In your observations--have you seen fasting for two days a week (or similar) to achieve a cut deficit work in lieu of tracking calories? Or do people find a way to fuck it up anyway without measurement...
thanks for breaking this down in a sensible simple way. i never considered this as I was always unconsciously trying to gaintain which has never produced meaningful results. starting from 1st principles on everything in life is a good way to yield max results.
I've been hesitating on sending you this but with the recent CICO discussion I thought it could provide context on the different weight loss philosophy's and their blind spot. As they say everyone holds a piece of the truth, but no one has the full truth, and the pieces of truth held are different sizes.
This is a 5-part series of articles on weight loss (only Part 1 is linked). My old engineering college professor wrote these several years ago and I still find them insightful, as he approaches weight loss from "value-meme" perspective. He is still active on Twitter and generally friendly if you decide to reach out.
The tl;dr is weight loss is complicated and most weight loss advice stops at calories in/calories out (blaming fat people for not controlling themselves and eating too much) or food quality, with the role of empathy and psycho-social factors as a huge and mostly unacknowledged blind spot.
I can't comment on the foolproof fat loss system post, so im posting here in hopes you see it. If anyone else finds this interesting, please like this post as there is little discussion on the role of social/empathetic connection in weight loss.
I cut 75 lbs, maintained for a while, then slowly added 25 lbs on a bulk.
Then, reduced 400 calories to maintenance and held steady.
Reduced 400 more to start the cut and in 10 days I’ve gained a lb. I know I’m in a deficit because I’m meticulous with my eating and I can feel the change in my lifts and how hungry I am.
Is it common to stall or hold on to water weight to start a cut? I can drop more calories but I don’t want to get too aggressive too fast and be eating nothing by the time I get to the bottom of the cut.
In your observations--have you seen fasting for two days a week (or similar) to achieve a cut deficit work in lieu of tracking calories? Or do people find a way to fuck it up anyway without measurement...
If you can make that work, sure, but fasting isn’t my typical MO for diet planning
“The day you decide to lift is the day you are forever small”
Homage Dom Mazzetti lol
Vince Gironda seemed to do pretty well on the "Steak & Eggs" diet.
thanks for breaking this down in a sensible simple way. i never considered this as I was always unconsciously trying to gaintain which has never produced meaningful results. starting from 1st principles on everything in life is a good way to yield max results.
Ox,
I've been hesitating on sending you this but with the recent CICO discussion I thought it could provide context on the different weight loss philosophy's and their blind spot. As they say everyone holds a piece of the truth, but no one has the full truth, and the pieces of truth held are different sizes.
This is a 5-part series of articles on weight loss (only Part 1 is linked). My old engineering college professor wrote these several years ago and I still find them insightful, as he approaches weight loss from "value-meme" perspective. He is still active on Twitter and generally friendly if you decide to reach out.
The tl;dr is weight loss is complicated and most weight loss advice stops at calories in/calories out (blaming fat people for not controlling themselves and eating too much) or food quality, with the role of empathy and psycho-social factors as a huge and mostly unacknowledged blind spot.
https://empathy.guru/2017/05/30/weight-loss-its-in-the-v-memes/
I can't comment on the foolproof fat loss system post, so im posting here in hopes you see it. If anyone else finds this interesting, please like this post as there is little discussion on the role of social/empathetic connection in weight loss.
Off to a weird start on a cut…
I cut 75 lbs, maintained for a while, then slowly added 25 lbs on a bulk.
Then, reduced 400 calories to maintenance and held steady.
Reduced 400 more to start the cut and in 10 days I’ve gained a lb. I know I’m in a deficit because I’m meticulous with my eating and I can feel the change in my lifts and how hungry I am.
Is it common to stall or hold on to water weight to start a cut? I can drop more calories but I don’t want to get too aggressive too fast and be eating nothing by the time I get to the bottom of the cut.
Yes, very very common. Search my twitter for “whoosh”