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I have not been counting for awhile, but with new health issues, I will be back to logging, starting today. I was disappointed to find out that a long-time feature is now considered an improvement worth paying for. Crummy business decision for them. Fortunately, most of my regular foods are easily looked up (and I know…
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Lots of good advice above. Yes, depends what you want to accomplish. Whatever you decide to do, you should track it and make sure you are doing some sort of progressive overload. You won't know if you are accomplishing that unless you track it. Hope you make it into the free weight room. Free weight room? Or Free weight…
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Good post. If I had to choose between a food scale or a bathroom scale, the food scale wins every time. Your bathroom scale will fluctuate for a number of (very valid) reasons. Your kitchen scale will never lie. If you get in the habit, it gets very easy.
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"Muscle confusion" (P90X - which I actually benefitted from and is a pretty good workout program) "Metabolic confusion" (Vince Sant - V-Shred -which I have not used; basically just a combination of carb-cycling, HIIT training, and supplements). Results in "financial confusion" for some....
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Thanks @AnnPT77. I know what to do and am very confident in the proven process. Getting active on the message boards helped last time. It'll work again. Not as much to lose this time - I think. I'll know when I start weighing in....
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"You might be suffering from insulin resistance....which traps fat cells in your body. You need G_L_." Ugh.
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In general I look at all of this as a three-legged stool - in the context that most of us have a couple of reasons for wanting to lose weight. It's usually a combination of wanting to be healthier and to look better. Also, "losing weight" is not usually what we mean. What we (usually) mean is losing fat. Anyway, the three…
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Yes. It matters to fitness. It can help with weight fat loss, but only if you are in a caloric deficit. If you had a choice between owning a food scale or a bathroom scale, pick the food scale. Once you get used to using one, it gets surprisingly easy to do. If you can make exercise a habit, you can make a food scale a…
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The biggest key for protein, when it seems hard to reach, is to concentrate more on lean sources. Tuna, chicken, other fish are good. Pork tenderloin has a lot of protein bang per gram - just finished about 6 oz for lunch. Egg whites are good too. If you do ground beef, go lean. There is also ground bison, which is leaner…
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I can't speak specifically for OT, but let me ask you this.... If you were to start, progress and get fit, what would you think about somebody in their 50s and 200 pounds walking in next year? Would you likely support them? If your answer is yes, you'll likely find that that exists already. As a 56-year old, who never…
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Hello Jon. Prior to answering, I was one of those who was not exactly patient with you awhile back when you had asked about the different programs and what you wanted to do. So I wanted to apologize for that. To answer your question, there are many plans you can go to after 5x5, which is considered a Novice Linear…
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I ran your numbers through this website (the one I use): https://www.niddk.nih.gov/bwp with the assumption that your activity level is very light - i.e. desk job with light activity. Its output was about 2250 kcal per day. Given your numbers, 1800 calories would already have a built-in deficit of roughly 450-500, which…
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If you are willing to share your current height/weight/age, we can check out which one your PT is referring to fairly easily (as an alternative)
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I see these kinds of numbers recommended for those who do a lot of strength training. Barbell Medicine might be the most reputable of those who recommend high protein, but there are several. At 5'11"/ 205 lb, those recommendations for me are about 220 g per day, depending on whether I'm cutting, maintaining or bulking. And…
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Agree with the 80/20 in general. Because the activity part of our calorie burn is relatively small, consumption is a far bigger driver for most of us - and it's the easiest to modify. But I live by 3 things, because for most of us it's about more than just weight loss - it's about what we can do and how we look (yeah I…
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...but according to the fittest woman in the world it works magic. And....you can have it in the form of gummies now. Hurry while supplies last! /sarc off. ACV is great in some recipes. I make my favorite salad dressing with a little bit of it.
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Get a food scale. J/K. Everybody's weight fluctuates throughout the day. If it's fluctuating by the minute, it could be as simple as batteries. I stopped worrying about the bathroom scale a long time ago. If I use my food scale properly and log properly, my body measurements move in the direction my diet and exercise tell…
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I was 50-something a couple of years ago with 3 teenagers when I started. Control diet first (doesn't have to be "clean" - whatever that means; just eat enough protein, support your body's energy and eat in a reasonable deficit if you want to lose fat). Lift. Move. Do fitness when time allows, whether it's morning,…
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If you wanna make "big" changes, I'd recommend making small changes over time. In my profession the biggest thing I learned early on is that big project is just a whole bunch of small projects strung together. One of the surest ways to short circuit yourself is to get in a rush. Don't do that. Your first reply above comes…
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I don't think you need to go that low. I started at about 245 - also at 54 (two years ago). I lost 50 pounds eating around 2200 kcal per day. I may have a walked a little bit more, but if you really are only eating 1400 calories, you'll soon find that unsustainable. (I have a hunch, however, that you are likely eating more…
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Not planning to be your Keto pal, since 1) I don't do keto and 2) I'm a man. But...I would encourage you to ensure that you eat in a deficit whether you use keto or not. Because male or female, we all lose weight the same way: eat less calories than your body burns. There is no other way. To the extent that keto helps you…
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Didn't say they were "incorrect". You're putting words in my mouth. Not the first time in this thread. You said "You don't know anyone who has done well in MLM" in your response to me. You would have no basis in that assertion and I refuted it. I said that you were making a broad assertion that they were all evil. That…
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This is a thread about Isagenix, and to some extent about its MLM practices. So I won't take it much further. But... 1. You don't know...and cannot know whether I have "done the research". 2. Making money from a downstream network is not a pyramid. However I will grant that some - by no means all - skirt dangerously close.…
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The thing is...they actually work on many of the same principles that other products do, but they give easy entry into a non-traditional distribution method.. And for the record, in order for something to be an actual pyramid - in the illegal sense, there would have to be no product or service transactions involved.…
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+1 on the Strong app. It's free and if you're a lifter (or even somebody who doesn't consider themselves a lifter - just somebody to lifts some) it's hard to beat. The library of lifts is extensive, and you can even add your own if you don't see one that looks like something you do.
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Actually because of the herd mentality of peers, the process, and need for funding, you really have to also be wary of those. If there were peer reviews 500 years ago, nobody would have ever believed or funded an expedition around the world. (Hyperbole I know, but peer review, while great is not the be-all, end-all).
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Again, it really depends on what you want. There is a skinny/fat extreme you can get to at 175, or there is muscular extreme you can get to. Each one would give you the same BMI, but they might have radically different body fat percentages. You might even be smaller (take up less space) if you are 185 and muscular than if…
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Not really. At least not in the way you might expect. If 175 is your goal weight, and assuming that's with a healthy body fat percentage, getting to 185 means a 1.6 lb/wk goal. If you ate the number of calories necessary to do that, you will burn more lean tissue than you want. Why? Because as you get closer to goal the…
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I sure wish that I would have gone there when I lived there. Spent most of my growing up years in the Seattle area and then 15 or so more of my adult life there and yet missed so much of what it has to offer. Beautiful area up there. Brother is in Bellingham - gonna have to get up that way soon.
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If you eat within your calorie goals it should not matter. If you have specific macro goals you want to hit, you can adjust those in your goals. But remember it's difficult to hit all of them right on the nose. For most, hitting the protein goal (as a minimum) is the best strategy - assuming your protein goal is in line…
