your BF%. Or Harris Benedict if you have a good handle on your activity multipliers.

The point is that for most people this level of detail is not particularly necessary. They are just estimates. Sure they may be a little more accurate relatively than the 10 cals per 1lb of total body weight method but that is missing the wood for the trees.

All most people really need when starting off on their fat loss quest is a reasonable starting figure. They can then tweak as necessary depending on progress. So many people become obsessed over whether they are eating the exact number of calories needed whilst forgetting that all these equations generate estimates and calorie needs are variable, from day to day and even from month to month (particularly due to changes in activity levels.) Sometimes obsession may be good (athlete needing to make a weight class for example) but for the average person that mindset can be rather unhealthy.

So what happens to our 300 lbs lady eating 3,000 calories per day if her weight loss is exceedingly slow? Simple. She cuts calories per week until she is at a calorie sweet spot where her weight is dropping nicely without too much impact on mood and the ability to perform day to day functions or exercise.

The benefit of starting a little high (which admittedly this does) is that all diets whether you do low calorie or higher have an adaptive component. Your body craves homeostasis. Part of this is a function of loss of body weight, part is due to the suitability of calorie deficits. Therefore if you start high then when this kicks in you still have plenty of calories to cut from. If you start at the lowest intake possible then you don't have much flexibility before you start reaching a calorie level which is very difficult to keep to psychologically and physiologically. More options are better than less.

Keeping an open mind, keeping things simple and allowing yourself more flexibility over rigidity tend to work very well for most people.

Shocking innit?

(*all the above presumes no medical / metabolic conditions as I have stated before*)