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You know what else may be lying to yourself? Thinking that just getting lighter is what you need and that what you are doing is going to fuel your desired performance to the level you think it will. Think about it. If 125 is quicker, why not 115? Why not 105? I readily admit to not being an expert on the cycling thing, but…

^^^^ This 1-2 times per week at most when I ventured into doing that. Also, in order to fully reap the benefits of HIIT, 10 minutes is on the low side, 15 is closer to optimum. And if you're doing it right, it pretty much wipes you out for a bit and recovery does last a while. No possible way I personally could do HIIT on…

The footnotes in there are gold. You can gain a lot by reading the abstracts and conclusions. If you have more time you can see how the scientific portions are controlled studies - not just anecdotal. As I frequently point out to many of my friends and family that do keto - it works, but it doesn't work magically. It works…

"Just keep doing what you're doing" might work, but it doesn't help that much. Because the process works for good reasons. OP, you have said that you eat a certain amount. You obviously eat more than that, but the what is apparent is that basics of the process are important to you. The more you understand the process…

This ^^^^

Be patient. Don't try to chase water weight or bowel movements and their effect on the scale. That's not what you're targeting to lose anyway right? Water retention or elimination is a natural process the body uses to accomplish many things. No need at all to manipulate it unless you have a specific medical condition. Many…

I think this is mostly true, however as we've discussed so often on these forums, the scale fools you in the short term - sometimes over a month or two. I don't disagree at all with the data collection concept or tracing measurements over time. But, when it comes to trusting scales....... I trust the food scale. If I'm…

That's actually the point I'm trying to make (probably awkwardly). The claims, which are not evaluated, are vague (on purpose by using the words "promotes" or "helps") allowing those who do not engage in critical thinking to take them at face value. It's a genius marketing ploy that works across so many products.

Throw some protein in there and you have a meal. I use a vanilla flavored protein and it tastes great. I do that very same thing all the time. If I want it even more "frozen", I throw a few more ice cubes in.

As @PAV8888 says, and he knows what he is talking about, you may actually be a little bit too quick...but it will depend on a lot of things. You mentioned that you want to have the least amount of loose skin possible. That's hard to predict, but if that's a big concern for you, you should know that slower is better. Lift…

I'm going to be a bit of a contrarian here, even though the OP looks to be long gone. Many many products specifically use the words "promote" or "help" for doing things. I've come to the realization that when they say that, it means that they don't actually do the things. Those are things that they can easily state and…

I weigh far less often now than I used to. The biggest reason is that I normally eat the same foods and when I'm actively trying to reduce weight, I know the process works. Because it has worked. As long as I log and measure accurately, the scale can only introduce doubt if I do it all the time. I may go 4-5 weeks between…

Sorry, just kinda kidding around. Keto works for people if they eat in a caloric deficit, and if it's working for you, then that's the reason. Perfectly fine way of eating. Not the only way. You may not have implied that, but it kinda looks that way.

Doesn't sound dumb to me. My crack was Coke. The soft drink of course. 5 cans a day on average. The full sugar stuff. I would eat salty snacks just to have something that would make it even better. When I decided to change my life and count calories, I just cut back. Then cut back a little more, and then a little more. But…

Ahh yes...the social situation worry. I see that a lot around here. I had issues with worrying about that stuff, like gatherings, holidays and cook-outs when I started. But, since many consider this a "journey" (a word I don't really personally like in this application), it did actually get me to thinking about how I do…

^^ Not only is it non-linear, but even while losing fat, the scale can still go up in any given week because it measures weight, which has other components (like lean body mass and fluid). And since fluid fluctuates - all the time - you need a trend. Because those fluctuations vary more in a day than your fat loss occurs…

Don't do that. There's tons of value here. It's the internet; you can't hear tone, but as near as I can tell responses were cordial. Oh....and 7,8 and 10 are great for pretty much everybody (except for those with issues eating fruit.....).

What do you want to look like when you get there? If you think that a drastic loss like that (and it would quick) is likely to reveal a muscular ripped body, I believe you'll be mistaken (unless you have a genetic advantage). The deficit you need is likely to take quite a bit of lean body mass away along with the fat. That…

The initial water weight loss in keto is part of the 'hook'. Other programs have used a hook like this also. Nothing wrong with a good start - it helps get people going, but if you don't know how that works, it could stop you in your tracks once that initial "whoosh" is over. About 8 or 9 years ago my wife and I jumped…

What @rheddmobile said. It's extremely important to understand what's normal (and healthy) and what's not. Retaining fluid for muscle repair is your body doing what it is supposed to do. Finding ways to counteract that is counter productive. Patience is key in all of this - especially with respect to fluid fluctuations.…

There are two parts of this that are (a little bit) annoying to me. First, the dogma that some adherents claim regarding the "evils of carbs and sugar" etc. Second, the idea that I've seen espoused here and in other places that they can literally eat as much as they want because it's all about the carbz. Like many here, I…

It really depends on your goals. 1. Don't go everyday - you need rest days regardless of what programming you use. 2. If you strength train, don't train the same muscles without at least 48 hours between....meaning if you do a "whole body" workout, skip a day for recovery. You can strength train on back-to-back days if you…

This is my opinion (and I'm not alone, but it's not everyone's). Weight training is the single best thing you can do during weight loss if your body shape and tone matter to you more than simply fat loss. If you just want fat loss, a calorie deficit and cardio will do that, but if you lose fat quickly without doing…

150-400. All over the map. I target protein. Don't care about much else.

Strength training also helps, as the effort to produce the force necessary for a task decreases as you get stronger. That doesn't effect cardio endurance directly as much, but certainly efficiency has impact on workload (which has an impact too).

I'm detecting a little bit of "carbs are the devil", "sugar is the devil" thoughts going on here - relative to weight loss. I could be wrong of course, but it does amaze me how prevalent this attitude is. To echo those above, from a purely weight loss perspective, they don't matter. How did you determine your macros? Are…

You can't make a lifetime of future choices in one decision. Just make the next one. You just make each decision as it comes. Make most of them correctly. Miss one once in awhile. It'll happen. Move to the next one. Just about all of life is like that - not just food choices. Make each small decision yourself and own it -…

If you were accurate and doing nothing (sedentary); your stats say you should be losing about a pound per week at 1200 calories (your TDEE is about 1750 - if you were sedentary, which again, you're not). You are far more active than sedentary, so this leads me to believe that your logging (i.e. weighing to the gram all…

You're new at this, so take a gander at this thread when you have a minute: https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10084670/it-is-unlikely-that-you-will-lose-weight-consistently-i-e-weight-loss-is-not-linear/p1 Since you're new, you may have expectations that your weight will drop in a predictable way. It does…

Calorie balance - 98% Insulin and other stuff (like thermal effect of food and macro distribution) - 2% Does insulin sensitivity matter? I'm not convinced it does, but am willing to concede that there is something potentially there. But even if it does, it's negligible compared to your energy balance. 2 meals per day is…