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True, she may just be interested in analyzing the diagnosis of obesity in the general population. We will just have to wait and find out :glasses: .

Seeing as how she posted in a subforum called "General Diet and Weight Loss Help", I think I can reasonably guess what her purposes are.

It's all okay. "Natural" sugar still has calories. Count the calories and don't worry about limiting sugar intake.

One has more calories than the other. It's really the only relevant difference.

Seeing as how it doesn't take body composition into account, BMI is useless for your purposes

I use MFP as a calorie/macronutrient tracker, not for their cookie-cutter recommendations. Trans-fat is also fat.

MFP is wrong about everything.

No you can't. If anything, it's the opposite. You will gain a bit of muscle over the short term in a deficit, due to the newbie effect. Staying in a deficit over the long term will not yield muscle gains.

You don't have to eat back calories if you don't want to. It's simpler to just set an absolute moderate deficit (i.e. 15%). Although this is assuming you're not going overboard with training. The 73g of fat isn't a big deal for your weight either, but it's certainly on the higher end. Make sure to get about 10g of that…

Ratios/percentages don't always work well. Set a moderate deficit, eat 1g protein per lb, 40-60g of fat, and the rest carbs. I hope this is a typo.

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Creatine causes water retention in your muscles yes. But seeing as how your muscles are mostly water, this is a good thing. It will significantly help you with your lifts. Take 5g daily.

Studies show that the amount of letters after a person's title is directly correlated with how smart they are and how much they know. I once ran into an MD BSc MSc PhD. You can take their words to the bank, they spit the truth :wink: In all seriousness, don't take anyone's advice blindly, even if they seem educated and…

Generally speaking, an extreme deficit usually has a higher possibility of muscle loss versus a more conservative deficit, yeah. And your experience does not equal everyone else's. There's plenty of people that combine it with very low deficits, and low levels of protein and/or carbs on top of that (I've seen this). Their…

Yeah, I don't think Seattle is over it.

OKC easily. But I hope it goes to 7.

But shakeology is so healthy and has so many nutrientzz!!! Beachbody is laughing all the way to the bank.

By the opposite I meant it's conducive toward muscle loss as well :P. But yeah, fat loss too, assuming you are in a deficit.

Don't believe for a second that MFP's cookie-cutter calorie/macronutrient recommendations are optimal for your goals.

Increase protein intake drastically and increase your fiber intake by eating a crapload of fibrous vegetables. If you're dieting and decide to low carb, that will naturally supress appetite for some folks. An appetite supressant may be beneficial as well.

It's not designed to gain mass. More of the opposite actually, in the long run (although that will depend). And gaining strength and gaining mass are not exactly the same thing anyway.

No it's not.

Absolutely no idea. I just read that Tonga also means "A light horse-drawn two-wheeled vehicle used in India". As I said, close enough.

Close enough, I'll take it.

Do you have to have a workout video?

Australia, Brazil, Venezuela ... at the same time.

What's the name of the study?

Where did you get 22% from?