mikea2g wrote: »

PhatStax69 wrote: »

Jan. 25 Weigh In Day
Last week 235.4
Today 234 (-1.4)

Just an observation from counting calories on mfp. By the numbers I should have lost double what I did. I know i started the gym but id say muscle gain would be on average of .25 lbs per week. I use a hrm chest strap to count my workout calories. I have my eating calories set to lose 2 lbs a week. I have my activity level set to sedentary. I only eat half of my calores that i burn back. I work out two to three hours a day 6 days a week. I just wonder how hard it will be to lose weight the closer i get to my goal and then to maintain it. I was watching some videos on youtube about the biggest loser contestants and how they gained their weight back and more in some cases. They had to eat like 800 calories less than a normal person their same weight just to maintain. Oh what a journey. Any way I am glad for another loss this week.

I saw something similar regarding biggest loser. I think the main point was losing weight as fast as they did causes the problems. Not necessarily losing weight in general. I could be wrong.

Regarding the math of CICO. I think it works best when applied over a larger time frame. I’ve had weeks of gain, .5 pound loss and 4.5 pound loss while the math said I should lose about 2-2.5 pounds per week.

Over the last 6 months I’ve lost 2.6 pounds per week on average. So over 6 months CICO math worked great for me. On a weekly basis, not so much. Just keep plugging away and if you’re consistent, the math will work out in the longer term.

So there's some new ideas out there that are suggesting that calorie restriction by itself isn't going to produce lasting results. You really need to learn how to eat better, meaning you need to make better food choices, you know more nutrient dense foods, not like just eating a donut for breakfast, that type of thing. Restricting calories becomes a bit easier when you're not choosing foods that lack proper nutrition and you'll feel fuller and better in general. And the idea behind the 1-2 lbs a week for it being healthy weight loss is more that it helps you take your calories down a little a time which for most people is more sustainable over time as you're making gradual chances to your daily routine.
The thing with BL show was that they cut them down to like 500-800 calories a day and had them exercising basically constantly, and that will lead to weight loss in the short term, but it's not sustainable and doesn't teach them how to live. Now if you lose a little faster than 1-2 lbs a week, that's not really necessarily a cause for concern as you can lose more some weeks than others and you're not really necessarily losing too fast, unless you just feel awful, in which case, you may be losing too fast, everyone is different.
And sadly, what they really did to those contestants was really awful and it's really no wonder why they gained the weight back and then some...I think the take away was really how they did it, and not really how fast they lost it. They really cut them down to eating like nothing and had them exercising like 8+ hours a day....and that's not really a great idea...and so basically they broke their metabolism, meaning it was slower than someone else with that same body chemistry, which is why they'd need to eat less than someone of similar composition.

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