jonnythan Member

Did you even read that abstract?

1 gram of protein per pound of lean body mass. Treat that as an absolute minimum target. The scientific evidence is pretty clear on this.

What's the problem with logging the coffee in your diary, and also logging that intake in the water section?

When I switched to maintenance I bounced up about 4 lbs. While eating maintenance I have a +/- 2 lb (4 lb total) variation.

I rarely eat fruit. Don't like it. Every now and then I'll have a banana or apple.

I like how 10 calories from coffee magically became 55 calories from cookie dough and cheese, and yet it still has nothing at all to do with whether coffee counts as water.

I eat Atkins and Lean Cuisine frozen meals. I ate them a lot when I lost my first 40 lbs. I guess I did it wrong?

I took your advice and cut fruit out of my diet completely for a while. BTW, the list you see isn't everything I had that day. Just FYI. Anyway, my diary is open. People can see what I eat. People can see everything I've eaten for the past 15 months. Your diary is closed, so we can't see what you eat. I'm also happy to…

It actually is, despite what you read in grocery store checkout aisle magazines.

Looks pretty good. I'd encourage you to get more protein, as more protein helps you retain the muscle mass you already have. It's much much easier to keep what you have than to build more later. I'd suggest you try to get 100 grams of protein per day, minimum. Your fat goal looks reasonable, but I also want to stress that…

Ahh. That makes a difference. :laugh:

.... Then I would suggest you eat it. That's a no-brainer right?

What's your actual question? What do you actually want to know? And, most importantly, on what basis are you flat-out rejecting the things that we are telling you?

Don't worry about going over in any particular macro. In fact, you are encouraged to go over in protein and fat. Within certain bounds, more is better for those. As for making up extra calories... anything you like. I love having a bit of ice cream at the end of the day. Cookies are good. Peanut butter is good. The great…

That was the point. None of this stuff is inherently good and bad, and one person having a bad reaction to a given type of food is evidence of nothing.

You're not sure it's true? What do you mean? Based on what? On what basis do you claim you'd have to be doing it for a ridiculous amount of time? Are you under the impression that, when losing weight, all the weight you lose is fat? You couldn't be further from the truth. You're not probing into the science behind it.…

Awww that's cute. Anyway, today I ate a Double Down which probably permanently disqualifies me from the clean eating club.

That's true too, more or less. The body will get a fairly exact number of calories from breaking down x grams of muscle, and a different number from breaking down x grams of fat, bone, etc. The 3500 is a (very rough) approximation borne mostly from experience. It's generally pretty close to true, give or take. The fact…

Totally OT, but I think you have the best username on MFP.

It gets easier. You WILL see the results.

Yes. This isn't a race, and it would be stupid to sacrifice your health in order to lose a little bit faster.

Micronutrients don't get used in a vacuum. They're part of metabolism. Burning energy uses a lot of those micronutrients, and vitamin and mineral needs to up with increased activity. You are flat-out wrong when you say "the only nutrient you would be depleting is protein." That doesn't even make sense. I'm not sure what…

I just did direct deposit. It's great. I get paid based on number of posts. For every 100 posts, I get $0. So far I've gotten a total of $0 for 9,900 posts.

Doing more than that would be *bad* for your health. Presumably you're losing weight to *improve* your health. You ARE talking about BIG caloric deficits. 2 lbs a week is a calorie deficit of 1000 calories a day. That's already a big deficit. To lose 3 lbs a week you need to do a 1500 a day deficit. That's enormous. If all…

Just as a point of reference, today I've had: A bagel with cream cheese Coffee with sugar A KFC Double Down A mini candy bar A Power Bar A can of Monster Ultra Zero Ice cream Girl Scout Cookies I craved "bad food" as most people define it. Then I ate it. And I felt awesome about it because I ate awesome delicious food and…

I saw the part that said in theory. I also read the whole thread. I provided information that no one else had: that there is a maximim amount of fat that can be utilized by the body in a given day, and I was specific about where the extra mass loss would come from. My post still stands as posted. If you did this, a large…

Yes, but there is a maximum amount of fat the body can oxidize (use) per day, as determined mostly by how much fat you already have. Chances are only about half of that pound would come from fat. The rest would come from: Muscle Bone Organ mass Brittle bones, weakness, no muscle tone, and actual loss of heart muscle, liver…

Not really, no. Protein doesn't help you gain weight.. calories do. Your body stores excess calories as body mass. That's how you gain weight. If you're losing weight, eating sufficient protein and doing resistance training will help you maintain more muscle and lose more of the weight as fat. Up to a point. Past a certain…

Even 1200 calories is ridiculously low for anyone but a very small, sedentary person. Eat back your exercise calories. The 1000 a day you're eating is not enough. You're leaving 200-500 on the table BELOW the 500-1000 already built into your calorie target. You are running calorie deficits that are too large.