Cut out soda completely, and haven't lost a pound!

get your broscience outta here, youre probably not eating as much as you think, and "some people do not lose a pound of weight despite being in caloric deficits and exercising" are eating more than they think.

show me a study that has people not losing weight while in a calorie deficit, or people not gaining while in a surplus. otherwise, accept that you are wrong

You still don't get the thing, well, not only you, ok, let's say it differently.

I invite all of you to read about something called "a calorie is not a calorie", our digestive system does not treat all the calories equally, watch another video called "Sugar, the bitter truth", they give examples of how different sugars are digestive with all scientific detail.

But, for the last time, to see if you all understand my point. Yes it is true that you need a caloric deficit to lose weight, or surplus to gain weight BUT, and here is what I try to explain, UNLESS you have a healthy digestive system, and your hormones are working properly, your body is NOT going to know that you have all those extra calories stored, same thing if you ant to get weight, if every thing is not ok your body WILL NOT digest part of your foods and you will not get weight.

Calories in - Calories out.

If you aren't losing then you've fluffed up one side of the equation. It's that simple.

If you, personally, were eating 2500 and not losing/gaining, then you've found maintenance. Congratulations, you now have an accurate figure from which to base your upcoming cut/bulk. It's often the first thing I do before embarking on either one. Then you have something substantive to work with.

I was eating less before and I was keeping my weight, I moved my calories up 700 calories a day, That is way too much difference to still call it "maintenance".

And for those who talk about that people are not having "real" caloric deficits, please, how many of you know someone eating veggies and chicken breast 3 times a day and not losing a pound, don't create answers. Thee are millions of people overweighted, just look at the US and if the theory is calories in - calories out is that simple we wouldn't have as much people as we have, we leave surrounded of diets, pills and millions of things to lose weight, we have more info and remedies than never before but we, ironically, have more fat people than ever before.

And also, when you put your body in a caloric deficit, it will slow down your metabolism after a while, it will shut down different processes in our body in order to survive.

This is because your body thinks that there is an "starvation time" and is going to think that you are not going to get food in a while, so it will use anything before burning fat, muscle will go first, because the body does not care about looking good, it cares about survivability, and in the presence of big caloric deficits the body will take any calorie and converted into fat, even if you have 40 pounds of extra fat.

Your BMR will change and you will burn less, that is why people in caloric deficits gets every thing back after a few months.

get your broscience outta here, youre probably not eating as much as you think, and "some people do not lose a pound of weight despite being in caloric deficits and exercising" are eating more than they think.

show me a study that has people not losing weight while in a calorie deficit, or people not gaining while in a surplus. otherwise, accept that you are wrong

You still don't get the thing, well, not only you, ok, let's say it differently.

I invite all of you to read about something called "a calorie is not a calorie", our digestive system does not treat all the calories equally, watch another video called "Sugar, the bitter truth", they give examples of how different sugars are digestive with all scientific detail.

But, for the last time, to see if you all understand my point. Yes it is true that you need a caloric deficit to lose weight, or surplus to gain weight BUT, and here is what I try to explain, UNLESS you have a healthy digestive system, and your hormones are working properly, your body is NOT going to know that you have all those extra calories stored, same thing if you ant to get weight, if every thing is not ok your body WILL NOT digest part of your foods and you will not get weight.

Calories in - Calories out.

If you aren't losing then you've fluffed up one side of the equation. It's that simple.

If you, personally, were eating 2500 and not losing/gaining, then you've found maintenance. Congratulations, you now have an accurate figure from which to base your upcoming cut/bulk. It's often the first thing I do before embarking on either one. Then you have something substantive to work with.

I was eating less before and I was keeping my weight, I moved my calories up 700 calories a day, That is way too much difference to still call it "maintenance".

And for those who talk about that people are not having "real" caloric deficits, please, how many of you know someone eating veggies and chicken breast 3 times a day and not losing a pound, don't create answers. Thee are millions of people overweighted, just look at the US and if the theory is calories in - calories out is that simple we wouldn't have as much people as we have, we leave surrounded of diets, pills and millions of things to lose weight, we have more info and remedies than never before but we, ironically, have more fat people than ever before.

Yea. Please teach us how it's done. lol

She meant his use of "Fat people" is offensive.

Missed that post. My bad.

My point about diet coke, well that still stands...

And also, when you put your body in a caloric deficit, it will slow down your metabolism after a while, it will shut down different processes in our body in order to survive.

This is because your body thinks that there is an "starvation time" and is going to think that you are not going to get food in a while, so it will use anything before burning fat, muscle will go first, because the body does not care about looking good, it cares about survivability, and in the presence of big caloric deficits the body will take any calorie and converted into fat, even if you have 40 pounds of extra fat.

Your BMR will change and you will burn less, that is why people in caloric deficits gets every thing back after a few months.

also you are greatly overstating the effects of metabolic adaptation

eta; people gain back the weight because they go back to their old habits

also you are greatly overstating the effects of metabolic adaptation

eta; people gain back the weight because they go back to their old habits

Metabolic adaptation is slow, but this whole thing about starvation and fat storing is due to our evolution, you know we evolve through time, our genetics change, they've been doing it thousands of years and even in our specie we have differences, for instance, Asians have a digestive system that tolerates a lot more soy than occidentals.

The evolutionary fact that explains this is simple, before, when we were cavemen, we had periods of starvation and periods of feasting, so our bodies learnt this and our brains have a mechanism which is like when you enter in big caloric deficits, our brain is going to think "starvation period, store fat", when is feasting, is going to think the opposite.

When a person is fat, we are talking about real fat, not 5 pounds, the person usually have insulin and leptin resistance as a consequence, leptin is a hormone that, among other things, tells to your brain "fat stores are ok", before burning fat, leptin resistance blocks the communication between leptin and the brain, therefore your brain gets no answer and thinks "I do not have enough fat reserves", so it will store more (on top of your 40 extra pounds).

Our brains don't know what a diet is, don't know that we have supermarkets in every corner, don't know that we are going to eat in 10 minutes, they just understand about that, because of evolution.

I invite all of you to read about something called "a calorie is not a calorie", our digestive system does not treat all the calories equally, watch another video called "Sugar, the bitter truth", they give examples of how different sugars are digestive with all scientific detail.

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I invite all of you to read about something called "a calorie is not a calorie", our digestive system does not treat all the calories equally, watch another video called "Sugar, the bitter truth", they give examples of how different sugars are digestive with all scientific detail.

The old calorie is not a calorie argument along with the "sugar is the devil" argument...Yeah, and a pound is not a pound, an inch is not an inch, etc etc. Do us all a favor:



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ETA: How the hell did that double post happen?

Well this is something I have studied a lot, because my doctor told me to cut out ALL soda. Maybe I am getting the wrong information, but what I am finding in this article and several others, is this information on artificial sweeteners.


"They trick your metabolism into thinking sugar is on its way. This causes your body to pump out insulin, the fat storage hormone, which lays down more belly fat.
It also confuses and slows your metabolism down, so you burn fewer calories every day."

Full article here... Yes it is huffington post, but it was the only one I could find that fully explained it. The others just said " diet soda makes you gain weight" This gives a better picture.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-mark-hyman/diet-soda-health_b_2698494.html

How can people not see scarecrow is a troll is beyond me. People are actually engaging this person. This person...who has less than 20 posts and a brand new profile. As if they made a profile just to argue with people. Hmmmmmm...

If someone says something THAT ridiculous to where you get whiplash saying "ah hell naw", then most likely they are saying it to get a reaction and not to have a genuine conversation.

yea im pretty sure they are, but hey, its a slow day at work and i need something to do lol. plus if we leave this type of crap alone some poor soul may actually believe it