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Originally Posted by MaDalton
i have done this before and lost like 40 lbs - now 2 years later and after a long winter with xmas food and Vegas internext i gained like 13 lbs in total again.
so i started with my calorie goal again and i have no doubt to lose that 13 lbs - and maybe more.
but i came across people who did these workout programs (and no, that weren't affiliate sites with fake testimonials) and i was really amazed how bodies can transform. and thats not something you can achieve just with a little jogging and lifting a couple of weights
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Any product that indicates people are losing or that its realistic to lose more than 2-3 pounds a week is exaggerated or dishonest... unless the subject is morbidly obese.
1 pound of fat = 3500 calories
your daily caloric intake = ~2000-2500 calories
losing 1 pound of fat per week means a daily deficit of ~500 calories. Not difficult.
losing 3 pounds of fat per week means a daily deficit of 1500. Doable, but difficult and most likely "weight loss" is going to be 30-50% lean muscle mass being lost.
losing 5 pounds of body fat per week??? means a daily deficit of 2500 calories. Unless you are in a prison camp, or morbidly obese, not very likely.
You are giving to much credit to a "thing", fake testimonials, tricks of photography and ignoring the fundamentals of human physiology. Dramatic weight loss AND muscle gain DO NOT happen at the same time. Dramatic fat loss causes dramatic lean muscle mass loss. That is not subject to argument. That's a simple fact of human physiology. Bodybuilders don't do cardio. Thats why.
Don't buy into fads, hype and bs. Bodybuilders aren't looking for "fun new exercises" to develop their bodies because there are none. Everyone is doing squats, bench press, curls etc. You have a finite number of muscles. They all serve to either stabilize, push or pull. Every "magic weight loss workout" relies on the same principles... just as every "magic weight loss diet..." relies on the principle of eating fewer calories than you burn.
And I hate to say this, but you are 100% wrong, nothing is going to be more effective for a male when it comes to weight loss and overall health (on many levels) than "a little jogging and lifting a couple of weights".
