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That is not entirely accurate. As long as you eat around 1.2-1.5 times your ideal LBM in grams of protein and include minimal weight training, you could eat 400-800 calories a day without significantly reducing your LBM. (Not that I would recommend it for anyone). On the flip side, if you do not have enough protein and you…
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18 months low carb (keto). All I can say is that it is not magic and despite what you read or what people say, you can not eat as much as you like if you want to lose weight. Measuring your calories is still required but you are focusing on fat as energy vs carbs. I have eaten LOTS of calories in a day, upwards of 5k for…
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Congrats on your choice to lose weight. I know how hard it is to lose weight and even how much harder it is to start. I just hit the -100 today. The BIGGEST recommendation I could give is to not start your diet yet and just buy some new plates. :) I will get crap for saying that, but oh well. The biggest thing people do…
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People new to weight training can gain muscle with a deficit. But you are looking at about .5 lbs a week. Usually lower. The best thing to do is review your food and start measuring. Keep your daily cals constant for a few weeks - such as 1800. If you notice nothing after two weeks, then reduce to 1700 a day.
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For the most part, you want to look at the calories over the week while counting your calories each day. If you have one day where you go crazy over, it is not all lost, just compensate for it another day. Use Intermittent Fasting as an example - you can skip meals 1 or 2 days a week and on other days you consume double to…
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18 months now keto/paleo with weekly refeeds. Love my carbs as well, hence the weekly refeeds.
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If your goal is to bulk, then you should be eating a little higher than your tdee. Some say 200-300 cals more. If you goal is to get lean and bulk at the same time, that is very difficult and I am honestly not sure if it truly exists. Most people will recommend breaking your diet into phases. bulk and a cut phase. If you…
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I am not sure if that is 100% true, in 1965 a scientist using water and vitamins tested that theory on a 450+ lb guy. He ate nothing for 1 year and 17 days. http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2012/07/24/3549931.htm I am not saying it is healthy by any means. Just stating a random tidbit of knowledge.
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-1 As long as you are eating sufficient fat and protein, why would you start burning muscle?
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Go back to maintenance calories for a 1-2 months. Then try the diet again.
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Regardless of being in ketosis or not (below 30-50g of carbs a day), you still need a calorie deficit. Don't focus on being in ketosis unless you are very strict, just focus on getting your daily protein requirements and filling the rest with fat and carbs. Have fun with it.
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8-12 cups of water if you can.
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I have been losing weight slowly over the period of 2 year. Why not be more aggressive? Go 2 months being very aggressive with weekly refeeds and then go on maintenance for a month or two? You will see large drops and then eat normally getting excited to diet again. The maintenance will also help teach you how to eat at…
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1140 is really low, I would try 1700 at first for a few weeks. You will see some decent drops and if you do not see much after a week or two, reduce by 100 cals and go from there. I would just concentrate on the food and add in exercise later in the routine. I found, for me at least, that exercise stalls what I see on the…
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Long time dieter here, Calorie deficit is reducing the amount of calories you eat in a day. On average, people say reducing calories by 1000 a day will be about 7000 cals a week which will result in losing around 2 lbs a week. BMR is your basal metabolic rate, it is hard to measure without VO tests. Your BMR is the amount…
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How much protein are you consuming daily?
