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Nobody believes that. It's more that it gets annoying to see every other person complaining that they should be losing weight because they are eating "clean".

http://iifym.com/iifym-calculator/ Be conservative with your activity level, and if you know your body fat %, use the formula that allows you to plug it in. If you are overweight and use the default formula, it will overestimate your caloric needs. It will take into account your exercise and tell you how many calories a…

The nuts are a great source of fats. Also, 16oz is not a half serving of nuts, that's like an entire bag or more. 0.5oz would be a half serving.

By itself it won't. In conjunction with a caloric deficit (weight loss), it will help ensure that the vast majority of your weight loss comes from fat and not muscle. This will leave you looking better at the end of your weight loss.

Is it 28.9 BMI, or 28.9% body fat? The two are very different. I ask because you wrote "BMI" and then gave a percentage. Actual BMI is not a percentage, so I'm not sure if you confused it with body fat %.

They offer a product - that's it. They aren't shoveling food down anyone's throat. The onus of "taking the healthful high road" is on individuals, not companies.

If you've gained 6 pounds, you are eating above maintenance, bottom line. Even if it's muscle, you aren't going to see more tone because you still have the same, if not a larger, amount of fat covering the muscle. How confident are you in your caloric intake? You weigh solids and measure liquids? You make sure the entries…

A day off from your diet is great for your sanity, but if you let it get out of hand you can wipe out your entire weekly deficit. It can also help replenish glycogen and restore hormone balance if you're in a deep or extended deficit. For me, I prefer to give myself a cheat meal rather than a cheat day, and I do it at…

The worst thing about diet soda is what it does to your teeth. In terms of nutrition, it's completely neutral. I go through a ton of diet soda, hasn't halted my weight loss at all.

I am here correcting a lifetime of poor decisions fueled in part by self-loathing and depression, in part by antidepressants that sent me out of my mind with food cravings, and in part by a lack of self-control. That said, I'm not really sure why I come to the community section of the site because the fact of the matter is…

Nope. You seem to be assuming that someone who is not sated HAS to eat more or something bad will happen. Luckily, as human beings, we possess free will. Not feeling sated does not mean you HAVE to eat. It's a mild annoyance that you can ignore because, living in a civilized society, your next meal is always only a few…

Good god, did you even read the article you linked? It starts by giving several different ways that certain foods impact the calories in vs. calories out equation which gives legitimacy to the calorie argument. It talks about how certain foods can influence metabolic rate (calories in vs. out), affect satiety (which can…

Already answered that - hypothyroidism causes a lower resting metabolism, which impacts the "calories out" portion. You'd have to further reduce calories in, and there's a limit to how low you can safely take your intake.

Calories in = calories consumed, i.e. food eaten. Medical conditions that would matter would be primarily diabetes, insulin resistance, and thyroid conditions, although I think thyroid conditions just alter your metabolic rate moreso than change your response to certain macros. There may be other conditions but I'm not a…

The numerous peer-reviewed studies that have been done that all show parity in diet effectiveness despite different macronutrient breakdowns. Barring a medical condition, macros do not matter in terms of weight loss. And even in those cases where they do matter, they only matter to a small extent, and the mechanisms that…

Yes it is, it's the case for every human being. Different peoples' bodies do not work differently on such a fundamental level as how and what they burn for energy. Calories are literally units of energy - your body doesn't burn specifically fats, carbs, or proteins, it burns units of energy. High carb can cause more…

You should hit up a research center and let them run studies on you, because you are likely the only person who has ever eaten so little while exercising so much and not losing weight. The truth of the matter is that no combination of metabolic problems and medications could make your TDEE THAT low. There's a limit to how…

Are you sedentary? 1660 sedentary is not bad. 5'11" guy here, weigh 175ish and I eat about 1650-1700 a day while doing 4 days of weight lifting and about 20km a week of running.

Well, the reason that doctors would suggest people aren't being truthful about their food intake is that, as far as I know, there are zero studies linking antidepressants to a significant slowing of metabolism. There are studies linking them to weight gain, but the primary method of gain is thought to be an increase in…

Just make your own entry. I use the USDA's website for a lot of produce and things, they have tons of nutritional information. Here's the entry for unsalted baked sweet potatoes with the skin - http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/foods/show/3255 Or if you prefer to weigh before cooking, here's the raw:…

Doesn't compute - you weigh 188.8? You said "you'd think 4-8 pounds would be easy enough", so did you mean to say you currently weigh 118.8 instead? So that losing 4-8 pounds would put you at a goal of 110-115? If you weigh 118, you're going to have to be very particular about how much you're eating because your TDEE isn't…

The first would be trying to totally overhaul my diet all at once like it sounds you're about to. I think you'll have a better chance of success and sticking with your diet if you make the transition slowly.

A lot of it is hormones. Constantly stuffing your face and becoming obese will throw your hormones out of whack, including hormones that regulate hunger and satiety. When I first started cutting calories, I couldn't fathom not eating huge footlong subs and fries for dinner - how was I going to survive?! After pushing…

Nah, if you're still in a deficit it can hardly be called cheating. At that point it's just IIFYM, which I do anyway.

Crap. I was just getting ready to re-institute a cheat meal for every 5 pounds I lose for my remaining 20 pounds.

There's a ton wrong with what you just said, but I'll stick to the key points. 1) I'm positive antidepressants have not been proven to directly decrease metabolic rate, and I doubt you can find a study that says otherwise. They increase weight through a variety of other factors - increased appetite, increased pleasure from…

If you define metabolic disorder as anything that involves the metabolism, no, they probably aren't rare. If you think of it in the context of OP's claims, that as a 220 pound man he was unable to lose any weight eating 1500-1800 calories a day, then yes metabolic disorders that can cause that kind of reduction in TDEE…

You can choose to believe whatever you like, but when what you believe is refuted by all modern science, you're probably going to have to accept being told that you're wrong a lot. As I said, your body cannot create fat out of thin air - it has literally never happened because it would defy laws of physics.

My ideal response would be to ease up on the cardio and bump lifting to at least 3x a week while getting in adequate protein (don't know your stats to know how much you should be getting), but obviously easing up on cardio is not what you want to do since you're a runner and are training for a half marathon. All I can…

Most people come here wanting to hear something specific and get upset when they're told something else.