Posts by neanderthin

The shroud is to keep in moist as it cooks......aluminum foil basically steams which is not what you want.......I've seen people use brown paper that has been brushed with olive oil, but the cheeses cloth would work just as well.

Original Post by adolphs:

All sugars are not exactly the same.  Fructose, sucrose, glucose, etc. are not interchangable.

Didn't say they were. I said HFCS and table sugar are basically the same thing, so if someone is changing HFCS for good ol' table sugar, their fooling themselves. Better to stay away from refined sugar alltogether.

What we eat over 1 or 2 days is going to have little to no effect overall.
Why your stuck at 185 has probably a lot to do with under estimating what you eat and over estimating how much you actually move and exercise. Get a better plan, one that's manageable and execute it properly.

How much food are you eating? and what's the breakdown % wise.

Sorry dude...........that's some pretty narrow minded nutritional advice. I understand that for some people carbs are the boogie man, like yourself, but contrary to popular belief a balanced diet that includes carbs is the best diet for any and all purposes of losing, gaining or maintaining. The downside is, it isn't sexy or based on half truths that then can be manipulated to sound like the last coming ........Keep researching.

Who knows maybe if you don't make a big deal about it, he'll forgive your eating disorder. j/k

Your young and still growing. Your also not fat with those stats so you haven't been losing fat you've improved your body composition where people comment on your muscularity..........cloths only fit looser when we lose weight, especially fat, and you've put on weight, so that's why your cloths are getting tighter. Like I said your young and still growing. You might want to take up weight training and hiit.......gets the job done quicker and a lot more fun than SS cardio.

I would imagine the best diet for humans is one that they consumed during the last 2 million years or so of their evolution. Most people experienced in that field will say that humans consumed anywhere from 20 to 40 % carbs......Also with the large amount of plant food consumed to get to those percentages our n:6 to n:3 balance was very close to a 1:1 ratio. Omega 3's coming mostly from plant based foods and the fat from lean animals. Omega 6's were again from lean meat, nuts and seed primarily. The primary fat was monounsaturated from animal sources and to a much lesser degree from plants, nuts and seed. And of course protein coming from wild animals and to a much lesser degree from plants, nuts and seeds. Personally I feel a natural diet that's without too much prejudice for vilifying any particular nutrient and one that has a good balance of protein, carbohydrates and fat to be on that is sustainable whether a person is trying to lose weight, build muscle or just maintain, it's that simple imo.

Protein is important but varying intakes will build muscle. Calories in excess of your maintenance and resistance training is what builds muscle.

Well, basically exercise has nothing to do with losing weight, it never did. Calorie restriction is what allows someone to lose weight. I couldn't get the link to work.

Well that is the problem....they don't account for the exercise or extra exercise...............It's an excuse to get to the lowest possible number and feel good about themselves..........of course their numbers are generated in hyperspace and not actually calculated from maintenance calories, so their wrong to begin with. Work backwards from real life maintenance calories and the final number is inconsequential imo........Work the other way around and most people will leave something out of the equation to allow for more weight loss, it's human nature.

Not eating , build muscle and lose fat..............now if that diet of yours could only predict the winner in the third race, we'd we set.

Calamari is only cooked two ways. Either for 30 seconds or for 30 minutes, there is no middle ground.

Newbie gains of course is a different thing......and that can happen, but that's shorted lived and the exception to the rule. Other than that I can assure you nobody will be gaining muscle in a deficit.

No such thing as toning a muscle. Your probably referring to losing fat so your muscles show.......just drop some fat and your good to go, and hopfully you won't lose too much of that toned muscle on the way down.