Beginners FAQ on Weight, Exercise, Nutrition / Diet
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posted by Agent Pugsly Wed, 2007-08-08 18:22
An Introduction
[A01]I'm Fat, I Want To Lose Weight (Weight Loss)
..[B01] Why Being Overweight Is So Dangerous
[A02]I'm Skinny, I Want To Gain Weight (Weight Gain)
[A03]Exercise
..[B03] On: Bullshit
..[C03] On: Bullshit for Women
..[D03] On: List of all the Exercises
[A04] Nutrition
..[B04] Why Severe Calorie Restriction (Low Calorie Diets) Is Unhealthy
[A05]Body Composition Q&A
..[B05] I Want Abs
..[C05] I Want To Lose Fat In/Around <Insert Body Area/Part> (Spot Reduction)
..[D05] Turning Fat Into Muscle
..[E05] TONED DOES NOT MEAN WHAT YOU THINK IT MEANS
[A06]Supplements And You
[A01]I'm Fat, I Want To Lose Weight (Weight Loss)
..[B01] Why Being Overweight Is So Dangerous
[A02]I'm Skinny, I Want To Gain Weight (Weight Gain)
[A03]Exercise
..[B03] On: Bullshit
..[C03] On: Bullshit for Women
..[D03] On: List of all the Exercises
[A04] Nutrition
..[B04] Why Severe Calorie Restriction (Low Calorie Diets) Is Unhealthy
[A05]Body Composition Q&A
..[B05] I Want Abs
..[C05] I Want To Lose Fat In/Around <Insert Body Area/Part> (Spot Reduction)
..[D05] Turning Fat Into Muscle
..[E05] TONED DOES NOT MEAN WHAT YOU THINK IT MEANS
[A06]Supplements And You
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[A01]I'm Fat, I Want To Lose Weight (Weight Loss)
Food determines how big you are. If you consume more calories than you expend, you will get bigger. If you consume fewer calories than you expend, you will get smaller. If you meet your maintenance needs, you will stay the same. Regardless of your metabolism, body composition, genetics, or whatever, at some point your body must obey the laws of thermodynamics. At the end of the day, everything is calories in and calories out.
You can't get big if you don't eat big. That goes for muscle, fat, whatever. You can lift huge weights 10,000 times a day, and if you don�t eat more calories than you expend, you won't gain a milligram of mass. Conversely, if you burn 10,000 calories a day and eat 11,000 calories a day you will gain weight. Exercise plays a big role in what that extra weight becomes (fat or muscle), but the weight comes from food.
More on food in the nutrition section [A05].