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https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2673150 Looking at the references for the study it seems to be a new data set, 600 participants is quite a large intervention group so hopefully there'll be a few more bits on analysis they can pull from it.

I think they were looking more at where the calories came from and if an intervention focused on healthy eating rather than calorie control made more of an impact. The issue highlighted is that it really didn't matter which diet approach was used, irrespective of genotype, as long as calories were reduced. That along with…

Above 1.6g/Kg protein has no documented effect on muscle growth or retention. It does help you feel full for longer (but then so does soup). If you are struggling it might be useful to look at the sources of protein your using, but if it really feels too much go back and say so. Better to have 135g and 1500Kcal than drop…

For a decent HR monitor plus GPS and an app that syncs well to MFP you could try the Polar M430. I don't use the smartwatch function linking it to the phone for alerts and so on, but it does have that function. For me the Polar range feels better for tracking activity than some of the others out there, and I always use a…

It happens, I lose upto 3lbs overnight, and then gain it all back on during the day - look at the overall trajectory in a 4-6 week timeframe. Its a marathon not a sprint.

If you need motivation try reading Pure, White and Deadly https://www.amazon.com/Pure-White-Deadly-John-Yudkin/dp/0241965284 or watch Sugar. the bitter truth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBnniua6-oM If you want to get off the sugar habit you might also want to reduce your fructose consumption through fruits. Focus on…

Try downloading the jefit app https://www.jefit.com/ This has a number of programs and also the ability to create your own custom programs with explainers on each exercise, countdown timers, a record of what you lifted last time, reps, sets, and so on. There are other similar apps out there, plus resources such as…

Your skin will take time to tighten back up, much longer than the weight loss (you'll still be seeing benefits up to two years later!) so patience will be rewarded. Treat yourself to a good skin moisturizer, slather on the coconut oil, whatever helps to maintain the skin hydration that will help it recover. Also stop…

The HRmax=220-age formula also known as the Åstrand formula was developed for use in clinical settings for patients with heart conditions undergoing rehab. It has a Standard deviation of 12-14bpm so can be out for an individual in the normal population by up to 42bpm. (so the range for a 65 year old is between 115-195!).…

Tell whoever it is that you're living with that this matters to you. That you need a little support for a month or so and that you need to lay off the pizza, beer and snacks until you get to your goal. Prep a meal before your friends come over - or can you order a salad when they order the pizza/chicken biryani? Go for a…

Someone's trying to sell a book. Trying to tie this back to behavioral economics based on anecdotes from two people - well it rather lacks the rigor you would expect from a peer reviewed economics paper. Sure some studies say that daily weighing can help, but there are others that don't agree with this finding and would…

If you've lost 4st then you may have some issues with your metabolism slowing down, so the trainer's advice to focus on weights is good, although that shouldn't stop you from being active in other ways, such as walking 5-6 miles a day (2000 steps is approx 1 mile) to keep the calorie burn up. To get to your 8st 12lbs goal…

If you're not losing then it means you're in equilibrium. First check that you are not actually losing, it's going to slow down as you approach your goal, you weigh less so will have a lower BMR. Look at the 4-6 week trend not the week to week variation so that you have a chance to see that 3-6lbs loss above the natural…

With you on that. So if it's for mobility issues, for example, imagine being able to walk easier. Get that image of not hauling around an additional 40lbs. Go and pack a bag with 40lbs of stuff and see what it feels like and imagine being able to take that off your knees. Yes it's hard, but so is walking around with that…

Maybe the question is "Why would a Russian Curler test positive?" I believe Ben Johnston later admitted that he was taking steroids but not stanozolol which he was caught for. Someone slip our Russian friend a little mickey perhaps? Someone unhappy to have been dropped from the Russian, sorry OAR, team?

I'd start by keeping an honest food diary. Weigh everything, scan the barcodes and be honest about what your consumption is. You can still get quite a lot of calories from a home cooked vegetarian diet. Next track your activities. Maybe invest in fitbit/polar or similar so you get a better feel for your activity level…

Why is it you want to lose another 40lbs? What is it that you want to be able to do? The reason we self sabotage is that we don't have a clear goal of what it is we want to be able to do when we get to the target weight, otherwise it's just a number (and truth be told it might not even be the right number). Sit down with…

Some people will believe the oddest thing. FFM - fat free mass. So it's not as simple as RMR = X Kcal/lbs/h body weight as that assumes all body weight is metabolically equal, and it's not.

Break it into small steps. I will go to the gym. I'm here now so I might as well get on the machine OK now I'm on I'll set it up for the hour, but I can stop when I want. Feeling a bit tired, five minute more. That wasn't so bad, five minutes more and so on. The other thing is to take time to sit down and ask why you're…

CICO is a "real thing" otherwise you have to suspend the laws of physics, or somehow you've managed to evolve photosynthesis and are making your own energy from sunlight. The question is what your CO balance actually is. MFP and others will hive you an estimate based upon a population study estimate of RMR along with your…

So how long does food take to convert to available energy in your system? Oh that depends on the type of food along with a whole bunch of stuff about how the stomach is regulated?. How does the body restore glycogen supplies in the muscles? How long is the liver able to supply glucose through glycogen synthases based on…

The obsession is ghrelin kicking through your system. As your stomach shrinks from your main meal the body releases hunger hormones into your system. How you eat your food might help combat this. Soups for instance help us stay fuller for longer, so you might try wizzing up your meal into a thick soup and see if that helps…

Try giving a 5-10% margin of error on your logging and see how that goes. It does depend on what you're eating but pre-prepared meals, packets and so on have a margin of error in the amount by weight, that is never under the stated amount, but can be up to 10% over. Then there's the stuff we can forget, or not log…

You can edit the entry in the database to correct the information. If it's based on a bar code, it should correct that for the app as well. The trick is finding the exact entry you're after so sometimes you'll need to add it in to your meal and then look it up and correct it. Food-Database-Edit

Most mornings, but I have an "official" recording day on Sunday mornings. The day to day fluctuations help me accept the trend better and within a week I can get a +/-2kg range. As long as the overall trend is downwards I'm OK. Best not to look at week to week comparisons though, but where you were 4/5 weeks ago. I spend…

Calorie consumption has risen. Activity levels have fallen - mass car ownership in particular. the rest is just conservation of energy equations.

You know what you need to do, your problem is the why. Does that beer and pizza taste better than watching those numbers fall feels? Does giving yourself a stomach ache feel better than the sense of accomplishment of a day at target with your workout done? When you're doing your boot camp sessions do you vision that beer &…

1g of protein is 4Kcal, so 100g of protein is 400Kcal. Don't mix up macros with sources, perhaps you mean 100g of a lean protein source such as chicken (around 100Kcal). 1200 means a shift to vegetables if you want to feel full. 100g of Lettuce, cos or romaine is 17Kcal of rutabaga is 37Kcal, carrot is 41Kcal, potato is…

To aid weight loss you want to maximize calorie burn. If you want to increase calorie burn you need to increase your aerobic capacity. That means it's not really an either/or situation, its about having a training structure that utilizes the time you have available and is progressive in increasing your overall training…

Thanks for that, much better to get a participant's view. I would suspect that one of the researchers is looking beyond initial findings if they're doing a deeper dive into fat consumption. Coding an open study with a large participant group study is time consuming so you do sometimes need to force fit your data into…