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Having a net balance under 1200kcal/d isn't recommended for anyone. Starvation response isn't an on/off switch, it's a gradual change in metabolism. Generally you'd want to avoid it, since it kind of renders your hard work useless.

It's more like 1.18 times as dense, so the difference isn't that much in the end. Still, midsections do tend to look better when they're muscular compared to lard and blubber paddings.

I use Wii Balance Board as a scale. It'll cost around $170 with the console, but as an added bonus it'll depict you as an inflated balloon shaped cartoon character, tells you you're 30 years older than your passport claims, and insults your balance abilities.

Like any low-calorie diet, "detoxes" are overall harmful for weight loss and completely unnecessary.

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A "goal weight" is a handy and easy target, but a certain number of lbs should never, ever be an absolute goal. It's easy to measure, but in reality most people who are losing weight do it for two reasons, to look better and/or to be healthier. For purposes of either of those real goals, the absolute weight is of very…

Moderation, with the exception of Crack Scout Cookies.

Have you been eating your exercise calories? If not, that's probably the reason, if yes, it could be an issue of over/underestimating exercise calorie burn.

Damn. I was writing a reply and I managed to destroy it somehow. Anyway. I don't want anyone to accuse me of sparing a long-ago died horse from additional beating. *WHACK!* *KICK!* *SMACK!* *THUMP!* Now excuse me for a bit as I go and rinse off my baseball bat.

If you're staring too much into raw numbers and worry about your sugar intake from fruits, you're just shooting yourself in the foot. Focus should be on avoiding things with added sugar, not staying away from fruits.

You could as well state that there are no nutritional benefits to consuming water. Demonising things based on old wives tales and "well, everyone knows that..." untruths doesn't help anyone. While moderation is the key as with everything, there's no harm in getting some of your hydration and calcium needs (if you drink it…

It just means generally healthy, regular diet with no specific focus on low carb/high protein, and no "canned replacement meals".

I'm not even sure if your thinking necessarily needs adjusting. I know some people who do counting and their heads work exactly the same way; they'll hop on the elliptical just so they can indulge a bit later on. I don't think that's necessarily wrong, or backwards. If your head works that way, good for you. "I think I'm…

Protein is sort of like free category out of the 3; you might want to treat it as minimum rather than upper limit. It's pretty difficult to consume "too much protein". Usual recommendations for daily protein vary between 20% and 40% of your daily energy intake (or, protein grams = your weight in kg, or any variation…

Like it's been said above, whether something is "natural" or "artificial" is not an indicator of whether its good or bad for us. Plenty of naturally occurring substances are poisonous, toxic, carcinogenic and lethal to us, and plenty of "artificial" substances are perfectly healthy. I think plenty of people are blinded by…

Any site that needs to rely on so many testimonials and before/after pictures to sell you something is selling you snake oil with 99% probability. Technically it sounds like a recipe for failure. Low-carb/over-carb cycling like that will more likely condition your body for some level of starvation response and storage of…

"Starvation mode" isn't an on/off thing, it's a gradual adaptation to lowered energy intake. Far greater than 300 gram changes can happen up and down due to changes in water levels, so I don't think that's anything to be worried about - especially after sickness, which can cause all kinds of weird things in fluid balance.…

Thank you :smile: Those two were separate points, I only picked and chose what I disagreed with the most. I don't recommend anyone to stuff multiple 2 lb packages of raw sugar down their throat right before bed just because late eating is okay. I generally recommend nuts to catch up to calorie goals, but then again, I…

This has no factual basis, and is counterproductive for weight loss. Eating late does not hurt your progress, and going on for hours while hungry is plain silly. Save some calories for a late snack, and never go to bed hungry. No. While 1200kcal/d limit is fairly commonly accepted "absolute minimum", having "one size fits…

Getting that information is a process that, apparently, costs the business tens of thousands of dollars. At least that was the reply from a small restaurant chain I received couple years ago.

I'll echo what everyone else has already stated, your problems are quite likely related to not eating enough. I'd advise adding more nuts throughout the day to pad the calories. They're good for you, dense enough to fit in anywhere, and full of delicious calories.

Any kind of artificial "upper limits" are not necessarily useful. Needs vary individually, and teens are often recommended to get 9 hours. Your 10 hours would certainly fall within individual variation from that. If you can function equally well while limiting yourself to 9 hours, all is good. If not, then take the 10…

Rest is crucial for health and successful weight management. While we're all individuals, pretty much everyone needs at least 7 hours of sleep a night.

As there's no such thing as "spot reduction" (specific exercises to burn fat off from specific locations), moobs will disappear during the regular process of decreasing your bodyfat percentage. In what order this happens, depends much on an individual, but for most men the beer belly is the last one to leave, and moobs…

If I'd advertise one thing, I'd recommend that everyone should read "Brain Over Brawn" by Clint Cornelius (I'm not kidding!). The best part of it is that the author has a free PDF version of the book available from his website. It's the whole book, all 100 pages, no marketing gimmick or preview BS. It's short, to the…

Nuts are a wonderful, healthy, calorie-dense thing to eat to get calories up with little effort. You should eat all your exercise calories.

Yeah, I agree with many above, eat more, add some exercise, eat your exercise calories, dedicate one day a week for weigh-in.

Thanks SHB. I figured it'd be something like that, it makes sense. To sum up; - Your muscle mass doesn't grow on negative calories - But they can appear larger due to additional water weight - You can still achieve strength gains (up to a point) - You can still achieve metabolic boost from weight training - Low rep, high…

If your calorie deficits run too low (often through not eating your exercise calories), your hunger signals might get messed up too. Nuts are a healthy, calorie dense way to bring up your daily totals without too much stuffing. Not eating away your exercise can give you some short term gains, but also will lead to lowered…

Since muscles are our biggest friend in energy burning (everyone together, kiss your muscles, they deserve it), the crucial question then becomes whether proper resistance training aids in this area. The training alone of course burns energy, as does EPOC, but do these newly retrained muscles burn more energy in rest…