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Keeping it real simple; 150g Chicken fried/basted in 30g butter Six Asparagus Half an Onion Half an Avocado Sitting on a bed of melted cheese, smashed with salt and pepper.

It's possible, but not in a healthy way. When you hear of people that "lose 40lbs in two months", what you're actually hearing is that they've dropped a lot of water from their body and have fluid retention as one of their issues due to their diet; they're effectively dehydrating themselves. In order to -truly- lose 30lbs…

I love how people can be so sure of things when research indicates differently. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4425165/ TL;DR? Those that have a large complex meal within two hours before bed suffer irregular sleeping patterns, have higher appetites and such. She was talking 800 calories, that's a substantial…

I use BMR mostly because I eat back any of the calories I burn in exercise, but that's an argument of semantics, either one so long as it's accurate and you remain in deficit will cause weight loss. In terms of carbs vs fats - again you're absolutely right; except try and consume 50 grams of fat within a single meal,…

I've used something entirely similar called Optifast several times and while the results were awesome (25-30KG (i.e 55-66lb lost within 12-14 weeks), it doesn't actually change your psychology towards food nor assist you in finding what you can make long term. I had varying degrees of success keeping weight off post each…

If you look into Mark Sisson's research, you can achieve similar results even with higher carbs (going as high as 80-100G Net) if you're using intermittent fasting windows to force your body back into a ketone burner. His own method is that he only eats between 12 and 6PM giving himself an 18 hour window of intermittent…

Nothing actually wrong with someone giving up sugar in my view; if nothing else it reduces a lot of calorie dense foods that are far too easy to pick up and scoff down (chocolate, flavored milk, sodas) and forces people to be more mindful of what is going into their diets.

http://www.bodybuilding.com/content/how-to-measure-your-body-fat.html Here is a good article around the sites to measure

Tape measurement + calipers personally.

Plateaus occur regardless to be honest; it's just nature, true physiological change takes at minimum two weeks to set in and in some people a lot longer, so generally, only really worry if your plateau extends past those two weeks. Now in terms of exercise, it's important due to the fact that our bodies want to be…

The other thing to note is that we're notoriously bad at being honest about what we're putting in our mouths, which is why trackers such as the one built into this awesome site are so important, and so important that we're actively recording the right information. It might seem tedious to weigh/measure everything, but…

This isn't that surprising though... Let's walk through what you're asking your body to do.... "Hey Body, I know you're used to storing glycogen in your muscles and using that whenever I need to exercise, but I want you to now start processing fats and using ketones to fuel yourself from the foods I eat and the natural fat…

There are plenty of scientific reasons; but hey, if it works for you, full power.

Sure; all good advice; but at 10PM at night and 814 calories left? While the calories are the same, your body doesn't go into its period of intermittent fasting/recovery throughout the night; digesting that food will impact your sleep. I notice there is a massive CICO trend on these boards and fair enough; it's the…

Ultimately, eat only when hungry; regardless of what the calorie count says. Listen to your body.

Once a week, the only reason to weigh yourself daily is if you're a fighter trying to make a weight cut; realistically due to natural variance in your body composition, your weight will fluctuate, once a week is good enough.

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Of course not; I don't have an expectation that people are perfect. I will however say that you're far more likely to experience longer term success if you make it about a sustainable lifestyle choice rather than a short term period of dieting... and that fueling your body with a mind to what you're using as fuel will…

A BigMac isn't a single food - it's a combination of all of the macro nutrients, it's why it's a good example as an extreme, because it's actually not too far off an OK macro nutrient ratio.

On what do I base this relapse theory? I mean, poke your head out of the clouds from argument land and look around at the amount of "I lost all this weight, only to regain it and more" stories that perpetuate in places like this and in gyms, and everywhere else. Now; keep in mind my point here has been that for those that…

Of course; are you aware of their different body compositions and evolutionary genetics that have adapted to the food sources available to them...? i.e those on the Savannah that have access to fats and protein usually have more muscular builds and genetics that allow them to more easily pack on muscle, those in Asia that…

The post I made above clarifies what I mean when I'm saying CICO - I'm meaning obeying only the principles of CICO - i.e "I can consume 1500 calories and have a deficit, doesn't matter where those calories come from". I get now that you guys are meaning more the scientific principle of "Your body burns X, you eat Y,…

Just to clarify this; so it's not Captain Obvious; obeying a CICO diet alone and paying no attention to anything other than calories in, calories out is a major reason people relapse, because when they go away from calorie counting, they haven't changed the underlying psychology towards food, nor in many cases added to…

Completely aware; but take your Big Mac example, being that "all food is equal" in terms of high level macro nutrients in terms of your digestive system, let's even make it more simple and forget about vitamins, sodium, etc... Let's say you're doing 40/40/20 - 40% carb, 40% protein, 20% fats over a nice round 2000 calories…

Hey; firstly, awesome that you've managed to find something that works for you and that you've managed to work around some health issues that would stop others in their tracks. I was just interested more so from the point of view that I'm having to supplement with oils to hit my calorie intake but the differences in our…

Also, important to note.. CICO absolutely works if losing weight is your only goal; 100% it works. The problem with a CICO only regime is that it doesn't give a monkey about what weight you're losing, you're just losing weight - be it muscle, fat; it really doesn't care.

The key thing is to work out how many carbs you can consume while staying in ketosis, which is different for everyone; use keto strips to identify what works for you. Based on yesterday, I ate 120g of carbs to stay under my 50G net carb - lots of green vegetables, nuts, kiwifruit, avocado and even a couple pieces of toast…

Keep in mind - scientifically proven that sugar (and particularly sucrose) makes you hungrier and crave more.

That's a common misunderstanding of Keto. Keto isn't low carb; it's low net carb. ( Carb - Fibre = Net Carb) You still consume a pretty sizeable volume of your calories through carbs but in order to maintain a ketogenic state, you ensure the majority of those carbs come from high fibre sources ( Fruits, Nuts, Low Starch…

The point I'm making is that in my personal opinion, if your sole focus is "I can eat anything I want so long as I don't go over my calorie limit", you won't have sustainable long term success.