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Hey, great! Just keep in mind, as you lean out you may need to up your game if you want to keep going, as I have found. Since the rules haven't changed, it strongly implies if you can find a way to distract yourself that isn't exercise, you will be EVEN BETTER at this NOW, regardless of leanness. if you are already…
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Actually your body stores carbs you don't burn, so if you die with some adipose tissue or glycogen stores, you obviously haven't burned 100%, even in the long run. You burn some, you store some. If your body sucks in the storing carbs department, you have a condition known as diabetes.
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Here is a neat trick. Use half your cals to recover from what you did today and yesterday. Use the other half to fuel tomorrow. (Which means today's cals, in your mental budgeting, have nothing to do with the part of today that didn't happen yet) You may eventually conclude carbs make you go faster and/or harder the next…
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Me too! It's weird. Only applies before I get some sleep, too, and before I start eating. But I'll be totally ravenous coming off two days rest, have a huge workout and refeed planned, and after the workout I'm all like "ugh, food." So I wait until later, and then I STILL feel the same way. I've also noticed the threshold…
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Which statement(s) do you disagree with? I'll list the concepts in order, keeping in mind the criticisms of my admittedly somewhat cryptic writing style: X1)I figured something out through trial and error, which was not necessary because guys like Berkhan and McDonald said it a million times 2)if you are trying to (as…
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Again, to sum up: What's advocated in the OP isn't magic, or some miracle way to lose. It's a conceptual shift in how we identify the "means whereby" we can realize positive change. Especially when weight loss is the goal, we need to FOCUS on rest as that means whereby, as the cornerstone and foundation. It's about your…
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Well said, and a possible explanation for my practical conclusion, since we all know thermodynamics applies universally.
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Ehhh!!! Gimme a minute to edit before you reply, sorry. I have a bad habit of hitting reply too early and then editing. Addressed progression in the edit, you are right sir, and progressing in my lifts again is just one more reason I am so big on rest now.
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Hey, nice job! That's pretty well said! I'll try to sound more like that next time I have something to say.
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What? How can I argue I didn't say to be sedentary, without arguing I didn't say to be sedentary? Lol! Not exercising at all isn't good for you, man. Don't do that. (Although if you are very morbidly obese and in poor health, this is EXACTLY what your doctor will order, because your doc learned in med school that weight…
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Someone stepped in and gave plenty of citations. So yeah, I can step in here and not back it up with anything except the idea itself and an expectation that my audience shares a certain level of education. Just like you do all the time. Because it's a forum, submissions generally don't come with citations, and don't result…
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No, it's a straw man, for instance, if I say MOVE LESS and FOCUS ON REST, and then a bunch of disingenuous and/or reading challenged individuals try to put me into a position of defending a sedentary lifestyle with very little food. That, not sort of, IS a straw man argument. Exactly. It's also a straw man if you ask me to…
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Focusing on rest does not mean you stop exercising. Moving less does not mean being sedentary.
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You see, the kind of person who needs this message already knows that their workouts are too extreme relative to their capabilities. But there is a cognitive distortion going on. If I give real numbers, that kind of person now has a solid target for creating a new version of why they are a special unicorn who needs to…
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I have been here a year almost, and have yet to see "science occurring" in MFP. Never have I seen you do any science. This is a discussion forum for people on the consumer level. If I wanted to do science, I wouldn't start with a cohort that doesnt agree in basic definitions.
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Yeah, but if I say move less, and then someone tears me down for being against exercise, it kind of is a straw man, isn't it? There is no magic here. There IS a curious situation where 20 minus 10 is not quite working out the same as 15 minus 5. On a practical level. Of course the laws of physics apply the same all over.…
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I take measurements from a few spots, and this ain't my first time at this bodyfat % thanks, but i know the drill and my expectations based on past performance are quite specific. and based on actual past experience and having kept records, not impressions formed before I've done my first round of cutting. why do people…
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how about a more goldylocks type approach for compliance? some people seem to hold up better through a slow grind, some like to rip a bandaid off as quick as possible. you just weigh your type against your goals. no reason to let the perfect be the enemy of the good. but if you are like me, a 300 cal deficit feels more or…
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well that's kinda complicated. How much better are you at biking with 50 lbs strapped on might be a way to explore your increased capacity for work.
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that word... focus... I don't think it means what you think it means. when I focus on one thing it doesn't mean i completely exclude another. if I meant to say "do exclusively", I'd probably say that. I need a little "straw man award" sticker to post on some of these "takedowns" this one is quite a reach though.
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No, that's pretty much a crappy program I wouldn't recommend. Why would you think I would recommend no exercise?
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Hey, ya know, it got you talking, didn't it? I think a good place to start is, do less, and if your performance improves in any area, you were doing too much. A lot of people are doing too much. Ok. But that's not really my point. Or not the only one. I'm saying that weight loss is traumatic, and rest is a good way to heal…
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Yeah sometimes also true. But I kinda think a 12mm reduction (50%) in the belly skin fold in 1 month when you expected half that from past experience is hard to explain as water weight from reduced inflammation. That's where I am at. I FIGURATIVELY am blown away by how effective rest is (not just not overtraining). So I…
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Oops. Sorry, hard to keep track on a phone.
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Didn't I lose this argument to you, back when I was on the other side? Lol
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I also lost a lot of weight doing the opposite of what I recommend. It proves nothing. I would be more fit now had I done something better. I would be closer to my goal.
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Weight loss= a bunch of decomposition reactions Fitness = a bunch of synthesis You know this though, Sara. You know everything and apply everything really well, and following my own advice here makes my program look more like yours. What I said was "eat less, move less". It's a play in a phrase we all know. Further, if I'm…
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Yes, I can tell you that weight loss and fitness are competing goals, and in can also expect you to put enough thought into it to understand the statement before attacking a loosely related idea that actually doesn't match this one at all. But that would be naive.
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Better would mean "accomplishing the stated goal more effectively or at less cost". Which means you decide your goals and we can drop all the "isn't that totally subjective?" canard. If you aren't overtraining or about to, you don't really need this thread anyway, and you probably aren't on the weight loss forum looking…
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I remember when I used to think that, because sometimes it is true. But other times, it's just freaking overtraining.
