Simplest Way To Lose Weight

[pierinifitness]

On June 2nd, I returned to an average daily calories deficit of 500 calories to drop some weight that I "mysteriously" added since retiring last October 1st. 500 calories daily deficit calculates to 1 lb. a week.

I'm almost four weeks into this "science experiment" and my morning BW is averaging 4-5 lbs. less.

Even though I thought I looked better slightly heavier, I could tell the difference when doing my pull-ups and burpees workouts. I've got some Summer 2021 performance goals so getting close to where I was BW-wise one year ago is where I'm headed.

Wife said when I was lighter that while my body looked like a much younger person, I had the face look of a 70-year old man. I'll take ithe wrinkled prune face if it improves my burpees performance.

[mr potatohead]

Jun 27, 2021 1:39:03 GMT pierinifitness said:

.... On June 2nd, I returned to an average daily calories deficit of 500 calories to drop some weight that I "mysteriously" added since retiring last October 1st. 500 calories daily deficit calculates to 1 lb. a week. .....

It's not actually straight up math that subtracting 3500 calories (which is the average calories to burn off 1# of fat/muscle) per week will drop one pound, but it's a ballpark.

This is why we track gross calories, I know, but it's the net calories that determine the effect. Net calorie count can be nearly the same as gross calorie count, but manipulating protein and carb gross calorie quantities can, in effect, significantly lower net calories because protein requires about 35% more calories to digest than carbs.

Establishing current gross calorie maintenance level, lowering gross carb calories while raising gross protein calories in equal numbers will result in automatic reduction of net calories and body weight/fat reduction.

Fat gross calories are what they are in the gross calorie equation.