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Word. I'll be there. Is there any place I can actually go to play marbles on the street, or is that just in the movies? On a serious note, are you familiar with NYC at all? The festival is on Governors Island and I may get at you for possibly some food/lodging advice.

Yea, and as far as amounts, by that point I was so far gone I don't know exactly how much I ate. Lol It was probably more like 5k calories for the day. Oh, and B&J are my best friends.

Lol...just look at this past Sunday on my diary and you'll see what I tend to do.

Going to NYC for the first time ever at the end of August. I'm not sure if I'm more stoked for the music festival I'm going to or the food. Plus the fact it will be one week after my 21st birthday. In NYC. Three days after Vegas. Lol

No need to eat breakfast. I haven't in a long time. It does not "kick-start" your metabolism. Meal timing, size, and frequency are irrelevant to weight loss in the context of proper daily nutrition and not suffering from a metabolic disorder such as insulin resistance. To summarize: Eat your food when you want, it makes no…

Works, yes. Necessary or superior to eating every bit of your daily protein 6 hours before bed, no. Meal and nutrient timing come down to nothing but personal preference and convenience, which are very important in adhering to a diet.

The time at which you consume the protein is irrelevant in the context of daily protein numbers. Total amount>timing.

Unless you are diabetic or suffer from another metabolic disorder, the source of the carbohydrate is irrelevant to body weight and body composition. Of course fruits are more dense in vitamins and minerals than say table sugar, but the body doesn't see a difference between the two.

Not picking a fight by any means, but I'd like to point out that correlation does not imply causation. Just because someone achieves results from doing a certain thing, that does not mean that it was necessary. Meal size, timing, and frequency are largely irrelevant in the context of proper daily nutrition. Basing one's…

There is absolutely no need to limit sugars from nutrient dense sources such as dairy and fruit. Assuming you are not diabetic or suffer from another metabolic disorder, sugars are not "unhealthy" and they won't hinder your weight loss in the context of keeping a calorie deficit.

Meal size, timing, and frequency are irrelevant in the context of proper daily nutrition. There is no need to eat breakfast unless it's convenient for you or if you are simply hungry. I don't get hungry till afternoon, so that's when I start eating.

To put it simply, it's irrelevant when you consume your protein, or where you get it from.

What's wrong with a controlled, peer reviewed study? Edit: If you see above, I couldn't watch the video seeing as I don't have access at work. BUT, how in the world does the pH make you gain weight??

Studies show that sweeteners such as aspartame used in diet sodas have no effect on blood glucose, insulin, IGF-1, GIP, etc.

Awesome.

I had nowhere near the understanding of nutrition that I do now, so nothing really set me off. I just took it as gospel and quit consuming the devil known as McDonald's... Looking back, what an idiot.

Ah I don't need to watch the video... 1. Aspartame is not dangerous, assuming you drink less that 600-1000 cans of diet soda a day. 2. Diet soda has no effects on metabolic hormones such an insulin. 3. Any claims that diet soda increases hunger are anecdotal. 4. Diet soda will not create weight gain, nor slow down weight…

I eat at 8pm at night, and then not again until noon the next day. That's only 16 hours. "Starvation mode" after short periods (under four or so days) is nonsense.

I fast every day, more or less the method lined out on leangains.com. Awesome for hunger control, IMO.

Someone, cliffs from the video? I'm at work and have no speakers...

I watched this movie last week, and the views on CHO and insulin made me cringe.

Sure thing man! I'm at work right now and will respond in detail with some links as well this evening at some point. If I forget, just send me a message.

Exactly. There are minimums of protein, ~1-1.5g per pound of LMB for active individuals, and ~.45g of fat per pound of bodyweight. Those are essential and should be viewed as minimums.

Please clarify what you mean. Are you talking about the micronutrient composition of things, such as vitamins and minerals? I will agree that in that sense all FOOD is not created equally. A calorie is a calorie.

No prob :-)

Diet soda is fine and safe. It won't hinder your weight loss nor kill you. The alarmism surrounding it is crazy.

Lean body mass, not body weight.

Calories determine body weight. Macronutrient consumption determines body composition. Simple as that. Whole foods are more dense in vitamins and nutrients vs. processed foods and are important to overall health, but they have no bearing on weight loss.

My point being that you have MINIMUM amounts of fat and protein that you need to achieve. Protein roughly 1-1.5 grams per pound of LBMfor active individuals, and around .45 grams of fat per pound of bodyweight. You are agreeing with me that after that it comes down to personal preference such as palatability and satiety.

You've got to get out of the mindset that our bodies are only designed to use nutrients that are in our GI tract. Our bodies just don't function like this, they are much more efficient. Overall protein synthesis at the end of the day is not increased by taking protein within any sort of short time frame following…