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Losing at a rate of 2lbs per week requires creating a 7000cal per week deficit. Creating a deficit this large is only safe or even possible if you have significant amounts of weight to lose. Most of the items on that list are completely irrelevant with the rest being perhaps, incidentally relevant in so far as they might…

When asked I've started prefacing my explanation with "I'll tell you but you might not like it..." Some people seem genuinely upset when I tell them that all I did was make sure that most of the time I was in a calorie deficit. Like they think I've somehow cheated and didn't deserve the progress I've made because I didn't…

Eat for weight loss, exercise for fitness. While walking will increase your daily calorie burn as you'll be more active the increase is relatively minimal. Losing weight is all about creating a calorie deficit and that is far easier to achieve by reducing your calorie intake than trying to burn it off by walking. Achieving…

I have a bit of a sweet tooth but I just don't see that (or any food choice) as a 'weakness' to be overcome and defeated. I refuse to moralise food. One of the keys to my success losing weight this time that sets it apart from the years of failed attempts is that this time I have outright refused to make any changes that I…

Just to clarify when people are telling you to do 'resistance training' they're not talking about resistance against the helpful advice they're offering. You've come with a question, lots of people have offered excellent advice, suggestions and insight but you seem to be flatly ignoring it all. Are you really just looking…

MFP is designed for you to eat back exercise/activity calories. This means you can eat more on days where you burn more. The thing to keep in mind is that the calculations that MFP use are general in nature rather than specific to you but they're a great place to start. So with exercise calories perhaps try eating 50% of…

The options you chose aren't set in stone and are just rough averages anyway. The best indicator is your own experience. Set an activity level and see how you go for 3 or 4 weeks. If you're struggling, hungry and losing weight faster than expected then you can move up a level if your finding that you're progress is slower…

Post like this are tough. There's so much good advice in there but it's mixed in with so much nonsense that it's gonna get negative reacted like crazy. Luckily some of the good people here have to time and the knowledge to sift the wheat from the chaff and address each point individually.

Australian and the one non-metric measurement I can think of that I use is the calorie. Even though all food labels here list energy in Kj most will have a corresponding Cal value but even if they don't it's not too difficult to work out. If I'm just looking for a rough idea I'll just workout one quarter which gets me into…

The difference is there but it isn't massive. About 4kg (~10lbs) or thereabouts for my height at 183cm (6 foot). On the new scale 'Overweight' starts at 104kg (229lbs) and ends at 88kg (194lbs) with 87kg (192lbs) being 'Healthy' whereas the old scale Overweight starts 100kg (220lbs) and goes to 84kg (185lbs) with 83kg…

The fact is you, me, none of us got overweight by being unable to eat excessive amounts of calories. Eating more calories is how we put the weight on in the first place so it's definitely not a case of being unable to eat enough calories. So what is it? In my experience this "I can't eat all those calories" thing happens…

Well, at least now you know all the shortcuts, gimmicks, quick fixes and whatnot are a waste of time, effort and money so you're already way head in the game than a lot of people.

Your activity level isn't set in stone. Set it where you think it should be and if that turns out to be too high high or too low based on the results you're seeing then change it up or down accordingly.

Firstly a 'blog' isn't evidence. Secondly that blog has: 1 Person (Dietitian) who says good (but in very particular circumstances) but also says it's undecided 4 People (2 Doctors, a Dietitian and a Dentist) who all say it's inconclusive at best but mostly rubbish In order to see something that contains 3 inconclusives, 4…

Well, if I'm on holidays I got WAY better things to do than worry about tracking my food and I would much rather spend those few weeks a year indulging and enjoying myself as much as possible. There's nothing I could do during the 4 weeks a year I'm enjoying a vacation that going to counteract or have much of an impact on…

But benching in the smith machine takes away almost all the benefits of the bench press as there's no need to engage muscles to stabilise and control the bar. Surely if you're just looking for a linear pushing motion you're better off just sitting in the chest press machine.

I can only really offer my own approach to situations like this. The one rule I have for myself is that I'm not going to do anything now that I wouldn't do when I'm at my goal weight. So, in my world special occasions (holidays, events, celebrations, etc) don't 'count'. By this I mean I'm not going to spend the rest of my…

Firstly a huge congratulations on your progress and an even bigger congratulations on the rational, sensible and measured approach you're taking with your weight management. It's really good to see posts on this forum from people who are putting weight loss sustainability before velocity. This was a really big realisation…

One of my favourite sayings is: "How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time" Managing weight can be the same. The idea of spending 2 or 3 years to lose 100lbs can be daunting so, instead spend a week losing 1lbs and do that 100 times.

Then you've linked your MFP to a fitness app which is updating your step count. So you've got 3 options: 1. Unlink them so MFP isn't updated with steps. 2. Ignore the additional calories credited for steps. Your body has no idea the app has given you these extra calories so just don't use them. 3. Use the app as intended…

I couldn't agree more. A 5/10 activity that you love and will do often and always is infinitely better than the 10/10 routine that you hate, avoid and end up quitting.

You can't be credited for exercise calories if you don't log your exercise.

Sounds good but surely last time you changed your diet and hit the gym right? It's important to take note and learn from past experiences. What about your previous diet change and gym routine didn't work? What diet changes and gym routine are you going to try this time?

Don't complicate things more than needed. Eat what you want to eat. Have stew for breakfast, and cereal for dinner if you want. It doesn't matter so just eat whatever food you feel like eating as long as it meets your calorie target.

That makes zero sense. You're able to use just your triceps, a small single muscle, to lift 55lbs but all of a sudden you can't use your triceps AND Pecs AND delts AND traps to lift 45lbs. That's like saying I can tow a caravan with my motorcycle but as soon as I use my motorcycle and my car and my truck the wheels start…

This is the trap of logging cooked food. That JP had the same number of calorie before and after it was cooked (or so close that the change would be negligible) but because it lost 200g in weight (moisture) it shows up as 100 calories less which it wasn't. Do that a few times per day and you're eating hundreds more…

You don't gain weight by going a little over one day. Just like losing weight takes a consistent, frequent and long term calorie deficit, weight gain takes consistent, frequent and long term calorie surplus. What you're lacking here is perspective. Lets take someone set to lose 1lbs per week and they 'overate' by 250cal…

I still think the biggest improvement MFP could make to their app is to change rate of loss to be appropriate for the users details. It would prevent SO many posts and SO much frustration for new users. It's patently obvious that someone who is a few pounds from a healthy weight for their height shouldn't be trying to lose…

If you're doing your own thing rather than rather than following the recommendation then it doesn't matter if the app says you should eat 1300 calories or 3000 calories since your body only knows how many calories it's been given and has no idea how many calories the app 'says' you should aim to eat. So if you think you…

With your stats even that is on the aggressive side. To do this without negative health impacts you're looking at a time frame closer to 4 months at a minimum but closer to 6 or even 8 months isn't out of the question. This isn't a race. There's no prizes for getting there quicker than is sensible and in fact when you try…