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Your body isn't confused. Calories in calories out. Your body doesn't care about meal timing. Fruits, veggies and lean meat is part of most every diet, so nothing new there. Water. Check same as all diets. Don't worry what MFP tells you. Stick to the calories and see what happens. Often for women and some men MFP sets…
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For body composition, getting your Macros right is important. Being over on fats occasionally isn't terrible. Being drastically under isn't good in the longer tern. Protein has never been proven to harm anyones kidneys unless they have some other issue. I'd be more concerned if you are constantly over in fat, is that you…
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Hard to say, one thing is that you may never be completely happy no matter what you weight. It is something you just have to work out. If you don't want to keep losing weight just keep upping your calories every few weeks. I've upped mine 800+ calories over the last two months without gaining weight. Just try to be happy,…
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Like someone said, nothing is perfect. Even you scale, down to grams isn't 100% accurate. Just set a deficit. Record what you eat and see what happens. Make an adjustment if you need to. I simply set my calories so low and exercised a lot and didn't have to worry about being off a few calories. Since I stopped actively…
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Custom settings do not auto adjust. As you can imagine some aren't using the program for weight loss.
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It is a certainly that if you are in a caloric deficit you are losing weight. If you started an exercise program such as lifting weights, you may be off setting any loses with water retention or you may have added a little muscle. As someone else pointed out, the Majority of people simple are not counting their calories…
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Diet soda is 99% water. It is just as hydrating as water.... Drink the stuff. 10-12 a day for me and I'm now trying to gain weight...
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Calories in calories out. So yes if you burn 1800 additional calories exercising it would be a wash. Personally, don't make a habit of over eating and just live with your results for the day. One day, neither makes nor breaks a "diet". Just record it and move on. If you exercise that much it might actually cause you to…
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Get another nutritionist that is terrible. While getting older may make it harder to lose weight, it isn't much harder. Bodybuilding.com/losingfat section http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=133163973 Macronutrient NeedsOnce you work out calorie needs, you then work out how much of each macronutrient you should…
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What did we learn from the video? It was an uncontrolled study and it really didn't prove anything. Don't let your kids get fat or eat a lot as youngsters though I didn't see any data that proved that one way or another. Maybe getting super lean is the answer. Maybe normal to slightly pudgy just leads to getting fat again…
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What exactly are you trying to achieve? A personal trainer should be able to teach you about all the equipment in a given gym and hopefully good technique. (I'm not an expert on all the equipment but I get the pleasure of watching the trainers teach people stupid/dangerous exercises daily.) They should certainly be able to…
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Just relax and enjoy your vacation. Don't go nuts, but giving your mind and body a break is healthy. I didn't go crazy and gained 10+ last vacation. I was back to my starting weight in 7 or 8 days.
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I'm sure someone said it, but canned tuna is dirt cheap. So is chicken by the pound. Something like 2 dollars a pound. What are you surviving on Ramen Noodles? Costco carries tubs of 2% cottage cheese as well. I go through about 2 a week. The least expensive source of protein is still Whey though. Dollar per dollar. 10#…
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Yes, wraps are very important. You can buy Everlast gloves on Amazon. They are the most readily available quality gloves out there.
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Hey another fad diet, I've never heard of....
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Obviously the more important thing is to get the discount. Dehydrate the crap out of yourself. Wrestlers/MMA/Boxers often cut 20+ pounds overnight. Just make the weight cut off, rehydrate yourself, and get back to losing weight the right way. Rubber suit and a sauna and you'll make the weight in a few hours. It isn't all…
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Didn't read all of them, but the two I like to tell people. 1. Put the fork down. 2. If you've created a caloric deficit, you are losing weight no matter what the scale tells you on a given day.
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Sugar, or at least as the article suggests, added sugars are for the most part empty calories. That doesn't mean that they are bad for you. I've read a few articles arguing that they are, but until the science shows it, I won't concern myself with it. Sugar is obviously high concentrated calories and for those trying to…
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How often matters little. The fact If you are in a caloric deficit, you are losing weight. No matter what that scale tells you on a given day. I used to do it twice a day. First thing in the morning than right before bed for "fun".. Now I'm trying to gain weight/muscle so occasionally more often but usually just once a…
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To each his/her own, but diet coke has zero carbs and should be perfectly acceptable for low carb dieting. I guess an addiction is an addiction but any diet/ zero calorie drink isn't the reason you/we got fat. The first thing i did before starting to try losing weight was switching for regular to diet. With all the new…
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1200 calories?? You may find that you'll continue losing weight even eating more food. You should try it. I never got that low in calories, well net calories I was probably way under that at some points, but I ramped up my calories about where you are BMI wise. Low point of calories, not net calories, was 1600, and I moved…
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You may need to loosen up your feeling about what health eating is. Calories, for the most part are calories. In your case, you need to add some "dirty" foods. Pizza. Chips. Ice Cream. Peanut butter. These foods aren't bad for you. You need to choose far denser foods. A bagel with 4 tablespoons of peanut butter could…
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Sounds fine. Protein and Fats are far more filling for most people. if you struggle, you may want to lower the carbs and increase the other two. I eat 31% protein 200g or so. 25.5 % fats 74g but should be at 82, I eat to "clean" 46 % carbs Remainder. (I don't care how many really. Just get the first two right) The macros…
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Your TDEE (total daily energy expenditure) is an estimate of the calories it takes to maintain your current weight. It already includes your projected activities and exercise. If you want to lose a pound a week, and the numbers change as you lose weight, you need to cut 500 calories a day on average. So you could…
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So you are 277 pounds and HWP? Really? You about 8 feet tall? For most people your size the first 6-10 or more pounds is water weight that you lose. So, you are losing about a pound a week. That is great. Really, maybe I'm reading between the lines, but the simple fact that the scale isn't moving screams that your diet…
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Some where in the formula you are using is an error or multiple errors. I highly doubt your have that much LBM. If you are accurate, you'd have zero body fat at 157. Put it this way at 180 pounds if you had 20% BF you'd have 36 pounds of fat or a LBM of 144 pounds.
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Yes, but you've already lost a lot of weight. (excellent work btw) If you diet is in order and have started an exercise program, you will lose weight. You simply cannot gain as much muscle are you can lose fat. Many people lose 100 pounds or more in a year, no one that I've ever heard of has put on that much muscle in a…
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If you aren't progressively increasing the weight you are lifting you aren't really doing anything. Increasing reps or weight is the way you change your body. Get your "diet" in order. You don't need to spend a lot of time directly working your abs.
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Either way you need to lose weight. I would weigh myself more than once a month. Weekly is fine. Yes, you may be losing some fat and gaining some muscle if you are exercising (weight lifting). Yes measuring is a good idea, but don't kid yourself, at 290ish you need to lose weight. Going an entire month without losing any…
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I would only argue with some of 1 and 4. 1. Yes as you lose weight your caloric needs decrease. If you maintain a 500 calorie deficit, which does change, you will lose the weight. Hence why this site lower your caloric goal as you lose weight. Outside of having a program like this or recalculating your TDEE every few…
