I tried out-training my diet for 18 months

Re:I tried out-training my diet for 18 months by weinzierl on Wednesday November 25, 2020 @08:02AM (#25208751)

> There’s been a misnomer floating around the bodybuilding bro-science industry for ages:

>> 1 lb of extra muscle = 50 extra calories burned per day

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> But in reality — those 50 calories are a myth. Studies estimate muscle burns only around 4.5 to 7.0 calories per pound per day.

This was new to me, I always heard that building muscle is key to permanent weight loss and that increased metabolic rate from muscle mass is the main reason.

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Re:I tried out-training my diet for 18 months by alltakendamned on Wednesday November 25, 2020 @08:40AM (#25209079)

Maybe it is because maintaining muscle requires not being very sedentary, not the actual metabolic impact.

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Re:I tried out-training my diet for 18 months by toopok4k3 on Wednesday November 25, 2020 @08:35AM (#25209030)

Permanent weight loss is all about diet.

Use a smaller plate, order smaller portions etc. Less foods that contain a lot of fat or sugar

edit: and a big thing on how to stay on good diet is fixing behaviour, remove situations where you do bad choices on diet.

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Re:I tried out-training my diet for 18 months by ijustateacookie on Wednesday November 25, 2020 @08:31AM (#25208992)

It certainly helps, just much less than is usually promoted. (7 calories vs 50). Thanks for reading!

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