re: PuttaDaForkDown

Wow! I disappear for a few days and war breaks out in the putta board.

Obvious troll is truly obvious.

There are some people who simply can't see reason or they are obvious troll being obvious. Given the post history, obvious troll is obvious.

I started a new weight loss competition and proceeded to immediately gain 7 pounds. I couldn't stop eating ice cream.

Now, I've had 4 solid Atkins days in a row. Thursday I must have hit the facilities no less than 10 times at work so I knew my old friend Ketosis was back.

I'm down 9 from the comp high which makes me down 2.

My BRAND NEW computer died yesterday and I was able to pass on the office donuts even though I was in need of comfort food.

I might not be around much until I can get my old computer working or the new computer working but since I built the damn thing, it is going to be a pain in the arse figuring out which component sent my computer into a death spiral.

Oh...169.9

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I've always thought cad means more of excessive exercise isn't beneficial to weight loss

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yes and no.

someone who is used to a sedentary lifestyle (and i'm not saying this is a good thing) will stay much more motivated and lose weight rapidly just by cutting food intake. sure you need exercise but the amount of effort you have to expend to equal cutting down what you put in your mouth is VERY unbalanced...in favor of food.

i absolutely advocate no exercise initially for someone seeking to lose weight..the old engineering mantra 'dont change 2 things at once' applies here.

get your damn eating under control. thats 99.5% of the battle. dont complicate things by adding something..like lots of exercise..until you've got a handle on this.

exercise has the unique ability to make you HUNGRY. and until you've conquered the overeating demon, adding exercise of any type early in the process will doom you to failure.

guaranteed. if you don't injure yourself (putting yourself in a worse spot than you started with) you'll grow tired of the effort required to keep up exercising..you can't skip a day! especially if you haven't gotten eating under control.

exercise is overrated when it comes to losing weight. its a shame the media and government perpetuate the stereotype that you gotta exercise your fricking arse off if you ever want to get thin.

just not true. its such a disservice to people who need a solution that will work for them.

that solution is cutting down on your eating..and developing a lifelong habit of eating less.



after you've solved the MAJOR problem (eating) then knock yourself out with exercise.

I agree with everything but:

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you can't skip a day!

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If you're doing some weight training, yes you can. And you should. If your workouts are intense (not a brisk 30min walk), you need a rest day here and there to recover. I usually do 2 days on, one day off.

That being said, eating is 80-90% of losing weight, imo. 90% if your exercise is light, like a brisk 30 minute walk.. you burn very little calories that way, and that light exercise doesn't do much to increase your metabolism, either.

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I agree with everything but: quote:you can't skip a day!

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you missed my point..i wasn't being literal..what i meant was it takes SO MUCH WORK to lose a single pound (3,500 calories to be exact) by exercising..that if you're going this route, getting off-track and missing any workout will just make it that much harder.

working out to lose weight makes about as much sense as using a pair of scissors to cut the grass in your front yard.

sure, you can do it but the time it takes and the effort it takes is much greater than using a lawnmower.

170/151/147

Mother's day blowout. made Prime rib and Spinach madeline over baked potato. Wife, mother and child all happy. me stuffed and happy. back to the purpose tomorrow.


Happy Mother's day.

CAD: tl;dr as usual

I had a pretty rough dieting weekend as well. That makes 2 in a row. It is gonna be hardcore around here this week though.

Well this weekend wasn't horrible. I had my first cheat yesterday morning for breakfast. Today was good until dinner tonight, I made breakfast and ate a little too much. I did see 278.8 today but it wasn't at my official weigh in.

So officially today was 302/281.4/245

Thankfully I will be back in my routine tomorrow. Well I'm going to do a fast so not quite normal.

Oh and my cheat meal yesterday nearly made me throw up. I didn't eat a ton of food, it just didn't sit well with me.

Nothing to do with health. After my 9 millionth hamburger patty I needed a switch.

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Take into account that there is a chance of your metabolism slowing down at 1400 cals for a guy, particularly very big people.

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the 'metabolism slowdown' myth is as bad as the 'turning fat into muscle' or 'fasting causes you to lose muscle mass'

all 3 of those sayings are worthless. you don't turn fat into muscle LMAO. you can build up your existing muscles..but Midas the Fat-Into-Muscle magician doesn't live here.

Ok, so my point hulk, is know thy BMR (basal metabolic rate). Assume its always the 'sedentary' version (I do) and keep your calories under that to lose weight. Mine is around 1800 calories a day I think.

the whole 'metabolism slowdown' is horeshit. Use the BMR as a rule of thumb and go on about your business without worrying there's some bogeyman called 'metabolic slowdown' waiting to sabotage your weight loss.