i can eat what i want, but there is one restriction - calories.
although a calorie is a calorie, a meal on xmas day will be very difficult to count up calorie wise. think about it. turkey, potatoes, gravy, veg, butter, stuffing, soup, desert, wine, etc .even if i could i would probably go right over that 2000 cal limit in half a meal. not to mention xmas eve, boxing day, new years eve, and new year's day, then the old firm football game on the 2nd of january. Thats lots of eating, and drinking - where yes i could possibly keep the meals under my calorie limits, but i want to fully enjoy xmas by indulging a little for a week. i will have been dieting for 6 months by xmas, i think I'm entitled to have a blow out.
also all this counting of calories by looking at packets weighing meals etc going on with family all eating, passing presents etc
not to mention if I'm eating at someone's house, or at a restaurant.
as much as i would like to be able to weigh every ingredient that i will be eating, i don't think its feasible or appropriate for me to try to get this info.
the reason i said i think I've been knocked back a week or two because i was losing 3-4 lbs a week for the few weeks before i left for the weekend in poland - that turned a loss that week into 3 lbs gained. ( probably a lot water though) then i was run down the week after, so i missed 6 x30 min sessions of cardio, along with the increased eating takeaways that week. this was mainly due to not eating food for over the weekend, not buying in food for the week ahead as i was away, and because i felt run down after all the drinking, i didn't see the point in sweating a few extra calories for a few extra days. this all led to a 0.75lb increase that week too.
so potentially i could have been another 6+lbs down instead of 3.75lbs up.
i do have a degree, and am currently studying for my 2nd, but that shouldn't matter.
i am not claiming its my studies, intellect or logic that prove a calorie is a calorie, only every properly well conducted study on the topic
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the fact that you seem to still be in denial about this scientific fact is disappointing.
i want you to understand that despite what the magazines, mass media, diet guru's, and bad scientists tell you. The fact remains that when as many variables as possible are controlled as they are in a metabolic ward setting ( the only valid studies on the topic of caloric comparison between macronutrients), they always show the same thing - A CALORIE IS A CALORIE - FACT.
i don't blame you for not believing me, wavelength, adonis, and the great writers and scientists i have mentioned in this log earlier. i had similar doubts also, despite reading their intelligent works, and the scientific proof. The industry wide myths about diet are deeply ingrained in all aspects of this industry unfortunately, and they brainwashed me to a degree also.
i hope you keep an open mind though, and read what i have already wrote if you have further doubts. not to mention wait and see how i do
