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Key %'s for weight loss success!
biglouie7504
Posts: 23 Member
Sleeping 40%
Sleep 40%
Gym 20%
Sleep 40%
Gym 20%
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Sleep twice? I cant even finish sleeping ONCE! Bloody insomnia!3
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Calorie deficit = 100%
Nothing more, nothing less.12 -
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Guess I better take a nap...I was going to hit the gym this afternoon for a heavy session...but sounds like a nap is the way to go since I only slept once last night.6
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Ha.
That comes out to about 20 hours of sleep. It's funny because I often think about how my dogs spend around 20 hours a day in some form of rest and are in great shape.4 -
With 3 kids and a dog, sleep sadly isnt what it should be! Correct though, too little sleep can release cortisol which in turn can inhibit fat loss. But aye, calorie deficit.2
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So calories don't come in at all? Just napping and the gym??3
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Sleep 80% of the time? Well I'm in trouble.3
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I think the real lesson here is that the key to weight loss isn't CICO, it's STET - Sleeping Time>Eating Time
More time sleeping means less time for eating
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CafeRacer808 wrote: »I think the real lesson here is that the key to weight loss isn't CICO, it's STET - Sleeping Time>Eating Time
More time sleeping means less time for eating
Ah, but those waking hours would be a feast fit for a king (or queen)!2 -
#napgainz ftw!4
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lol I'm just trying to say focus on those 2 things more than gym time I just put it in percentages to show what you should focus on more I'm a personal trainer so just trying to put some helpful info out there for ya:)
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biglouie7504 wrote: »lol I'm just trying to say focus on those 2 things more than gym time I just put it in percentages to show what you should focus on more I'm a personal trainer so just trying to put some helpful info out there for ya:)
But there's only 2 things you listed and one is gym time.0 -
Oh noes... guess I did it wrong since mine was more like 10% sleep
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I see what you guys are saying well let me put it like this illuminate diet and sleep focus from trying to achieve your goals and let's say put 80% of your time and effort into gym time and only 10% into sleep and 10% into diet and see what happenes.... Am I right or am I right? Percentages a.k.a time sorry I explained it a little different
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No, you're NOT right.
Trigden1991 is.3 -
biglouie7504 wrote: »I see what you guys are saying well let me put it like this illuminate diet and sleep focus from trying to achieve your goals and let's say put 80% of your time and effort into gym time and only 10% into sleep and 10% into diet and see what happenes.... Am I right or am I right? Percentages a.k.a time sorry I explained it a little different
But diet isn't even in your list. You have sleep and gym only. 80% sleep, 20% gym.1 -
biglouie7504 wrote: »Sleeping 40%
Sleep 40%
Gym 20%
Did you mean to have "Eating" as the first 40%?2 -
Ready2Rock206 wrote: »So calories don't come in at all? Just napping and the gym??
Nope, it works itself out, right? I mean, if you're sleeping 80% of the time and at the gym the other 20%, there's no time to eat, no? 4 -
Your original post lists sleep twice and diet none.biglouie7504 wrote: »lol I'm just trying to say focus on those 2 things more than gym time I just put it in percentages to show what you should focus on more I'm a personal trainer so just trying to put some helpful info out there for ya:)
Even if one of those sleeps was meant to say diet I still don't understand the percentages. Is it meant to be amount of time in the day? Percent of our effort we focus on those things?
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I don't think the OP has even noticed his typo.nutmegoreo wrote: »biglouie7504 wrote: »Sleeping 40%
Sleep 40%
Gym 20%
Did you mean to have "Eating" as the first 40%?
I don't think so either. Then we could focus on the percentages, rather than sleeping all the time. :laugh:4 -
OP, we get you, but you made a typo!!!!
We all know sleep is important. You just mentioned it twice.1 -
nutmegoreo wrote: »biglouie7504 wrote: »Sleeping 40%
Sleep 40%
Gym 20%
Did you mean to have "Eating" as the first 40%?
Yes lol my bad0 -
lol sorry guys I did mean
Diet-40%
Sleep40%
Gym20%
Didn't notice the typo until you guts pointed it out lol2 -
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biglouie7504 wrote: »lol sorry guys I did mean
Diet-40%
Sleep40%
Gym20%
Didn't notice the typo until you guts pointed it out lol
I don't agree with your percentage values, mainly because with regular exercise, my sleeping improves all by itself. I do think that rest, relaxation, and keeping a healthy mental space is valuable. So I would expand sleep to include overall well being which includes behaviours not included in the other two.1 -
So I should sleep 9 and a half hours, spend 9 and a half hours eating and the remaining 5 hours working out?
I'm sure there's a great thought in there somewhere, OP, but I'm not quite getting it.1
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