seena511 Member

i'm a road biker! i also have a pretty inflated opinion of myself so i would also say i'm pretty awesome. i have my first metric century and century this year. happy to have any of you fellow bikers friend me!

this makes a lot of sense and is really well laid out. i kind of balked at the idea too when i read the OP, but this is a good argument for why it's probably not as bad as we'd think.

you can only gain weight/fat by eating at a surplus. it's not the protein shake; it's your overall intake.

QFT

yeah, i presume that drinking cold water could make you chilly just like drinking warm drinks can raise your body temperature. maybe try tea?

then drink less...?

this!!

Giant Defy is what i have. it's a good, inexpensive entry-level bike

at that rate, yes, you're setting yourself up for issues later down the road. eventually you are going to plateau and then gain weight back once you start eating at a normal level again. start NETTING your BMR every day at a minimum. this isn't a race. you'll be better off in the long term if you do things slowly, and…

oh man, i had this issue this week. a bunch of people came back from vacation and brought chocolate covered almonds, pecan bark, honey toasted pecans, pralines, and taffy...then since one of our other coworkers is leavings soon for maternity leave there was cake AND cupcakes. it sucks, but just turn it down. if they ask…

aww that is a bummer. i'd be ticked off too!

1) newbie gains. if you weren't doing much strength training before, you may notice an initial uptick in weight and muscle size. 2) you might want to eat a little more. your BMR is about 1550 so maybe try to shoot for that net goal

it takes 3500 calories to create enough mass to gain one pound (or, it takes burning 3500 calories to lose enough mass to rid yourself of one pound). 2 cups of water weighs one pound. just because it weighs the same doesn't mean it has the same caloric content. losing water weight is temporary and often a side effect of…

i think it's food drunk. when you eat a lot, the blood gets redirected from your brain to your gut to help digest. i've seen it on man v food :laugh:

like i said, MFP expects you to eat back your exercise calories. you need to NET 1200 (or whatever MFP suggests)

using MFP's calculations, you need to eat back your exercise calories. otherwise you are creating too big of a deficit and will plateau. as others suggested, just try eating more earlier in the day, like a larger lunch.

i've never tried this but i'm not sure why it wouldn't work. i'd just make sure you stir it first before eating it. try it with a smaller portion and maybe just leave it alone in the fridge for a couple days, stirring once a day, and then see how the flavor and texture is after 2 or 3 days.

none of you have told me what i want to hear. i'm going to keep doing what i've been doing, even though it's not working. i'll be back in six weeks to complain some more.

very well done!

what i wanted to say, but better

i understand why it's frustrating. i'd liken it to the people who come on here asking if this or that diet fad is a good idea, or asking why they're not losing weight netting 600 calories a day, and get upset when people try to show them what's wrong with that. why would he bother asking you about it if he's just going to…

you need to net 1520. relax. i haven't lost a pound since november.

picking corn?

seriously. not a single person said it was a good idea. thanks for wasting space on the message board.

QFT eat more.

i'm 5'8" and have been stuck at 160 since november. i'd love to be 157. that lady can stfu

"only" one pound in 8 days is perfect. unless you're morbidly obsese, it's doubtful you need to be losing more than that. be patient.

ok, so it's kind of just trusting MFP to give you a relatively accurate count for the raw meat because it has water; the cooked meat entries aren't as reliable because it's even more difficult to account for how much water might be left based on cooking time, heat, etc. thanks

ok, i'm confused about this. wouldn't it be more accurate to weigh it after cooking *because* there's less water? because when you weigh it raw, there's no way to know how much of it is water. but once you cook the water out, wouldn't that give you a more accurate weight for the actual food itself?

did you mean that you're eating back the calories just by eating to your goal? the way you worded it, it sounded to me like you were putting your calorie burn in MFP and then eating back those calories on top of the TDEE - 20%. my mistake.