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Wanting to lose some weight so need to know ACCURATELY what i should be eating calorie wise. I don't want the ball park 2500 for a bloke etc, want accurate!


 
Posted : 04/01/2013 8:47 pm
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1459 kcal. per 24 hours. I've just worked it out for you...it was dead easy. It's not one bit variable. Homeostasis? Forget it. I just thought of a number and boom!
Wanna buy some diet pils?

Now for the serious answer. There are far too many variables from one minute to the next to get one magical number. Even if you worked it out so that your temperature, heart rate, sympathetic nervous system blah, blah were all constant, what if the wind was blowing behind you when you parked the car and walked up the drive but you based your calculations on a head wind? Arse! No weight loss today then?


 
Posted : 04/01/2013 8:54 pm
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1459

Pfft! Idiot!

It's 1467kcal, Rob.


 
Posted : 04/01/2013 8:55 pm
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lol, just used a calculator on tinternet - 2100 for slow steady weight loss without a detrimental effect (as such) on muscle. Sounds right to me 🙂


 
Posted : 04/01/2013 8:55 pm
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Why not just pick a number and stick to that for a period of time. Then see if your weight has changed. Based on 3500 kcal in one lb of fat you should be able to work it out.


 
Posted : 04/01/2013 8:56 pm
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Bollocks! Jamie has it. I forgot about the weight saving following a fart.


 
Posted : 04/01/2013 9:03 pm
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Easy, cut your evening meal by a third, no food after 6 or 7. Fruit instaed of sweets and crisps, up exercise by a third. Oh proper food, veg, meat, fruit e.t.c. as little processed as possible.


 
Posted : 04/01/2013 9:07 pm
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Bollocks! Jamie has it. I forgot about the weight saving following a fart.

Hmm, I'm not sure about that.

The major components of the flatus by percentage are:[4]

Nitrogen - 20% - 90%
Hydrogen - 0% - 50%
Carbon Dioxide - 10% - 30%
Oxygen - 0% - 10%
Methane - 0% - 10%

Nitrogen, Hydrogen and Methane are all lighter than air so surely you gain weight slightly following a fart, no?


 
Posted : 04/01/2013 9:08 pm
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[i]no food after 6 or 7[/i] Why? Isn't food allowed to stay up late?

Bregante delivers the killer knock out blow!


 
Posted : 04/01/2013 9:09 pm
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Isn't food allowed to stay up late?

The problem is it turns into a pumpkin after midnight. Pumpkins are full of sugar. Sugar is bad.


 
Posted : 04/01/2013 9:10 pm
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a calculator on tinternet - 2100 for slow steady weight loss without a detrimental effect

seems to have told you what you wanted to hear

stick to that for 12 weeks and then see how its working and if you need/want to adjust up/down


 
Posted : 04/01/2013 9:11 pm
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My fitness pal app for I phone.

It virtually has every food on there with associated calories. It also accrues calorie expenditure during the day.

Top app 🙂


 
Posted : 04/01/2013 9:19 pm
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Nitrogen, Hydrogen and Methane are all lighter than air so surely you gain weight slightly following a fart, no?

Fool, that's only at atmospheric pressure. At the standard internal pressure of 200psi they are much heavier than air


 
Posted : 04/01/2013 9:21 pm
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[url= http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=121703981 ]this is quite comprehensive[/url]


 
Posted : 04/01/2013 10:01 pm
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Easy, cut your evening meal by a third, no food after 6 or 7.

Don't get home till nearly 7 most nights 9 if I go for a ride.


 
Posted : 04/01/2013 10:52 pm
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OP - drop me an email. You need a metabolic assessment. I can help with that.


 
Posted : 04/01/2013 11:05 pm
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Sort of echoing the above, you aren't going to be able to accurately determine how much food you need, or exactly how many calories are going in.

Just don't eat anything sugary to avoid being hungry all the time, or remove a proportion of what you would eat - a significant proportion if you've been putting on weight or are wishing to lose a lot of weight.

And remember your weight can fluctuate quite a bit, so no point weighing yourself more than once a week, try and do it at a consistent time of day. Post morning dump, for example.


 
Posted : 04/01/2013 11:07 pm
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A good estimate is:

3/Katch-McArdle:
Considered the most accurate formula for those who are relatively lean. Use ONLY if you have a good estimate of your bodyfat %.
BMR = 370 + (21.6 x LBM)Where LBM = [total weight (kg) x (100 - bodyfat %)]/100


 
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[quote=philjunior ]Post morning dump, for example.
Who to? And how should I wrap it?


 
Posted : 04/01/2013 11:08 pm
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Sumo wrestlers eat at night and go straight to bed. They don't do this to reduce body fat......

Also, calories are not a very good measure in isolation so i wouldnt get to hung up on it. Don't eat bad stuff, eat as much good stuff as you like. A little light exercise and you'll bee rest.

(Lost 2st earlier this year using a *diet* that used to be a common topic in here)


 
Posted : 04/01/2013 11:11 pm
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Put less food on the plate and go for a run before hand

Its the idjglover diet


 
Posted : 04/01/2013 11:15 pm
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OP - drop me an email. You need a metabolic assessment. I can help with that.

I'll have a metabolic assessment if you're handing them out for free, Labmonkey 😉


 
Posted : 05/01/2013 9:35 am
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If you don't already....

Cut out sugary food and crisps, repalce with fruit / nuts / rice cakes.
Beware the calories in fruit juice.
Switch to skimmed milk.
Cut down on beer, drink wine instead if you need to.
Replace your lunch with a big salad you've made / know what's in it. No dressing.
Pudding is a treat.

If you can get up early, have a cup of black coffee and then do some exercise.
Weights for upper body good to increase lean muscle mass.


 
Posted : 05/01/2013 9:41 am
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Post morning dump, for example.

Who to? And how should I wrap it?

I presume you post it to Labmonkey....
Please wrap it in something leakproof.


 
Posted : 05/01/2013 10:44 am
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I presume you post it to Labmonkey....

or...

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Posted : 05/01/2013 1:12 pm

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