Comments on: Daily Links: Exercise and Eating Edition http://www.getfitslowly.com/2009/02/27/daily-links-exercise-and-eating-edition/ Physical Fitness That Makes Sense Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:10:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Greg http://www.getfitslowly.com/2009/02/27/daily-links-exercise-and-eating-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-4578 Greg Sat, 28 Feb 2009 00:49:53 +0000 http://www.getfitslowly.com/?p=472#comment-4578 Spot on! The math behind weight loss is quite simple. It's the psychology that is so hard... Spot on! The math behind weight loss is quite simple. It’s the psychology that is so hard…

]]> By: David at Animal-Kingdom-Workouts http://www.getfitslowly.com/2009/02/27/daily-links-exercise-and-eating-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-4577 David at Animal-Kingdom-Workouts Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:50:11 +0000 http://www.getfitslowly.com/?p=472#comment-4577 I agree with Liz above. If you want to lose weight, eat less, eat healthier food, and exercise. If you eat crap (and we all do, from time to time), just try to eat less of it. I think this will work for everyone. It worked for me! - Dave I agree with Liz above. If you want to lose weight, eat less, eat healthier food, and exercise. If you eat crap (and we all do, from time to time), just try to eat less of it. I think this will work for everyone. It worked for me!

- Dave

]]> By: Liz http://www.getfitslowly.com/2009/02/27/daily-links-exercise-and-eating-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-4576 Liz Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:22:04 +0000 http://www.getfitslowly.com/?p=472#comment-4576 So I was very excited about the first article - the one that says your diet doesn't matter. And then I started reading comments by people who actually read the study (I, of course, just read the newspaper article - bad idea!) and they made the point that while the goal consumption of protein, fat and carbs of each diet were (sort of) different, in reality the diets ended up being very similar. Here is a breakdown: Goals: Cal/Prot/Fat % low fat/av prot: 65/15/20 low fat/high prot 55/25/20 low carb/av prot 45/15/40 low carb/high prot 35/25/40 2-year actual cal/prot/fat % low fat/av prot: 53/20/27 low fat/high prot: 51/21/28 low carb/av prot: 49/20/33 low carb/high prot: 43/21/35 So it turns out that in what people actually ate, there was very little difference, thus making the study more inconclusive - at least for me. Plus, other commenters noted that the participants only retained an average loss of 9 pounds over two years - which they said was not very inspiring for those trying to lose wait. Many said, "would it be worth the effort?" I just wanted to make sure that all sides were represented! I'm still fairly staunch in my belief of moderation, a calorie is a calorie is a calorie and just plain old staying away from junk food. So I was very excited about the first article – the one that says your diet doesn’t matter. And then I started reading comments by people who actually read the study (I, of course, just read the newspaper article – bad idea!) and they made the point that while the goal consumption of protein, fat and carbs of each diet were (sort of) different, in reality the diets ended up being very similar. Here is a breakdown:

Goals: Cal/Prot/Fat %

low fat/av prot: 65/15/20

low fat/high prot 55/25/20

low carb/av prot 45/15/40

low carb/high prot 35/25/40

2-year actual cal/prot/fat %

low fat/av prot: 53/20/27

low fat/high prot: 51/21/28

low carb/av prot: 49/20/33

low carb/high prot: 43/21/35

So it turns out that in what people actually ate, there was very little difference, thus making the study more inconclusive – at least for me.

Plus, other commenters noted that the participants only retained an average loss of 9 pounds over two years – which they said was not very inspiring for those trying to lose wait. Many said, “would it be worth the effort?”

I just wanted to make sure that all sides were represented! I’m still fairly staunch in my belief of moderation, a calorie is a calorie is a calorie and just plain old staying away from junk food.

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