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Totally understood your point, just playing around.

Fat heavy foods can be quite calorie dense as well... oh, and protein heavy foods as well :wink: Carbs is not what makes you gain weight if over maintenance. Excess calories will.

Unless you're an elite/endurance athlete training multiple times a day within less than 6-8 hours apart, glycogen stores will be replenished with normal food intake. Also, caloric intake is king. Nutrient timing... not so much.

Yes! A fine feast, where macros aren't counted and all carbs are burned for energy!!

Given that they were wrong about the whole "world ending in 2012" thing, I would say no...

^This. Orthorexia nervosa is a mental disorder. The weight loss this woman experienced is due to extremely dangerous restricitive dieting, not just eating clean.

Agreed. Studies show around .87g (some study even less) of protein/lbs to be sufficient for building muscle in a hypercaloric diet. While you most likely won't have adverse health effects consuming a higher protein diet, you may find you benefit more (performance and recovery) from a higher carb intake.

If you believe in yourself and try hard, any size pizza can be a "personal pizza"... :D B)

The analogy was taken from BB.com... not the most accurate source lol! Carbohydrate - structurally it is more accurate to view them as polyhydroxy aldehydes and ketones.

Keto diet doesn't "drop" fat faster compared to any other diet. The initial weight loss experienced in Keto is due to glycogen store depletion. So while you may lose more "weight" compared to other diets in the beginning, it is mostly water weight, not fat loss. In the long run, studies show no matter the diet, caloric…

This. There are no magic ratios. Studies show .6-.87g of protein are sufficient intakes for maintenance and muscle gain (as long as your caloric intake is at maintenance or bulking range). However, your current BF% and training experience can play a role in determining optimal protein intake for a cut. Eric Helms published…

Eat clen, tren hard...

^This. "Clean eating" isn't responsible for weight loss. Caloric deficit is. "Cheats" or "treats" aren't responsible for weight gain. Excess calories are. Learn to fit the foods you like into your daily intake and drop the guilt.

You are totally missing the point... Have a good day

Interesting... post a flawed and incorrect statement about how limiting DIET soda (with no added sugar) is the only reason you lost weight. Then post a movie trailer to support your claim. HOWEVER, the movie in question points to added sugar (calories) and excess calories through fast foods as the main culprit to obesity.…

Do you even science?

Giving up diet soda, a drink with minimal calories, isn't the reason for weight loss. Your exercise, paired with eating at a caloric deficit, is the reason for weight loss. No matter the insulin response, excess calories are what makes you gain weight. Insulin itself isn't responsible for weight gain, as insulin is always…

But Dr. Oz says...

TEF plays a very minimal role in increasing metabolism. And increasing from 1800 to 2000 calories isn't a large increase. As was stated previously, increased adherence and more accurate logging is a good guess. The other factor is increased movement. If you feel that you have more energy to train harder and longer, or…

^This.

Lol!

Estimate your TDEE. http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1459258/calories-for-bulking#latest

+1 Food choices and nutrient timing don't play a part in weight loss. Unless you have a medical reason to do so, high glycemic carbs will not hinder fat loss. Calories in vs out for fat loss, macros for body composition. Just concern yourself with daily macro intake, not micromanaging food intake.

Interesting... You could spend hours writing about glycemic load? Research admits that the study of glycemic load is almost nil. So what would you be basing your "hours of writing" on? Have you studied every meal combination and determined their glycemic load? The fact is you haven't, and you throw these terms around to…

If you have an estimate of TDEE, you shouldn't be eating back calories, since activity is included in the calculatiion. However, the IIFYM calculator is only a starting point, not exact to you and your activity levels. From what you stated your activity levels are, 2300 is probably too low. Also, two weeks isn't much time…

You clearly have no knowledge of nutrition or how the body works. So insulin stores fat, regardless of caloric intake? And you clearly have no idea that protein also spikes insulin. Strong 21st post though...

The fact is, growth hormone is one of MANY factors when it comes to muscle growth. For natural individuals, nutrient timing comes in dead last when building muscle is concerned.

Unless you divorce youself from the notion that you need to eat at least 1 hour before you workout, you'll always have a problem. There are no hard and fast rules of when you should exactly eat pre or post workout, regardless of the "fitness resources" you've read. Experiment for yourself. Meal timing for athletic…

Meal timing doesn't have an effect on weight loss - instead, time your meal for optimal training performance. If you feel that eating before you train will hamper your performance, eat after then. If eating before you go to bed doesn't affect your sleep or give you heartburn (or nightmares lol), then there is nothing wrong…

Caloric intake depends on your goals as well as your experience. A clean bulk (250-500 calories over maintenance) will minimize fat loss, while a dirty bulk (500+ calories over maintenance) will put on more mass, but more fat. For a natural lifter, there really is no evidence that dirty bulking will result in more muscle…