I'm back, fatter than before.........help!

[faithbrah]

Exercise doesn't help you lose weight. A six-pack is made only in the kitchen. Not in the gym.

exercise can help since it burns some calories, and lifting means the weight loss will be mostly fat. but yeah, exercise won't automatically make anyone lose weight. technically a six-pack is built in the gym and revealed in the kitchen. everyone has abs underneath a layer of fat, but training them probably makes them more prominent

SWEAR OFF RESTAURANTS FOR A YEAR. One fast food meal can sabotage a weeks worth of effort. Just one.

again, i'd like to point out that while "random calorie" restaurant meals aren't the best idea, fitting a mcdonalds meal (~1000 calories?) or pizza (~1600 calories?) into your macros is completely fine

[brianadelstein]

exercise can help since it burns some calories, and lifting means the weight loss will be mostly fat. but yeah, exercise won't automatically make anyone lose weight. technically a six-pack is built in the gym and revealed in the kitchen. everyone has abs underneath a layer of fat, but training them probably makes them more prominent


again, i'd like to point out that while "random calorie" restaurant meals aren't the best idea, fitting a mcdonalds meal (~1000 calories?) or pizza (~1600 calories?) into your macros is completely fine

Good intentions and thoughts aside,

I think this good man needs black and white rules right now. He doesn't have the discipline to navigate the grays. The ship is on red alert and the klingons are firing off the port bow. Black and white rules like this are flexible enough without turning into slippery slopes..they will get him back where he needs to be.