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Yes, but quantity of calories is what ends up determining whether you're gaining or losing weight over time, and at 1300 calories a day, most adults would be lo
by edanm 2y ago
Yes, but quantity of calories is what ends up determining whether you're gaining or losing weight over time, and at 1300 calories a day, most adults would be losing weight.
(Which was a half-goal of the challenge, iirc.)
- j45 2y agoThat is generally true, minus any plateaus that require assistance like exercise to break through. For me, I like to eat my calories than drink them if I had to pay attention. I liked this challenge and think it presented a lot of solid merits.
- edanm 2y agoYeah weight loss or whatever aside, this challenge is awesome!
- j45 2y agoImproving our knowledge about our health enough to make small improvements and keep them is a compounding superpower. Most peeled know what they should or need to do but finding out own path to do the things no one can do for us evens little at a time is huge.
- Cthulhu_ 2y agoTrue, but at 1300 calories you'd also end up in a lower metabolism state (famine mode), undoing any benefits. You'd still lose weight of course but at a cost. I read that kicks in at 1200 calories or lower, but it's close enough. I'm sure that the calorie intake could be increased without costing too much extra though, by padding things out with rice and/or beans.
- MrMcCall 2y agoThe way to defeat 'famine mode' is to exercise anyway. That's how I lost weight to wrestle at my minimum. It's tortuous, for sure, but vigorous exercise can raise your metabolism for IIRC 24hrs. Thank God, they don't let kids do that dumb sh_t anymore, but this was over 30ya.