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Single Step Debugger6-Feb-23 5:46
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Jeremy Falcon6-Feb-23 6:51
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Not sure if the doctor gave y'all a plan, but it's worth mentioning that the honest MDs will tell you they're not nutritionists. And if you speak to a nutritionist, the honest ones will tell you they're not athletes (well some sure, but you get the idea). That is to say, you may or may not be getting the full picture from a single visit to just one person.

Not sure if you know all this stuff, if so... oops... then it'll be for someone else... but remember calories is a concept of the mind to approximate. They mean a lot less than you think. Your body's information system is chemicals and hormones. Calories is something we cooked up to sound smart. Don't take my word for it... according to traditional "science" it's about 3k calories per pound. So if you at 100 less caries per day and did nothing else... you'd think in 30 days you'd lose a pound. Nope. Never works that way. Ask anyone on a failed diet (ignoring water weight, etc. issues for the sake of simplicity here).

In short. it's hormones. Period. When you eat is just as important as how much you eat and what you eat. And the number one hormone being out of whack to cause weight gain is insulin. There are others like cortisol, but bare with me.

What is all this getting to? In short, calorie restriction can work but it's a mind-made concept that's an approximation of something you body has no concept of. It's just to make us feel good by pretending we understand something about the body we don't.

Focus on your meal timing and what's in the food first and foremost. Also, trigger new hormones with exercise. Yes, portion sizes too, but you can eat 20 bowls of cucumbers 5 chicken breasts a day and still lose weight - hormones.
Jeremy Falcon


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