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We're still all talking about this like it's 30 lbs instead of 7. The math is really simple, folks: 2lbs per week (the upper limit on "safe" weight loss). That's 4 lbs you can lose, permanently, by weigh-in. So 3 lbs to go. To this day, my weight fluctuates by 3 lbs depending on what/when I've eaten and how much water…
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You should look into the TDEE method. It's an approach to calculating maintenance calories based on average level of exercise instead of trying to account for individual instances of exercise. People use this because it helps maintain lean mass while losing fat, partially because you're not eating at a larger deficit on…
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You can safely lose 2 lbs per week. That would suggest it's entirely feasible to lose 3 or 4 lbs in a week. Let's say you're carrying around 3 or 4 lb of water weight-- probably actually on the lower side of average. So, let's see... you can cut 2 to 4 lb per week. You can also feasibly shed 3 or 4 lb of water weight the…
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I just signed up for this site, and some of this bothers me. The notion that I should be primarily interested in the calories I burn during exercise-- cardio or lifting-- is already an incomplete model at best-- as though the moment I step off the treadmill, I'm back to idle. All of this meticulous analysis of my calorie…
