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Conservation of Lean Body Mass During Calorie Deficit
This is a common concern amongst dieters, and for good reason. MFP and the echo chamber often promote alone or in combination resistance training and protein intake well in excess of the RDA to limit LBM loss. These recommendations typically originate from either anecdotal reports or studies that have a small number of…
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Are MFP Calorie Estimates for Different Exercises Net of BMR ?
Hopefully the title explains the question, but here is an example just in case: Let's say I burn 50 Kcal an hour just from being alive. If I ride a bicycle for an hour and MFP reports 450 kCal for the exercise, does that mean my total body energy burn is 450 kCal, or 500 ? Are HR monitors that attempt to translate HR into…
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Lucern High Protein Yoghurt: 18 grams in 130 Calories
Most low fat yoghurt at my grocery is 9 grams of protein per 130 calories, but Lucern doubles it. Judging by the ingredients, they add milk powder. Bought at Safeway for ~ $3 for 2 lbs. Pros: Pretty cheap Edible (unlike the miserable protein tablets) Why bother ? 1. For whatever reason you decided to eat a lot of protein…
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Mirror, mirror, on the wall: who is the skinniest of them all ?
This post summarizes my experiences trying to know my body fat weight. I started with a good quality, highly recommended scale that reported ~ 11%. I knew that was not right, and I am fortunate to live near Lenny Kravitz’s exercise laboratory so I had the body composition testing today. Hydrostatic calc: 21% Calipers: 13%…
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Do you Like Fear as a Motivator ?
This article takes the Farmingham Longitudinal Health data and creates a pretty easy to use set of graphs that tell the risk of heart attack or stroke in 10 or 30 years based on the 4 major risk factors for both 25 and 45 year olds. There are calculators on the web (Mayo clinic comes to mind) that offer the same. Obesity…
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Using Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) to Track Diet Progress
Hi Fitters, There are lots of ways to track progress, but after a week using the program I settled on a method that works well for me and perhaps for others so I thought to share: Background: BMR is the amount of calories a body needs in 24 hours to sleep and hang out in front of the TV. The BMR varies by sex, age, height…
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Never too Late
Hi All! I'm 56, overweight when I started out a month ago, and 20 years removed from an active lifestyle. Sounds attractive, right ? I want to turn back the clock as much as is reasonably possible to the me that was 17 years old. That leads to a few goals: Weigh about 120 - 125 (BMI of 19 - 20.) Be able to exercise…
