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You will actually get a lot of tough love here - there's tons of people with a huge amount of knowledge and support to help you. However, if you're looking for someone to hold your hand or coddle a bit you will not find it here usually. Some people are very much soft in terms of support, but many here will tell it like it…

There are lots of people who lose weight without being active at all. Losing weight is all about eating at a deficit. Sure being active can help to make that deficit bigger, meaning losing faster but it's not necessary. Even if you have surgery and are limited in mobility for 6 weeks during recovery you can still lose…

Hey there! First off - congrats on the realization that you want to change you. It's not an easy thing to come to, it's hard to say sometimes that while you love yourself, you want to make some changes. Life can be very stressful for sure! It's really important to make time for you, and that's speak from personal…

You should not be worried that exercise causes fat gain at all - it doesn't. It has a huge amount of benefits, and when paired with proper nutritional intake can be very helpful in losing weight and maintaining the weight loss.

At most races they do, yes. They will have a race photographer or multiple ones, depending on how big of a race it is - for example, the first one I did had a 5K, 10K and half marathon option so I think they had 3 or 4 photographers out on the course. It's mostly promotional plus some people's photos turn out great -…

You might not be the most photogenic when running, most people aren't. I know I have some very unflattering photos the race photographer took of me rounding corners into the finish chute or going up a hill or even just trying not to quit. It probably won't be elegant or graceful, your face might look like you're in serious…

It sounds like it's more just nerves than actual ability . . . and it sounds exactly like me, before every single run I've ever done. I have two more 5Ks coming up to round out my first year running - I will have done 8 in total this year. Every single race I question myself. For the couple weeks leading up to it, I am…

ha ha ha why does everyone hate on carbs so much? It's like women are born programmed to say stop eating carbs, they're enemy and you need to reduce the amount you eat or never eat them at all . . . drives me crazy!

Which was the point I was making that you can't just say that a study proves vigourous exercise causes fat gain when there's so many other determining factors. Further, if intake is properly monitored (which can be tricky to learn) I would also argue, like you, that exercise is very helpful for weight loss but it shouldn't…

What kind of study was this? Did they also say all women were on a scheduled diet where a registered dietitian approved what they were eating, or was it just that they had to exercise vigorously and no one recorded their intake vs. output? Again with this, unless they can confirm they had a well maintained balanced diet…

So some of what you said is true . . . but the rest, I'd like to know where you got the information? Your treadmill might give you one number, MFP might give you another number . . . the best and most accurate (although not entirely accurate) way to know is by getting an HRM. If we know MFP grossly overestimates calorie…

So are you sure you're counting calories accurately? And what do you mean you're addicted to walking? How often do you do it? For how long? How far do you go? If you're burning that many calories (which you would burn a decent amount if you're very obese as the bigger you are, the more it will take to keep you moving) then…

I would agree that 5K isn't a long distance, and you don't need to fuel for it. Eat a good dinner with larger (for you) amount of carbs the night before and you're good to go. You don't need to overload in the carbs, just maybe a slightly increase them, and maintain balance in the meal too though. I think I read somewhere…

I agree on this! I have shopped at Running Room and Runner's Choice in the last couple years only because the gear I was looking for (a flip belt) was not sold at New Balance - although I do also like Running Room and Runner's Choice as they have a great selection of clothing and gear aside from shoes. Now I don't…

Here's the thing - if you're looking for really good running shoes to fit your needs you may be spending a decent amount on them. Mine were $220CAD - they're New Balance - and worth every single penny. I feel like with running, since you can get injured pretty easily, you don't want to go cheap on running shoes really. I…

I thought this too, for a long time! I was like I must be not made for running or something because even only running a mile I was like this sucks! I am not a distance runner, yet. I don't know if I will get there but after talking to much more experienced runners and even those I know who run marathons were like the first…

Perhaps certain medications cause your metabolism to slow down, certain medical conditions cause a slow down in metabolism. And while it is unfortunate because, well, we all love food it is still up to you to ensure you maintain the deficit and eat how you need to eat. If you were previously at a TDEE of, let's say, 3000.…

How long have you been gaining 2-4 lbs/week? Is it your first week back? If it's your first week back to more intense exercise, then it could be water retention. As gia07 said, you aren't going to gain 2-4 lbs or muscle at a deficit, and probably wouldn't gain it per week, either if you were eating at maintenance or…

Totally agree with this! While eating too few calories might make you tired or you'll find you're grumpy with little energy all the time, it will definitely not slow down weight loss. In fact, if you're eating too few calories AND have some type of work out routine you will probably lose quite quickly. In the short term…

You used ridicule and piling on in that post . . . so yes, if that's not what you meant then you do need to work on your command of the English language. Also, in just you stating you're leaving to find the 1300 calorie people indicates you didn't get the answer you wanted here . . . so it means people didn't tell you what…

As this poster stated, you sound like you're looking for people to validate that it cannot be done and justify why you'll just have to settle for the next 6-8 weeks until you can go back to the routine you had before. Just because no one gave you the answer you're looking for doesn't mean they piled on or were ridiculing…

I am pretty sure that's what you're doing . . . . in a round about way, though.

It's very much so math based, especially when you take exercising out of the equation. You can lose weight without exercising - so many people do. If you're legitimately not an individual where you need to burn more calories than you consume to lose weight then there's your answer and you need to see some kind of doctor to…

Totally agree with the bolded! I used to lack a lot of discipline . . . I just couldn't control the amount of food I would consume sometimes. I also practice moderation, and have successfully practiced it through 90lbs of weight loss. It's very possible but it takes a lot of want to get there - and I mean sometimes giving…

But you're admitting then you don't have the discipline to say hey I'm only going to have X amount of this, or only going to have it once in a while or whatever. You don't have that discipline to control how much of it you eat so you're not practicing moderation with those food items, you're simply just not eating them.…

While I definitely agree that moderation is very important, there are some people who just cannot control how much of something they end up eating . . . for various reasons . . . and they have to completely cut that food item out of their life until either they figure out how to portion it properly or forever. What I do…

Ha ha gotcha! I was like wait a minute . . . . thanks for clarifying :)

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So I know this is probably what your treadmill read out is but here's my two cents worth . . . I weigh in at 255lbs, with just shy of 140lbs of LBM on me. I am 5'10 tall and run 5KM 3/week, and do cross fit the other 3 days usually. I burn about 275 - 300 ish calories in 30 minutes of running on the treadmill based on a…

So based on the stats you just said, at 27 years old, and a sedentary job/desk job with little exercise and eating 6 meals/day (accounting for snacks) with a goal of 20% calorie reduction for loss then you BMR is 3787 which is what you burn just by surviving, no exercise and not even daily routines. Your daily calories to…