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I AM SPECIAL!!!!! I am a delicate little snowflake and to suggest otherwise is offensive! :explode: :noway:0
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Genuine question: is there really no distinction of types of calories in? I basically agree with your stance, but I've noticed in my own regimen that the more (non-vegetable derived) carb I eat, the harder it is for me to lose weight. So even holding total calories in constant, I lose faster when I eat more protein/fat and less carb. To the point where I can lose faster even when I eat a few more calories this way, than lower calories with higher carbs. I'm still in a deficit overall either way. So yeah, I guess I just wonder if calorie deficit is a necessary but not sufficient condition, at least for some of us. And then, does that make us special?
And this happens with basically everyone in the general population. So not "special".
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This is exactly what I read on another site that resulted in my finally being able to lose weight. "Nobody violates the first rule of thermodynamics. If you're in a deficit you lose, in a surplus you gain." I had been resistant to weighing my food until I read this from a well respected poster. I started weighing and I started losing.0
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Think NROLW is one of those money-making machines.
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So you've cracked the code but still managed to eat yourself out of shape?0
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So true! I feel bad for the people who spend all the money on the gimmicks to lose weight. Or who go on the crazy diets and deprive themselves.
I also get the "look", when I tell people I lost the weight from eating better and exercising. Then they look strangely at me when I eat a hamburger or have a piece of cake. They must think I starve and never have a treat.0 -
I am too. niner, going to wrestle you now. ;/0
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Blanket statements... all kinds of fallacies. If people weren't unique the same exact diet and exercise routine would work for everyone.
As mentioned, unless there's health issues (including hormonal), reactions to certain foods calorie deficit works. There's no mention of what type of exercise or what type of diet to do to achieve this on the OP. Some will do it with IIFYM, some with 6 meals a day, etc., but it comes down to calorie deficit.
So again, not special. Show me someone losing weight eating a calorie surplus..................that would be special.
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So you've cracked the code but still managed to eat yourself out of shape?
Did you...just call Niner out of shape?
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So you've cracked the code but still managed to eat yourself out of shape?
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100 pounds and totally sedentary, injured in bed. I can still eat 2000 calories and stay at this weight. Eating 2500+ consistently for 6 months lead to a gain of 1 pound per month. I've never dieted for weight loss. still going to wrestle you. ;P0
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Never having dieted is part of the answer.0
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100 pounds and totally sedentary, injured in bed. I can still eat 2000 calories and stay at this weight. Eating 2500+ consistently for 6 months lead to a gain of 1 pound per month. I've never dieted for weight loss. still going to wrestle you. ;P
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I'm just here for the wrestling match0
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i know this has probably been asked a million too, but you are a personal trainer. is it really important to eat back your calories burned? i really dont understand. i am really heavy and have 130 pounds to lose. i assumed that 1600 calories is enough to be losing weight. i would appreciate your input.0
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100 pounds and totally sedentary, injured in bed. I can still eat 2000 calories and stay at this weight. Eating 2500+ consistently for 6 months lead to a gain of 1 pound per month. I've never dieted for weight loss. still going to wrestle you. ;P
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you always wear spandex! silly.0 -
Wait, didn't you get in trouble a year or two ago for being too sexy in those spandex? ;D0
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i know this has probably been asked a million too, but you are a personal trainer. is it really important to eat back your calories burned? i really dont understand. i am really heavy and have 130 pounds to lose. i assumed that 1600 calories is enough to be losing weight. i would appreciate your input.
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100 pounds and totally sedentary, injured in bed. I can still eat 2000 calories and stay at this weight. Eating 2500+ consistently for 6 months lead to a gain of 1 pound per month. I've never dieted for weight loss. still going to wrestle you. ;P
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LET'S GET READY TO RUMMMBLLE!!!!!!!0 -
Kind of sounds like what my doctor (who's been slim all her life) told me. I was trying to tell her how I was struggling to lose weight and she quipped "The law of thermodynamics still applies.". Um, thanks. I will be sure to stop stuffing myself with potato chips every evening and eating chocolate bars for lunch. Duh!
I DO agree that a calorie deficit is what you need to lose weight.
However, HOW to get that calorie deficit and keep it up is the tricky bit. Different things will work for different people and for many people, it's HARD.0
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