Just said on the telly that Derby is the fattest place in the UK
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laura4988
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They measured the metabolism of a "fat family" and how many calories they burnt of in a day and came up with the amount of calories a day that person could eat without putting weight on. The mum could eat 3200 a day.
Any less and she could lose weight.
Really. Lose weight on 3000 calories a day??
And another girl went in with weight problems and instead of discussing the benefits of a healthy diet they just prescribed her diet pills.
I could go on!
Any less and she could lose weight.
Really. Lose weight on 3000 calories a day??
And another girl went in with weight problems and instead of discussing the benefits of a healthy diet they just prescribed her diet pills.
I could go on!
WelshJojo
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laura4988 said:
It all depends on how much that lady weighed tho!
http://www.minimins.com/slimming-world-weight-loss-diary/187905-jos-journey-infinity-beyond.html
ermintrude
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Exactly - and it would still take a *long time* to lose anything at this rate - but he/she *would* lose. At the end of the day it always comes down to basic maths of calories in v calories out. If your body takes 3200 calories just to exist and you're eating 3000 calories a day it'll take about 17.5 days to lose one pound, given there are 3500 calories in a pound.
I weigh a lot and the estimate is I burn up 2800 calories a day just to exist. Someone who weighs a lot less will burn up a lot less just to exist as there is simply 'less of them' to burn up any energy. I eat about 1600-1800 calories a day so am under by about 1000 calories a day or 7000 calories a week which equates to 2lb - which is almost exactly what I do lose.
WelshJojo
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ermintrude said:
I'm the same! Except because of my running I now find I'm not eating enough-as I'm burning off between 700-800 cals each time I run
http://www.minimins.com/slimming-world-weight-loss-diary/187905-jos-journey-infinity-beyond.html
WelshJojo
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laura4988 said:
I did watch the program when it was on last time-and I understand totally where you are coming from thanks
http://www.minimins.com/slimming-world-weight-loss-diary/187905-jos-journey-infinity-beyond.html
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laura4988
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Stupid phone posted before I was finished!
I'm not saying someone who is bigger and does a lot of exercise won't lose weight on 3000 calories, I'm saying the way it was implied on the tv show any larger woman who did some house work could lose weight on 3000 calories a day. It didn't follow up it's advice with the education behind it to make people fully understand why this particular woman could eat 3000 calories and still lose weight.
I'm not saying someone who is bigger and does a lot of exercise won't lose weight on 3000 calories, I'm saying the way it was implied on the tv show any larger woman who did some house work could lose weight on 3000 calories a day. It didn't follow up it's advice with the education behind it to make people fully understand why this particular woman could eat 3000 calories and still lose weight.
elb4160
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there you go.
silly sausage
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I saw the programme when it was on a while back.
Sorry, but I think you have just contradicted yourself in these two posts. If it was seen that they measured the specific basal metabolic rate of that woman, I don't see how can it then be implied that this is the BMR for any larger woman.
Sorry, but I think you have just contradicted yourself in these two posts. If it was seen that they measured the specific basal metabolic rate of that woman, I don't see how can it then be implied that this is the BMR for any larger woman.
silly sausage
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What I mean is that they measured her personal BMR. Why bother if they are going to then broadcast that all larger ladies are the same? I didn't pick that up from the programme, that's all
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