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I understand it doesn't look that way to you. Can we analyze this neutrally without you thinking I'm attacking you? I'll do it the way I analyze just by checking against other sources here. So, if I postulate you are right, this means all my burns are UNDER estimates by a lot since I am double her weight. So if you are…

OK so I reviewed some of your exercise information, since it seems you are receptive to info by your posts and dont take it personally, I'll go over it since I think its a great example others might learn from! Maybe you measure all your food correctly (I have no idea), but lets assume you do, the perceived difference in…

Not sure what you are expecting? Exercise helps reduce muscle loss, you will never be able to feel or notice it perceptually unless you are lifting near your true maximum, which almost nobody in the world is ever...except those rare cases of housewives lifting cars off of their children in an emergency... But I don't think…

I think its not OP's issue. Just a very unrealistic top line body image set with the extreme tanned, shaved, (probably at least last 2 medicated) stereotype image. I agree, Arnold doesn't quite "live up to" "bodybuilder" image on that chart...which is absurd, he is the "perfect model bodybuilder"! Chart "Athletic" is…

Good luck "swinging" on the edge of a cliff, or getting your fingers round the "bar" on the cliff. Cliff rock tends to prevent swinging for some reason...but maybe you just lean over cliffs made of free hanging bars, then it would help you. OP I'd say weigh the possibility of encouraging friends at Crossfit vs the real…

Well, thats the exact reason I don't trust or particularly like people talking about it here like they know all about the issue. Its easy to get stuck on here about this or that little bit or a radical view from either side that pops up. Its easy to mistake a high volume of posts and users or that it "sounds good" and…

Every opinion and reason is still an opinion and reason, yes...but if it doesnt address the concern, then how is it a reason that even partially addresses the concern I brought up under discussion? "Because I dont like it" and "because GMOs are bad" are also opinions and reasons, yet they also do not address what I said,…

It could be that many people don't think a reason you put up (that you think is a good reason), is a good reason for allaying concerns, as is the case here. There is a difference between putting any statement up you think supports your idea personally, and actually putting a valid reason that could be shown to allay…

I thought you had a science background? If you do, you would understand the difference between crossing plants the old way and genetic modification. Seems pretty inconsistent to want peer reviewed information that something is obviously different, but you don't want any information on what you are putting into your mouth?…

Yes, thats commonly the type of background of the people acting like they know something and writing opinions on an issue they have no experience in, probably paid to back opinions favorable to producing company $$ The point is, we have a right to know whats in our food, nothing has to be "horrible" going into it, we just…

Glad you think its worth it, it really is no matter if you lose weight or not, exercise is just as beneficial or more beneficial than the reduction of weight out of obesity. And it really sounds like you were in a recomp type situation by your previous post. Yes you can't 100% know what you gained or lost unless you took a…

You are probably right that its heard and then repeated over and over, it seems to be discouraging to most people, and at the same time not really worth distinction, so I like to add to this the fact its actually mis-information because we do not KNOW for sure. You sound like you might be one of the type of people I wrote…

^^ Exactly. You can build muscle, its tough, takes a lot of work, its just that the exact amount that is muscle vs just re-wired strength is up for debate. I find it amusing as well since the claim "You cant build any muscle at all while on a deficit!" does not have any good scientific backing to it, and there are loads of…

Hmm, you posted this as a kind of "refuting" of what I said but none of your statements do, maybe clarification is in order. Not trying to be mean, just trying to clear the air. Who said anything about water balance? I was saying only that the calculation for a pound you went through is off because the cells do not lose…

Technical answer is it doesnt really. Sum of all effects answer is it probably will make you fat because: if you eat sugar filled foods, they tend to be higher in calories and low on fiber and mass, causing you to mis-estimate your body's fullness and eat more and go over on calories, sugar filled food consumption also…

Well, you made a few assumptions which are widely off the mark that are misleading, even though in general there are definitely not well understood variables involved. Yes fat tissue is made of other than just fat, but, we don't generally lose the cellular tissue or cells, just contents of the cells. In fact most times in…

Maybe you should take off your stormtrooper armor before you try on pants? OK well, if that isn't the problem, I wouldn't worry about it too much. If you are not overweight and you have an hourglass shape, you probably just have a body difference like very wide hips, which is generally attractive to most people and not…

Well, very badly written article, mean, and its not OK to just go around talking/judging all like her or calling people fatties, but still with some good points. There is definitely something wrong with both wanting fat girls on vacation to be ashamed with themselves, but also something wrong with the idea that it is…

No, thats not true, water in tea and coffee and juice and fruits etc all are still containing water, regardless of what other molecules are solvated in them. There is only evidence of slight health effect for less than about 800 mL of water intake per day causing health issues, unless you have another medical condition.…

Name them, and start epigenetic experiments relying on one specific genotype and seeing if the environment can influence its expression over several generations of differing available nutrients and environmental conditions. I'm a big help, you can thank me later. Otherwise, remove all food sources by buying small portions,…

No, that's because of Reganomics, the light "trickles down" to us, and if the earth were round, the sun wouldn't light up everywhere, so its got to be flat. Get real and think man! Another proof? Palin can see Russia from her house!

I think a lot of guys would be angry if they took you home and you "dangled a pickle". Not that there is anything wrong with that...

Well, I just saw an English guy whine about wanting his Auntie and pms or something, but the thread got deleted...

Yes, you did attract comments well with the title, it's kind of like a Fox News story title: some claim made that mis-interprets certain information for dramatic, effect to draw in people ;) Glad you arent selling something too :) Looks like you have a great attitude about it, don't take it as a "downer" or anyone having…

Congrats on your gain and increase in strength, however your title is full of drama making it sound like you were purposefully mislead, misinformed and proved people wrong that you can gain only muscle and no fat in a weight gain... It appears the real title should be: "Guy makes strength and muscle gains with a good…

Well, they put this claim out there for marketing, to try to capture those newer folks trying body building and not putting on much muscle yet and to try to counter what is observed in real life. I think its pretty obvious if you look at groups of people, both in what I've seen, and the view of others, there is a…

I dont know, I was with you till the last one, if you are spearfishing Nessy, you are going to be burning a hell of a lot of calories, in fact scuba to spearfish Nessy is probably going to be a few 1k cals short on burn actually ;) I find mine have been getting very accurate as I'm hiking more elevation gain, but for me,…

No, by OP's proportion of bodyweight exercise measurement, you are stronger after you go to the bathroom, because you have reduced your weight. Therefore in lifting the same exact lift with the same weight, it is a higher proportion of your bodyweight than it was pre-bathroom. (380lb shrug/200lbs = 1.9 x bodyweight lift,…

Wait, you forgot to add in the rotation of the femur and angular motion compared to the sacrum and iliac bones into the calculation, then factor in the angle of the attachment point of the sacrotuberous ligament if there is any motion at that joint as well. For an accurate determination the exact attachment points and…

Erm, how about don't fudge the numbers and just track what you do? Maybe this is a weight loss encouragement method? If you track by percent of bodyweight instead of the weight you can do, you could say "I'm stronger today!" every time you lose a pound :P