me and my stepdad got in an argument...
he said you have to eat healthy or gain weight.
I say you can eat anything you want,as long as you dont go over your calories you wont gain a lb....
I told him I can go on an all donut diet,as long as I dont go over my calories I wont gain an ounce...
who do you think is right ?
Now keep in mind im NOT saying donuts are healthy.
Im saying you wont gain a lb no matter what you eat as long as you dont go over your cals.at the end of the day your bmr is still the same and you didnt go over it,so you wont gain weight...
The reason its better to eat healthy is because healthy foods have vitamins,nutrients,and unhealthy foods can give you diabetes,cholesterol problems etc... but the point im making is if calories in = calories out you wont gain weight no matter what you eat.
You are correct.
One cannot and will not defy the almighty energy balance. The calorie is the king of kings without an equal.
When speaking in terms of simple tissue loss, it is not "necessarily" what you eat, but more of a function of how much of what you eat that matters the most. Having an understanding of this rather basic "requirement" can be helpful and beneficial, and can prevent hurtful and sometimes guilt feelings associated with dieting. Though some foods may not be optimal, it doesnt "necessarily" make your fat loss progress suboptimal.
Of course (for those that know me on the forum), I advocate eating healthy when dieting. However, its not an "absolute" requirement when speaking in terms of simple tissue loss.
For example, if a person's MT Line is 2300c, and they have set a deficit range of 1800c, and they ate 1200c up to say about 6PM, but got hungry and gave in to a sweet craving and ate a few Oreo's, that amounted to about 500c. There calorie intake is now about 1700c and still maintaining a energy deficit.
This person may have some heavy guilt issues toward eating the Oreo's, and think that they blew their diet.
Knowledge is king: if this person had knowledge of the laws of energy balance, this person would in fact know this ISNT the case, and would know they managed a deficit and are still on track for tissue loss.
Now, this isnt saying that this person doesnt have a craving issue to be appropriately dealt with or an issue to try to eat better.
What this is emphasising is the importance of having knowledge of your calories during the course of a given day; it can give one peace of mind, and tools to work with in one's personal weaknesses to stay on track.
It can give breathing space until the persons benefits from working on improving the reaction to their body's biological and psychological feedback.
Perception----We can build this thing TOGETHER and stand this storm forever, and nothing is gonna stop us:
Working with and manipulating the almighty calorie along with manipulating fitness activities
are one of the most grossly misunderstood tools within ones personal diet and fitness tool box. If one works with these two aforementioned items instead of against them, they will have the tools that will never fail them and will meet and exceed thier personal weaknesses and enhance strengths to their personal goal advantage.
Stay on track and never look back!
ROCK ON! my dear friend! Acquire all the knowlede of dieting and fitness, open up your perception--correctly, and use what you learn--properly for your personal goal advantage! This ROCKS! If an aging old man with many more natural biological factors going against him can do it (I lost over 30 pounds), and meet and exceed goals, YOU CAN TO!
Chillen