What do you think?

Been counting my calories, went from 177 to 164. Just finished a McDonald's breakfast, 1370 calories. I guess I'm at my limit for the day then cause that's what I average in a whole day. Unless I eat very small snacks until bed time?

What do you suggest? Max daily is 2500 cal. for men.

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Burke17 · 61-69, M

Muscle is where glucose goes to die. Lift weights, consistently. Walk consistently. Then, learn your own stasis level of calories per day by using an impedance body fat analysis. Using online diet calculations, isn't specific to your body. Once you know your caloric stasis value, you need to undereat by only several percentage points. Strict diets that deprive calories simply aren't sustainable over time. Atkins works, but it isn't healthy, nor even close to normal, nor sustainable. It works by reducing appetite. Then, GLP1 inhibitors work great, but they have side effects, and aren't sustainable.

twiigss · M

@Burke17 so far just counting calories has been working and eating smaller meals. Plus, eating smaller meals has helped reduce my acid attacks so win win for me and just want to try and be healthier overall.

Burke17 · 61-69, M

@twiigss Caloric reduction is the only way to lose weight. The studies are numerous, and conclusive. Exercise is the only way to be healthy. Weight loss alone doesn't accomplish health. So, dial in your caloric deficit instead of merely guessing. Most diets, or caloric deficit efforts, end in failure, and a return to the original weight. This is why weight lifting is so very important. You must alter your body composition, and make long term sustainable changes in your behavior. Exercise is paramount in behavioral changes. Evan if you hate it, and most do, you absolutely must get used to doing it.

twiigss · M

@Burke17 Before I started working all the overtime I've been working, I was good on a solid 2 months 5 days a week exercising. But with all this overtime, I unfortunately got off the exercise schedule. So once I have the time to do it, I know, make the time, It's hard to do when you have only 2.5 hours roughly to do all the things you want to do. I have my goals and plans set, it's just getting back to completing them. I was at 177 before I started doing this, and for me, I've been set on the foods I eat and the amount I eat each day and for me personally, it's been working and has been successful.

Burke17 · 61-69, M

@twiigss I can do my lifting session in 22 minutes. Cardio is effective at 20 minutes. You have to want to do these things. They don't happen on their own.

twiigss · M

@Burke17 I was doing both cardio and weightlifting for 2 months straight. I got on the overtime and it severely cuts my schedule short.

I want to do those things, how my schedule is structured, I don't have enough time to.