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The idea is that you are setting a CONSTANT deficit - a goal. Let's say that you target 500 calories per day deficit, which means eating 500 calories per day fewer than you burn. over the course of a week, that adds up to 3500 calories, or roughly a 1 pound/week weight loss rate. Now, if you exercise MORE than expected,…

Amen!

Eat 20% BELOW your TDEE, which is 80% OF TDEE. Eating 20% of TDEE would have you starving. Sorry to be pedantic, but we don't want people cutting calories too far, do we?

Rock it! Just getting past the "weight loss" portion and diving headfirst into "body re-composition", so this is inspiring. Kudos!

Amazingly good post...well stated!

Huzzah!

Absolutely - That is one of the things noted on the medicine - do NOT suddenly discontinue it; you must taper off, or risk inducing seizures. I think you're talking about a TENS unit - something that electrically stimulates the nerves and can disrupt muscle spasms.

There is a fairly recent FDA-approved weight-loss drug on the market now called Qsymia that is just a proprietary mix of Topamax (not Topomax) and Phentermine. The two both work as appetite suppressants - the Phentermine is basically quick-release, the Topamax longer-term (although it's a side effect in the case of…

Buckwheat groats / kasha? High in protein and pretty dang tasty (in my opinion) although you're not going to mistake it for rice...

I walk. A LOT. Job is stressful, and the time alone to decompress and just BE is nearly as beneficial as the exercise itself is. Waiting for busted ankle to finish healing before trying to get back into running/biking.

Icarus (Borne on Wings of Steel) by Kansas Okay, I like old prog rock...you gotta problem with that? :bigsmile:

What they're saying...your body will start essentially cannibalizing itself to stay alive. You'll lose weight, sure...but so did concentration camp victims...and that wasn't pretty. Besides, if you lose weight that fast, you'll lose faster than the elasticity of your skin can recover...baggy, saggy skin. Not good. Give…

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It rocks, doesn't it? :) Keep up the momentum now that you're started...just keep following the plan, eat your exercise calories, stick to the planned deficit and watch the weight peel off. Bravo!

It makes you hungry and maybe retain a little water, but it doesn't make you EAT...only you can do that. I'm currently on long-term steroids to try and reduce blockage in a small vein in the back of my eye for a condition called CRVO (Central Retinal Vein Occlusion). The double-whammy was that the doctors ALSO told me to…