tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833628955058077617.post3203088550054538596..comments2024-02-20T16:22:10.042-05:00Comments on Tuit Nutrition: "Calories Out" -- A RantAmy B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08471580967464668110noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833628955058077617.post-55059233697177653112020-12-30T05:58:16.232-05:002020-12-30T05:58:16.232-05:00I already knew CICO to be highly questionable. The...I already knew CICO to be highly questionable. The concept going from CICO to CICU (calories Used) is a good nuance I picked up from your blog. Though even CI is a bit harsh. True, nobody puts a gun against my head forcing me to eat, yet feeling week in, week out, month in, month out, internally starved will make you (over?)eat. That's being human. Somehow thin people (with automatic free of charge satiation) expect fat people (difficult hormonal satiation) to use magical powers to subdue natural impulses forever. Unfair, mean, but day to day reality.Jaap Ameszhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17493365513424795239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833628955058077617.post-24028497354800211912017-08-27T21:39:08.089-04:002017-08-27T21:39:08.089-04:00Thanks for the comment. I can only roll my eyes if...Thanks for the comment. I can only roll my eyes if someone thinks I might be able to slink into a size 2 dress if only I would tap my foot or drum my fingers a bit more. It's downright insulting.Tuit Nutritionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708859914305178756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833628955058077617.post-55646280842303646632017-08-27T13:25:56.588-04:002017-08-27T13:25:56.588-04:00Hm. Re: RMR. I have a very high RMR, about 20% ove...Hm. Re: RMR. I have a very high RMR, about 20% over predicted as measured. That may be partly because I lift heavy weights at least 3 times a week, and have a lot of muscle mass, but I think it's also genetic. However, I still have a tough time losing weight! Why? Well, because my appetite keeps up with my burn rate. So what if my RMR is 1750 instead of the 1500 it's "supposed" to be; I'm just 250 calories hungrier. It still takes discipline for me to lose fat. And I can gain weight just like anyone else if I'm not careful, especially during the winter months, when I'm particularly hungry and more sedentary. <br /><br />I think it's also important to note that having a higher than predicted RMR doesn't mean I'm naturally skinny. I hover in the mid-high range of "normal" BMI (though it's worth noting I'm leaner than average because of my lean mass). If I try to suppress my weight to low-normal or underweight, I've seen my RMR decrease quite a bit. I'm scientifically-minded, so I actually have gotten it tested several times; it's been fascinating to watch my body compensate for deviations from what seem to be its ideal levels of muscle and fat.<br /><br />Anyway. Love love love your impatience with the 'fidget away the calories' thing. I always hated that. So idiotic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833628955058077617.post-29039881139236072382016-05-29T20:59:15.918-04:002016-05-29T20:59:15.918-04:00Thanks for reading! :) Yes -- veterinarians (the...Thanks for reading! :) Yes -- veterinarians (the smart ones, anyway) know all about this. When you bring a sick cat or dog to the vet, the first thing they ask is, "What are you feeding it?" When has a medical doctor ever asked a human patient that question when they come in with a long list of complaints & ailments? :-/Amy B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08471580967464668110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833628955058077617.post-8748248662562201802016-05-28T23:27:41.456-04:002016-05-28T23:27:41.456-04:00Amy, I recently attended a talk given by a zoo nut...Amy, I recently attended a talk given by a zoo nutritionist for the Smithsonian. At one point, he talked about the bane of a zoo nutritionist's existence: orangutans. Apparently, they are infamous for being impossiblely difficult to keep at a healthy weight. You reduce their caloric intake, and their metabolism's compensate. You reduce it further, and they compensate further. Meanwhile, they continue to gain fat. It was only when they started giving them a caloric excess that they began to shed fat. The theory is that when they are eating a surplus, their bodies relax, saying, "oh, there's clearly plenty of food around if you can find enough to keep stuffing your face, I guess I don't need to keep all this fat around."<br /><br />Perhaps this is an avenue of thought worth exploring in human terms?<br /><br />P.S. Keep doing what you're doing; this may be my favorite health blog. Really great stuff.Keirannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833628955058077617.post-65056636638733863172016-05-28T01:50:54.065-04:002016-05-28T01:50:54.065-04:00Holy moly...I just read your post from 2/2106 (ea...Holy moly...I just read your post from 2/2106 (eat less, move more doesn't work.) LOVE the graphic showing additive vs. constrained. It showed in one fell swoop what it took me a zillion words to say. The reduction in "calories out" through some *other* means in the face of increased deliberate physical activity. (And your post did, too -- much more succinctly than I did.) I really need to learn to let my "internal editor" cut out the extraneous stuff in my writing. But I also kinda like the conversational tone I have when I ramble. ;-)<br /><br />(As for where I am, I'm in Northern VA, right near DC. But I do think I'll probably go to AHS this year!)Tuit Nutritionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708859914305178756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833628955058077617.post-5269115892398355012016-05-28T01:24:46.954-04:002016-05-28T01:24:46.954-04:00I have a PhD and am painfully aware of this. Grit ...I have a PhD and am painfully aware of this. Grit (Carol Dweck) was lacking from my work so I could not reach the top and was one of those writing garbage in, garbage out.<br />NooraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833628955058077617.post-40891576000025309112016-05-27T23:10:57.380-04:002016-05-27T23:10:57.380-04:00We're in beautiful Boulder, Colorado. We'r...We're in beautiful Boulder, Colorado. We're just across the street from the University, so if you're coming out for AHS, be sure to stop by! <br /><br />Where are you? My weightlifting coach knows just about everyone, he could recommend a local gym for you to learn the basic lifts.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05467141547260758232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833628955058077617.post-91080491411150129252016-05-27T21:17:34.459-04:002016-05-27T21:17:34.459-04:00I haven't read it yet, but I'll try to get...I haven't read it yet, but I'll try to get to it soon.<br />It's been said over and over AND OVER again, though: physical activity (in all its various forms, not just "working out") is great for overall wellness, mobility, strength, etc., but it's a piss-poor way to lose body fat.Tuit Nutritionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708859914305178756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833628955058077617.post-62622551553309028032016-05-27T21:16:07.077-04:002016-05-27T21:16:07.077-04:00Honestly, I think those are just the "lucky&q...Honestly, I think those are just the "lucky" ones. The people who can eat whatever they want, remain mostly sedentary, and be lean. They're "the people we love to hate." And yes, some of them will remain *healthy* throughout their lives, but many of them won't. Just because they don't accumulate a lot of body fat doesn't mean they're *healthy.* And it might not catch up to them until their 50s or 60s, but it does usually catch up. (Or really, I just tell myself that to make myself feel better!)<br /> Looks can be deceiving. http://www.tuitnutrition.com/2015/10/its-the-insulin-6.htmlTuit Nutritionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708859914305178756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833628955058077617.post-22122218310777425602016-05-27T21:08:26.942-04:002016-05-27T21:08:26.942-04:00Where's your gym, Mike? Sounds like my kind of...Where's your gym, Mike? Sounds like my kind of place. I work out regularly (including a mix of cardio & lifting), plus lots of walking outdoors, but I know I don't challenge myself as much as I should with lifting, and it's why I don't look a whole lot different from a few years ago. I'm getting stronger, because I can lift more, but I don't *look* a whole lot different. I would like someone to teach me correct form on some of the "real" lifts (DL, squat, etc). I don't do them, because I don't really know how, and they look like the kind of thing you could actually damage yourself pretty badly with if you do them incorrectly. (Maybe not with light weight, but once you start going heavier...) The "progression" part is what I tend to neglect until I notice that my lifts have become easy and I can do far more reps than I "should" be able to. I need to change things up more often and keep my muscles adapting & adjusting. I'm a creature of habit and tend to stick with my comfort zone, but that's been holding me back in *many* aspects of my life, not just working out. :PTuit Nutritionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708859914305178756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833628955058077617.post-20440332145709646302016-05-27T21:02:39.691-04:002016-05-27T21:02:39.691-04:00HECK YES! I've read Adele Hite's work for ...HECK YES! I've read Adele Hite's work for years. SHe's fantastic, and she has me beat by a mile in sass & snark. :DTuit Nutritionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708859914305178756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833628955058077617.post-46010576551257447742016-05-27T21:01:55.007-04:002016-05-27T21:01:55.007-04:00Yes. I've noticed the same thing: *very* simil...Yes. I've noticed the same thing: *very* similar papers on the same topics, by the same author(s), published a year or two apart in different journals, but basically not saying anything new. "Publish or perish," as they say, even if that means publishing the same thing over and over again, with a couple of words here and there switched around. Honestly, "peer-reviewed" medical literature is a joke.Tuit Nutritionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708859914305178756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833628955058077617.post-55218862962501080312016-05-27T21:00:15.112-04:002016-05-27T21:00:15.112-04:00Yes, I have trouble with the details sometimes, my...Yes, I have trouble with the details sometimes, myself. ;-) I'm definitely not perfect, but there's far worse out there in the blogging world!Tuit Nutritionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708859914305178756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833628955058077617.post-61921254132999341422016-05-27T11:49:19.422-04:002016-05-27T11:49:19.422-04:00If you like Zoe, you may also like the following:
...If you like Zoe, you may also like the following:<br /><br />https://eathropology.com/<br /><br />She writes with a lot of humor. ctviggenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06768434099612988952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833628955058077617.post-76895323350774355382016-05-27T09:32:11.399-04:002016-05-27T09:32:11.399-04:00oops, did I include the link to the article? It&#...oops, did I include the link to the article? It's here:<br />http://www.vox.com/2016/4/28/11518804/weight-loss-exercise-myth-burn-caloriesWendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10115761289088772657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833628955058077617.post-39408581562879938072016-05-27T09:31:35.763-04:002016-05-27T09:31:35.763-04:00Great article, as usual. And have you seen this r...Great article, as usual. And have you seen this recent Vox article, which mentions many things we in the LCHF community already know but also a new concept I had never heard, which is that daily calorie burn may have an upper limit (point 8 in this article)? The article also mentions that the Hazda, though physically active all day, have about the same daily calorie burn as sedentary Americans. Interesting points here, though I agree with the main premise too that exercise is an incredibly powerful wellness tool, so we should all do some, to the extent we can, and ideally it's something we enjoy, which would also then add that crucial "Vitamin J" to our lives. Thanks for your blogging, Amy! Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10115761289088772657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833628955058077617.post-36346007404776109942016-05-26T23:29:31.139-04:002016-05-26T23:29:31.139-04:00And he even left a comment! (Which is a rarity, I ...And he even left a comment! (Which is a rarity, I know.) Thanks! And yes - to get the same benefit from exercise, we need to change things up from time to time in order to keep throwing our bodies some curveballs so that we *don't* become too efficient. (Or so I've heard.)Tuit Nutritionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708859914305178756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833628955058077617.post-68353850082697469802016-05-26T21:30:27.275-04:002016-05-26T21:30:27.275-04:00Amy, of course the physics teacher still reads you...Amy, of course the physics teacher still reads your blog! And regarding efficiency, you said it well: work done relative to energy expended. As one of those people who is fairly efficient (aka not effortlessly lean), I have always taken solace in the fact that when the zombie apocalypse comes, I won't have to hunt or gather as much food as those effortless lean folks, leaving me more time to train or rest for battle. <br /><br />I have always liked Dan John's bit about how when it comes to fat loss, we want INefficient exercise: if you get increasingly efficient at something like running, you don't get as much energy utilized per unit of time (a whole other way of looking at efficiency, but not the technical physics perspective--this one is more related to power).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14894522862078736553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833628955058077617.post-7409250660109819852016-05-26T13:34:17.569-04:002016-05-26T13:34:17.569-04:00It all doesn't have to be movement. Thought ex...It all doesn't have to be movement. Thought experiment time: If you ate 2500 calories/day and didn't move, didn't store it, only burned it in cellular chemical reactions you'd radiate 121 watts - that is you'd feel as warm as a bright light bulb. Work you do in movement is so small, that you really can partition the energy you eat into storage (fat) or into heat (body temperature). If your metabolism ramps up so that you burn an extra hundred calories in a day rather than store them then all you need to do is radiate an extra 5 watts of heat. Some people just burn hotter than others - it's not all movement and fidgeting.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05467141547260758232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833628955058077617.post-62932363712993538802016-05-26T13:25:43.651-04:002016-05-26T13:25:43.651-04:00It's hard to find a good gym. I think I have ...It's hard to find a good gym. I think I have a great gym, but it's really hard to distinguish myself from the noise and broscience out there. I will tell you something that most gym owners and personal trainers won't: you don't need any fancy programming. For regular-Joe-hoping-to-get/keep-in-shape, some simple strength work with a few sprints here and there are great. Even for general random athlete, you can get pretty far without fancy programs. If anyone tells you they have the magic program that will make you awesome, they're trying to sell you something. <br /><br />You can't just be random and do only fun stuff, and you do need to make sure you're progressing on your strength work, but that's much easier than any other internet trainer out there says it is. You can even follow along for our daily workouts free, our programming is strength-based for a regular person (that is, not trying to peak anyone for a competition) - http://www.barbellstrategy.com<br /><br />The real benefit of going to a good gym is learning how to move correctly and do the lifts right - and that's usually what makes it so expensive because you need 1-1 / small group time with someone. In fact, as an introvert myself, I always find the small group class better because you don't have the forced 1-1 interaction with someone, you can fade into the background yet still get instruction on how to do things right.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05467141547260758232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833628955058077617.post-82307329071379894482016-05-26T11:54:06.110-04:002016-05-26T11:54:06.110-04:00Hey Lisa totally agree with you about the blame ga...Hey Lisa totally agree with you about the blame game, however this is where the blame should really be pointed at.<br /><br />http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/155715760/0/freetheanimal~How-Food-Enrichment-Promotes-Obesity-The-Theory-of-Everything-Wider-and-Deeper.htmlAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13941669563511994620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833628955058077617.post-80666871310970932082016-05-26T10:48:56.831-04:002016-05-26T10:48:56.831-04:00Amy, this is excellent!! Thank you for writing thi...Amy, this is excellent!! Thank you for writing this. I do have a question, though. For those people fortunate enough to utilize more energy, i.e., if their "hypothalamus is firing on all cylinders," causing them to want to move around more is the explanation for them being naturally leaner, then how would you explain people who eat all they want, are STILL lean, AND are inclined to be calm/still, or even sedentary?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06314148303830701216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833628955058077617.post-63863300989518811192016-05-26T10:39:34.045-04:002016-05-26T10:39:34.045-04:00I love your blog (and rants!). So maybe we (as in...I love your blog (and rants!). So maybe we (as in the people that find this stuff interesting) should try changing the narrative and the methods that haven't worked? <br /><br />If eating less and moving more isn't sustainable, maybe a well formulated resistance training program is something we should try. Maybe that means working with someone that knows how to design training programs (because lots of us (myself included) try to the "do it yourself" route which often only gets us so far). <br /><br />The body adapts to the resistance training program the way it adapted to the steady state cardio. The better coaches know how to design programs that fluctuate intensity and volume with a planned progression model, and couple that with a nutrition strategy that compliments the training program. I think a lot of us don't know what a progression model is, let alone knowing the optimal version of one for each of us.<br /><br />The elite coaches (who also employ coaches for themselves), know how to cycle through phases until the law of diminishing returns sets in. But by that point, they have accumulated enough experience to maintain themselves with relative ease. That's why I'm planning on finally biting the bullet and working with a coach (which us introverts tend to not feel comfortable with). I think a lot of us have a trepidation with the idea of paying someone to be our personal coach. <br /><br />The next question becomes who can we trust in this coaching process that isn't going to rip us off and give us bad advice? Again, I love your writing and keep it up.Claudionoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4833628955058077617.post-2930321715557641272016-05-26T10:37:06.429-04:002016-05-26T10:37:06.429-04:00"Part of this comes from me being an English ..."Part of this comes from me being an English major and language nerd".<br /><br />Great article, but I thought you'd enjoy the irony where that sentence itself has a grammatical error. The gerund requires you say "my being", not "me being" (as it's effectively the "being" of you, just as as the "doughnut of you" would be "my doughnut" and not "me doughnut" :-)<br /><br />Also, you write "amount of calories" when, of course, you mean "number of calories".<br /><br />I say this as one linguapedant fan to another, and not just to add to the Snark Mountain :-)nmailerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12963693466128413848noreply@blogger.com