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1300 cals is ridiculously low! Where did you come up with that number?!?!

Ratios are vague and therefore pretty much useless. Use your own Lean Body Weight to figure out what YOUR specific macronutrient needs are: PROTEIN: 1.0-1.5g per pound of Lean Body Weight FAT: 0.45-1.0g per pound of LBW CARBS: use them to fill in the rest of your calories *Just remember, dont be afraid of dietary fats.…

Very well said. Its hard to ignore the molecular evolutionary advantages we have had to develop while dealing with not having anything to eat for days at a time. We would have never survived as a species if our "optimum" eating schedule was a frequent one.

You do realize that you would literally have to run back to back marathon-style HIIT session in an ALREADY FASTED state to deplete glycogen levels, right? Do you have any idea how much glycogen the body can store between it's liver and muscle storage?

DISREGARD RATIOS!!! They are too vague and therefore useless for an individual trying to put together a bodybuilding diet. This is how your macro breakdown should look: PROTEIN: 1.0-1.5g of Protein per pound of lean body weight FAT: 0.45-1.0g per pound of Lean body weight CARBS: Fill in the rest of your daily calories.

LOL, what!?!? Aspartame causing cancer is nonsense. There is nothing unhealthy about it. Try doing a little more research and less parroting of mass hysteria: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12180494 (read that study before posting again)

There is nothing unhealthy about peanut butter. Anything can become "unhealthy" if it means you go over your daily maintenance calories.

Skip breakfast and have only 2 or even 1 meal a day. Save all your calories up and eat them in one sitting. That way you can still eat a huge meal and not go under. Also, are you sure you know how much you are supposed to be eating? What are your stats?

No sorry, not ASU. I don't have any off the top of my head, but I will say this about macronutrients and calories: You want to get: 1.0-1.5g of PROTEIN per pound of lean BW 0.45-1.0g of FAT per pound of lean BW fill the rest of the remaining calories with carbs (or any combination of the 3 macros) People often make the…

Well said. Its actually even more like "HOW MUCH you eat, and not always WHAT you eat". But you are correct in the fact that really intelligent people will just blindly listen to nutritionists, personal trainers, etc (no hate on either of those professions) who are absolutely misinformed and full of outdated information.

You're welcome! My degree is in Molecular and Cellular Biology, research is what I do best, lol.

Try not to think of food in terms of "healthy and unhealthy". Instead, focus on the fact that the body sees calories as calories, regardless of the source. A carb is a carb. A fat is a fat. Protein is protein. What you have to do is find out what your maintenance caloric intake is, then subtract ~10-15% for fat loss.

EXACTLY!!! People need to understand one thing: you can have ANYTHING you want, as long as it fits in your daily macros/cals! Moderation is the key to keeping your goals AND your sanity! People eating nothing but "healthy" foods (a joke concept into itself) are doing it wrong. Period.

WRONG! There is no specific food for weight loss. Weight loss is about epxanding more calories than you take in. ANYTHING can be good or bad for fat loss. Also, spot-reducing fat is a nonsense theory. The reason some people have more belly fat than others is because there is a higher ratio of beta-2 to alpha-2 lipolypase…

Salt is NOT bad at all (unless you have an underlying kidney disorder or are pretty old). People like to demonize certain food groups or micro/macro nutrients. I would like to see normal biochemical pathophisiology cellular processes occur at really low [Na+]. People need to pick up a basic biology textbook before…

Its one meal! Guesstimate as best you can, and go on with your life. The end.

^This x 100! But if you don't like Oatmeal, don't eat it. Its not some "magic food". There is no such thing.

Roast beef sammich and a whole pint of Ben & Jerry's (srs).

lol, word! I eat 2 meals a day and each consists of ~130g of protein. I must be doinitwrong.jpg lulz

It honestly saddens me that this myth is still alive.

What exactly do you think happens to protein when you ingest it?

leangains isnt a diet. Its a protocol. It is by no means a "quick fix" for anything. I suggest you do more research and less posting on the subject. To the OP: I have been doing the 16/8 leangains protocol for a long time now. Incredible increase in energy, stamina, strength, etc. The whole thing is based on natural…

This question is impossible to answer without knowing what your daily macro and calorie requirements are. How can an arbitrary measure of almonds be healthy or unhealthy when we don't have the complete picture of your daily calorie intake?

I just fit whatever foods I want into my daily macro/cal needs. There is no rational reason to deem certain foods "unhealthy". The calories from a twinkie are seen exactly the same way as equivalent calories from any other food.

There is nothing wrong with eating once a day. The whole "multiple meals to increase metabolism" thing is an irrational myth. Your metabolism is actually much more active during times of short term fasting (10-24 hours)

What worked for you was being a caloric deficit for an extended period of time, NOT when your last meal was.

LOL at this entire post. Are we back in the 1990's again?

^ This. Weigh gain is due to an excess in caloric intake, NOT a specific food (or food group) being consumed. If protein shakes are consistently putting you over your maintenance cals, then you will gain weight. The same can be said about grilled chicken breast, brown rice and any of the other so called "clean' foods…

It doesnt matter at all. what matter is daily total calorie and macro intake, not the timing of specific meals

The best way to think about it is this: we did not evolve eating every 3 hours, 8 meals a day, etc. Our bodies have evolved mechanisms that actually increase our stamina, awareness, etc during times of nutrient stress. It was during those times when we needed to be most "aware" to escape predators or catch our food. Look…