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Was your protein macro the same % of your total calories for each? Because I've found if I'm eating at least 30-40% of my calories just being protein, it doesn'
by AnEro 5y ago
Was your protein macro the same % of your total calories for each? Because I've found if I'm eating at least 30-40% of my calories just being protein, it doesn't matter if I'm more eating carbs or fat in either direction.
I notice negligible changes otherwise, I think that part is the coming down to genetics micro biome and what you're eating.
>That suggests that for me, not all calories are calories.
That's way too deceiving for newbies to read cause, yes but no. Once you're out of obesity body fat ranges and into just higher than normal that's when you can see benefits from the aggregate of the tiny changes. So looking at that low level helps alot, however if you're cutting by 300-500 calories that's plenty of wiggle room to account for your metabolism handling fat better than carbs and vice versa especially when starting out.
If one not weighing everything and measuring it will make it seem much more like a calorie isn't a calorie because it's much easier to accidentally 'over eat' enough to change your hormone response to eating. Like cooking oils, they could be adding 200+ calories to your meal without you realizing it. Carbs wise a bowl of pasta is great for you but one extra scoop and boom there goes 100-200 calories, changing your average cut amount from maybe 300-500 to 100-200.
You need consistency to communicate with your body those fluctuations is what causes gains of fat.
- ChuckMcM 5y agoA lot of truth here. When my BMI was high, just the reduction of calories and the daily exercise (walking) was enough to lose weight. I've also had RMR (resting metabolism rate) tests to get some idea of base metabolism and DXA (differential X-ray) scans to identify lean vs adipose tissues.[1] The goal for me was to find a 'budget' of how many calories a week I could eat based on my level of exercise and maintain my weight. That involves spending a lot time tracking what you eat (and for me breaking up calories by fat, carbs, and protein). All to just to data analysis and to create a data driven mental model of what I could eat and how it would affect the aggregation of fat. [1] Not sure how widely available they are but I've used Bodyspec for both (https://www.bodyspec.com/ https://www.bodyspec.com/)
- AnEro 5y agoI just measured that by testing it personally, cause I just don't trust/don't want to spend money on what I also know is a model that is more fallible than 2 weeks of '''stagnation'''. Honestly though I'm glad it's working for you though cause I kinda thought it was an expensive TDEE calculator, based off people I known do it have gained weight eating some of their recommendations could have easily been the service they got too but still gave me a poor impression.