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I don't know why he is saying you're eating too much. The faster you lose weight, the more of it comes from muscle, so if you want to preserve more muscle, eat more and lose more slowly. Although as the person above said, it probably won't affect your ab definition, since that mostly comes from having a low %BF.

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Hey, I'm sorry you're going through this. Do you have anyone you can talk to in real life? I don't know how much help I or anyone here can be, although I know a lot of people here have been where you are. I'm sure that you know that the issues you have with your weight are not really about your weight -- by losing weight…

I don't think the bioimpedance test is accurate enough to draw much conclusion from that %BF change. It takes a long time to significantly decrease your BF% when you are at a healthy weight. As for losing muscle, as long as you are doing all the right things to minimize muscle loss (like progressive strength training and…

I totally understand where you are coming from. To me, it is a matter of letting other people define us. When we're overweight, we let that perception of us become part of our identity. When we're objectified, we internalize that too. That's not cool. It doesn't matter what you look like, fat, thin, peg leg, whatever.…

Let it go. Don't eat if you're not hungry, unless you somehow find you continue losing well below where you'd like to be. This should not be a battle with your body.

That's OK, she only fixed every other pronoun so your gender is still up for debate. Which would probably fit into the "totally unrelated" category.

I understand the whole "no food is good or bad in moderation" attitude but I thought it was pretty well established that trans fats were associated with increased risk of cardiovascular dz. http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/66/4/1006S.short IMO both the attitude that food is good/bad and the attitude that no food is…

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Sorry, not allowed. Bros don't giggle, you will have your card revoked. I don't think it is bro science by any stretch but I guess if you are going to take the next step and say that you need to do X and not Y kind of exercise to "burn fat" and get Z results than it could be entering that realm. But I don't think you…

Maybe try 2 skillets and then you could incorporate some upper body strength training into your run. I see the beginning of a new fitness movement! :smile:

A knife, wow. Sounds messy and potentially ineffective. In my old neighborhood there was a big dog that used to run loose and attack my dog when we were out walking. I carried pepper spray or a boat horn -- you can get a very small, very loud horn at boating stores and I think that would scare pretty much anything off…

Not a movie, but I recently watched Top of the Lake and was blown away. It's a short TV series, not too many episodes.

Your mom. Someone's mom was rude to me, so . . .

I would think in that case strength training would be the obvious choice. I can see cardio sparing some muscle but I wonder how significant an effect it has. Muscle sparing seems to be a different issue than trying to achieve a "fat burning state" in cardio.

^^ Very well explained, thank you! My thought is that when people talk about burning fat, what they really want to do is lose fat. And that seems like a dietary issue much more than an exercise issue. If you eat at a caloric deficit you will lose fat and if you eat at a surplus you will store fat, regardless of whether you…

I think the term "fat burning" is too vague. Do you mean fat loss? Weight loss? Preferential use of fat for energy?

I wouldn't take Dr. Oz to represent all doctors. I'm just an animal doctor, and even I know the physiological importance of fat in the diet.

I agree cycling isn't a substitute, but you're right you could be overtraining your legs if you do both squats and endurance without enough rest. Personally I would do the strength exercises first and then the cardio, and then take a day off. Or do them on separate days and make sure you get enough rest days too.

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This is a good point. I'm not sure the OP is using the term 'criticism' in this way. It is possible to offer suggestions and advice in a way that shows your intent to help, and it's possible to do it in a way that shows an intent to diminish the other person. The burden should not be wholly on the person on the receiving…

Interesting, I feel the same way unless I make an effort to get enough sodium. Thought it had to do with blood pressure but I have heard that eating sodium does very little to raise blood pressure significantly so maybe not. I don't think potassium is very accurate in the database so it's really hard to know what you're…

I have a theory that there is a range where your appetite and your body weight match up. I'm 5'4" and have always been around 135 lbs and could sustain it effortlessly. Apparently my natural tendency is to eat enough for a 135 lb me. I got down to 115 lbs and really didn't feel like I was eating enough while maintaining.…

It's good. It's low in cals -- around 45 cals per cup. It has a very mild flavor. I use it interchangeably with things like sweet potatoes as a side dish. Never tried it with pasta sauce but it sounds good. I make it in the microwave -- takes about 10 mins per quarter.

Depends on too many factors. Did they already get stabbed or just an attempted stabbing? What kind of knife, where, how deep, how close are they to medical attention, etc. Are you trying to think of a scenario where being fat is beneficial? Shipwreck maybe...

Me too.

Just to clarify, thIs is the sort of exercise that you could do to lose around 1.5 lbs a week while eating at maintenance. You don't need to do this much (which is a lot) if you are also eating at a deficit. You can use a calorie deficit or exercise to lose weight, or a combination of the two. Also, please don't be scared.…

If you want more calories added to your goal, you can tell MFP you want to lose weight at a slower rate of loss (eg 1 lb per week vs 2 lbs per week) and it will give you more calories, or you can set your own calorie goal under goals/custom goals. If you're asking what food you should eat more of -- I don't think it really…