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I wouldn't have a problem calling him a quack to his face which is why I didn't hesitate to call him a quack in this post. He is making money off of people peddling nonsense that has repeatedly been disproven. That means that he either is deliberately misleading people to make a quick buck, or he actually believes the…

You can say it is redundant to point out that a calorie deficit caused you to lose weight and not keto, but I don't think it is. Keto is the tool that you use to get to a calorie deficit. The deficit is the actual reason for your weight loss. The problem too often is that those two facts get challenged all of the time in…

CICO can't fail, it is simply an equation which determines whether you will gain, lose, or maintain weight. When your CI is greater than CO, you will gain weight, which is what happened when you gained thirty pounds back. The reason you are down 22 pounds now is because your CI is less than your CO. Keto may be more…

But if his gut is telling his brain to eat them then Gale doesn't have to take any actual personal responsibility in becoming overweight. Some people will come up with every excuse in the book besides accepting the fact that they just didn't exhibit the best willpower at times.

Genetics and hormonal issues don't invalidate CICO. If a person loses weight, it is because they are at a calorie deficit, not because the magical keto fairy removed their fat stores in the middle of the night. Just think of the money that could be saved if people could understand this one basic principle instead of…

Calories were the root cause of your obesity though, specifically, too many of them. You can continue to blame cravings or specific foods all you like, but the simple fact was you ate too much. You'll gain weight if you eat too many calories on keto too, and that is a fact whether you choose to believe it or not.

He is making money peddling nonsense to the uneducated so I really don't feel that calling him a money grabbing self serving liar quack is too harsh. You have repeatedly stated that you know little about him though, so I still don't understand why you are defending him. You are dismissing educated people's views simply…

You can word it a thousand different ways, but the fact of the matter is, you gained weight in the past because you overate. It wasn't the wrong kind of calories, it was too many, and it was based on the fact that you didn't have self control when eating carbs. It wasn't the evil carbs fault, it was yours for eating too…

This is an odd claim to me. Do most people really not drink the milk they put in their cereal? I would love to see any sort of evidence backing this up. Do people just eat their cereal and then dump the milk? I don't, nor do my daughters, but I guess thats just my own personal experience.

But you only adjusted your calorie goal by 100 calories a day which would work out to 1/5 of a pound a week difference. That in itself wouldn't account for the fact that you are now losing weight, and that doesn't fix your problem. Its not that the database isn't very accurate, it is that you aren't being very accurate and…

I find the bolded funny because this is the point that everyone else was trying to make that you challenged by saying "prove to me that diet coke is good for you." You are fantastic at switching up your statements when you can no longer defend your position.

The OP said they were down 13 pounds, so I believe the point was that if their goal was to lose weight then they were doing it right. I don't see @crazyravr suggesting anything beyond that.

You might not find it as restrictive as other people, but that is your own personal view and most definitely doesn't hold true for everyone. I don't want to lose memory of "normal" pizza. I love normal pizza, and the thought of pizza without carbs is incredibly depressing to me.

Craving something does not mean you are addicted to it. I can crave a juicy steak, but that doesn't mean I am addicted to red meat. I understand that cutting carbs completely helped you stop binging on them, but again, that doesn't mean you were/are addicted to them. I think it is completely irresponsible to use the word…

I don't see any peer pressure not to do Keto, what I do see is people asking educated questions of others considering Keto. You say that Keto needs at least 90 days of eating under 50 grams and realistically a full year to see if it is actually going to provide any health benefits. Why would anyone want to waste a complete…

Yes, considering your stats, and the fact that you probably don't have a lot of wiggle room calorically, I think it is important for you to be as accurate as possible.

Oh God, please don't get him started...

I'm sure you didn't gain two and a half pounds of actual fat, and that most of it is water weight, but unless you are counting your calories, it is impossible to definitively say that you haven't gained any fat. You said that you had lots of calories, but just by beans and chickpeas. If you go over your maintenance…

Are you implying that drinking Diet Coke somehow has a negative impact on our long term health? Or is it the running that has an adverse affect? You make so many unsubstantiated claims, its hard to figure out what your point is most of the time.

Yeah, there's no way you burned 750 calories in half an hour of kickboxing. I kickbox as well and I might be able to burn that many in 45 minutes to an hour but I am also 6'2" 195lbs. Like stated before, I would guess that is your total calorie burn including your BMR. I would keep your fitbit on at all times and give it a…

I don't suppose you happen to have a source for this claim, do you?

Yes, you clearly missed something. Regardless of the weight that OP lifts, her arms are not going to magically get bigger while lifting in a calorie deficit. She needs to focus on losing fat, and lifting is simply going to preserve muscle as she does that.

Yeah, that is exactly what I would want her to do: train her arms just like everything else. Why should she exclude her arms? I'm fairly certain she uses them everyday, and preserving muscle while losing fat is a good idea. It is up to OP what she wants to do besides lift in a caloric deficit. Any form of exercise is a…

Lifting in a caloric deficit is not going to magically give her crazy biceps, it is simply going to preserve any muscle that she already has while losing weight. Every piece of advice I see you give is extremely outdated and based on myth and broscience instead of fact. You need to stop reading Cosmo and start reading some…

If she is in maintenance then obviously she is not trying to drop more weight. You can eat whatever you want and still have visible abs as long as your body fat percentage is low enough. I don't exclude any foods in particular, I just make sure I am consistently hitting my protein and caloric goals. "Junk" food will not…

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^ This exactly. Some people never fail to amaze me with their blatant ignorance, and this response to one of those people is spot on.

How many people do you know that only eat cookies and soda AND stick to just 1500 calories daily? Its such a tired argument, of course nutrition is important, but CICO is the only thing that matters for weight loss.

I appreciate that you are trying to make healthy food choices, but ultimately it comes down to calories. Purely from a weight loss standpoint, a bread with lower calories is a better choice than an organic whole grain bread. Organic vs non-organic is a whole other topic completely, but that has been debated in the forums…

I am in the same boat. I have about 5 pounds left to cut and I am trying to do it at a slower pace before I switch to maintenance. I am definitely ready to switch to maintenance, but don't want to compromise on my goals simply because I am impatient. Best of luck to you. It may seem slow now, but it will be worth it once…