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Jun 4, 2019
6:06:41pm

Kid_A Playmaker

That’s not what science says

Most studies show that it’s less about calories and more about what the food is.

Why Counting Calories Is a Mistake

Counting calories is misguided. The focus belongs on food.

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2014/06/calories-are-out/372690/[https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwi0ka2thdHiAhXniVQKHUb7DGMQzPwBegQIARAC&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theatlantic.com%2Fhealth%2Farchive%2F2014%2F06%2Fcalories-are-out%2F372690%2F&psig=AOvVaw0qPgmQEfvlFdtduGwyVArX&ust=1559779441034746]

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Kid_A

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Tip for fellow “dad bod” dudes like me

Hoax

6/4/19 3:46pm

I had a home teaching companion in one of my singles wards that was well over 300lbs. I left for 5 months during the

indocoug

6/4/19 3:49pm

Easy to do when you're young. Much harder north of 40

LaserCoug

6/4/19 4:25pm

Went from 185 to 163 without trying by doing the same thing. I actually exercise

Powerbait DPM studnt

6/4/19 5:08pm

Indeed, am down from an almost 40 inch waste to 34 by taking sugar down

pegushin

6/4/19 3:51pm

I've heard it said that if the world simply stopped eating/drinking processed

neboutefan

6/4/19 3:51pm

I agree with you, but sugar is delicious. I do good for weeks at a time

doups3

6/4/19 3:55pm

I know that's helped me

Twin Roots

6/4/19 3:56pm

Ugh. I have no will power...

Boomcannon

6/4/19 3:59pm

Sucralose or Monkfruit sweeteners ftw

pegushin

6/4/19 4:41pm

It's crazy how powerful the sugar industry is given how bad it is for you.

Oranje

6/4/19 3:57pm

Weren't they the ones that paid off the studies so fat looked like the bad guy?

TNT

6/4/19 3:58pm

Yep, that was them. Now research is showing that sugar is the bad guy and fat

Oranje

6/4/19 4:04pm

Pretty impressive though. Manipulated the market to their advantage for 30+ yrs

TNT

6/4/19 4:05pm

Yeh, I always think of how evil sugar is as I see a little kid

CSoul

6/4/19 3:59pm

It's really about cutting out whatever is your vice. Sugar has never

CSoul

6/4/19 3:58pm

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Joe Banks

6/4/19 4:05pm

Yep For whatever reason, cutting sugar seems to do so much more than cutting our equal categories of

Baron

6/4/19 4:08pm

I’ve been out of work for 5 months and have dropped 30 lbs due to stress.

dadofkhec

6/4/19 4:13pm

Post your resume on CB. See if your brothers here can help you find something

Hoax

6/4/19 4:43pm

How do you do that?

dadofkhec

6/4/19 5:11pm

Just copy and paste the words

Savage31

6/5/19 2:37pm

Hang in there man, if there is any leads we can give you let us know what indust

pegushin

6/4/19 4:51pm

Enterprise software sales. ERP, HCM, CRM, etc.

dadofkhec

6/4/19 5:13pm

Checkout Dealersocket

md7Coug

6/4/19 5:34pm

Thx. I’ll check it out.

dadofkhec

6/4/19 6:26pm

Maybe some of the larger companies with MDM like Verizon or AT&T

pegushin

6/5/19 12:27am

Check out MX.com

KDCoug1

6/4/19 5:48pm

Reading this thread really makes me want to go get a chocolate shake.

UNLVcougar

6/4/19 4:31pm

and then cut out sugar of course 🙂

UNLVcougar

6/4/19 4:35pm

That sounds awful. Just get your weight under control through whatever means you need

6/4/19 4:46pm

Congrats on getting sub 200 though!

6/4/19 4:49pm

I need to get to that area of the 170s

Hoax

6/4/19 6:00pm

Whoa...I'm also 5'11..don't know if I've been in the 170s since HS. I was in the

Preppy

6/4/19 5:06pm

You must be getting over 30 yrs old. Metabolism is a bear after 30

pegushin

6/4/19 5:11pm

Yup.

Preppy

6/4/19 5:14pm

How strict is the sugar cutting

jes2332

6/4/19 5:32pm

My philosophy is that it's not sugar, it's the calories. The problem is that high sugar foods have so much more calories

SpecialT

6/4/19 6:01pm

That’s not what science says

Kid_A

6/4/19 6:06pm

It is still about the calories. The point of that is it is better to cut high calorie foods and ignore calorie counting

Baron

6/4/19 6:24pm

That article very clearly states that it is indeed about calories.

Game Changer

6/4/19 11:26pm

Not to mention the best place to start is keeping it simple.

BYU-Texas

6/5/19 11:53am

Absolutely! I think we do a huge disservice by making it more complicated than

Game Changer

6/5/19 4:07pm

I'm in pretty much the same boat as you

6/5/19 8:16am

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