Alabama thread!

That sucks. As if they will actually build the wall 17'-8 19/32" tall. I feel your pain because I deal with that crap on a daily basis.

 

i wish we would just switch to metric already.

 

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@h.zack801 congrats on graduate school! good luck with that and more power to you man

 

Any of you guys have any idea what could be causing me to lose weight? I’ve lost 10 lbs in the last week, literally the only thing I’ve done is cut down on fried food and stopped drinking

 

I believe you answered your own question.

 

10lbs in a week from that though? Seems excessive

 

I mean, have you been pooping more often? sick at all? eating less quantity? I burn 1 lb a day with my resting rates alone, so depending on what you eat + extra physical activity you can lose a lot.

 

Been an unusually scattered schedule, and my allergies have been pretty bad too. Been taking Claritin D for the last week and that’s helped some. I walk about 12,000 steps a day around campus, maybe the other stuff just cancelled that number out?

 

I would imagine so, and with allergies you probably have less of an appetite anyways.

 

the average man at rest will burn 1500 cal a day just maintaining internal temp and normal organ function (~3300 cal= roughly 1 lb for reference) so just to maintain your body wait you basically need to eat 1800 calories with no additional physical activities in your normal day. if input<output wait is gained and visa versa... this is how things work

 

You burn 1lbs just at resting metabolic rates. Holy hell do you eat 5k calories daily to maintain weight then. If I remember correctly 1lbs of bodyweight is equivalent to like 3200 kcals

 

I haven’t been as focused on food lately as other stuff, I’d estimate my intake around 1500 some days and other days more like 2500. Maybe I can use this to get back to 169, I’m at 185 right now

 

I eat what I want. Lol. That's why I work out. I don't work out to be ripped or anything just so I can eat and drink what I want.

 

stress also make your body pack on a little extra weight, so if for some reason you had been under stress the past few months, you may have been running a little over you ideal weight, and if recently you have lowered the stressors in your life, you may started losing some of that additional weight. I would say that anytime you (you personally assuming you walk a good bit on campus) don't eat/drink more than 2000 calories in a day, you are losing weight.

 

Thinking I might use this as a jumpstart to get back in shape

 

that was also per the numbers on the little scanner machine from Complete Nutrition, so take it as you will it may or may not be accurate. I believe a pound is 3500 calories. I would say I'm probably less than that now as working out has reduced some, but I am getting out and biking more and whatnot.

If you've never had your numbers ran you'd be surprised. A relatively active fit male can burn a crap ton of calories doing nothing.

 

I average about 7,000 calories a day, but I burn a lot at work too.

 

That’s the highest number I’ve ever heard, that’s insane

 

sounds about right. If I want to lose weight I typically do about 3k-3500 calories a day with physical activity. I probably average 5k a day normally.