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Eh, so work out four days in a row then take a week off. It certainly beats no exercise at all, by a long shot. What are you trying to achieve, and why do you need to work out more consistently?

Does no mean yes? Up means down? Is the opposite of goodbye hello... or badbye?

Just try doing everything the opposite of what you normally do. That might reel her in. It worked for George Costanza.

Fair enough B)

Or lose a bit more.

I hear you. I'm below my original goal weight and the belly is still there. But finally shrinking. And yes, it took a long time just to see some loss on the sides, along with losing fat *above* the belly, and off the lower back. The belly has been really stubborn the whole way. I think for some of us, we have to get to a…

Just FYI, I just read your profile. Very impressive! Good luck!

Probably the day you look in the mirror and realize what skinny-fat means. :o B) Why do you think all of that doesn't count as exercise? Or if you do, what did you mean by "most people here" don't consider it exercise?

Wow, I wish someone would say that to me! I would immediately stop chewing, stare at them very seriously, then make two pig snort sounds, and shove the rest in my mouth! :D

My logging seems to put me around 2100 TDEE. I don't think I have any kind of adaptation issues. I cut for about 5 months last year and dropped 20 lbs, then apparently ate above maintenance the first six months of this year and put on 5 lbs. I've now been cutting about 6 weeks and dropped 4 lbs. But I actually started this…

Thanks, that site is cool. It put me at 2250 on a normal day, and 2500 if I train on the eliptical :o Who knows, maybe I'm under-counting my calories by a couple hundred. I never cared as long as I was losing a pound a week as expected. But now that I'm getting closer to the goal, the precision matters more. And yes, I…

You're fine, OP. But this is exactly why I weigh myself daily instead of weekly. I think you actually get *more* fluctuation and noise doing it weekly, than by weighing daily and using a running 7-day average. A high reading like the one you just got wouldn't bother you if you had lower readings the day before or the day…

This is fantastic. "After" pictures are the best, aren't they? :) Keep making more!

LOL yep, never tried that site, but I just went on there and matched your number. Maybe I'll average that with the ones that say 1800 and consider that the answer. B) Maybe 2100 is indeed low, but I'm just going by my weight gains/losses compared to my calorie intake, and that's what I've come up with.

Sounds awesome, and great job on your progress. Only thing I would say is, your profile says you have 30 more to lose, and to me (and this is just my opinion), I wouldn't want to keep up that pace, as you are getting closer to your goal. 1) You want to make sure you aren't losing too much lbm along with the fat. 2) You…

Wait... you had a light breakfast, the pizza, and nothing else - and you went 1000 over for the day? THAT is a LOT of pizza!!!! :p

Where does all that water come from?

No you didn't! Well, maybe in your past? But you overcame it! You are recomping now, aren't you? This is for another thread, but I'm interested in your approach (eat at maintenance and lift a lot?)

I have experienced this as well, a number of times. Big meal one evening, guilt, sleep, weigh-in, 2-3 pounds less than the day before. How is that physically possible? The whoosh theory is really interesting. But even so, for the body to release all that water, don't you need to, erm, use the toilet a lot? How else does…

Interesting studies. I usually have a big breakfast, then try all day to save calories as much as possible, and then snack at bedtime to fill what's left (or come up short if I can). I'm relying on the MFP community's advice that the old idea that eating before bedtime packs on pounds is a myth.

I hear you, Amanda! Do you still have more to lose? Start taking pictures of yourself. Every month, take pictures again, and compare. Then you will see a difference, I promise. Your eyes cannot detect the small day-to-day changes looking in the mirror, so over time you don't notice any difference.

Not big on sit ups, and I don't drink beer! Thanks, I'll keep at it. I just don't know how many more pounds I need to drop, and I'm worried I'll end up losing too much lbm along the way (I am doing weight training 3 times a week to try and help with that). I just never thought I'd have to go so far below my original goal.…

But, the OP's friend is the whole point of the thread! If everyone agrees that OP's friend is wrong, why are there 14 pages of debate???

But that's NOT at the heart of what they're saying. Those quotes are quite clear. You may not be saying that exercise doesn't contribute to weight loss, but others clearly are. And I'm simply asking those people if they calibrate their calorie counts against their TDEE.

Because eventually one side will win, and then the interwebz will be theirs. B)

Except, it has:

Right, but the assertion being made by several people in this thread is that exercise has zero impact on weight loss, and that assertion is being made by people that DO exercise. So I'm just curious to know what they calibrate their calorie counts against.

To those saying that exercise plays no role in weight loss or maintenance - whether you are trying to lose weight, or are in maintenance, don't you calibrate the calories in your diet to your TDEE? And isn't exercise part of your TDEE?