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I do one smoothie a day, some carrot juice, naked green machine, scoop of protein powder, banana, pineapple, strawberries, mixed berries and some ice. Comes in at 500 calories and while delicious it's not "filling" like a real meal would be but when you have the calories to burn it sure is tasty.

So there's never a point where eating more will cause you to lose more. It's a logical absurdity that seems to get repeated over and over again but it's obviously just nonsense. There is however a point where eating more will give you more energy that in turn can help fuel productive exercise. The real trick is finding out…

Yeah I started 119 days ago at 265 lbs and have been increasing the amount of riding as I have gotten fitter. This just happens to be what works for me. I don't think anyone would have recommended it but four months in I still feel pretty dandy.

Honestly whatever you do to get the weight off is probably better than keeping the weight on. The forums are full of people that really want to help but even the "experts" wildly disagree about the healthiest ways to lose weight. I eat about 2000 calories a day and ride my bike for around four and a half hours every…

I just ride my bike around and the seems to do the trick pretty well. Doesn't get much easier or comfortable than that.

Not too much. Sweating does not have a direct relationship to calories burned. Sweat is just your body turning on the AC. While I am sure there is some marginal metabolic cost to the process of sweating, I suspect it's within just a few percentage points of what you burn normally. I know this is somewhat contrary to what…

Do people really imagine that any "sin tax" is based on a governments desire for it's people to be healthy, happy or live longer lives? Taxes, however they are explained, are only ever for a single purpose, to increase government revenue. If the government wanted people to quit smoking they would outlaw tobacco. Using…

So I started MFP 105 days ago at 265 lbs and have lost 55 lbs or right around half a pound per day eating 2000'ish calories and riding my bike around for 4-5 hours every day. I could pretty easily cut my calories down lower but that takes the energy I have down and I don't enjoy the exercise as much. For me, to lose a…

Personally I just don't believe in plateaus. A person can eat above, below or at maintenance. Maintenance can change everyday based on physical activity as well as hormonal changes. If a person is eating below their daily maintenance requirements they will lose body weight. Due to water retention, body weight loss is not…

I get pretty miserable trying to eat less too. For me, I've been shooting for eating 2000 calories a day and then just get on my bike to ride a lot. I do 50 miles every day and that seems to be about 1700 calories or so burned based on my estimates so 30 miles or two and a half - three hours of moving with some effort…

Real food would probably do the trick. Human beings have been relying on the stuff for a long time and it's worked out pretty well so far. I suspect if you had a banana before you got to work life would be pretty grand.

I'm not much for posting daily numbers I guess but for the sake of other big guys with lots of time on their hands here is the totals for July: 1464 miles 124h:24m:53s Starting Weight 7/1 - 235.5 - Ending Weight 8/1 - 218.5 Did my longest single ride yet at 127.46 miles this month... took everything I had in me to pull…

Most of the big fluctuations in weight are probably going to just be how much water your body is storing at any given time. If I drop my sodium intake down I drop a few pounds, raise it and I go up. Woman have the pleasure of being on a monthly cycle that does roughly the same thing to their bodies. I exercise daily but if…

I'm going to side with the mob on this one I think... You aren't accurately counting calories or you wouldn't have gained weight. Everyone has been in the same boat so it's nothing to be embarrassed about. What you are doing now isn't working so just start figuring out how much you are really eating and then eat a little…

Honestly I just dropped rice all together when I realized how much sodium I was pouring on it in the form of soy / teriyaki sauce. Evidently I only enjoy the stuff as a delivery system for thousands of milligrams of salty goodness.

Sort of depends on the person and the activity. I bike for 3-5 hours a day, seven days a week, and it only took me like a month or so to ramp up to that. I used to do martial arts three hours a day, five days a week, of that was pretty brutal. Weightlifting would be the hardest element to work in though because typically…

So three months ago I quit smoking, a month and a half ago I dusted my bike off and barely made it around the block, last weekend I rode 128 miles pedaling for about 10 hours on the bike with a few breaks for food and nature calls. You can do pretty much anything you decide you want to do and riding the bike is a pretty…

I mostly just ignore them. I tend to ride my bike for a few hours a day and often burn more than I eat which according to the crowd is a no no. I suspect most the people are just trying to be helpful but hardly any of them are in any legitimate position to offer advice to anyone but themselves. It's the internet. You could…

People think there are special rules to conversation in the gym but that's just silly. As with the rest of life, if you are just trying to be kind and friendly I don't see anything wrong with it. I think the biggest issue in the gym is most people think they are doing it right and most people are wrong. You need to…

Barring medical complications the truth is you probably just need to tighten up the food intake to make sure you are really at a deficit. Most people who have been dieting for a while become "experts" and stop doing all the stuff that led them to their initial success such as honestly weighing and measuring their food.…

Samoans I think would fit the bill for the guys even today. I would imagine that anytime food is scarce weight is attractive since it's a sign of wealth / power.

Don't worry about the guy you are replying too. The rest of us know what you mean

It's a camping trip just bring what everyone likes to eat and have some fun. Unless you plan on sitting on a log all day, you'll be getting up and moving much more than usual so the extra calories from the "junk food" will keep everyone going strong. I'm pretty sure I would have mutinied if my mom had taken us camping and…

I sort of incorporate the exercise and the food... I ride my bike to an Arby's or Wendy's that's 10 miles away and get some grub there. Easy and effective!

Someday in the near future I am going to start selling fish fart pills as a weight loss aid and people will pay big money because fish are skinny and farts are light... On the back of my supplement bottle I will include the following disclaimer: "Fish Fart Pills, when used as part of a healthy diet and exercise program…

Yeah I think most of it is just social. There are cultures where being overweight is enviable but that's not really the western ideal right now. Honestly the most attractive thing is normally the thing that the smallest portion of the population has and others can not easily get so fitness, wealth, large physical…

This sounds pretty silly but one of the things that has helped me a ton is simply eating meat and veggies WITHOUT all the extra stuff that used to go along with meat and veggies. I used to add bread, cheese, sauces, butter, a side of potatoes as well as some soda at about 900-1000 calories. Now I just sit down with a…

Since no one else mentioned it I think I would just point out that a lot of it probably depends on the time you have available. My days are free so I ride my bike a lot. Yesterday I was out on my bike for a 10 hour ride that probably burned a little more fat than a modest caloric restriction otherwise would have. If you…

The MAJORITY of weight lost / gained whenever you start something new is just water weight shifting around. Lots of people lose a ton at first because they shift to a lower sodium diet as you may have in the past. Others hold onto or even gain weight because they start hitting the gym and repairing muscles normally takes…

Yeah I think the "secret" is to eat less food. Seems a shame to cram a bunch of stuff you may or may not like into your mouth when there is absolutely no reason in the world to imagine or believe that you will lose weight eating them vs. a rich balanced diet of the same caloric composition. I think everyone want to believe…