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^ agreed
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I'd base this on personal preference provided that you're meeting macro and micronutritional needs. You're talking about 300-400 calories, which represents a small percentage of your total calorie intake. I can't think of a reason you'd want to restrict that to brown rice or whatever else. I'm also not convinced that there…
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First of all Dr. Oz has been repeatedly seen pushing dietary supplements that don't do a damn thing, such as raspberry keytones. It's very likely that the supplements he promotes on his show are "financially encouraging him" to do so. Secondarily, I would very highly recommend you discontinue your use of Dr Mercola and Dr…
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You're thinking of it backwards in my opinion. Rather than thinking that there are people who are in an energy deficit and not losing weight, I would think of it that they are not losing weight and therefore they are not in an energy deficit. Change in body mass (excluding fluids) indicates overall state of energy balance.…
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If you get to a point that you're having difficulties or significant discomfort due to the amount of food you have to eat then it makes sense to reduce activity to help remedy that. The alternative would be to choose more calorie dense foods if the issue is food volume. How much cardio are you doing?
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^ And read his other stuff too while you're at it. The guy is fantastic IMO.
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This post just kicks butt. Nicely done on your success.
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It's possible that increased carbohydrate increases energy expenditure. It would seem plausible to me that some hormonal upregulation could also occur from increasing carbohydrates after a prolonged period of low carb dieting (some sort of refeed effect). But it does not seem even remotely possible that this is occurring…
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If you are trying to lose weight, an energy surplus is your enemy. Individual foods aren't.
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There isn't much of any evidence that I'm aware of to support this and there's plenty of it refuting the above. In short, I'd disregard the advice and I'd consider getting a new trainer. Please note: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9155494 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19943985…
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I prefer late AM, around 8:30-10:00 start time. Because then I can get sufficient coffee levels in my system.
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