If you stop eating carbs initial weight loss is rapid, because (as has been said by randomcoach) your glycogen stores store water too.
This is NOT a true weight loss. The weight loss is only the glycogen that you've lost, the water will come back immediately once you start eating carbs again.
Great thread, all responses are either informative or very funny !
As do you think I'm funny? Funny how? As funny like I'm a clown, I amuse you? As I make you laugh, I'm here to amuse you? What do you mean funny, funny how, how am I funny? As tell me what's funny.
Great thread, all responses are either informative or very funny !
As do you think I'm funny? Funny how? As funny like I'm a clown, I amuse you? As I make you laugh, I'm here to amuse you? What do you mean funny, funny how, how am I funny? As tell me what's funny.
I don’t think your funny as I think your unfunny as if I thought your funny I laugh as I didn’t laugh as I laugh a ton but not laugh at this
Good morning. This is Fitness Rep. How is your morning going? How is your diet going as it's the third day of your diet as you started three days ago. How many weight have you lost so far as lost two pounds in one day on day one as it's the third day as if you kept losing weight as much as you did on day one that would mean you ahve lost six pounds as 2 + 2 + 2 is 6.
Good morning and congrats on completing your first week of your incredible transformation! How is your diet going as it's friday as that's the end of the week. The diet must be hard by now as it's been four days but in some ways maybe it's easy as you've gotten used to it more than before. I tell all my clients to stick with it during this phase and to keep losing weight as that's the best way to acheive your weight goal.
Rojo, I posted a reply to your question but I got Autobanned because it thought it was spam. Basically I made some suggestions on how to avoid food cravings. I'll try again here. Intermittent fasting from 7:00 p.m. in the evening until noon the next day. MCT oil blended into your morning coffee to avoid cravings and low blood sugar in the late morning. MCT oil is used similar to how carbohydrates are used by the body but they burn slower so you can postpone food cravings without eating. If you use a blender to mix it into your morning coffee it tastes like an unsweetened latte. I also make a lot of protein shakes in the evening to avoid Cravings before I go to bed. I use ice cubes, almond milk, a frozen banana, and my favorite protein powder. The protein shake at bedtime keeps me from getting hungry overnight and the MCT oil in the coffee helps hold me over until noon or 1:00 before my next meal. It'll be interesting to see if this goes through without triggering the automatic Banning.
My previous post was truncated because I didn't want to write a lot and then see it disappear with the auto-ban, but now I'll explain this in more detail.
The #1 reason diets fail is... wait for it... hunger. Assuming you're not eating out of depression, which does occur, if you can curb the hunger pains, you can eat less.
Ozempic works, I think, by curbing your appetite. The problems with Ozempic are twofold. 1) It can be very expensive (up to $1,000/month without insurance). 2) Some people regain the weight once they stop taking it.
An inexpensive and easy way to curb your appetite is to take MCT oil by blending it into your morning coffee. I'm having it right now as I type this. A tablespoon of MCT oil is only 60 calories and, once blended with coffee, tastes like an unsweetened latte.
When I need to drop down to racing weight, which is 5-7 pounds below what I weigh normally, I will add 1 TBS of MCT oil to my morning coffee, avoid cream and sugar, and not eat anything until 12pm - 1pm. I can do this easily with no hunger pains or low blood sugar dizziness like I would get if I tried to do this without the MCT oil.
I did an AI search for "how does MCT oil help with weight loss" and found lots of supporting information.
Here are the results of that search with the links removed so it won't be identified as spam. I suggest you do a similar search and follow the links for a more detailed explanation.
Search Labs | AI Overview Learn more…Opens in new tab
Medium-chain triglycerides (MCTs) may help with weight loss in a few ways:
Reduced calorie intake
MCTs have fewer calories than long-chain triglycerides (LCTs), which are found in nuts, olive oil, and avocados. One analysis of 29 studies found that people who consumed MCTs had a lower calorie intake than those who consumed LCTs. Increased feelings of fullness
MCTs may help people feel full, which can reduce snacking and extra eating. Some studies suggest that MCTs may increase the release of hormones that signal fullness, such as peptide YY and leptin.
Faster absorption and digestion
MCTs are absorbed and digested more quickly than LCTs, so they are used as energy instead of being stored as body fat. However, if too many MCTs are consumed, they can still be stored as body fat.
Increased fat burning
Some studies suggest that MCTs may increase the body's ability to burn fat and calories. One study found that an MCT-rich diet led to greater fat loss than a diet high in LCTs.
MCTs are also found in butter, palm kernel oil, and some milk products. MCT oil is a more concentrated source of MCTs than other oils, like coconut or palm.
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Of course, it won't work without a proper diet, but you and your wife have a diet plan. What you need is help following the plan and a way to avoid hunger pains so you don't cheat on the diet.
I have years of first hand experience using MCT oil successfully, so ignore any down votes this gets from people who have NOT tried it as I have described. Just give it a try.
Even if you find it doesn't work for you, you and your wife can try it for a month for about the cost of one dining out meal.
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Rojo, I posted a reply to your question but I got Autobanned because it thought it was spam. Basically I made some suggestions on how to avoid food cravings. I'll try again here. Intermittent fasting from 7:00 p.m. in the evening until noon the next day. MCT oil blended into your morning coffee to avoid cravings and low blood sugar in the late morning. MCT oil is used similar to how carbohydrates are used by the body but they burn slower so you can postpone food cravings without eating. If you use a blender to mix it into your morning coffee it tastes like an unsweetened latte. I also make a lot of protein shakes in the evening to avoid Cravings before I go to bed. I use ice cubes, almond milk, a frozen banana, and my favorite protein powder. The protein shake at bedtime keeps me from getting hungry overnight and the MCT oil in the coffee helps hold me over until noon or 1:00 before my next meal. It'll be interesting to see if this goes through without triggering the automatic Banning.
My previous post was truncated because I didn't want to write a lot and then see it disappear with the auto-ban, but now I'll explain this in more detail.
The #1 reason diets fail is... wait for it... hunger. Assuming you're not eating out of depression, which does occur, if you can curb the hunger pains, you can eat less.
Ozempic works, I think, by curbing your appetite. The problems with Ozempic are twofold. 1) It can be very expensive (up to $1,000/month without insurance). 2) Some people regain the weight once they stop taking it.
An inexpensive and easy way to curb your appetite is to take MCT oil by blending it into your morning coffee. I'm having it right now as I type this. A tablespoon of MCT oil is only 60 calories and, once blended with coffee, tastes like an unsweetened latte.
When I need to drop down to racing weight, which is 5-7 pounds below what I weigh normally, I will add 1 TBS of MCT oil to my morning coffee, avoid cream and sugar, and not eat anything until 12pm - 1pm. I can do this easily with no hunger pains or low blood sugar dizziness like I would get if I tried to do this without the MCT oil.
I did an AI search for "how does MCT oil help with weight loss" and found lots of supporting information.
Here are the results of that search with the links removed so it won't be identified as spam. I suggest you do a similar search and follow the links for a more detailed explanation.
Search Labs | AI Overview Learn more…Opens in new tab
Medium-chain triglycerides (MCTs) may help with weight loss in a few ways:
Reduced calorie intake
MCTs have fewer calories than long-chain triglycerides (LCTs), which are found in nuts, olive oil, and avocados. One analysis of 29 studies found that people who consumed MCTs had a lower calorie intake than those who consumed LCTs. Increased feelings of fullness
MCTs may help people feel full, which can reduce snacking and extra eating. Some studies suggest that MCTs may increase the release of hormones that signal fullness, such as peptide YY and leptin.
Faster absorption and digestion
MCTs are absorbed and digested more quickly than LCTs, so they are used as energy instead of being stored as body fat. However, if too many MCTs are consumed, they can still be stored as body fat.
Increased fat burning
Some studies suggest that MCTs may increase the body's ability to burn fat and calories. One study found that an MCT-rich diet led to greater fat loss than a diet high in LCTs.
MCTs are also found in butter, palm kernel oil, and some milk products. MCT oil is a more concentrated source of MCTs than other oils, like coconut or palm.
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Of course, it won't work without a proper diet, but you and your wife have a diet plan. What you need is help following the plan and a way to avoid hunger pains so you don't cheat on the diet.
I have years of first hand experience using MCT oil successfully, so ignore any down votes this gets from people who have NOT tried it as I have described. Just give it a try.
Even if you find it doesn't work for you, you and your wife can try it for a month for about the cost of one dining out meal.
I LOVE this post as of course I have heard of such oil and my clients HAVE used it but they could use the oil more in my mind after reading this post. There is SUCH great info in this post that you've totally changed the oil in my mind for how much it can and should be used
My wife's friend recently started some sort of fitness regime that involves a special diet and exercise. She raved about it and gave us her specially formulated food plan.
We agreed to try it out. I like it as I don't like having to think about what I want to cook. Each week, it gives you a few options for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
We started yesterday. I must say it's been a big success as I lost 2 pounds on day 1.
The issue is halfway through the day I realized I was thinking a lot about food. Then it hit me, "Why would I eat the same amount as my wife and her friend? I weigh 50% more than them."
The meal plan was designed for someone who is small, ten years younger and probably weights 120. I am over 180. So to make it right for me, should I just up it by 50%? Or does it not work like that? If not, what are my options other than paying for the detailed meal plan for myself?
By my math, that's only 300 calories. I just added up the entire day and it comes to just under 1000 calories. Oh wait, I forgot the 170 calorie protein shake. So just under 1200 calories.
No wonder I'm hungry.
Rojo,
1) To lose a pound of fat, you need to be negative 3500 calories. You didn't do that in one day, so either water weight or you took an extra big dump.
2) OF COURSE you should eat more than your wife and her female friend. At rest, MEN burn 12 calories per pound that they weigh (women burn 11). So, at 180 pounds, if you wanted to maintain that weight and you did nothing but sit on your ass all day, you'd need to consume 180 x 12 = 2160 calories. If you want to lose a pound of FAT a week, you need a 500 calorie deficit per day, so 2160 - 500 = 1660. As you lose weight, you need to recalculate. IF you are not completely sedendary, you get to add calories. MOST people will burn ~300 calories just doing basic chores, etc. during the day, and then, of course you get to count ~100 calories per mile you run if you are still running these days. This math is just a starting point. If you are losing too much weight (typically you'll lose a decent amount of water weight in the first week of a diet program), you can always add calories. Conversely, if you not losing weight, either lower the calories, recalculate the calories as you may have it wrong, or up your activity level.
My wife's friend recently started some sort of fitness regime that involves a special diet and exercise. She raved about it and gave us her specially formulated food plan.
We agreed to try it out. I like it as I don't like having to think about what I want to cook. Each week, it gives you a few options for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
We started yesterday. I must say it's been a big success as I lost 2 pounds on day 1.
The issue is halfway through the day I realized I was thinking a lot about food. Then it hit me, "Why would I eat the same amount as my wife and her friend? I weigh 50% more than them."
The meal plan was designed for someone who is small, ten years younger and probably weights 120. I am over 180. So to make it right for me, should I just up it by 50%? Or does it not work like that? If not, what are my options other than paying for the detailed meal plan for myself?
By my math, that's only 300 calories. I just added up the entire day and it comes to just under 1000 calories. Oh wait, I forgot the 170 calorie protein shake. So just under 1200 calories.
No wonder I'm hungry.
Rojo,
1) To lose a pound of fat, you need to be negative 3500 calories. You didn't do that in one day, so either water weight or you took an extra big dump.
2) OF COURSE you should eat more than your wife and her female friend. At rest, MEN burn 12 calories per pound that they weigh (women burn 11). So, at 180 pounds, if you wanted to maintain that weight and you did nothing but sit on your ass all day, you'd need to consume 180 x 12 = 2160 calories. If you want to lose a pound of FAT a week, you need a 500 calorie deficit per day, so 2160 - 500 = 1660. As you lose weight, you need to recalculate. IF you are not completely sedendary, you get to add calories. MOST people will burn ~300 calories just doing basic chores, etc. during the day, and then, of course you get to count ~100 calories per mile you run if you are still running these days. This math is just a starting point. If you are losing too much weight (typically you'll lose a decent amount of water weight in the first week of a diet program), you can always add calories. Conversely, if you not losing weight, either lower the calories, recalculate the calories as you may have it wrong, or up your activity level.
this is mostly true tho i have had clients who have lost 1-2 pounds in one day as there metabolism was working super fast and there calories burned super fast
Give it up guys, he's eating cheeseburgers and hasn't given this another thought.
i don't believe this as the last we heard he ate: turkey + broccoli +cauliflower rice + cooking spray. If he has kept this up he could be doing great now as that's a good diet for dieting
My wife's friend recently started some sort of fitness regime that involves a special diet and exercise. She raved about it and gave us her specially formulated food plan.
We agreed to try it out. I like it as I don't like having to think about what I want to cook. Each week, it gives you a few options for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
We started yesterday. I must say it's been a big success as I lost 2 pounds on day 1.
The issue is halfway through the day I realized I was thinking a lot about food. Then it hit me, "Why would I eat the same amount as my wife and her friend? I weigh 50% more than them."
The meal plan was designed for someone who is small, ten years younger and probably weights 120. I am over 180. So to make it right for me, should I just up it by 50%? Or does it not work like that? If not, what are my options other than paying for the detailed meal plan for myself?
By my math, that's only 300 calories. I just added up the entire day and it comes to just under 1000 calories. Oh wait, I forgot the 170 calorie protein shake. So just under 1200 calories.
No wonder I'm hungry.
I lost 60+ pounds once and got back to my college weight. Still within 10 pounds of that. I could have never done it and *kept it off* with extreme calorie restriction. As far as diet goes, I focused on getting plenty of food and slightly keto, natural foods (no artificial foods, no/low seed oils). I didn’t count calories because I lost weight due to a change in metabolism.
For me, keeping food cravings lower was important. What helped me was: plenty of spring water or “green” drinks or herbal teas during the day; lots of variety in the diet; tasty meals (including salt); lower stress lifestyle; and especially *not* over-exercising. I also had mold in my home from water damage. I had to get rid of it as that contribued to my weight gain (as it was affecting my metabolism).
Good luck!
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typos
My wife's friend recently started some sort of fitness regime that involves a special diet and exercise. She raved about it and gave us her specially formulated food plan.
We agreed to try it out. I like it as I don't like having to think about what I want to cook. Each week, it gives you a few options for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
We started yesterday. I must say it's been a big success as I lost 2 pounds on day 1.
The issue is halfway through the day I realized I was thinking a lot about food. Then it hit me, "Why would I eat the same amount as my wife and her friend? I weigh 50% more than them."
The meal plan was designed for someone who is small, ten years younger and probably weights 120. I am over 180. So to make it right for me, should I just up it by 50%? Or does it not work like that? If not, what are my options other than paying for the detailed meal plan for myself?
By my math, that's only 300 calories. I just added up the entire day and it comes to just under 1000 calories. Oh wait, I forgot the 170 calorie protein shake. So just under 1200 calories.
No wonder I'm hungry.
Rojo,
If you are losing too much weight (typically you'll lose a decent amount of water weight in the first week of a diet program), you can always add calories.
Flagpole,
Rojo having this problem would be like if someone told you, If you are having trouble coming up with criteria for being a real man, then do this.
My previous post was truncated because I didn't want to write a lot and then see it disappear with the auto-ban, but now I'll explain this in more detail.
The #1 reason diets fail is... wait for it... hunger. Assuming you're not eating out of depression, which does occur, if you can curb the hunger pains, you can eat less.
Ozempic works, I think, by curbing your appetite. The problems with Ozempic are twofold. 1) It can be very expensive (up to $1,000/month without insurance). 2) Some people regain the weight once they stop taking it.
An inexpensive and easy way to curb your appetite is to take MCT oil by blending it into your morning coffee. I'm having it right now as I type this. A tablespoon of MCT oil is only 60 calories and, once blended with coffee, tastes like an unsweetened latte.
When I need to drop down to racing weight, which is 5-7 pounds below what I weigh normally, I will add 1 TBS of MCT oil to my morning coffee, avoid cream and sugar, and not eat anything until 12pm - 1pm. I can do this easily with no hunger pains or low blood sugar dizziness like I would get if I tried to do this without the MCT oil.
I did an AI search for "how does MCT oil help with weight loss" and found lots of supporting information.
Here are the results of that search with the links removed so it won't be identified as spam. I suggest you do a similar search and follow the links for a more detailed explanation.
Search Labs | AI Overview Learn more…Opens in new tab
Medium-chain triglycerides (MCTs) may help with weight loss in a few ways:
Reduced calorie intake
MCTs have fewer calories than long-chain triglycerides (LCTs), which are found in nuts, olive oil, and avocados. One analysis of 29 studies found that people who consumed MCTs had a lower calorie intake than those who consumed LCTs. Increased feelings of fullness
MCTs may help people feel full, which can reduce snacking and extra eating. Some studies suggest that MCTs may increase the release of hormones that signal fullness, such as peptide YY and leptin.
Faster absorption and digestion
MCTs are absorbed and digested more quickly than LCTs, so they are used as energy instead of being stored as body fat. However, if too many MCTs are consumed, they can still be stored as body fat.
Increased fat burning
Some studies suggest that MCTs may increase the body's ability to burn fat and calories. One study found that an MCT-rich diet led to greater fat loss than a diet high in LCTs.
MCTs are also found in butter, palm kernel oil, and some milk products. MCT oil is a more concentrated source of MCTs than other oils, like coconut or palm.
-----
Of course, it won't work without a proper diet, but you and your wife have a diet plan. What you need is help following the plan and a way to avoid hunger pains so you don't cheat on the diet.
I have years of first hand experience using MCT oil successfully, so ignore any down votes this gets from people who have NOT tried it as I have described. Just give it a try.
Even if you find it doesn't work for you, you and your wife can try it for a month for about the cost of one dining out meal.
I LOVE this post as of course I have heard of such oil and my clients HAVE used it but they could use the oil more in my mind after reading this post. There is SUCH great info in this post that you've totally changed the oil in my mind for how much it can and should be used
Thanks for the feedback.
Just to recheck my suggestion, this morning I had 1 tablespoon of MCT Oil blended into black coffee. I ate nothing all morning. It's now 2pm and I'm still not hungry. I'll probably eat something soon, but only because I want to avoid a blood sugar brain fog.
One point I forgot to mention, you can't add MCT to your normal breakfast. I tried that and I'd get hungry by 11am or so. That's counter intuitive, I know, but that's how it works for me.
Give it up guys, he's eating cheeseburgers and hasn't given this another thought.
Also, still no mention of whether he leaves the couch other than to go to bed or the bathroom. It's a simple question: Will the co-founder of LetsRun run to help with weight loss?
Give it up guys, he's eating cheeseburgers and hasn't given this another thought.
Also, still no mention of whether he leaves the couch other than to go to bed or the bathroom. It's a simple question: Will the co-founder of LetsRun run to help with weight loss?
Where can he go as his garage is locked and there's a TON loud animal under his deck?!?!?!
I LOVE this post as of course I have heard of such oil and my clients HAVE used it but they could use the oil more in my mind after reading this post. There is SUCH great info in this post that you've totally changed the oil in my mind for how much it can and should be used
Thanks for the feedback.
Just to recheck my suggestion, this morning I had 1 tablespoon of MCT Oil blended into black coffee. I ate nothing all morning. It's now 2pm and I'm still not hungry. I'll probably eat something soon, but only because I want to avoid a blood sugar brain fog.
One point I forgot to mention, you can't add MCT to your normal breakfast. I tried that and I'd get hungry by 11am or so. That's counter intuitive, I know, but that's how it works for me.
I love this and thanks so much for sharing. I knew that MCT was helpful but didn't know it was this helpful. I will look into this more as a method for my clients. Do you have a link for a specific brand I can access in order to buy many such oil bottles?
My wife's friend recently started some sort of fitness regime that involves a special diet and exercise. She raved about it and gave us her specially formulated food plan.
We agreed to try it out. I like it as I don't like having to think about what I want to cook. Each week, it gives you a few options for breakfast, lunch and dinner.
We started yesterday. I must say it's been a big success as I lost 2 pounds on day 1.
The issue is halfway through the day I realized I was thinking a lot about food. Then it hit me, "Why would I eat the same amount as my wife and her friend? I weigh 50% more than them."
The meal plan was designed for someone who is small, ten years younger and probably weights 120. I am over 180. So to make it right for me, should I just up it by 50%? Or does it not work like that? If not, what are my options other than paying for the detailed meal plan for myself?
By my math, that's only 300 calories. I just added up the entire day and it comes to just under 1000 calories. Oh wait, I forgot the 170 calorie protein shake. So just under 1200 calories.
No wonder I'm hungry.
I lost 60+ pounds once and got back to my college weight. Still within 10 pounds of that. I could have never done it and *kept it off* with extreme calorie restriction. As far as diet goes, I focused on getting plenty of food and slightly keto, natural foods (no artificial foods, no/low seed oils). I didn’t count calories because I lost weight due to a change in metabolism.
For me, keeping food cravings lower was important. What helped me was: plenty of spring water or “green” drinks or herbal teas during the day; lots of variety in the diet; tasty meals (including salt); lower stress lifestyle; and especially *not* over-exercising. I also had mold in my home from water damage. I had to get rid of it as that contribued to my weight gain (as it was affecting my metabolism).
Good luck!
Make no mistake, the main reason you lost weight is that you put fewer calories in your pie hole, not a change in metabolism.
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