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It is well known that fat contains about 9 calories per gram. Whether you eat it or burn it. Just like how carbs and protein have around 4 calories per gram. If you multiply 454 grams (one pound) by 9. You get around 4000 calories. Now your fat cells dont totally dissapear, they just shrink. So the structural parts of the…

Yesterday I mowed the lawn with a push mower (self propelled though). Took me a good 12000 steps. Havent done that in years since we got the riding mower. Whoo! Still early to cut grass here, just used it to pick up the leaves. Might become a common thing. See if time allows it. Oh and got myself a GF for the first time in…

I do agree. Garbage in = garbage out. If you take poor data and try to come up with conclusions from it, you will get poor conclusions. If the data is fine and shows a slight correlation between skipping breakfast and losing weight, then it would be worthwhile to see if the same correlation occurs when skipping lunch or…

My typical drink is rye and diet Pepsi. Rye has around 70 cal per oz. Been drinking that long before I changed my Woe. Not a fan of the full sugar soft drinks. Did drink way too much rum punch and pinata coladas in Jamaica this winter though... haha

Anyone else not all that excited about an analysis that includes the sentence, "All studies were at high risk of bias, mostly because of lack of blinding, for both allocation and analysis." Right in the infographic? The main thing I took away from this is that either the analysts were looking at the wrong correlation or…

I like to look at it this way - "if diet supplements actually worked, they wouldnt be in the supplement category and would be in the medicine category" The supplement industry is highly unregulated and sell a lot of products that do pretty much nothing. No supplement will ever do what changing your diet and exercise can!

Congratulations! I don't know how much you want to lose, but any 10lb loss is worth celebrating! Something that helps me a lot, is making sure I remember how much better I feel when I'm eating less and not bingeing. So, remember how this loss feels and use that as fuel to fire your determination! And if you end up…

The "natural" way of losing weight is strictly eating less. Consuming less calories than your body burns is the way it works. Doing this with a "holistic" approach does not really help the weight loss, except that you do end up cutting out a bunch of higher calorie foods. This does not make these foods "bad". Just too high…

Yes, if your math is correct and accurate, then you should lose roughly one third of a pound a week (on average over an extended period of time). It's the same reasoning(law of averages) however that starvation diets dont usually work because people will starve for a day or two, then binge on 4000 calories cancelling out…

Put on a shirt today that I bought over a year ago on amazon. It was much too small for me then. Now it fits like a glove! And i fished out some old pairs of jeans a couple sizes smaller than the ones i was wearing in January and fit perfectly now! Whoooo! So thrilled!

When doing your own research, there are things you can do to help clear out some of the non-trustworthy results. If it's not from a medical hospital/university/or government website, take it with a grain of salt. If it's from a website that is chalked full of other articles and ads linking to fad diets/supplements/really…

I wouldnt knock your 20 min exercise. Any amount of exercise is beneficial(heart and muscle health), even if it does not make a substantial difference in term of calories. Starting slow and working your way up is a great strategy for long term success. Just remember, it's way easier to eat 200 calories than it is to burn…

Nice work bud! I'm in the same boat. Started at 457 on the Feb 14. Down 31.4 lbs since then with no sign of stopping! Keep it up!

I do agree with everything you said. I'm thinking that we are arguing the same point. Do you think I am incorrect in saying that physical activity may not be the "best" indicator of successful maintenance? Not to say it's not helpful for someone to succeed or not a good indicator or not an indicator at all. The best…

Honestly I dont know if that's much better. Are people who are more active more likely to succeed at maintenance? Sure. If the focus on diet was the same. But there is nothing saying that maintenance requires more physical activity. Its so much easier to eat a cinnamon bun than it is to burn off the 200-500 calories it…

Bahahaha. You're right! Whoops! Brain fart!

To lose weight? 1. Calories 2. Physical activity 3. Everything else (genetics, macros, etc) Caloric tracking is much more effective than increasing physical activity. Physical activity is much more effective than everything else. Not to say they cant make some difference, but in terms of strictly weight loss for 99% of the…

My take from this study is that the correlation between physical activity and weight maintenance most likely does not mean " physical activity means successful weight maintenance". But more likely that the people who are more motivated to lead a healthier lifestyle and maintain their weight are more likely to be more…

Wow! Congratulations! You're like a whole new person! I'm in a similar path for myself. 29 lbs down, 200 to go!

This is great! Highly recommended! I have some family members who are big into coconut oil. Claim its amazing! Haha. Meanwhile weve been trying to limit our oil use since we would rather fill our allotted calories with substantial food.

I currently have a lot more to lose and am sitting at an average of 4.8 lbs per week (down 29lbs in 42 days. SW - 457), I figure I wont change my calorie goal until I'm under 1 lb per week, then I'll consider a revamp based on how happy I am with my current progress at the time. I'm sitting at a goal of 2500 calories. Most…

Yup yup! Turns out our bodies are pretty good at that sort of thing all on their own! Haha Had my uncle (who's around 400 lbs) tell me " my body is just much more efficient than most people and burns next to no calories!" -facepalm- Shortly after I looked up a study showing that 2 standard deviations (95%) of the…

I used to be a bad evening snacker. It was the hardest part of changing my way of eating. Basically I keep some relatively low-calorie snack foods around and work them into my daily calorie goal. Keep some cookies around (home made 100 cal each), some ice cream bars(70 or 100 each). Its what's working for me. Basically I…

It is definitely possible to change your way of eating and lose weight without counting calories, however I would definitely recommend it to people to count even for short periods every so often. Like for a week every month or two, just to keep portion sizes under control. determining proper portion sizes is key to not…

I wear them fairly regularly. I looked all over the place locally and none had the sizes that would fit my large calves, so I went to amazon and found some there for 25 bucks a pair. 4xl with wide calves! Instead of needing to special order sets for over $100 each. My uncle who had breast cancer has some swelling in his…

Sweet! Congratulations! What is your favorite change in your life due to the loss? I've just started my journey and hope to have similar results! 27lbs in 40 days so far.

Most likely its tenths of a pound, but if the number goes above 10 at any point or has two digits before the decimal, it's probably ounces. If it's from 0-9, its tenths of a pound, if it's from 0-15, its ounces. I dont think very many scales do ounces from what I've seen though

How are you eating "healthy"? Are you tracking your caloric intake? Keeping yourself in a calorie deficit? How much do you have to lose? Need more data.

I'm sure it started before I saw it, but I first saw that on a show where they pitted different diets against each other. The keto guy was kinda crazy with some of his suggestions kinda like that. Put like 2 tablespoons in the coffee... blech!

Hmmm, it's almost as if a balanced diet supplies you with everything you need to be healthy...