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When I was 40 I went from ~16% body fat to ~9% while also gaining about 5% of my body weight in muscle. It took me 2 years during which I experimented a lot wit

When I was 40 I went from ~16% body fat to ~9% while also gaining about 5% of my body weight in muscle. It took me 2 years during which I experimented a lot with nutrition. I also consumed every article, video, study, advice, etc that I could find. Looking back I was pretty surprised to understand that all that information did almost nothing in helping me get results. Getting "shredded" was mostly limited by finding out what works for me. What food I can easily buy and cook. What food I tolerated eating, because after 2 years I could not stand chicken breast any more. What fit into my schedule as I could not eat a big lunch because it made me sleepy at work. A big dinner meant I would sleep poorly. A big breakfast prevented me to train in the morning. I started by drinking almost a liter of milk a day but somewhere along those 2 years I became lactose intolerant. I ended up eating a lot of fat in the form of nuts, butter, cheese and that made my cholesterol go down somehow which puzzled my doctor. And so many other things I discovered about my body. I am not even talking about bullshit science in the fitness industry (which is a lot). Articles and information like the present ones, which I can find nothing wrong with, do absolutely nothing in helping lose weight. This rant was provoked by the title "Numbers without which it's impossible to talk about weight loss". I call bullshit even as I recently started another weight loss journey as I'm close to 20% BF now. And very little of what I discovered before applies as I'm older, switched lifestyles, live in a different country with completely different food, etc. But one thing I am sure of: I will not waste another moment reading stuff like this.

eXpl0it3r 3y ago
> I started by drinking almost a liter of milk a day but somewhere along those 2 years I became lactose intolerant. Well this isn't really surprising to me, assuming that you didn't drink raw milk. Processed milk doesn't have the lactase enzyme, so your body has to produce it in order to break down lactose. Consuming that much milk puts your lactase production into overdrive, until it eventually fatigues and you become lactose intolerant. It's rather ironic, that people who are lactose intolerant can actually consume raw milk, because it still contains the lactase enzyme, so your body doesn't have to produce (as much).
- agos 3y ago
  I didn't know about it! is lactase lost during pasteurization?
  - mickdeek86 3y ago
    You didn't know it because it isn't true: https://www.fda.gov/food/buy-store-serve-safe-food/raw-milk-misconceptions-and-danger-raw-milk-consumption#:~:text=All%20milk%2C%20raw%20or%20pasteurized,bacteria%20present%20in%20raw%20milk https://www.fda.gov/food/buy-store-serve-safe-food/raw-milk-....

eXpl0it3r 3y ago

> I started by drinking almost a liter of milk a day but somewhere along those 2 years I became lactose intolerant. Well this isn't really surprising to me, assuming that you didn't drink raw milk. Processed milk doesn't have the lactase enzyme, so your body has to produce it in order to break down lactose. Consuming that much milk puts your lactase production into overdrive, until it eventually fatigues and you become lactose intolerant. It's rather ironic, that people who are lactose intolerant can actually consume raw milk, because it still contains the lactase enzyme, so your body doesn't have to produce (as much).

agos 3y ago
I didn't know about it! is lactase lost during pasteurization?
- mickdeek86 3y ago
  You didn't know it because it isn't true: https://www.fda.gov/food/buy-store-serve-safe-food/raw-milk-misconceptions-and-danger-raw-milk-consumption#:~:text=All%20milk%2C%20raw%20or%20pasteurized,bacteria%20present%20in%20raw%20milk https://www.fda.gov/food/buy-store-serve-safe-food/raw-milk-....