DeguelloTex Member

No, it didn't, any more than I flew to the store just because I claim it and am not going to continue to argue it.

Three meals of that pizza, cheese sticks, beer, and brownies doesn't even get you 2/3 of the way to 28,000.

What rate of loss did you choose?

28,000 calories. There are 160 calories in a 74 gram serving of Blue Bell Dutch Chocolate ice cream. 28,000 calories is 175 servings. There are 16 servings in a half gallon. There are 11 half gallons (10.9375) in 175 servings. That's five and a half gallons. 28,000 calories is one of: 5 and a half gallons of chocolate ice…

Three weeks isn't very long, especially with the running, which can cause water retention that would mask any loss. Three or four pounds a week is pretty substantial. Mostly likely a decent chunk of that is water, but if that continues you might want to look at eating more so that you're not at a larger deficit than your…

Even people on the keto reddit are concerned that higher LDL for some just gets hand waved away by the true believers. My understanding is that not fasting can skew and that, regardless, you probably want more than one test before jumping to conclusions, anyway.

Well, #1 is feasible, but that's why I mention "accurate measurements." #2 I think is pretty much covered in "other factors held constant" as long as you're talking about more fuel leading to more activity, and that also ties back in to #1. I'm not sure how TDEE would meaningfully be affected, otherwise. #3 is also…

Except that's impossible, given accurate measurements of "more" and "loss" if other factors are held constant. So, what I don't understand, is how the physics of that would work or where the extra calories went.

WTF? Is that Chex cereal in there?

I'm not sure it's "luck" so much as much as my refusing to be under the thrall of Blue Bell Dutch Chocolate or Homemade Vanilla ice cream.

That's only a "standard" when relatively small women try to lose at a very high rate.

And how was that?

Lettuce wraps.

How would burning fewer calories help his weight loss if nothing else had changed? It's almost certainly water weight or eating enough less to offset the missing exercise. It's almost certainly not some sweet spot in which calories in and calories out cease to be the determinant.

It's almost like not everyone has the same likes and dislikes you do. Nah, that couldn't be it.

He didn't really mean "how can I" so much as "why did I." He's not looking for a process going forward, but an explanation of what happened.

I lost an inch from my waist -- the only place I even bothered to measure -- for every 5-5.5 pounds or so. I lost 127 pounds, so basically two feet of circumference.

I still weigh less than I did the day before Thanksgiving. Maybe I jumpstarted my metabolism. o:)

I'm going to eat as much as I feel like eating and then move on to the next day. This may be considered an advanced technique.

I'll say one thing for evolution: she's very crafty. All those millions of years of working toward driving me toward Whataburger and Tex-Mex.

That would certainly explain the scourge of emaciation that's sweeping the country.

I ate at a steep deficit for a year and I'm burning as many -- probably more -- calories as would be predicted for someone with my stats. My metabolism made it through just fine. I did lift, though.

No, it always applies. A medical condition might skew the number from what you'd expect to see without the condition, but if you're in a deficit you'll lose, in a surplus you'll gain, and at an equal amount you'll maintain.

Do the principles of ketogenic dieting include losing weight via caloric deficit or do those principle state that one can lose weight in a caloric surplus?

You need to eat fewer calories. If you don't think that's the answer, what do you think the answer is? Eat more?

Eat foods you like, with enough protein and fat, at a reasonable deficit.

"Apparently?" One trick is to get a good scale and me more certain about what you're actually eating. Then, eat at a reasonable deficit. Most likely, trying to lose two pounds a week that close to goal isn't reasonable.

Again, from where do you harvest your ice cream and butter? Aren't they man-made?

So you take ingredients that are found "naturally" and combine them with other "naturally" occurring items. Kinda like, well, aspartame.

I guess I missed the post about where the "only naturally occurring" eaters harvest their ice cream and butter.