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I've never read or heard anything to suggest it would be different (energy expenditure held constant of course). In a real world scenario, though, one would be more likely to eat less following the 4100 cal day than following days of mild calorie excess. In that real world scenario, especially if 2000 cals is a deficit for…

Is this what happens with competitive eaters? Kobayashi can eat 60 hot dogs in about 2 and a half minutes. [/quote] Love the drawstring pants -- a must for competitive eaters I guess! :laugh:

I think what we need to comment intelligently is Sex Age Height Weight Goal weight Average net and gross calories consumed daily

Failure to absorb all calories from food definitely happens -- in fact I think they just changed the calorie count of almonds for this reason. You can also do things to increase the rate of passage of food through the GI tract to decrease the calories absorbed (at least according to Tim Ferriss). I've never heard of it…

That sounds really bad. Have you seen a doctor or had a CT? I think sciatica can be caused by so many different things that not one treatment will work for everything. You need to know the underlying cause and address that.

Wow. I sort of can't believe people were just stepping over him, but I sort of can. When you're in a big crowd, there's the "someone else will take care of it" factor. When it's a small crowd, I wonder if people are more likely to act. I have saved many animals and certainly helped people out when they really needed it (I…

Depends what the cause is. I think mine is caused by a tight pyriformis muscle, and stretching helps (also not sitting down for too long). It can also be caused by spinal nerve compression, in which case surgery is recommended. Mine comes and goes in my right leg and it's hard to tell what brings it on sometimes. Hope you…

I think that's cool. There's a difference between being obsessed with *what* you weigh and being curious about how things work, like how your weight changes and what affects it. I think the more "investigating" we do, the more we understand, and the less stress we cause ourselves. I weigh every morning because I like to…

Agree with the above comments. AND it goes to show one shouldn't get all worked up about little changes on the scale. Next you should try browsing MFP for 24 hours straight without peeing. You'll be at goal in no time! :) ETA: my scale (weight watchers brand) actually has a built in feature where it will give you the same…

I am mostly vegan. It sounds like your problem is trying to steer clear of fats. It's actually a myth that dietary fat makes you fat, and fat is very important in your diet for maintaining metabolic and cellular function and aiding the absorption of (fat soluble) vitamins. I can't see your diary, but make sure you are…

Not sure if I'm clear where you're coming from, but you can't always use the calories needed to maintain at your goal weight as your target for weight loss. I know there are some who promote that strategy but I think it breaks down at the high and low ends. MFP also uses a different equation for BMR than many other sites…

I know. I was trying to say that she could gain strength without gaining muscle, which is pretty cool too.

Awesome! Very inspiring. I also really love that canoe and the tree branch (?) paddle. I need one.

It's under settings/update diet and fitness profile. Basically you tell it your activity level before exercise and it sets your base calorie level accordingly. So even if you are "sedentery", which most people shouldnt be, I would doubt going to the store is going to increase your deficit by a significant amount.…

Not true. Especially for beginners, but even people who are already strong can modify body weight exercises to make them challenging. Agree that gaining muscle/losing weight is about the diet, but you can definitely get stronger even eating at a deficit. OP, if you are interested in body weight exercises, look into Mark…

I would think slight overeating might not be enough to trigger much increase in satiety so the excess intake doesn't result in reduced intake later. Whereas a single large meal might trigger it enough that you do compensate later by eating less. Because leptin.

I think you've gotten your answer, but anyway, protein powder is just another way to get protein in your diet. It's for people who want protein in a convenient form. It doesn't have anything to do with water retention. Hope that helps.

Crazy talk! :smile: I'm usually hungrier during the early part of the day than at night so lunch is usually my biggest meal. A lot of people seem to be the opposite. It's good to try different things and see what works best for you.

Totally agree with this. Walk. Do walk/run intervals, maybe 10-20 sec of jogging at a time at first. That's how I started running. Unless you're actually training for a 5k, a training plan isn't necessary. Just get out there and do what feels right.

I have a garmin forerunner 10, it's a cheap, basic model (around $100 I think) with no HR monitor but tells you pace and distance. I could never use perceived effort -- sometimes the same pace can seem like either a struggle or a breeze! The watch really helped me keep track of pace for my 1/2 marathon training.

LOL, I second this. My dad introduced me to lot of great music I still listen to -- Elvis Costello, Tom Waits, David Bowie. I'm glad he rescued me from my Echo and the Bunnymen phase...

Basically the 'eat more to lose' theory is that a lower deficit can produce better results than a higher deficit. If your maintenance is 1600 and you are eating 1200, your deficit is only 400 which is reasonable, but may still be a bit steep if you only have 5 lbs to lose/are essentially at a normal weight. Eating at…

Actually the funny bone is the olecranon which is part of the ulna. I assume called so due to the ulnar nerve which runs superficially there. So not funny ha ha, but funny as in that feels funny. I feel like I have made my contribution to the internet today.

Agreed, agreed and . . . agreed.

I'm the same way. I stopped losing weight when I started to look too thin in the upper body but I still have plenty of lower body fat along for the ride. I decided it was OK with it because from what i understand it is actually supposed to be metabolically and cardiovascularly beneficial. These all pretty much say the same…

http://www.pnas.org/content/107/42/18226.full This is an interesting paper. It claims that fat cells in the upper body/abdomen tend to increase in size while those in the lower body increase in both size and number. Abdominal fat ("apple" shape) is much more associated with negative health effects than lower body fat…

Interesting point. Satiety is a factor though -- appetite is a mechanism to promote intake of the right amount of food. If that mechanism is not functioning properly, I agree there doesn't seem to be much else, but we likely have not needed much else in our history as a species.

Interesting question. According to this article http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0017637 most fat gain is due to increase in the size of the cell (specifically, the amount of lipid stored within it) than an increase in the number of cells. From the intro: The molecular and cellular…

My dogs have all been mutts, but when my spitz mix died I wanted another similar mix . . . basically I think I just wanted her again. I did worry I would compare the new dog to the old dog if they looked too much alike. I ended up getting a totally different kind of dog because the opportunity just fell into my lap, but I…

Easy, just use more protein powder. Leave out the oats if you want, or the honey, esp if your protein powder is sweetened. I use equal parts pb and protein powder (plain/unflavored in my case) and enough water to make it into a dough-like consistency. They are awesome. You can really make these any combo of macros you want.