Posts by heavyy

ricen - sorry you seem upset. this thread was about sparking debate, not for sharing maintenance stories. i hope you can grasp the difference. thanks for your input thus far.

Original Post by lbalthazor:

I just read through all the posts from beginning to end, and I have to say - you guys are ripping into Heavyy and I think there's no need for it. It's pretty obvious that she doesn't necessarily believe that maintaining is a myth, but has been seeing people around her who can't seem to maintain and wants us to tell her that maintaining is possible (because it does seem that most people who lose weight by any means seem to gain it back cuz most don't do it correctly). She WANTED you guys to tear into that negative thought that was on her brain, so that she could logically look at the issue again and come up with a better, more educated view of maintenence. I feel like you guys are so used to hearing from undereating young girls, that you begin to assume that everyone is like that.

lbalthazor... you've hit the nail on the head!!! someone understood me... i was starting to lose hope. i know i'm careless with wording when i post. thank you. also everyone else who contributed.

pandajenn, i cut it down because it was wordy, not because i'm trying to argue some point. like i said at the beginning, i want the post to be torn apart. to reply to your post, that's right i'm asking, if you're able to get down to say a size zero as you've offered, why is it our bodies tend to gain even when sticking to a moderate calorie intake.

will power. what else is there? just think how hard you'll have to work out to burn off excess calories.

try not to worry to much. just don't over do it. oh and drink lots of water! or diet pop.

i can understand why you'd feel disappointed. but two and half weeks isn't very long for a 'diet'. give it as little as 4 to 6 weeks and you will def. see some sort of change if you're working out and eating right.

at your height, it should take too much weight loss before you see a change.

what is your waist in inches? 

if what they say is true, i.e.

a calorie is a calorie

AND

it doesn't matter when you eat, just how many calories you eat in a day

then it shouldn't matter that your calories are concentrated at night. sure if you eat more calories earlier in the day, you have the chance to 'burn them off', but if you're in deficit for the first half of the day, and simply pack it on during the second half, it'd be much the same thing. at least that's how i understand it. hope that makes sense.

unless you have a medical reason, i don't really see why you should cut it out completely. then again, i don't discriminate much between sugars. if you eat fruit, that's plenty of sugar. you might notice cutting out chocolate, candy, etc, works for you. especially if you previously ate large amounts.

first off, congratulations on losing 80 pounds. what an achievement. do you find the days you are a 'hog' affect your weight for the day/week/month? 

i don't have time to read everyone elses' replies right now but i'll say that you shouldn't rely on the scales alone.