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Just saying, keeping calories constant, eating "high carb" will not prevent you from burning fat. There is no metabolic advantage or fat-loss advantage to it. It doesn't mean one can't succeed eating low carbs. I lose fat drinking water from a Nalgene every day. But it's not the Nalgene that made me lose fat; it's my…

sorry, no.

Always go by weight when possible. When you go by volume, things can and will be thrown off by how packed or unpacked the material you're measuring is.

Actually you are misinterpreting Tony's post. Like most dietitians, he includes exercise in the calculation (the TDEE based approach I mention above). Here is a quote from his thread. You don't have to be a mathematician, dietitian, or computer programmer to have some logical reasoning skills and reading comprehension.…

You and your spreadsheet freaking rock! Well done!

For it to be 8 lbs of legitimate weight gain you would need to eat 28,000 calories ABOVE your maintanence level. So, which do you think it is - water, glycogen, food, & waste. Or fat?

LOL. Yes, it's clear that Tony knows better how MFP works than MFP's developers and staff. :laugh: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/help/faq/3-how-does-myfitnesspal-work

Oh you'll still lose weight. You're just obfuscating your calorie deficit. This may lead to stalling, poor performance, muscle loss. Or you might just lose weight faster. Roll the dice baby.

You're kind of all over the place huh? My advice would be to figure your TDEE, take out a reasonable deficit, and eat that flat amount. Or, you can do it the MFP - pick a reasonable activity level (something above Sedentary for more people not in a coma), and carefully add your exercise calories and eat those back. I think…

a) this is a blog post on someone's tumblr, not an article b) they are describing a tdee-based approach to calorie deficits which is a perfectly good approach (and in fact the one i follow) But comparing this to MFP is sort of apples and oranges. The MFP calorie target is not TDEE; it's an estimate of daily activity sans…

i eat up until i go to bed and not a moment after

Get a barbell. Lift weights. Do barbell complexes, burpees, pullups, etc. Crossfit is good for people who require a group environment to thrive. But if you want it, you can do it alone at home.

plan ahead and stick to the plan.

calorie deficit and exercise. /thread

in place of chips, you can substitute french fries in place of ramen noodles, you can substitute spaghetti

seems like whenever this happens, hilarity ensues

Basically you will have to experiment to discover what keeps you feeling best. Your overall calories and macros are far more important than the timing.

Fixed that for you

At Starbucks - Medium Coffee. Once in a blue I like a mocha or a cappuccino, which I would only order at a small artisan shop, not Starbucks.

I take bad *kitten* pills.

There's this one too http://www.livestrong.com/article/347323-nutrition-information-for-pho-hoa/ But did you notice, the first reference at the bottom of that article is MyFitnessPal! This is just some entry that someone entered into the MFP database some day. It's a crapshoot. But like i said, I still use it, but multiply…

I log it, somewhat arbitrarily, as 1.5 servings of Pho Hoa/Tai - Fresh Sliced Beef Pho (in the MFP databse). That comes to 551 calories. Seems about right for a medium. I keep meaning to order it to go some time, and weigh out the beef and noodles. If I do this some day, I'll report back.

Because building muscle requires a surplus of energy whereas burning fat requires a deficit of energy. You can't simultaneously have a surplus and a deficit.

Not true. I sweat more during cardio. And why are you even watching me and taking note of how much I sweat? I feel creeped out now.

It all looks healthy and made to order. So go with whatever sounds most appealing and fits into your calories and macros for the day.

Take a look at the physique of your typical Dr. Oz viewer....

You can have a balanced life. You don't need to cut out specific foods or food groups. You can have little slips or indulgences. Just know that scale fluctuations can and will happen. If you drink 3 beers and eat a pizza on Sunday and the scale is up 4 lbs on Monday, don't panic. A small fraction of that, if any, is…

Around 3-5 liters

Calories and protein. I get enough fat without even trying. Carbs sort themselves out. Multivitamin fills in micronutrient deficiencies.

2 changes: I went from never exercising to exercising 4-6x/week. I went from eating randomly to eating mindfully.