I completely disagree. It is calories in, calories out. That’s it. It’s simple.

May 17, 2020
12:13:06pm

Sandstone Cougar All-American

We overthink this. It doesn’t matter whether I am eating portions of carbs or portions of protein. If I burn more calories than I take in, I lose weight.

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Getting fit... ten things I’ve learned the past four months.

Samsonite

5/17/20 12:25am

Good work. Congrats!

TN_Coug

5/17/20 12:26am

Congrats man. I had a buddy that dropped 50 pounds once. When I asked him what

777

5/17/20 12:35am

I had a friend who lost 30 pounds. He posted in face book . . .

Brigham

5/17/20 9:13am

RE: I had a friend who lost 30 pounds. He posted in face book . . .

Mobojo

5/17/20 2:14pm

Really awesome

2FarGone

5/17/20 12:36am

These are great posts. I was in the same place, almost the exact same measurements even, 7 yrs later and I'm still

Cheesy Gordita

5/17/20 12:40am

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wiscougarfan

5/17/20 9:39am

Good for you. Thanks for sharing.

Cougs'16

5/17/20 3:56am

That is awesome, thanks so much for sharing. Motivates me to do better.

Blue for Life

5/17/20 6:16am

Good job! Let us know how maintenance goes.

Florwood

5/17/20 6:48am

This is helpful. Thank you for sharing.

Squirt

5/17/20 6:56am

I dropped over 50 lbs 3 years ago basically doing the same thing.

TempeCoug

5/17/20 7:21am

Do you use the recommended zig zag approach from that calorie site or keep it standard?

NihonCougar

5/17/20 7:24am

I keep the net calories standard, but I do eat more on days I burn a lot more.

Samsonite

5/17/20 7:38am

Good for you.

BYUALWAYSNUM1

5/17/20 7:27am

Weigh every day. Very important!

CardiacCoug

5/17/20 7:47am

Nice work! The first couple days/weeks are always the hardest. Once you get past

brazilcoug

5/17/20 8:00am

I found that as I focused on calories, I naturally gravitated towards “good”

Samsonite

5/17/20 8:07am

Did you have any staples for breakfast and lunch?

Shinshin

5/17/20 8:18am

Yes. Days I have time for it, I eat 3-4 eggs for breakfast. If I

Samsonite

5/17/20 8:24am

Thanks! This is exactly what I was looking for.

Shinshin

5/17/20 8:40am

Not the OP, but I recently did something similar. My breakfast and lunch are the

Jay Rick

5/17/20 8:29am

Thanks! Do you feel like the measuring before has helped a lot?

Shinshin

5/17/20 8:41am

A lot. I don’t use a scale, so I could certainly be more precise. But even just

Jay Rick

5/17/20 11:31am

Exactly, I've seen it happen like this a bunch. Good work

BYUCougarsFan

5/17/20 1:13pm

Nice post! Good reminder for me! 3 years ago

CougarTail

5/17/20 8:15am

This is inspirational

1984coug

5/17/20 8:30am

Good work. I'm in the process myself. Started at 215,

Frank Drebin

5/17/20 8:36am

Curious. How tall are you?

dtownCoug

5/17/20 9:33am

I was 5-10, but I've shrunk to about 5-9 and a half

Frank Drebin

5/17/20 2:20pm

I'm 67

Frank Drebin

5/17/20 2:21pm

Also 5’10” and about 160. I’ve always wanted to be bigger (170-175), but maybe

dtownCoug

5/17/20 2:50pm

I've lifted weights since HS, but muscle mass is shrinking I have a spare tire.

Frank Drebin

5/17/20 4:03pm

That's awesome! I cant believe you did that in only 4 months. I am a similar

kolob32

5/17/20 8:38am

Yeah. I'm down from 220 to 194 over the last 8-9 months (Christmas break really

cougaman

5/17/20 1:10pm

Thanks a lot. I just gained a pound while I sat and read this post.

Misteak

5/17/20 8:44am

Nice, If I ever need to lose weight, I’ll try to remember this post!

Zach Morris

5/17/20 8:51am

Great post. Thank you for the extra inspiration.

Von Cougarschnauzer

5/17/20 9:27am

You’re the man. Great practical suggestions.

PKCoug

5/17/20 9:28am

Yep. Simple Math. And persistence. Congrats and great work!!

Dr MoBYU

5/17/20 9:28am

Do you drink zero calorie beverages? I get the math but does it still work while

Von Cougarschnauzer

5/17/20 9:31am

I drink an embarrassing amount of Diet Coke. It hasn’t hurt me at all.

Samsonite

5/17/20 9:32am

Praise the Lard!

Von Cougarschnauzer

5/17/20 9:47am

I lost 45 pds and drank diet soda daily fwiw

kolob32

5/17/20 9:32am

I drink more Diet Coke when I’m trying to lose weight. Helps me fill hunger/boredom with no calories.

TCuz

5/17/20 9:34am

Great tips. I dropped 100 lbs. two years ago and then gained 20 lbs. last year

wiscougarfan

5/17/20 9:40am

#winning. That’s awesome.

Sandstone Cougar

5/17/20 12:14pm

Im exhausted after reading your post and have not eaten in 3 min diet started

germ1

5/17/20 10:13am

IMO, you have #1 backwards-low calorie dieting works because it limits the carbs

Mises

5/17/20 10:35am

Everyone is different. Keep in mind the multiple professors who have gone on high carb junk food diets and lost weight &

RUNBYU1

5/17/20 10:54am

I don't think I've seen those examples.

Mises

5/17/20 11:07am

Look up the Twinkie diet.

yellowboy

5/17/20 11:17am

I think you need to consider this from an evolutionary standpoint: our bodies are excellent reservoirs for carbs

SJS

5/17/20 11:03am

Right. Human history has been carb loading in summer, ketosis in winter.

Mises

5/17/20 11:08am

It also doesn't help that we evolved preferences for food high in carbohydrates so we could take advantage of those rare

durandal

5/17/20 11:09am

And here we go off the rails, it's not complicated, its calories in and calories

kolob32

5/17/20 11:43am

Right. Different things may change your metabolism, which would inherently

cougaman

5/17/20 1:15pm

Because it is complicated. I know lots of people (more often women than men) that consume far less calories than should

Rhino84

5/18/20 8:45am

type 1 diabetes is a horrible example as it isn't caused by being overweight,

kolob32

5/18/20 10:51am

All you're saying in this post is that "calories out" is hard to figure out, and

Jay Rick

5/18/20 11:41am

I completely disagree. It is calories in, calories out. That’s it. It’s simple.

Sandstone Cougar

5/17/20 12:13pm

Sorry, it's not. Our bodies are quite complex.

Mises

5/17/20 12:18pm

Thr complexity of human bodies is not evidence against calories in/out.

Byron McNertney

5/17/20 12:38pm

True, but the scientific evidence is.

Mises

5/17/20 2:25pm

The Dept of HHS and USDA completes a meta-analysis every five years

BYU'01

5/17/20 6:10pm

Agree to disagree

BYUCougarsFan

5/17/20 1:05pm

Well, it worked for me! You do you, man.

Samsonite

5/17/20 2:27pm

Awesome

byu1

5/17/20 11:41am

“what worked was eating the foods I love in smaller portions”. Nailed it! Same here. Sustainable. Easy. My wife has a

RUNBYU1

5/17/20 12:16pm

Congrats!

keithcoug

5/17/20 12:19pm

Congrats on your weight loss. Good job!

DizzyDean

5/17/20 12:24pm

Congrats we did rotc at the same time. Assuming you went to BYU we know each

pilot17

5/17/20 12:44pm

It does get harder as you get older. I was able to lose the weight with small

LaserCoug

5/17/20 1:23pm

The one thing that’s helped me is that continuous exercise helps keep metabolism

Idahofallsblue

5/17/20 1:59pm

Exercise also suppresses appetite

CardiacCoug

5/17/20 2:14pm

My appetite goes way up when I’ve been riding

SJS

5/17/20 2:19pm

But a couple hours later aren't you hungry? I find that a hard morning ride will mean I'm hungry all day long.

kccougar

5/18/20 8:58am

This is most likely due to the natural decline of muscle composition as you age.

ldssdl

5/18/20 10:12am

I'd agree with that but it also seems that my body responds differently to

LaserCoug

5/18/20 11:42am

Awesome!

RockyBalboa

5/17/20 1:33pm

Great post. Thanks for taking time to share.

UNLVcougar

5/17/20 2:26pm

Great post. Thanks for sharing.

valleus

5/17/20 2:29pm

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