RadicalCharlie Member

I want to do this. And I don't feel like anyone is making me do this. I really want to see because I've heard one thing, he's heard another so I just want to find out for myself. If I feel like I am in any danger, I will stop immediately. But, Newfiedan, when they do these caliper measurements, where do they clamp at? If…

Okay. Dr's appt Friday. Going to my normal hospital to see if my man physician ordered those calipers yet and how long it would take to get them if he didn't order them. Also, I forgot my school has a nursing program, so I'm going to see if they have any tomorrow.

Is it okay that I want to be skinny fat? I don't like having a firm body. I want something on my body to jiggle other than my breasts lol. Japanese women have more body fat, but they seem pretty skinny and jolly.

I will either post back here or make a vlog about it and link it somewhere to let everyone know what I am doing. I have an appointment to see the doctor at another hospital on Friday, but I don't know if they have calipers so I'm going to call around and see who does have them. Last resort would be to have my body fat…

My scale measures body fat, but everyone tells me not to go by that because it's not accurate. Says I have 44% body fat. I can get my doctor in on this. He was supposed to order calipers, but I don't know if he has them in yet or not. But I will do this under the supervision of my doctor.

Alright, Newfiedan! I will do this for 3 weeks. Maybe you're right, I really don't know but I'm the type to learn things the hard way, so I guess we'll see. I might actually vlog this if I can figure out how to edit my videos and such.

Exercising is more about willpower over stamina.

Your body resorts to fat before resorting to muscles. Also, if you were to do a VLCD and lose 3 lbs a week in the beginning, your metabolism would only slow down to make you lose 2 1/2 to 2 1/4 lbs a week. It would not come to a complete halt. How about we test this for sure? I'll be the dummy and log my weight while on a…

Okay, but how long were they doing that? A day? Two days? You're saying if I ran 10 miles everyday for 6 months and ate only 1000 calories a day, I wouldn't lose any weight, Newfiedan? http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2016490?dopt=Abstract

I return. Do you think that if you work out constantly and 'eat like a mouse' for long term that you really wouldn't lose any fat?

I'd say if the machine has a built in scale and can measure your heart rate, go with that.

I'll try to find a healthier way that works for me. Thanks for your help.

I think I'm starting to understand what you're saying more. Ugh, my brain. I still think none of this applies to me. I must be the bad kind of special.

@Newfiedan: "Losing weight is simple more burnt than what you take in" That is what I thought and what I was trying to clear up was how can you lose if you're eating what you burn? Unless it's like this: Your BMR is 1600, you eat 1200 and eat what exercise calories you burn, so your deficit is 400/day. Is that what you…

@Newfiedan: http://i51.tinypic.com/2nlwx07.jpg This is me at 190 lbs. I'm not a muscle head, but by looking at that and knowing that I'm only 5'5'' would you say I'm more fat than muscle? Maybe I'm just stuck on the idea that I need to lose more than 2 lbs a week which is the "unhealthy" way. @ladyhawk: I am injected with…

@ladyhawk: Okay. Well, I've had 3 thyroid tests, all came back negative. I swear on my life my medication is screwing with me, but I can't get off it.

@kickerz - There is no way my BMR is anywhere near that because I actually tested this for two weeks eating that much without exercising and I gained like, 3 lbs. That's why I said my BMR is lower. @Newfiedan - I read that you can have a large deficit for a long period of time as long as you have days where you reduce it…

Okay, I read that and I partially agree, but if I eat like that everyday, I gain... I try to only eat more calories only one day a week.

5'5'', 192.5 lbs, and 2.7 lbs a week.

Okay, yeah I'm not reading all that, sorry. I need a short simple explanation in no more than 3 sentences. I'm trying to understand this, but posting a scientific journal on the matter isn't going to help me get it any sooner. My BMR is around 1200. I eat less than that and burn over 1000 calories a day and that is THE…

You all said pretty much the same thing, but it still sounds like you're eating all the calories you worked so hard to burn off. That still doesn't make sense to me. I guess I use MFP a different way. I don't count the exercise as more food I can eat, just more calories that I burn.

I don't know why you should have a "0" at the end of the day. Isn't the point of losing weight to burn more calories than you consume?

I watched a vlog about a girl who got B12 shots and lost a lot of weight. I would like to try this out.

Doesn't work like that for me. After I workout I get really hungry lol.

Mine doesn't move because I have a higher weight loss goal and it won't move until I get to one of the little stubs, usually when I lose about 10 lbs. It's good motivation though.

I have the same problem too. It's like I lose weight but gain it right back even if I slip up only the slightest bit, but I'm going to try some new things and really keep track of my calorie intake.