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Yea, I'm all about calories in < calories out being the be-all-end-all method of fat loss. I do however recognize that some specific mix of nutrient intake can impact fat loss a little differently in the short run, but in the long run, to me, it's all about how much fuel your body gets versus what it needs.
Don't listen to these guys - I think you're doing great. I've never gotten the starvation diet. Fasting, sure but I'd go with good habits over skipping meals every time.
I won't speak for James, but I think Gary Taubes is great at explaining why it was stupid to demonize dietary fat ... but then he turns around and makes even stupider arguments himself in an attempt to demonize carbs.The Gator said:
or what he said....
That takes me back to my smoking days. That couple hours after getting high and just going to town on all the snacks I could find in the house was pure bliss. Boy did I hate myself the next day though.
Ha, this actually came up on the show. Rogan mentioned the old body builders using insulin.
I agree. This is a terrible thing to do. I know from doing it before that my weight fluctuates greatly during the week from day to day. A weekly weigh in makes the most sense for me, if I do it more often I find myself eating real well for 4 straight days, weighing in and being up a couple pounds and getting frustrated.
I actually like weighing myself daily. It shows me what a good day does for me versus a bad day. And it shows what a "let loose weekend" can do. Etc. You have to take it with a bit of a grain of salt and understand it's not perfect, could be water weight and other issues shifting a couple pounds here or there. But I've found it shows a trend, and motivates me.
This is excellent exercise and highly recommended. Not only will you burn calories from the treading motion, but also just from being in water that is below your core body temperature.
We have the same type of scale. If you want anything that resembles a trend on body fat you pretty much have to weigh daily as there is far too much fluctuation on that parameter. It doesn't mean you have to look at the results though. Something like a weekly average on BF% is a much better metric than weight total, and does at least require IMO using the scale every 24hrs. Weigh daily, review weekly, that assumes your scale tracks online or whatever for you. If not then forget it and look in the mirror and :flex:
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Bought one at Sam's club for like $110. Made homemade tater tots, but they turned out more like German potato Knoedel, or something. Had them with brown gravy. Delicious. Trying out fries today.
I am going to try this. I do not crave sweets too often, but if it's only 240 calories a pint, might be a nice treat once in a while.
I'm going to take the other side of this debate. I like weighing daily because if I'm at the high end of my fluctuation on the official weigh in day, I going to be OK with it. Week 3 Monday I might be at the low end of the range. I might drop 2 pounds over the week, but be at the high end of the range on Monday week 4. For example, I was 259.x Monday morning and 258 at my evening weigh in time. Tuesday evening I was 255.x and then back up to 259.x this morning. It would really have been a bummer to be at 255.x on Monday and then weigh in at 258.x next Monday after busting it all week, not knowing that I'm fluctuating over that range.rick6668 said:
You have been doing so amazing I really don't want you to #### this up. I personally do not think this is a good idea. Maybe one of the nutrition experts can weigh in on it.
Maurile Tremblay said:
Hopefully someone else comes along that's more knowledgeable. I recognize that different methods can succeed for different people. My objection is not to Halo Top ice cream in particular. I just think that the only way to have long term success is to change your tastes.
By a complete coincidence that is the day I return to Denmark after two years in Peru. Not sure hw much diet I have in me the first couple of weeks while settling back into the old country and its temptations...
As a long term strategy I agree with you. However, for now at least, the daily weight measurements are helping me stay on track. The days where I lost weight are providing incentive to continue what I'm doing. The days when I added weight help me to refocus and assess where I may be going wrong. Since all this is relatively new to me the daily feedback that the weigh ins everyday provide is helping me overall. In the long run, when I have a better handle on what I'm doing, I'll cut back to twice a week (Monday and Friday mornings) weigh ins and eventually weekly.rick6668 said:
FYI. This is what my son had that constituted the best meal he ever ate:cheeseypoof said:
Geez...Are you the guy that sits in front of the AA meeting sipping on a cold beer?
