1 pound = 3500 calories

[Anonymous]

I'm super fat, and wish I could just cut out wine or soda, but unfortunately I don't eat those things. I eat a lot of starch though.

But I now pour pasta into a measuring cup before putting into water, and went from an overflowing cup down to half a cup, so at least there's minimal progress. Now to stop eating a bag of popcorn in less than 24 hours. (I hate cooking/prepping food.) Or to just stop buying any and all snacks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm super fat, and wish I could just cut out wine or soda, but unfortunately I don't eat those things. I eat a lot of starch though.

But I now pour pasta into a measuring cup before putting into water, and went from an overflowing cup down to half a cup, so at least there's minimal progress. Now to stop eating a bag of popcorn in less than 24 hours. (I hate cooking/prepping food.) Or to just stop buying any and all snacks.

I bought an air popper. It's pretty simple to load two tablespoons of popcorn.

You can watch YouTube videos on how to prepare two tablespoons of popcorn in a brown paper lunch bag in the microwave. There are also microwave popcorn bowls you can buy.

It won't taste the same as buttery microwave popcorn in the bag. You might find it tastes better. You can use your own butter and seasonings, just don't over do it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm super fat, and wish I could just cut out wine or soda, but unfortunately I don't eat those things. I eat a lot of starch though.

But I now pour pasta into a measuring cup before putting into water, and went from an overflowing cup down to half a cup, so at least there's minimal progress. Now to stop eating a bag of popcorn in less than 24 hours. (I hate cooking/prepping food.) Or to just stop buying any and all snacks.

I bought an air popper. It's pretty simple to load two tablespoons of popcorn.

You can watch YouTube videos on how to prepare two tablespoons of popcorn in a brown paper lunch bag in the microwave. There are also microwave popcorn bowls you can buy.

It won't taste the same as buttery microwave popcorn in the bag. You might find it tastes better. You can use your own butter and seasonings, just don't over do it.

The problem is PP’s body will adjust to the calorie cut to trigger more hunger.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm super fat, and wish I could just cut out wine or soda, but unfortunately I don't eat those things. I eat a lot of starch though.

But I now pour pasta into a measuring cup before putting into water, and went from an overflowing cup down to half a cup, so at least there's minimal progress. Now to stop eating a bag of popcorn in less than 24 hours. (I hate cooking/prepping food.) Or to just stop buying any and all snacks.

I bought an air popper. It's pretty simple to load two tablespoons of popcorn.

You can watch YouTube videos on how to prepare two tablespoons of popcorn in a brown paper lunch bag in the microwave. There are also microwave popcorn bowls you can buy.

It won't taste the same as buttery microwave popcorn in the bag. You might find it tastes better. You can use your own butter and seasonings, just don't over do it.

The problem is PP’s body will adjust to the calorie cut to trigger more hunger.

No, that's not true. It's not a "calorie cut". It's a calorie substitution. LoL. Your mind is playing tricks on you if you think that your body is going to be hungry from a "calorie cut" when you're substituting healthier foods (and plenty of water), which will fill your body up faster and longer. It's good to feel hungry right before you eat! I'm usually starting to feel very full before I finish my meal, which is also good. I'm not starving after I eat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When I learned that 1 pound = 3500 calories, I cracked the code to healthier eating and weight loss. It wasn't that difficult to cut 3500 calories from my diet each week, losing 1 pound a week. For me, it was cutting out one restaurant meal a week.

This isn't exactly "news" --- but glad you learned something today.

And this is why you CANNOT EXERCISE YOUR WAY OUT OF A BAD DIET. If you are eating too much, it is impossible to just go to the gym and magically get the body you've always wanted. An hour on the eliptical or treadmill or even in an aerobics class is only going to be a few hundred calories burned at best. If you are drinking frappacinos and eating out a lot (portions WAY too big plus all the yummy fat they add to everything), you could throw down 900 calories with that frappacino and another 2000 with one eat-out meal. There simply aren't enough hours in the day for you to exercise all that away.

I always cringe when January rolls around and a bunch of new people are in the cubes at the gym signing up for a membership and training sessions. That's all good stuff for your body, and your mind. But, that isn't how you are going to drop those extra 50 lbs you've been lugging around.

Gotta change how you eat. And get moving so that you are busy and away from snacking opportunities. Engage the mind and body, but you HAVE to reduce those portions.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm super fat, and wish I could just cut out wine or soda, but unfortunately I don't eat those things. I eat a lot of starch though.

But I now pour pasta into a measuring cup before putting into water, and went from an overflowing cup down to half a cup, so at least there's minimal progress. Now to stop eating a bag of popcorn in less than 24 hours. (I hate cooking/prepping food.) Or to just stop buying any and all snacks.

I bought an air popper. It's pretty simple to load two tablespoons of popcorn.

You can watch YouTube videos on how to prepare two tablespoons of popcorn in a brown paper lunch bag in the microwave. There are also microwave popcorn bowls you can buy.

It won't taste the same as buttery microwave popcorn in the bag. You might find it tastes better. You can use your own butter and seasonings, just don't over do it.

I stopped buying the microwave popcorn and either buy Angie's one the olive oil one from Trader Joe's. Really, I should either pour some into a bowl rather than sitting down with the bag or just not buy it at all.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm super fat, and wish I could just cut out wine or soda, but unfortunately I don't eat those things. I eat a lot of starch though.

But I now pour pasta into a measuring cup before putting into water, and went from an overflowing cup down to half a cup, so at least there's minimal progress. Now to stop eating a bag of popcorn in less than 24 hours. (I hate cooking/prepping food.) Or to just stop buying any and all snacks.

I bought an air popper. It's pretty simple to load two tablespoons of popcorn.

You can watch YouTube videos on how to prepare two tablespoons of popcorn in a brown paper lunch bag in the microwave. There are also microwave popcorn bowls you can buy.

It won't taste the same as buttery microwave popcorn in the bag. You might find it tastes better. You can use your own butter and seasonings, just don't over do it.

I stopped buying the microwave popcorn and either buy Angie's one the olive oil one from Trader Joe's. Really, I should either pour some into a bowl rather than sitting down with the bag or just not buy it at all.

I like popcorn as a snack. It's hot. It smells good. It tastes good. Popcorn is a whole grain, and it is a healthy snack. There's nothing wrong with popcorn. The olive oil is probably healthier than butter. However, it's higher in calories.

Everyone on here will scream at this suggestion. However, I use "I can't believe it's not butter" zero calorie spray on my air popped popcorn. There's also "Butter Buds". I get the butter taste without the oil or calories. Then, I sprinkle it with some Kernel Season's Gluten Free White Cheddar Popcorn - Seasoning - 2.85oz (2 calories a serving). The Kernel Season's brand also has a yummy caramel corn flavor, lots of different flavors.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You cut 3500 calories from what?

From your 7000, 20000, 50000?

Do you think it matters?

You cut 3500 calories a week, or 500 calories a day, from either eating less or exercising more. And yes, it matters. You will lose 1 pound a week.

So you don’t think it matters how many calories you eat.

So if I normally eat 28000 calories a week but cut 3500 and my sister normally eats 14000 calories a week but also cut 3500 we both lose weight at the same rate?

The person who weighs more is going to lose more weight when starting exercising. A person who weighs more is going to lose more weight, because they aren't "maintaining" their weight. Both will lose one pound if 3500 calories is reduced. But the person who weighs more is going to burn more calories by exercising than the person who is at their normal BMI. Does that make sense? That's why you see people who weigh above a normal BMI lose 5 pounds in one week in their first week of diet and exercise. A person at a normal BMI is going to have to work harder to lose the 5 pounds over a few weeks.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:For some people, maybe it's about portion control of healthy foods. However, if you at two cups of green beans instead of one cup, I don't think that would cause an increase in calories.

There has to be something else, like eating larger portions of food higher in calories, like higher in saturated fat.

Yes, of course, it’s all calories in/calories out. Of course an extra 50 calories of sautéed green beans is a factor, but so is everything else.

It’s just incredibly stupid to think you’ve found some brilliant life hack in the form of “stop eating 2 snickers bars a day!”

Anyone who has struggled with weight more than a few months already knows that. And they are most likely also fighting their body’s natural inclination toward calorie compensation.

No, it is not all calories in/out. You appear stuck in the 90s, having ignored all the advances in endocrinology, obesity research and neuroscience of the last 25 years. I highly recommend re-educating yourself from the brainwashing you are parroting here, or at least just shutting up with the calories in/out mantra you are parroting.

Start here, and for the assertion you need to get over, you can skip ahead to 35:00. And don’t for one minute come back here and tell us you are more knowledgeable on human metabolism than Dr. Lustig and his colleagues working in the field. Don’t let the big science-y words scare you, I’m sure you are up to the task of expanding your women’s magazines understanding of the topics discussed here: https://youtu.be/dFOaBrujDHo

Robert Lustig is… not very good at science. This critical review provided multiple examples of claims that are unclear, lacking context, or flat out false.

https://foodinsight.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Dr-Kern-Review-of-Fat-Chance-2.pdf

[Anonymous]

I think it is true that CICO is outdated and does not account for declining calorie compensation as we diet and plateau.

Your metabolism never really recovers once you start dieting and your body adjusts to the new calories. Your body wants to hold onto the fat and will adjust accordingly. This is one of the reasons fast weight loss snd very low calorie diets are not sustainable or healthy.

But Lustig is just another fad diet hocker cloaked in science.

[Anonymous]

Fasting. Give your body a break so it can start eating the fat you already have.
No sugar or carbs that trigger insulin. Then go exercise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Fasting. Give your body a break so it can start eating the fat you already have.
No sugar or carbs that trigger insulin. Then go exercise.

This is not how it works. There is no "jumpstarting" fat loss by fasting. Insulin triggering is another buzz word that means nothing,

[Anonymous]

Eh, I believe in calories in and out, but I also know that I overeat many times and don't count calories, just eat what I like and I know it is healthy, bcs I like healthier foods and 90% of my food is home made by me.

I am not overweight, and I have never been overweight. I can legit say that in my youth I used to alternate between eating more calories than an average person my size and days when I ate fewer calories, and still nothing. Though I ate green beans and cabbage when SILs ate French fries and burgers.
Some days, while in college I would eat half a large baguette sandwich at night with mayo and so much ham and other fixings, and still nothing. But I would eat barely anything during the day and I did not snack.
Still I hear that other people eat as much as I do, and they are very overweight. Who knows, maybe you just don't know what to eat.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Fasting. Give your body a break so it can start eating the fat you already have.
No sugar or carbs that trigger insulin. Then go exercise.

This is not how it works. There is no "jumpstarting" fat loss by fasting. Insulin triggering is another buzz word that means nothing,

I also don't know what this jumpstarting is. However, fasting can reduce your appetite and that I know for a fact. I have done it and it is true. You stop eating breakfast, you will not crave it after 2 days, you will not be hungry in the mornings, at all. Same with dinner. Ghrelin kicks in due to what your body expects, we are biologically adapted to cope.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Divided by five is 500 cal a week. Assuming maintaining a current diet , does that mean I need to set my Apple Watch move ring to 500 to start seeing weight loss?

I think if you want to lose 1 pound a week, which is a healthy weight loss, you cut out 500 calories a day. Or you workout and lose 500 calories. It's not that easy to workout and lose 500 calories a day.

McDonald's french fries, size small are around 400 calories.

Two cans of coke are around 400 calories.

Two candy bars are around 400 calories.

A microwave popcorn is around 300 calories.

Those are easy to cut out for people who eat like that but what women in DCUMlandia are drinking regular coke or eating TWO CANDY BARS a day?

Maybe new moms are snacking while they prepare their children's lunches, not necessarily on unhealthy foods. The extra 500 calories a day has to come from some caloric intake (food) or a caloric reduction (exercise). It's just not that easy to exercise off 500 calories a day through exercise.

And you would be surprised how many people are actually eating a Snickers candy bar stashed in the freezer. Or they're eating a bag of potato chips they pick up at CVS. You're just not seeing them eating. They'll eat the entire box of Girl Scout cookies. Can't eat just one potato chip or one Girl Scout cookie.

I disagree with girl scout cookies. I hate them so can't start..lol