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I notice small things in the first ten days; like my body having dimples in my stomach line, my face thinning out a bit, feeling a bit more trim around the shoulders and armpits, etc. Don't trust the scale to be your only judge, get some measurements of your neck, hips, waist, chest and thighs too and track them once a…

Oh, I have an offline version, I thought it was on the same page Here is the link to the offline version ( either a JAR file which loads with Java on your machine, or a Excel file with an inbuilt Macro) http://www.pbrc.edu/research-and-faculty/calculators/sswcp/

You can't "spot lose" fat; it will just come off where it wants to come off, unless you're going under the knife. There are a few diets like ketosis which promote building your own body store of fat, but to do so without also losing weight isn't possible. If you want to be the weight you currently are with a leaner body,…

Yeah, the only advantage of being a big *kitten* at the moment is that at 1725 calorie intake, I'm supposedly running up a 1000 calorie deficit, according to that calculator, to get to my current weight (133KG) from where I was (141.4) was going to take 5-6 weeks. Graph plots months; Table plots weeks. I'll probably retain…

I've been pretty sedentary for the last two years but am doing 30-45 minutes of cardio five days a week, doing yoga three days a week and a full kettlebell workout twice a week. I'm actually surprised that despite not doing much recently, my base level of fitness is still pretty good and I have to work pretty damn hard to…

Realllly? ;) Agree 100%; I'm now going to be a life long calorie tracker; I can't trust my appetite and my joints don't have the legwork in them anymore.

It'd be interesting for you to try shifting that protein absorption - maybe do a 40g protein shake, 20g salad and 40g dinner and see if it has any impact on your energy levels, and how quickly your muscles bounce back from exercise.

I've never actually tracked my calories properly before, but I do think if I was consuming 2700 calories a day like most calculators suggest, I'd be putting weight on, rather than maintaining weight. Apologies for derailing the thread; I find all of this stuff highly interesting, for the past few months I've been absorbing…

Just guessing without any research backing me up, but let's say you're doing 12 to 4PM as your eating window, and you have 50G of protein at 12PM and 50G of protein at 4PM - chances are you'd be synthesising a fair bit of that protein due to the time window between each serving - it seems like two to three hours is the…

According to Mark Sisson who did a ton of reading and research into it, it turns into farts... He said that only semi-jokingly too. From what I've read, your body just can't process it, so it just becomes waste; there were a bunch of fear mongering articles around too much protein putting you at risk of kidney disease,…

What the calculator doesn't have (and I wish it did) is the ability to input exercise; it assumes only a weight loss against your BMR versus the intake you have for your body type, it's not taking into account calories burnt, or the boost to your metabolism post a workout. The other thing to keep in mind is that when we're…

What I find humorous is when people read things only to see what agrees with them, the old confirmation bias which both of you seem to have done here. I work in the medical field, so I'm used to reading research papers that point to other experiments that contradict their answer, each person and the things they do is…

Yeah; that's the flaw of the tool they released, for some reason they didn't include BMR projections on their 3500 calorie deficit line, they just did a straight line calculation from the start date, at the start metrics The actual research paper itself includes examples where they adjusted the 3500 rule to a BMR and…

Absolutely; It's common sense afterall when you also consider that your BMR goes down as you bring weight off, however common sense without empirical evidence is still subject to the type of bro-science where you hear people say "Oh yeah, you can smash 40lbs off in two months"

Here is another study, which looks entirely at exercise training and the impact of protein synthesis https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19036897 Ultimately it's findings were consistent with 20g being the minimum you required post resistance training to peak protein synthesis, while 30-50g was the maximum. Beware the bro…

I'm assuming you didn't read the research, the whole point was repeated dosages of protein at different levels, during different time scales, for different levels of activity. They had examples ranging from weight lifters, to those that did low-cardio, long-time, to those that did HIIT. They were asked to avoid activity…

Correct; Several studies have shown it's a myth, Pennington @ LSU has put together a whole series of weight loss models that are much better predictions of long term weight loss. i.e here - a 30 yr old female, 200lbs (91kg), 165cm, consuming 1500 calories per day (BMR) - this is what her typical weight loss would look like…

Another simple one.. Get that beautiful grass fed Elk Meat. Stirfry Asparagus, Broccoli and Broccoli Root Smash on salt, pepper, some aged cheddar, almonds and avocado. Perfect post workout.

To break this down from a medical science viewpoint.. Your body can only process so much protein in a given time period; there are tons of muscle building articles that state "It's rubbish, your body can consume as much protein as you push into it at any point in time" but the research indicates that your body can only…

Honey, particularly medical grade (like Comvita) has all sorts of properties that are really awesome; of course if you're on a LCD then it's a big no-no but don't write it off as "bad" - just write it off as not in your WOE. Sucrose/Refined Sugars/Corn Syrup - that's what everyone regardless of diet needs to get off of,…

Sly Confidence.

Strength and conditioning work will help you increase the amount of calories that your body burns naturally.

I'm in.

Are you taking supplements/minerals? Meat most definitely does not have every essential nutrient.

I've probably had four major weight loss/regain periods over the last 15 years; I had a period of around five to six years where I was able to keep all of the weight off but that was through running marathons and spending three to five days a week in a boxing gym, sparring with professional fighters which is no longer…

It's likely water weight; which generally happens when you reduce your total intake of calories (less inflammation, less water retention, etc) and continue to be a water champ and smash down those waters; it will balance out within 5-7 days and in that time, it won't be uncommon for it to fluctuate.

Use something like MCT Oil as a supplement; 15mls = 115 calories of healthy fat.

Gout hits you when you're not getting enough minerals/vitamins - a lot of keto people think it's all beef, bacon, butter and cheese but it's essential that you're still getting those green vegetables in; that's my lunchtime meal so it's higher in protein and fats to drive me through the day.

Three weeks low carb and cutting sugar before Christmas; a week of Christmas, and since the 28th, been fully on a ketogenic diet (5-8% Net Carb, 25% protein, 70% fat) - dropped six kilo in total. Found it hard at the start getting the fats I needed into my diet at the start, but have been using MCT Oil and also become a…

I've never been a big drinker, just a social drinker, but as part of a challenge to myself I'm going to go as long as I can without any added/processed sugars, including alcohol. I don't actually think it'll be that hard.