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Originally Posted by RawAlex
Bluewire, you are correct, however, I can tell you that what works when you are 20 doesn't work when you are 40, at least not at a level you would want it to. Your body learns over the years how to handle things like eating light and being active, and those fat stores are dense and hard.
At 40, I don't need 2500 calories a day, my body will run on 1800 calories a day without issue longterm and won't lose much weight. Even if I raise my fitness level (which is already quite good, I exercise regularly), I might get that up to 2000 or 2200.
I would have to add a fair bit of exercise and eat, well, next to nothing in order to accomplish what you suggest. Remember, 1 pound is about 3300 calories. If I net difference by 500 calories a day, I would lose one pound a week.
I went on atkins, and I shed 5 pounds the first week, eating like a totaly pig (steak, salads, certain cheeses, etc).
For more people under 30 (prime metabolic time) you could just replace all soda and juice with water, and replace big macs meals with rib steaks (hold the fries) and get the same results.
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Even if your metabolism is at 1800/day and you can get it up to 2200/day by being active....the exercise calories burned themselves could avg you out to 2600+ per day (or more if you can sweat 7 days a week).
Even if you can just create a deficit of 100 calories on avg per day (factoring that its not realistic to live your live perfect and your body tries to adapt); that is still over 10lbs of fat loss per year.
Maybe i'll eat my words when i'm 40....if i'm lucky enought to make it to 40
....But I think people who are TRULY active (truly active means that you do more than walk the dog twice a day) can stay in decent shape. Yes, obviously there will be more flab and you wont be like you were when you were 25...
But the argument that good old fasion diet and exercise stops working at 40? I'm sorry....i don't buy it.