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Let's Talk Pro-Chocolate: Real Kinds We Like, How We Eat/Use Them
We don't seem to have a chocolate thread - at least not a recent one - though many people seem to like chocolate, and continue to eat some while losing weight and/or maintaining. From reading, it seems like a common strategy is to go to higher-quality chocolate, in smaller portions. This is a thread to talk about great,…
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Crazy Marketing Claims in Ads
It seems like they'll tell us anything to sell diet/exercise programs. Would anyone like to share some? Here are a couple of recent ones I saw online (I swear I didn't make these up): and
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Is There A Body Fat Percent "Trap" During Weight Loss?
Here's what I think: It's surprisingly common to see posts here about body fat or muscle-mass percent changes that don't really hold together, because many people don't understand the arithmetic. My basic point, because this is going to be long (again): If you care about body composition, convert body fat or muscle-mass…
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NEAT Improvement Strategies to Improve Weight Loss
Before I get to the point - more successful weight loss (Yay!) - please bear with me for a bit of background, so we're all on the same page. Your daily calorie burn, or TDEE (Total Daily Energy Expenditure) is composed of your BMR (Basal Metabolic Rate, the amount you'd burn in a coma) + NEAT (Non-Exercise Activity…
