wmd1979 Member

I already have plenty of whole foods in my diet. I like to have variety. I don't want to get bored with my diet or feel restricted. It is good for my mental health to be happy with what I eat, and positive mental health is a huge part of overall health. I am extremely active and do plenty of strength training and…

When you say it is best to avoid or limit them, that in itself is demonizing them.

I have yet to see anyone on here advocate for a diet consisting only of highly processed carbs, so again you seem to be moving the goalposts. If someone ate nothing but highly processed carbs, would that be a bad thing? Yeah, probably. That can also be said about any other food as well though, so I don't understand the…

There already is a restriction with bars when it comes to serving alcohol, and any responsible bar will limit the amount of alcohol they are serving their patrons. Overserving is an issue with a lot of bars and those bars and bartenders who encourage it are completely irresponsible. If a person is overserved and they then…

Funny, I don't know of anyone who replaces salads with "junk" food to avoid food poisoning, although I am curious what your definition of junk food is. I see no issue eating any food as long as it is in moderation and fits into a persons goals. I have a very hard time believing that someone lived on ketchup packets to…

In the context of your original statement, I definitely think it should have been mentioned. Otherwise it infers that the lack of carbs is responsible for the weight loss when in reality it is the lack of excess calories.

*when eating at a caloric deficit. Thats a necessary part of the equation that you always seem to leave out.

You could also increase your activity level, and lose weight without paying a ridiculous fee to an online doctor who probably cares more about your credit card number than they do the number on your scale at home.

I think you may have missed the point...It is true, but it also contradicts your previous post.

Exactly. It is the same tired argument, and it seems like people use that strawman it to make obesity appear acceptable or healthy in some way.

You originally said that you maintained at 2300 calories, not that your BMR was 2300. There is a big difference between a person's maintenance calories and their BMR. The OPs maintenance calories are completely realistic depending on their activity level.

If you are 6'2" and maintaining at 2300 calories then you aren't very active at all. I am 6'2" 195" and I maintain anywhere from 3500-4000 calories. Its pretty irresponsible to tell someone they are eating too many calories without knowing their activity level or anything else about them.

It depends if you are in a calorie deficit or not. You didn't mention that part of it. When you start a new weight training program, it isn't unusual to retain some water at first to repair your muscles. If you have been in a deficit then I would imagine you should see a drop in the number on the scale pretty soon. If you…

I suppose I should have said that the OP could have a lower fat percentage rather than BMI, as most people associate BMI with how much fat a person carries I was referring to that thought. In essence I was answering the question as I took it, to be that a person could be at a low body fat % while being at what would be…

You might not be confused about how many calories you are eating, but you do seem to be confused as to what maintenance is.

Oh, absolutely, I completely agree. Canned green beans get mushy and are not appetizing at all to me, but freshly picked I think they are delicious. I prefer frozen over canned any day.

I agree that this would be better suited in the debate section, however there are already multiple threads on this same topic over there.

I feel like it is almost impossible to debate this topic without actually seeing before and after photos, or seeing the scale weight for proof. Your son says that they are both visibly leaner, but that could simply be his perception. Also, you say they are the exact same weight, but that seems peculiar as well. As someone…

2 or 3 years ago I spoke to a grocer who told me that canned veggies(the ones packed only in water with no additives) in a lot of cases are even better than "fresh". In most cases the vegetables are canned the same day they are picked, whereas the "fresh" veggies in a lot of cases are weeks old. I should clarify and say I…

Do I even want to know where you came up with this figure? Seeing that the majority of the population hasn't even tried keto, I am curious how anyone can throw up any sort of statistic such as this.

If the bolded is what you would have said originally there probably wouldn't have been as much pushback as there was. The problem is, the way you phrased it, you made it sound like it had to be one or the other. In that context, I will take proven science over an individuals personal experience every time. A person can…

The negative feedback earlier in this post was definitely warranted. You seemed to want to discredit science in favor of your own personal experience and then were shocked to be called out for it. I believe your original goal when posting this was to tell everyone all about your methods and theories. "Confused? Let me…

To add to your thought, the reason I believe science should trump individual anecdotes is because people are often attributing their success to things other than what brought them the success. A good example is keto/low carb. I have seen many people in these forums suggest that simply cutting carbs is in itself enough to…

I agree, continue with the recomp. How are you measuring your bodyfat%? It is incredibly difficult to get an accurate measure on that, and I would suggest taking progress pictures because that will help you see the change over time.

If someone is spending hours(seems like a bit of an exaggeration, but ok) logging calories and they aren't losing weight, then they aren't in a caloric deficit. You can count calories all you want, but the number you are counting to is a pretty important detail in the equation.

They had much more effective cough medicine back in the day though...

Penicillin can be a lifesaver for some people, and it could be life threatening for others. It would be irresponsible for a doctor to prescribe it to everyone without looking at facts. You fail to take facts into account in almost every one of your arguments. You've told your story on here countless times, yet you fail to…

4 posts up you said that you took no stock in calories, so it makes me wonder why you would care to track them.

I guarantee you that the Rock doesn't give a flying *kitten* that he is classified as obese according to BMI. The fact that he isn't obese doesn't mean that most men who are also 6'5" 260 aren't. Pointing out an individual as an outlier doesn't mean that BMI is not a good indicator for the majority of the population.

There is also tons of advertising money spent on fitness products, books, diets and gyms. Obviously, the object of spending money on advertising is to get people to buy your product, but I don't see any examples of corporations openly promoting obesity. It might seem bizarre to you to focus on individual responsibility,…