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by exfatloss 4y ago
I didn't say counting calories doesn't work :) Just that it's an accounting exercise that doesn't "cause" anything. I am taking account of my calories after I lose weight. Why wouldn't I?
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by exfatloss 4y ago
Interesting. It was recommended to me for losing weight lol. Are there other lifting protocols more designed for fat loss? I know Rippetoe's answer to everything is "eat moar fooood!" so yea I kinda see how that meme exists.
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by exfatloss 4y ago
Unwilling or unable?
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by exfatloss 4y ago
Ok, clearly 999 out of 1000 people are interested in losing fat, not lean mass :) And I would say the advice of "just eat less" doesn't work for probably 20-30% of people. Especially the very obese. You don't get to morb
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by exfatloss 4y ago
That calculator must be wrong. I got my RMR measured (that's the energy I'll burn up just existing, not even moving or doing anything) at 2,300 and this suggests less than that as TDEE. Clearly my total energy expenditure is highe
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by exfatloss 4y ago
Yea I dropped about 100lbs. Not exactly sure cause I never weighed myself at my heaviest. I was living abroad at the time and started keto and from then on the weight just melted off. I wasn't even doing anything - just eating keto to
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by exfatloss 4y ago
The problem for me was I was 300lbs. That's a really long time to run a deficit until I reach a weight I'm happy with. Took me nearly 2 years last time. I think what you're describing is probably accurate for reasonably lean
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by exfatloss 4y ago
100% agree with everything you said. Feeling cold is one of the major symptoms I get when fasting for a few days or undereating on purpose. I can only do it for so long before I get chilly, can't concentrate, get irritated, my immune s
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by exfatloss 4y ago
Please explain how counting calories causes fat loss, then. I eat around 2,300kcal and I seem to burn around 3,300. Had my resting metabolic rate tested at 2,950 or so.
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by exfatloss 4y ago
The first. People said "eat less" and it didn't work. People said "train more" and it didn't work. Then people said "Duh, you gotta do both at the same time!" which is obviously not sustainably possib
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by exfatloss 4y ago
Some people will say yes. I've eaten high fat paleo/keto for a decade before this and I don't have those concerns. It'll definitely give you a very high total cholesterol and LDL but I got tested and my HDL/triglyce
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by exfatloss 4y ago
Just saying that what "everyone knows" isn't always true.
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by exfatloss 4y ago
100% on the water weight vs. fat loss. This diet I mention in the blog post is very ketogenic and very low insulin. In fact I originally designed it to be as low-insulin as safely possible (practically no carbs and only 30g of protein per d
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by exfatloss 4y ago
I think it is, if it is being recommended to the person to lose weight.
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by exfatloss 4y ago
I've gained 20lbs over 3 months of Starting Strength. I wish it was all muscle but it wasn't.
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by exfatloss 4y ago
It's a tautology. It's like saying "people get richer because more money enters their bank account than leaves it." That's not the cause - that's the very definition of getting richer. You're just rephrasi
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by exfatloss 4y ago
The thing is it's not possible if the metabolism is broken. It's a bit like saying "If I double my velocity every hour, will I reach 1000000mph?" Yes and no. The human metabolism is a dynamic system with feedback. You ca
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by exfatloss 4y ago
Counting calories itself is an exercise in accounting. How would it help with weight loss?
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by exfatloss 4y ago
Caloric deficits don't CAUSE weight loss, they merely report them. The deficit/surplus is an accounting identity. Of course somebody who lost fat had calories leave his body - that's literally what that means. It's tauto
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by exfatloss 4y ago
Trust me, I'm the most OCD guy ever. I literally just ate the same meal every day for 5 months. I've tried the craziest diets. Compliance is not the problem in people like me. It's something metabolic.
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by exfatloss 4y ago
You're thinking of CICO, not eating less. They have nothing to do with each other.
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by exfatloss 4y ago
I think there could be even more components. For example eating some foods actually makes me way more hungry than I was before. Take yogurt or (stevia) sweetened, flavored whey protein powder. I'm ok, then I eat some, then I'm rav
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by exfatloss 4y ago
Time between meals could actually be a factor in my success so far. I only eat 2 meals per day most days. I've done IF and OMAD before, but kind of "Ad lib in the window" which still made me gain weight typically. It could be
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by exfatloss 4y ago
Hey there! Just eating less never really worked for me. I think it works if your metabolism is in a good place, but mine hasn't ever really been. So eating less just resulting in feeling shitty, losing 3lbs, and then rebounding. The is
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The Efficient Frontier of Fat Loss(exfatloss.substack.com)
17 points by exfatloss 4y ago|73 comments
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by exfatloss 4y ago
Yea, I think it sounds high because people see "Omg I'm 2lbs heavier than this morning!" but they don't think of it in terms of their body weight. If you weigh 200lbs, 2lbs fluctuation between morning and evening is just
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I Measure My Fat Loss with a Regular, Boring Scale(exfatloss.substack.com)
2 points by exfatloss 4y ago|3 comments
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by exfatloss 4y ago
I don't think I could've sustained such an enormous caloric deficit (about 1,000kcal/day!) for as long. "As long as you don't overeat" is like "assume a can opener." If we knew how to not overeat we w
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by exfatloss 4y ago
My weight loss has been 49lbs in ~6 months on this diet. That's slightly better than most reports of Ozempic. Fast and consistent is good :) Why go slow if you know how to go fast? You're simply wrong about weight loss. That'
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by exfatloss 4y ago
Well, I strongly disagree with the "that's it" part. The fad diets are what actually works. If it's the right fad ;) I'd argue permanent weight loss is primary a function of if the diet works, and most don't. I

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