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Metabolism slows as you age, so while the 50 year old and 20 year old in your scenario do the exact same as far as eating and exercise, the 50 year old will have a harder time burning those calories (especially from the hard to burn areas like lower abdomen) and therefore has to either eat less, or workout more to keep…

This is a great observation! I think you may be right. The people in my circle who consider it cheating, are all more on the fit side. They go to the gym regularly, eat right etc. Could be that they feel threatened that their hard work and discipline is being threatened by an "easy" fix. Great observation

The thing is, many people deal with food addiction to which semaglutides help with regardless if they have 30 pounds to lose or 100 pounds. I should be around 165-170 to be in great shape....I'm 205. So I have roughly 30-40 pounds to lose. The issue for me is food addiction and "food noise". I think Semaglutides might help…

I definitely feel your pain here....I have a massive sweet tooth and it always ends up getting me into trouble. Trying to factor in sweets into a day isn't really the solution. You go out for dinner and order a dessert, the thing will be 500-1000 calories depending on what you get...there isn't much you can do to factor…

Make it a habit to log everything....you say you are guilty of not logging at times....well fix it. You can't expect a calorie counting method to work for you, if you don't actually count the calories. Every single bite, you need to track....and I bet you'll find out why the weight isn't coming off.

You 120 minutes at the gym is pure Cardio?? You would get massive burn from that..especially at your weight...I'd wager 1200 calories EASY....if your 120 minutes is weights or walking around chit chating which takes more time than people realize...the number could be lower. You are 250 pounds if my math is right, and…

I do....some people do not...it really is just a preference. I love food, and sometimes workout an extra day so I have a bit more calories for dinner or something. For me it works, for others it does not. In the end, if you have a caloric deficit over the long run...you will lose weight. If you have a caloric surplus, you…

The only curve ball is the fact you mentioned it is made in the UK. In the US, the FDA evaluates the recipe and calculates the Nutritional Facts Information and what it says is supposedly accurate +/- 10%. So if it was a US product, I'd believe it.

How long did it take you to lose the 20 pounds? Your body may be catching up to the loss. 2 Months is a long time to be stuck however....are you sure it has been 2 months? sometimes we exaggerate the time in our minds because of the frustrations. If it has been 2 months, you probably need to lower your calorie intake.

Stay consistent, that is key...always weigh on same day, with the same amount of clothes, in the same time of day, with the same scale and with the same morning rituals completed. You don't want to add variables to the mix or else it is pointless to track.

How long have you been stalled? 7 pounds in 4 weeks seems pretty good...you may just need to give your body some time to catch up. If you can average 1 pound a week, you are doing well...just keep on trucking...your body will balance it out. I do question however that at 167 pounds, if you aren't eating enough calories.…

So my girlfriend is a vegetarian so I'm only an expert by Proxy....but you want to try a product called "Beyond Meat". She made me try it, and I honestly had a very hard time telling the difference between it, and chicken when cooked in the oven. In a microwave, it tastes awful and I'd avoid that cooking method. The best…

I'm not sure if this is a real world example, or if this is just hypothetical. The reason it is really difficult to answer this, is that calorie counting is not a science, it is an estimation that if done as best as possible, will yield reliable results. When trying to figure out a question like this, it isn't linear. The…

You should probably ask yourself why you are checking a number on a scale. If your goal is to make that number go down, then you should continue to check it and eat less calories per day. If your goal is to look better by being more fit and skinny, than what is the meaning of that number?

Aren't you answering your own question? Not sure if you are just looking for someone else to say it but OK. "Yes, if you cannot maintain a handle on your eating habits without counting, you are going to have to count forever. Assuming of course you continue to care about your weight and looks."

MFP does not do a good job of explaining what expectations should be. Most people who are not at the high range of Obese or Morbidly Obese should be expecting to lose a pound or LESS a week. How tall are you? You say 135 is your goal but we have no way to know if that is close to ideal body weight or not. People said that…

This. Assuming you know your LBM, you should reach for 1:1 ratio with protein...let the other macros fall where they may.

So first of let me say that I cannot relate to your situation and I agree with the advice given by many on getting professional help. Your post was far too long for me to try tackle all of it, but let me just hit a few points that stuck out. You ate 600 calories a day for a whole week because you wanted to eat a lot on the…

Krav Maga - at a Krav Maga worldwide center with a ton of members 60+ (only about 15 at same time on average) Boxing - old boxing gym (only option in my area) Fitness - Title boxing to work on both strikes and fitness at the same time

It isn't that power lifting is bad...it's just that there are better ways to be in shape for MMA. Focus on things like core strength, balance and speed. Swimming like mentioned above is great...also HIIT type of workouts are great. If you have a Title Boxing Club near by or something similar in concept, it is great for…

Amazing! That is a well done surgery!

Here is the thing...for steaks you really need SUPER hot heat to do them right....you can cook them anyway you want...but perfection is over high heat. Ideally you want a restaurant style Salamander that cooks at 1200 degrees, but most people cant afford or install those in their homes. This is why a charcoal based grill…

Assuming you were able to hold your breath forever? yes that would be true...but you would eventually release your breath...if you didn't, you would be dead and there would be no calorie burn as there would no longer be oxygen exchange. Several replies have occurred while I was at lunch and again, I'm not here to debate.…

I don't really like to get into back and forth on here, but no. Caloric expenditure occurs when you inhale oxygen and exhale carbon dioxide. So to estimate how many calories you burn you have to know how much oxygen you go through. Oxygen intake is loosely (and that is the part I agree with you on with HRMs not being…

This is not true. Calories burned are a direct correlation of your heart rate. So in your example of a scary movie raising your heart rate, you actually WOULD burn more calories then watching say a documentary that kept your heart rate lower. We are splitting hairs however as the difference between the two would be very…

Honestly I think I say most of those things to myself....but I still lose the debate. Appetite always prevails assuming the food is immediately accessible to me. Now if it was a debate about going somewhere like a Chinese buffet or something highly caloric...I can usually talk myself out of it. I try to avoid situations…

While depression is sad and if it is really bad should be treated by a professional, it should not be an excuse to get you off track. Too many people binge on comfort foods when depression or boredom hits and it isn't OK. The cure to depression isn't eating, so why would you say "life happened" as if that makes it not your…

1. Great question. Technically it is all a mash up. Breaking it down daily is the easiest way to track but in the end it is an ongoing tracker. So if your calorie goal is 2000 and you eat 3000, you could do 1000 the next day and balance it out. Some people actually purposefully do this and it is called Intermittent Fasting…

Meal timing has no bearing on weight loss or health effects. Your metabolism is constant and doesn't go to sleep with you. Eating 1 meal or 20 meals...doesn't change anything. Eating right before bed or eating right after you wake up, once again does not change anything. So you can rest easy there and not stress about so…

This! I highly recommend Polar as they are the top name in HRMs currently. They seem to be the most accurate and have pretty cool features. Typically on an elliptical you burn 10 calories a minute like someone mentioned earlier assuming you are keeping heart rate around 70-80% (high intensity) and assuming you are average…