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All models are bad. Some are useful. Something like that :)

• themodelplumber 5y ago
  I agree. The caloric intake models are often terrible for groups like stress eaters. Eventually IMO there will be equally bad, but also subjectively-useful methods for treating things like overwork and boundaries-crossed situations as numeric models which can be examined alongside caloric intake models. Like a TDEE which better incorporates what we'd now consider subjective psychological stress.
  • bitexploder 5y ago
    I mostly use set a calorie goal, eat the same types of healthy foods and adjust it up or down a bit based on my weight change rate aka hackers diet style trailing average and such. It’s simple and not too stressful once you get a good menu of food and exercise system in place.
    • themodelplumber 5y ago
      It can work really well for sure. I lost 50 pounds that way after using other methods for the first 50 pounds. That was about 5 years ago. I still remember how frustrating some of the TDEE models were when I was testing them out. Somehow a 500 calorie bonus budget could appear in there and throw you off for a few days.