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Get your body fat down through calorie reduction and exercise. Lift weights. That should do the trick, but if you still have moobs after that, see your doctor to have your Testosterone and Estradiol levels checked.
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You're contradicting yourself by saying the body can run without carbs, but that they are necessary. What you say is only true if your diet is 100% carbs with nothing else in it and you stopped eating completely. Technically, given sufficient quantities of protein and mostly fat in your diet, the body can survive without…
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I try to stay under 100 grams a day. That allows enough for veggies and a small serving of bread or pasta at one meal If I hadn't already used it of sweet potatoes or something else.
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It depends on how active I've been and how many calories I've eaten already, but I have no rule that says I can't eat right up until I go to sleep. Also, we seldom even eat dinner until 7 or 8 anyway.
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So, back when he was jealous of your success, that was OK, but now the shoe is on the other foot. Get back in the game. He may leapfrog you again, but those are the kind of friends we all need to keep us pushing to break through the next level.
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No it isn't. If you're consistently eating 2000 calories a day and not gaining any weight, then your TDEE estimate is obviously too low. Assume that 2000 is your TDEE and work from there and you might have better luck.
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Changing your body takes time. Eat healthy, count everything, and get active, and you will see change over time. Weight loss is not linear where every 3000 or so calories in deficit will drop exactly one pound. It just doesn't work like that. Some weeks I counted huge deficits and didn't drop any or very little weight.…
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Good for you. Choosing to replace foods that are low in fiber, with a high glycemic index, and generally low in nutrients, with better choices is a healthy move regardless of whether it is part of a weight loss plan or not. Many people here will defend their love of sugar and simple starches to the death, but everybody…
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You do realize that the reason they qualify for gastric bypass surgery and all the extra care is because they have a host of serious medical issues that their obesity is a major contributing factor to. If they didn't get rid of that weight and fairly quickly, they would not live long or would spend the rest of their days…
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You should probably go with a 500 calorie deficit and allow yourself to be up to 250 under that for most but not all days. It accomplishes the same thing, but beating the target by a variable number every day becomes more of a game and and a lot more engaging than just eating to a static total number. That's what I did and…
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Increased lifespan.
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Fitbit estimates how many calories you'll reach by the end of the day by your current burn rate and past history. If you don't want it to do that, then turn off Estimated Calories in your profile. Give it a chance, though. It does a really good job from my experience. MFP also has a profile setting to let Fitbit do calorie…
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My feet didn't shrink at all that I noticed. I had to buy all new clothes except for hats, socks, and shoes. My feet were not a place I gained much weight, though. I did notice that a lot of the foot pain I used to have requiring wearing insoles is mostly gone now. Taking that extra weight off makes a big difference in how…
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Definitely Yes. I cook a batch of them every week and keep them in the fridge for one every day or so. I don't eat a lot of carbs, but this super-food belongs in everyone's diet.
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Some people will, but hopefully they will like you for more than just that. If that's the only reason someone likes you, then you're better off without them. It that's just one of several reasons they like you, that's OK.
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If you're going to drink milk, then it definitely should be whole milk. Milk has a high sugar content and the fat works to buffer it so it doesn't get absorbed too quickly into your blood stream. Milk also has several fat nutrients which should be better absorbed with the full fat content. Besides, it tastes great and full…
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Following this premise of carbs making you eat too much... Besides being delicious, the other big issue with carbs is that they simply don't fill you up and even when they do, it's not for long. They do also give an energy burst, but that also fades rather quickly. X calories of protein or fat will keep you full much…
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The most obvious answer is your counts are underestimating your actual calorie intake, so your eating back the exercise calories may be pushing you over just enough to not be running a deficit. The initial weight loss of a few pounds is almost always water weight that can be just due to a change in diet and routine. The…
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I prefer to call mine a high fat diet instead of low carb because that's where most of the calories in it come from. Anyway, follow these four rules and you'll be fine. - Limit your carbs to about 100 grams a day. Consider 150 your maximum on days you do go over. - Eat somewhere between 1/2 to 1 gram of protein for every…
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The hex single weight dumbbells are really convenient and compact, but do take up more overall space and cost more to build a set. Let's say you buy a set of 5 pounders. When you buy a 10 pounder, you're buying the original 5 pounds again along with the extra 5, which is true for a set of 15's, 20's, etc... If cost and…
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Get a pair of dumbbells that have separate weight plates. Start off with a set of four 5 lb., and 2.5 lb.. That gives you every combination from 5 to 15 per dumbbell. Then expand that with four 10 lb. plates for up to 35 per dumbbell if you need more. That should cover you for most things that you'd do at home without a…
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About a year and a half. And, I've logged intake for every day. How, you ask, when traveling or eating things where you have no idea of the actual contents? I have fake "meals" defined to cover those such as "While on Vacation", "Carb House Party", "Dinner Out", and a few others that try to approximate a high enough number…
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Add more fat to your diet (every kind except trans-fats) and you'll be less hungry and lose faster than on a low fat diet. It goes against what most people believe, but it works. When I started eating 50% of my calories from fat while still running the same calorie deficit as I had for a few months on a low fat diet, the…
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Most people. Have no idea how many total hours they spend sitting. Adding up eating, driving/commuting, sitting at a desk, reading, watching TV, and everything else one usually does while sitting really adds up. A typical person with a desk job and a 30 minute commute who watches a few hours of TV on an average day can…
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Get a stand up desk is you can (just raising the keyboard, mouse, & monitor will do it). I started doing that a couple years ago and once I found out that I had more energy throughout the day and afterwards by not sitting all day, I was hooked. Standing most of the day also burns somewhere around 200+ calories over sitting…
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Competitive cyclists I knew shaved their legs for this reason. Shaving hair around a road rash afterwards to prevent infection would be very painful and hard to do and the scarring afterwards would be worse. I'd also heard that it made pre and post race massages or for when they got a leg cramp to massage out much easier…
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One month? It sounds more like a hydration issue. Body fat scales are very sensitive to changes in body hydration. Measurements will vary throughout the same day just on that alone. When I get back from a trip including air travel, my body fat can read 4-5% low due to hydration, eating more salt while away, and dietary…
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Whether you actually track everything or just do it in your mind (even unconsciously), you're still able to put limits on your intake, so whatever works for you is fine. Being a bit off on rough estimates is OK, but being a lot off can add up quickly. The majority here seems to find that counting works much better than…
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Try Wasa crisp bread. They're made with rye, fairly low in calories and carbs, and are great with peanut butter or whatever on them. Despite being a healthy choice, they're very crunchy, so kids should enjoy them too.
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Egg whites have more total protein, but it's not as complete as the protein in the yolks, plus the yolks are where all the really good nutrition is. Eat whole eggs. Skipping the yolks to save a few calories is hurting more than helping. Most of the sources that pushed egg whites for protein have come around, but it takes a…
