tomcustombuilder Member

Counting is a way to be accountable. If your weight has been stable and you like your weight then no counting necessary.

lol, ok Without counting you have no idea how many calories you're taking in. Once you count for awhile and get a good sense about what X amount of calories then you can slack off a bit. 20 years of counting and being able to back reference what my weight was doing in relation to how I was eating didn't cause any weird…

You're taking in a lot more than 1,200 a day when figuring weekly calorie averages.

7 miles only burns around 800 calories for a normal person so that really doesn’t do a lot so don’t rely on that as far as a major calorie burning fctor

There is no fast way. Overstressing the body with too low of calories then you'r homeostatic system overloads your body with water retention trying to balance the fat and muscle loss so you look bloated and havn't lost any weight plus you lose lean mass (muscle) so you end up looking worse. Stick to a more reasonable plan…

Give any calorie amount 4-6 weeks to confirm whether that amount is allowing you to meet yur goals. Less than that and there is a lot of noise with water weight masking things. Always weigh first thing in the morning when getting up and using the bathroom. There is alway the possibility that you are being inaccurate with…

fatloss is mostly diet as structured exercise programs don’t burn as many calories as your BMR and NEAT (day to day activities) so concentrate on overall weekly calorie amounts. Weights are important for overall strength maintenance and cardio is good for heart health. Both are important. They DO contribute to helping…

ahhh read too fast I thought they were talking about a gym membership

They should have a record of every time you walked in and swiped your card.

When you add or subtract calories understand that the results will not show up sometimes for 2 or so weeks. And that is why many times people will add calories then within the week their weight goes down when it was their previously lower calorie restriction was starting to show up. Many times too much of fairly long term…

It's the same "tricks" at any age, taking in fewer calories than you burn. There are no shortcuts, just being diciplined with your diet and being as active as your lifestyle will allow.

The only detriment to fatloss is too many weekly calories.

Daily average is your actual daily amount as every day will vary somewhat so you want to look at the average. Then you're at your current maintenance which in reality may be more than 1,700 when you factor your weekly average, inaccurate calorie data input. etc. 99% of people underestimate their overall calorie amounts.…

Your metabolism is fine. Don't reverse diet it will set you back as far as fatloss. See what your calories have been lately and if your weight has been fairly stable then this is your maintenance calories so drop a few hundred a day and review in 4-6 weeks. If the loss has been acceptable then you're on the right track.…

Training abs is fine as long as you train the whole core also. Some proper ab training and farmers walks/suitcase carries will hit everything pretty well.

i don’t think you need a coach at all. Define your goals and design your diet accordingly. Do you want fatloss with muscle retention or muscle gain? Choose 1 and set your diet up accordingly.

You need to stop what you’re doing and work on getting a solid game plan. You’re all over the place right now.

You have to be careful with calories when you're trying to build muscle. Most people need a smaller surplus than they think. Keep tabs on your waist measurement and if that is growing by more than a little you need to reel the calories back a bit.

Those people don't do well with diet reccomendations to average people.

too many calories can be gotten from “healthy” food as well as “unhealthy “ food. Many foods considered healthy contain high calorie amounts.

Probably half of your 8 lbs was water. Adjusting down every 10 lbs is generally the norm. How much is an individual decision. Sometimes less weight and you end up being somewhat more active during the day so as long as you’re still losing at your target amount there is no reason to lower calories

being fat adaptive doesn’t mean your body finds a back door entrance to burning stored fat. It will still come down to energy balance.

What is your reason for going KETO?

The rules are the same at 40 as they are at 30 or 50, not being able to get weight off means your overall weekly calorie consumption is too high regardless of what an app calculator says you should be doing, factor in inaccurate counting and tracking and some days where you’re over your “allotted” amount and you have a…

There is no magic to IF regarding fatloss and is not a good approach when attempting to build muscle. A calorie deficit and attempting to simultaneously trying to build muscle is an exercise in futility most of the time so better to define a goal of either fatloss and muscle retention or concentrating on adding muscle.

3-5 in a glass of 5.5 oz so hardly worth worrying about unless you’re that carbphobic. I’d worry more about the calories.

Abstinence for awhile lowers your tolerance. Low cals, especially around drinking time and you have the 1-2 punch of hangover material. 4 glasses of wine will destroy a calorie deficit

The key to keeping the weight off is once you’ve lost it realizing that you can’t go back to your old eating habits. Fatloss is a product of a consistent WEEKLY calorie deficit over time. No special diet required.

Walks are a good time to listen to educational podcasts.

The majority of fatloss comes from diet, taking in fewer weekly calories than you burn. You can’t target belly fat. Fat goes on and comes off where your genetics dictate.