Helpful Info: Are you eating enough calories?
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i wish everyone would read this. I'm so sick of trying to convince people that eating more works :grumble:
i upped my cals and have lost almost more in the past three months then i have been trying to for the past year. :]0 -
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I'm so sick of trying to convince people that eating more works
You're going to be sick for a long time, at least until someone does a controlled study that backs up your apocryphal viewpoint.
Nobody on a 500 or 800 calorie diet in a controlled trial fails to lose weight most of which is fat, for example. There are enough studies reporting this to build a house from, whereas I'm yet to see one that substantiates your viewpoint.0 -
I'm so sick of trying to convince people that eating more works
You're going to be sick for a long time, at least until someone does a controlled study that backs up your apocryphal viewpoint.
Nobody on a 500 or 800 calorie diet in a controlled trial fails to lose weight most of which is fat, for example. There are enough studies reporting this to build a house from, whereas I'm yet to see one that substantiates your viewpoint.
Yes people lose weight, but it's not sustainable, you can't stick to a 500-800 calorie diet for ever. As soon as you up your calories, your body will pile the weight back on to make up for such a deficit. Losing weight slowly over a longer period of time and making healthy changes to your diet that can be maintained for life rather than being done just to lose weight quickly is a much better way to do it. Surely we don't need a study to see that that makes sense? It's a lifestyle change, not a diet!0 -
I had stalled after losing quickly initially when my cals were set to 1200 per day. I have upped my calories to 1750 per day and the weight has begun falling off again, 1-2 pounds per week.
That's great!0 -
I'm so sick of trying to convince people that eating more works
You're going to be sick for a long time, at least until someone does a controlled study that backs up your apocryphal viewpoint.
Nobody on a 500 or 800 calorie diet in a controlled trial fails to lose weight most of which is fat, for example. There are enough studies reporting this to build a house from, whereas I'm yet to see one that substantiates your viewpoint.
Yes people lose weight, but it's not sustainable, you can't stick to a 500-800 calorie diet for ever. As soon as you up your calories, your body will pile the weight back on to make up for such a deficit. Losing weight slowly over a longer period of time and making healthy changes to your diet that can be maintained for life rather than being done just to lose weight quickly is a much better way to do it. Surely we don't need a study to see that that makes sense? It's a lifestyle change, not a diet!
Very well said chestnutbrown!0
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