Omanya

Hiya. This is my first real attempt, but my severalth(?) actual attempt. I'll be especially vood for you if you're attempting the bodyweight exercise route, but good regardless. Feel free to add and good luck to you, too. :3

I'm not sure how good I am at motivating, but I'm pretty good at troubleshooting. If that's okay too, feel free to add me. :3

Also, the type of food doesn't cause you to gain/maintain/lose weight. Only caloric consumption/expenditure does. Food's only role in that respect is making it harder by causing nonhunger-related food cravings or making it easier by not doing so. Some diets correlate with weight loss not because there's anything special…

If you're trying to assess if that will work -- It inherently will as long as you maintain a deficit. In fact, it's probably preferable to start with simply managing portion sizes instead of changing your entire diet all at once. One step at a time, no? See if and how much you lose eyeballing your proportions. If you're…

Born in VA, lived in MD for most of my life, now in NY. :3

It's difficult to say what my goal weight is, but my goal fat percentage is around 19%, depending on how I look/feel at that percentage and how maintainable it is. That might put me around 150-160 lb. I'm 5'8. Really, it's difficult to determine because the algorithms for these estimators, and the weight loss push in…

This right here. When it comes to food (as opposed to NEAT), an increased consumption of those kinds of carbs accounts for most of our overall increase in energy intake. Following that reasoning, it makes complete sense that cutting back on those foods will result in fat and overall weight loss. Only issue is that they…

See above post. The general ignorance about research into human evolution is disheatening. We don't know everything, but we're not as clueless as so many folks seem to think we are. Either way, there is no research to indicate that 'human' diets even possibly could have significantly comprised meat for even half our…

The only way humans would have been able to drastically decrease carb consumption is to drastically increase their meat consumption, which would require a few things: 1) Teeth capable of decently chewing meat 2) Digestive tracts capable of processing meat 3) Tools to enable a reliable consumption of meat (among others)…

I didn't say that anyone 'has' to. I said that the body appears to most efficiently repair muscle within 90 minutes of a strength-training session. "People have to eat protein within 90 minutes" is an entirely different claim.

Anyone can add me, too! I'm 5'8", 210 lb trying to get to around 160-170, including my estimated 144-155 lb of lbm. Could really use some friends!

Re: there's no need to eat after your workouts There isn't nearly as much of a need after an endurance workout, but you should try to eat protein within 90 minutes of a strength-training workout. That's the period in which the body appears to be most receptive to taking in protein to repair muscle tissue.

Several suggestions: * Eat more. You shouldn't be eating so little that you get this hungry. * Eat smaller meals more frequently. You could just be going too long without eating. * Adjust your macro ratios. How much fat and protein are you consuming? Make sure you're getting at least .5 g of protein per kg of total body…

Depends. Are you referring to lowcal/lowcarb diet foods or monitoring your overall consumption to ensure that your carbs or calories are lower? Carbs are your main energy source, so I wouldn't advise going too low carb. Those such diets tend to work in the short term because people on them tend to switch from processed to…

Numbering because it's easier: 1) Yes, I have. 2) I did not claim that the body prefers to use muscle for fuel. I claimed that, in an attempt to more efficiently conserve energy, it will drop unnecessary muscle mass because, well, it's a waste of energy. The body will 'prefer' to convert protein to energy only once severe…

I mean strictly in the sense that simply eating clean in itself will not cause you to lose fat. It helps tremendously in that it can keep you fuller longer, be used to repair your body more effectively, can regulate your hormones better, and will cause increases in overall health. But gaining health is not equivalent to…

This. Newer machines, particularly ones in cardio-based gyms, generally will be within 10% accuracy if you enter all the info and do the exercises correctly/as intended. Some questions: What brand was the machine you used? What info did you put in the cardio machine vs the HRM? Did you keep your hands on the machine's HRM…

I just recently posted this thread: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1469862-how-to-lose-fat-without-losing-muscle Let me know if it helps!

Right... I just suggested in my previous response that people don't seem to understand the scope of doctors. GP/PCP's, at least. They exist to diagnose and treat illness, not to help you lose weight. Their specialty is neither in weight loss nor heavy lifting, as you mentioned. You shouldn't go to your PCP for advice any…

Yes, it is some random person's blog. However, I posted it because it happens to coincide with current research. I would ask you if you happen to know of any GP physicians who would disagree with this advice, but that would be silly because 1) this isn't their specity, just like nutrition isn't their specialty (see a…

Article =! research paper. A blog post is a type of article. I can post research papers, as I read them often, but this does not strike me as an appropriate place to do so. However, all of the highlighted points are both logically sound are backed by research and hopefully will become common knowledge among people…

No, it's not new at all. Just explained in an extremely accessible way that might help folks understand. Calorie cycle in not necessary, no, but I do like the article's tie-in point of taking a week off dieting every now and again - especially if you're exercising a lot. Personally, though, I have more trouble reaching my…

The article explains it more in-depth. The short version is that you shouldn't be doing too much of any exercise while you're on a caloric deficit because your body's ability to repair and recoup will be impaired. Too much endurance training is bad for your energy stores, especially if you don't eat your calories back, but…

You didn't gain 5 lb of muscle in a short period of time at a calorie deficit and doing excessive amounts of cardio. You're probably losing muscle. There are several other likely possibilities: 1) Normal weight fluctuations. Your weight can fluctuate up to six lb every day. You possibly initially took your weight when you…

grhancock, If you don't, start taking measurements as well. Your might be losing cm (I prefer cm) without losing overall weight.

Unless you're very young or have some kind of illness, 30 g or similar of protein consistently won't do you any good. I'm not sure what your stats are, but try for at least .5 g per lb of lean body mass and try to work up to 1 g per lb of LBM. Check out www.fat2fit.com's bodyfat tooks to get an estimate. You can average…

Tea: There's no reason to limit this unless you're pregnant(caffeine) or unless your body can't tolerate it. If you're worried about black tea, try oolong(black and green), green, matcha(a kind of green tea), or white tea. The lighter it is, the less caffeine and more antioxidants. I don't think that a positive correlation…

Why count calories if I'm not going to be finicky about it? Doesn't that defeat the purpose? Stirring six quarts of extremely dense soup is not an easy task - and it does not change the density of the contents of the soup or the fact that some things will sink to the bottom. I fished out the meat best I could. "Evening…

Now I have to wonder how much inappropriately assuming equal or similar calories per serving throws off people's calorie counting. As charredstar pointed out, it doesn't matter if you eat the entire thing yourself, but it does matter if you're dividing it because of the different average densities of the macronutrients and…

Normally I do that. It's just that these recipes aren't easy to divide relatively easy like, say, beef stew might be. So I have to do entirely different methods, which is why I'm going to cook the calorie-dense ingredients separately. They taste better that way, anyway. :p