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carrots and hummus, but holy **** you have to eat an insane amount to hit 800 cals

Is your goal to die of an early heart attack but have a great time until then because of your beach muscles?

You can't spot reduce fat. It simply does not work that way, unless you want to pay for liposuction or something. You exercise and diet and have a net caloric deficit,, you lose subcutaneous fat consistently, that's it. Weight training will help you not become creepy skinny in some areas as you diet, which will make you…

Cheese and sugar and corn chips

You can also just drain higher fat beef during the cooking process, although this works better with crumbled ground beef.

You made it sound like it was a cultural boogeyman, not "one guy in this thread said it" boogeyman. You should quote him next time or something so we know you were referring to him specifically.

That won't keep you from getting fat. Carbs are loaded with calories too, and guess what rice is primarily composed of? Carbs. Fats are necessary for LIFE, by the way- carbs aren't, so don't cut fats out when you can cut carbs if you're trying to save on calories. Without reading the article I'd chalk it up to high-protein…

They actually work pretty well together since paleo means a lot of processed sugars and carbs are out, which is a major source of calories for overeaters.

Soy promoting estrogen production is not a "boogeyman" factor, and it's not new either. We've known this for a good ten years+

Same here. my **** is just too big. I have to have my pants specially tailored, I trip on it when I'm running, it gets caught in machinery, sometimes if I am driving and I stop too fast it whips up and hits me in the face which is really embarrassing. But I soldier on, take heart, you are not alone

Fast food is not inherently "bad" either, I'm not sure why you'd emphasize that. The problem with fast food is the encouragement toward giant portions, supersizing, and overconsumption. At the end of the day, you can get unhealthily obese eating "healthy" meals prepared with love at home (or an expensive restaurant, for…

It's still not going to maintain, sorry :) It's fun to imagine you are a biological anomaly, but at the end of the day, it won't hold up.

Some of that is going to be water weight. You're not hydrating enough due to working out and eating/drinking less. It won't last.

There's nothing specific you can do, as others have said, spot reduction doesn't work. You could always try surgery if you are really concerned.

Having read the abstract, I'd like to point out that this refers to "all-cause mortality". This means ALL deaths, no matter the cause. While it does look like they adjusted for age, sex, and smoking, there are lifestyle differences that they did not account for, at least not according to the abstract. Know what obese…

I think MFP is pretty inaccurate on snowboarding cals burned. Yeah, it can agonize your legs in powder, but I think the numbers are overstated. And that's before taking into consideration that a good half the time will be spent on a lift or truck or snowcat or however you're getting back to the top, and then there's…

Oh, and beer. Let's not forget beer. And keep in mind alcoholism is a huge problem, especially in the US.

Beef doesn't make you fat. Calories make you fat. A good trimmed steak or drained, low-fat ground beef, or jerky etc is a great way to get protein without a ton of calories actually... In my experience its all the carbs people dress their meats up with. Buns/rolls/breads, pasta, rice, potatoes. Not to mention all the…

I wouldn't buy any info from someone that throws out a number like that without knowing what your height, weight, and activity level are already. This is really basic stuff. A 5' woman lounging on the couch is going to respond very differently to that 1500 calories than a 5'8" woman who works out regularly.

So its really about how cool you look working out?

It's not that big of a deal when we're talking about the kinds of serving sizes generally involved. I think you'd be hard pressed to find foods with with sub-five calorie serving sizes that you could really eat enough of to factor into diets that frankly should be 1000+ calories at an absolute minimum.

Joe Dirt?

I love having ripped thighs.

However, I prefer to run, myself.

You have to walk pretty fast to make it anwhere near the same level of efficiency. However, I've read that because of the differences in the two motions, a really fast walk (I'd have to google for the actual speeds in MPH) can be a better burner than a slow run.

Cancer takes a long time to kill you.

coffee. zero calories. there are plenty of ways to flavor it too without adding calories, I use cinnamon in my brew.

LOL skinny-fat is you.

This makes sense if you are going to have a lifetime of regular rigorous exercise, which is probably why you think it makes sense in your ("it didn't long at all to become a lean machine") perspective. If you cut your workouts down you will encounter problems trying to balance protein intake for muscle maintenance with a…

Sometimes he feels lonely and/or wishes for some sexin. If he wanted you to be his lady you'd probably have other indications.