This is a list of all my posts that relate to weight loss in some way. Weight loss is a very simple mechanism that’s been overcomplicated by individuals and businesses trying to monetize the weight loss industry by selling people ‘magic’ diet plans or pills that don’t get to the bottom of how weight loss really works; i.e. calories in vs calories out.
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TL,DR; No The ‘calories burned’ number in FitBit, Apple Watch and My Fitness Pal is often very inaccurate, and more often than not overestimated, meaning that if you eat the calories ‘back’, you could be undermining your original goal; if … Continued
TL;DR – You’ll only lose weight if you expend more calories than you eat on a daily basis over a long enough period of time. Tea can easily fit into a diet that produces weight loss results, but if you … Continued
TL;DR. You may be eating ‘healthy’, exercising and thinking that you’re doing everything right but unless you’re in a ‘calorie deficit’ (expending more calories than you take in) over a long period of time, you won’t lose weight. WHAT DOES … Continued
TLDR; Stravation Mode is real, but not in the way most people think of it. As most (good) dieticians will tell you, there is a grain of truth to the ‘Starvation Mode’ theory which theorizes that if you start dieting, … Continued
WHAT IS A CALORIE DEFICIT? A calorie deficit is a state where you’re taking in fewer calories than you burn, over a given period of time. So, if on a given day you burned 3000 calories, but only ate 2000 … Continued
You’ve probably been told by Karen from accounts that you ‘need’ to do 10,000 steps a day to lose weight. This is wrong. There is no ‘magic’ amount of steps per day that will result in weight loss. Weight loss … Continued
In September 2020, the UK government announced it would be rolling out a free soup and shake diet for people in certain towns and cities suffering from Type 2 Diabetes. This is largely motivated by the covid-19 pandemic, because overweight … Continued
Another day, another fad diet. But is OMAD really a fad or could it genuinely help you lose weight more quickly, and in a more sustainable way than other diets you tried before? Very possibly. Let’s take a closer look. … Continued
What Is Calorie Balance? Calorie balance is the difference between the number of calories you eat and the number of calories you burn over a given time period. A positive calorie balance (eating more calories than you burn) will result … Continued
There is no objective definition of a ‘cheat day’, but for the purposes of this post, I’m going to assume that most people treat it as a specific day in which the meal(s) eaten might have a significantly higher calorie … Continued