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A binge will show up immediately as a weight gain. But binges are often followed by a "swoosh" releasing a large quantity of food that has been digesting for a while. (I'm pretty sure I just offended some people by describing that term that way.) The weight of that food may even exceed the weight of the binge, resulting in…

That 5 calorie difference is an 8% difference. On a 1200 calorie diet, 8% is nearly 100 calories per day difference. On a 2000 calorie diet it is 160 calories per day or about a third of a pound of fat per week. But what the database won't tell you is that when they were doing the testing that there may have been a 10…

When you start doing activities you don't normally do, it is common for your muscles to retain more fluid. If you keep at it, the fluid will eventually dissipate and you may even see a larger than expected weight loss sometime.

I think people put far too much importance on accuracy. Accuracy is impossible. Consider the lowly apple, for example. Apples are a favorite among dieters. But there are thousands of varieties of apples and you may find twenty varieties in your local grocery store. It would be impossible for someone to have an official…

For me, the weekly weigh-in is a safety check to make sure things aren't getting out of control. As long as I'm within a few pounds of my intended weight then things are good. If I'm more than five pounds one side or the other of it then I take steps to move back toward my goal weight.

Prior to it, riding indoors was torture for me. It was all I could do to ride for ten minutes. The social aspect of it is interesting. Even though I haven't participated in the group rides and races, there's something interesting about seeing other riders around you and knowing that somewhere there is someone who is…

For weight loss, calories are what matter, not what type of food you are eating. Technically, a person who is maintaining their weight could lose weight by just changing what they eat and keeping all else constant, but outside of the lab no one keeps all else constant. Log your calories and eat fewer than you burn and you…

Sex change? 1500 would be the minimum if you were a man, so maybe check to see that your gender is set right on your profile.

There were 97 posts when I came back to it. I skimmed through them all, but it looked like everyone was doing fine talking amongst themselves. I addressed what I had information about that other people didn't.

Zwift is a virtual world that you move through by riding on a turbo trainer that is connected to it. They are working on connecting treadmills to it as well, but they haven't said when that feature will be available to the general public. Any trainer is supposed to work. All you need is a speed sensor on the back wheel of…

Even if you eat all of the additional calories you burn doing exercise, that lets you eat that much more and you're less likely to feel deprived. That alone will help with weight loss. But if you can add 200 calories to your deficit, that is significant. That's an additional 0.4 lbs of fat loss per week. As for swimming…

We tend to think about "best" in terms of how fat we are. We should instead think in terms of what we need to fuel our bodies. We know about how long it will be before we can eat again. Our bodies don't. As intelligent beings we can and should either decide to eat less than we can now because we'll be eating again in a few…

The point is that there are more things than what you eat that can cause your system to retain or release things at various rates.

I'm of the opinion that cycling is best for weight loss because a bike ride can start from home, it costs less than a gym membership, and it doesn't involve all that extra fat crashing down on your knees each time you take a step. And you can't argue with results. Even though there is such a thing, you don't see many fat…

Or it could just be your immune system fending off some virus. You wouldn't even have to have otherwise noticeable symptoms for your body to retain a little extra water for a while.

How so? A person with hypothyroidism who is thin still has a lower RMR than an overweight person with hypothyroidism. Hypothyroidism can cause a person to use fewer calories and if they continue to eat as much as everyone else they will be overweight.

All sugar is natural. It all comes from things like sugar cane, beets, corn, maple trees, etc. All that happens with processed foods is that the sugar is concentrated in larger quantities.

Explain what an "unconscious restraint" is if it isn't intuitive? And what would be wrong with saying that a person knows by intuition that they shouldn't eat something but they use restraint to follow their intuition?

If everyone is "utilizing some form of restraint, either conscious or otherwise," doesn't that imply that everyone is capable of controlling their weight through intuitive eating?

A couple of years ago I lost more than 60 pounds with very "inaccurate" logging. I mostly went by what it said on the package and made good use of the bar code scanner. I didn't, however, do it without exercise. I suspect I underestimated my calorie burns and made up for any flaws in my food logging. Twenty years ago I…

You would still be in a calorie deficit for the week, but not a calorie deficit for the day. And if you have had a weigh-in between Sunday and today then you might see a weight increase the next time you step on the scale.

I would eat protein right after I finished my workout on day 1 so it would be available to repair the cells. Some people say it should be consumed within thirty minutes to maximize the benefit and speed recovery. I can't say that I've noticed much difference, but it usually isn't hard for me to consume protein within that…

Did you take into account the five hours per week of exercise?

Is it normal to binge when you are trying to eat too little? Yes, pretty much. It is possible to avoid doing so, but your natural tendency is to try to store food when you get very hungry.

Intuitive eating works great as long as you don't allow yourself to cheat. The same goes for counting calories. You can weigh all your food and even buy a calorimeter so you can do your own testing, but if you allow yourself to eat too much then you'll still be overweight. I find that counting calories works for me when I…

I think we have to consider what people mean when they ask about metabolism. What many people on weight loss forums are actually asking is "What can I do so I can eat more without having to exercise?" Telling these people what it takes for a more efficient metabolism doesn't really answer their question because a more…

At 1,600 calories per day and moderate exercise, your weight loss won't stop at a healthy BMI. 1,600 calories per day is the maintenance for an 80 lb woman who exercises. At some point you will need to increase your calorie intake.

You are underweight. Because of your height, BMI gives a less than accurate picture of what your weight should be, but your family has good reason to be concerned. You should probably be at least 100 lbs.

Genetics play a big part in whether you will have loose skin or not. Aside from that, if you lose weight slowly then your skin may have a better chance of tightening up before the loose skin is noticeable.

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