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On exercise calories and diet Yoni Freedhoff seems to have a pretty good story to tell in the video, albeit not one most people like to hear. His blog is insightful as well. http://www.weightymatters.ca/ video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7FK8noIc5I The one thing that I'd like to see is what the supposed science is,…

to Heybales Hmm... that's an interesting frame of reference. I'm reasonably comfortable offering that's not what the data presented in the video is suggesting is the explanation, at least that's not what's offered. In fact in the debate (other link) is devoted to this entire idea of whether exercise will have ANY impact on…

Also remember that there's pretty good evidence that it's all about the calorie deficit from decreased food consumption. Say that again real slowly, I know I had to drill this into my head; it's all about the calorie deficit from decreased food consumption. Regardless of whether your at 30k or 15k steps due to inaccuracies…

I just use the various machines computers or I use basic formulas available on the web. Admittedly I don't really care much about how accurate or inaccurate the measurements are. There is however a more important caveat to how you calculate them, it's how you consider them in your diet. On exercise calories and a diet for…

What are you referring to with 'upset stomach'? It's difficult to make much of a recommendation from that list of things that upset your stomach as it's hard to work out is it fiber, is it starch, is it sugar that is disturbing your GI tract. You could just go the straight route in this situation right past vegetables and…

My offerings; I'd echo what some others here have pointed at that what you are really after is sustainability based on knowledge about your body and it's metabolism. XLS's and all sorts of deep dives into calorie or macro restrictions are useful but make sure in the end you are developing a clear sense of how and why the…

I've got two broad suggestions.* Do everything you can to cut refined sugar out of anything you'd eat to satisfy a sweet tooth as it were. Just find something else that is entertaining in that way to eat. Example; 2 cups of blueberries, which is a SH&T load of blueberries (thinking bulk here) has only like 170 calories,…

My question: if there was one thing that you now understand given your success that you think most people 'dieting' don't appreciate to the level that's necessary, what would that thing be. Love the VLog, appreciate your putting yourself out there.

Hey Bama, Here would be my offerings. Our camerades above have also offered some good thoughts. Patience and changing things up here and there; decrease 100 cals a day, maybe introduce some HIIT sequences, no calorie eat back from exercise calories, etc... On exercise calories and a diet: Yoni Freedhoff, this guy seems to…

:( spoiler alert, if you like the idea of hitting the gym and burning out 500 cal's to then go home and enjoy a nice rewarding meal, don't go any further. Really, please skip the rest of this post. If you want to have some sense of the usefulness of exercise in a diet intended to lose weight continue. On exercise calories…

First and foremost congrats on the accomplishment so far, great work. Whatever you have been doing is working. It might make some sense to keep doing what you have been doing and only use the fit bit info as an interesting new perspective but not some adjustment to your plan. That said I have had this very same question,…

Nice work Mate!

This is only one small part of your question, perhaps not even really the part of the question you find most useful. That said I think the title will draw lots of attention. The best explanation I've ever heard regarding exercise and how to understand how to account for the calories burned in a diet plan is from Yoni…

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All of the conversation about the accuracy of calorie calculations from exercise aside, the real question here in my mind is how does one absorb into a calorie restricted diet very large energy burns. Again without getting into what it takes to create a negative net calorie count for the day, let's all basically agree that…

I appreciate that many people enjoy the social aspects of these tools, as well as the reminders to move, the counting and there is nothing wrong in those things, that's for sure. In the end for me, there's some element of how are you (as in you) thinking about, keeping track of and most importantly evaluating your plan so…

Hi, I cannot help but read with interest this idea of eat more lose more. What's not to like about that! All fun aside this is serious business as it's people's health we are talking about. I've done some reasonably good searching of the internet, although admittedly anything to do with dieting is a needle in a haystack.…

What I'd be interested in is the formula's that these tools are using as well as the assumptions they are making. Even the study referenced above states that they were dealing with seasoned yoga practitioners, no mention of their weight, range of ages between 19 and 40. That's not nearly enough information to make any…