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> 500-1000 less calories per day will result in 1-2 pounds weight loss per week. It’s simple math You're making a severe logical mistake here. Can you spot it?
by himinlomax 3y ago
> 500-1000 less calories per day will result in 1-2 pounds weight loss per week. It’s simple math
You're making a severe logical mistake here. Can you spot it?
Here it is: you're assuming that energy expenditure is constant. Energy expenditure is driven by many factors, such as hormones.
- mjbeswick 3y agoI persons base metabolic rate doesn't vary that much. You will hear people claim to have a slow metabolism, but in reality it makes little difference. Most people do not do enough physical activity for it to make much of a difference either.
- than3 3y agoYou are naive and misinformed. This is wrong with regards to about everything you just said. Basal metabolic rate varies dramatically with the amount of lean muscle mass. You can rapidly lose lean muscle mass by having too high of a caloric deficit which is dependent on overall fat %. The less fat, the smaller the deficit. Some people have metabolic disorders, others have allergies or sensitivities which cause inflammation that halt fat loss. This includes inflammation from leaky gut, or certain common gut-based infections that are almost impossible to get rid of like H. Pylori. Physical activity's impact is almost neglible compared against diet and muscle mass. Also a calorie of a food is not necessarily a calorie of the same food cooked differently, the caloric availability changes depending on preparation.
- tremere 3y agoEnergy expenditure isn't constant but it can be easily predicted based on body mass and body temperature versus environment. You made a strawman out of the person you replied to, clearly they meant 500-1000 below maintenance (a variable), not 500-1000 below a constant. The severe logical mistake was made by you.