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02-22-2024, 07:42 PM | #485 |
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I've been seeing a lot of this lately. The "stop counting calories and just eat better" theory. While I dropped 90lbs while "counting calories," I can see their point about the inaccuracy of both calories burned estimates and calories contained in foods. For a few years now (since the pandemic started), Wifey and I have been doing way more cooking at home, which means way less ultra-processed foods. And I've even started cutting back further by checking the ingredient lists of simple things like bread. I've pretty much adopted their view that if the ingredient list contains a bunch of chemistry set stuff you don't normally have in your kitchen, then skip it.
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06-12-2024, 10:23 AM | #489 | |
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No fancy diet. Well, I did cut out high calorie/low nutrition (highly processed) foods pretty much. (On doctor's orders I already was on a low sodium/low cholesterol diet and this included much reduced red meat consumption.) Just started counting calories and got as far under 2K per day as I could -- no pun -- stomach. (My target was 1K calories per day and I was in the 1.5K to 1K calories per day.) To my surprise I was not hungry. Weighed myself every morning. Kept a diary. Weight came off. I continued to exercise -- some light jogging, bike riding, or rowing machine when the weather outside was not conducive to jogging/bike riding -- but not to burn mega calories but for the exercise/physical activity and for some cardio benefit. Weight was going down and got down to about 177/178lbs. Then I got hungry. Started eating more. Weight loss stopped. But still avoiding high calorie/low nutrition foods. Weight has stabilized. While I would like to get my weight down to 175lbs or even 170lbs my doctor says he is quite happy with my weight. So I have a diet intended to maintain my current weight. Which is pretty much the same diet I followed to lose weight. The difference is now I eat more but calorie intake is still below 2K. |
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06-12-2024, 10:36 AM | #490 |
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16 hour intermittent fasting.
Keep calories below maintenance. High protein diet. Low intensity cardio (light jogging, walking). Weight lifting. Fat loss is all about diet, not the intensity of the workout.
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06-14-2024, 06:04 AM | #491 |
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So true, but it is easier if you have a good amount of muscle. One more thing, fasting is best used for maintaining, I see it as the most advanced way to diet, but everyone is different and do what best works for you.
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06-14-2024, 08:56 AM | #492 |
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06-14-2024, 11:14 AM | #493 | |
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What I've learned is that diet is the real key to losing fat. The type of workout matters less than what and how much you're eating. |
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06-16-2024, 10:21 AM | #494 |
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