Thoughts on this video? Maintaining weight after weight loss calories lower?

[MosToorani]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyNgvMYb7iQ

Ignore the IF part..

Curious about the first part.. Any research to back this?

Cheers,

MT

[ironwill2008]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyNgvMYb7iQ

Ignore the IF part..

Curious about the first part.. Any research to back this?

Cheers,

MT

After someone loses weight, they have to eat less calories in order to maintain that new, lower body weight.

Someone who has lost a lot of weight has very likely lost considerable muscle mass as well, causing his metabolism to slow.

People who previously were used to stuffing their pie holes with food, but now have to track every bite, now feel more 'hungry.'




Seems pretty common-sense-logical to me.

[supramax]

Nothing new.

[DutchTeamUltra]

Most people who use a loss of weight (not looking at the fitness community, because most of us track intake in a way), haven't taken the time to form new habits. You'd be amazed how many people say things such as "I can't wait to finish this diet so I can eat the way I normally do."

[MosToorani]

Maybe I misunderstood the first part of the video.

I was under the impression what he was referring to was... Someone who lost quite a bit of weight .. say from 200 lbs to 160 lbs would need less calories to maintain that 160 lbs than someone who is already at 160 lbs and maintaining that less..

Hypothetical scenario in my head is ..

Subject A, lost the weight, needs 2000 calories to maintain that weight at 160 lbs.
Subject B, maintains his current 160 lbs (haven't lost any weight) by eating 2,200 calories..

Keeping activity levels of the two subjects approximately the same.

I guess since there is no reference to activity and muscle mass... then yeah .. above scenario makes sense..

Wasn't that what the video was referring to?

Cheers,

MT

[Plateauplower]

Maybe I misunderstood the first part of the video.

I was under the impression what he was referring to was... Someone who lost quite a bit of weight .. say from 200 lbs to 160 lbs would need less calories to maintain that 160 lbs than someone who is already at 160 lbs and maintaining that less..

Hypothetical scenario in my head is ..

Subject A, lost the weight, needs 2000 calories to maintain that weight at 160 lbs.
Subject B, maintains his current 160 lbs (haven't lost any weight) by eating 2,200 calories..

Keeping activity levels of the two subjects approximately the same.

I guess since there is no reference to activity and muscle mass... then yeah .. above scenario makes sense..

Wasn't that what the video was referring to?

Cheers,

MT

Yes that is what the video is suggesting. It would be pretty hard to quantify, but I think there has been some metabolic ward testing done. Metabolism falls on a bell curve like everything else, some people have slightly slower metabolisms. That aside, food intake and activity are still the primary driving factor and a couple hundred cals/day difference in TDEE is not going to cause someone to gain 100lbs, that is them simply reverting to previous eating habits.