Eat more to lose

tbrain1989
tbrain1989 Posts: 280 Member
in Food and Nutrition
just a point of discussion as there are several schools of thought on the matter,

if you need to eat more to lose weight,

explain Gastric band surgery to me ?

Yours

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  • tbrain1989
    tbrain1989 Posts: 280 Member
    no takers?
  • ssdivot
    ssdivot Posts: 193
    I'm not an expert by any measure, however I think the WLS works because even though the metabolism might slow down in response to a very low calorie diet, it does not go to 0. If you eat very little you will lose weight and the wls makes it harder to eat a lot.

    The "eat more" in "eat more to weigh less, does not mean "the more you eat the more you lose". Rather it means "eat more" than a lot of diets, particularly very low calorie ones, would have you eat. You take a more moderate deficit, which might keep your metabolism from slowing down as much as on a lower one. I think the most likely benefit though would be not losing as much muscle mass while losing, and most importantly, a greater likelihood of being able to keep complying and losing more in the long haul, as one doesn't feel as deprived as on a much lower calorie diet.
  • yarwell
    yarwell Posts: 10,477 Member
    no takers?

    try "Weight loss" ? http://www.myfitnesspal.com/forums/show/9-general-diet-and-weight-loss-help
  • Lochlyn_D
    Lochlyn_D Posts: 492 Member
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  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    just a point of discussion as there are several schools of thought on the matter,

    if you need to eat more to lose weight,

    explain Gastric band surgery to me ?

    Yours

    Science

    I think you miss the point of eat more to lose. It's not that you necessarily "need" to eat more to lose...it's that you can eat more than say...500 net calories per day or some stupid *kitten* **** and still lose weight...you still eat a deficit of calories, just not some mammoth sized deficit the ends up burning up a bunch of LBM along with the fat.

    The people who tend to eat more to lose, in my experience, tend to actually stick with their dietary lifestyles and have sustained, long term success. They also look really good when they reach their goal because they've tended to preserve LBM.

    Also, gastric band is medical...not some do it yourself, on-line, I'm going to net 500 calories per day because I really want an ED bull ****.
  • JisatsuHoshi
    JisatsuHoshi Posts: 421 Member
    Eat more "smaller meals" to keep metabolism up. Not eat more in terms calories. Always calories in vs. calories out at the end of day.

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