Thankyou James, for the wise words i don't have to formulate myself when i talk to people about the food management topic=) i just show them your videos and thats it=) Great content, man! thanks so much for your work.
It's a good trick. As a fat 'powerbuilder' who is currently losing weight, about 1kg a week unless on diet break week (in which case I still seem to lose 0.5kg lol)... it's about cheat items, not cheat meals. Got a bottle of Kofola to drink, was supposed to be last weekend but I still have it. Gf & I gonna have some gin & OJ tonight, but the dinner will be clean. We might have pizza tomorrow, though it will be from an Italian not fn Dominos 😂 If being in a deficit means less than 2000 calories then I think it can be quite hard, but truth is 2800-3000 is a deficit for many guys watching this channel and it's not that hard.
Hey Tabby, What a load of crap, are you running out of ideas, always trying to show off instead of just producing good content, just get on with it, you are becoming a boring Aussie.
Yeah basically, It's just about balancing a healthy lifestyle socially and a good relationship with food without being too obsessive with calories at every meal time
Who cares about social life bro tf that has to do with making gains and achieving whatever goals lol😂. Y'all need to get off the internet and realise people are worthless.@@Skaterstee
Love it, I’ve had people literally stand there and argue with me that counting calories is stupid, then explain that they struggle with losing weight….when I don’t………
Started counting calories 2 months ago. It's allowed me to realise how much food I actually eat, and think about how I can do things differently to lose weight without feeling miserable. I still get takeaways, I still eat junk food, I just eat less of them. Yesterday I felt like eating snacks after lunch. When dinner time came around, a normal meal would've been way too many calories on top of the snacks I'd already eaten, so I just decided to eat 2 yoghurts and a chocolate bar for dinner. 600 fewer calories than what I was going to eat, and I still went to bed without feeling hungry. I didn't feel like I'd missed out on proper food. I chose to eat the snacks, and as a result didn't need a full meal for dinner. I'm down 8kg in 10 weeks. I don't feel like I've missed out on enjoying food, my diet has barely changed, I just stopped eating full meals if I'm not actually hungry and don't need the calories.
@@samjoshi1812 It's sustainable for me. After a lifetime of being obese and multiple failed attempts to lose weight, this is what's finally working for me and I'm completely happy with it. I'm not starving myself. I'm not cutting out foods I crave or really enjoy. I'm not lacking nutrients. And it's certainly more healthy than staying obese. Down 8kg, still about 20kg to go. I'm the healthiest I've been in years.
@@samjoshi1812That makes no sense? "doesn't sound as healthy as eating more calories from healthier full meals" What does this mean? Counting and tracking everything doesn't make it unhealthy at all unless the person suffers from it mentally.
Congrats, awesome progress! Would you have any recommendations or opinion on best way of tracking/recording calories? Is there a specific App you get on or something?
@@brandonlee7382 i have gotten to that level with months of tracking but most people are definitely not able to do that and will vastly under estimate
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you need to at least do aproximation. What I do is to round it up (so it I think something is like 270 I will count as 300) while always gettin all the protein.
I look my best at 87kg - but i feel my best at 90kg. So i just stay on 90kg. If im on 87kg i feel hungry all day and its annoying. My body works its best on 90kg. Im not overweight but being lean or that certain amount of body % my body doesnt like or perform its best on it.
I started tracking recently and have actually found it liberating not restrictive. I've discovered that my diet had basically been all over the place before, eating too little some days and way too much on others. I'm eating much more consistently now and am able to eat treat foods without feeling bad about it, and then just adjust other days accordingly. In this minefield of a food climate that we live in today I think tracking is a very useful tool to navigating it.
Dude. I have to say, I absolutely LOVE your videos. There's no pointless waffle. You get straight to the point. You simplify complex concepts. You're genuinely engaging and funny without trying too hard. I'm a fan.
Buy some physical gold and silver like a real man 👨. The only store of wealth that inflation won't eat away. It's not an investment it just protects what you have.
I wear a glucose monitor because I'm type 1 diabetic. I would say that a lot of people would find it interesting and possibly helpful to see how what they put in their mouths affects their body in real time.
In retrospect I think this is also a lot of the reason why many ordinary people “inexplicably” gain weight in the first place (ie not super morbidly obese folks, but ordinary people who are overweight and don’t really know why). For most of the week, they’re eating at or close to maintenance, so they think they’re being good and healthy and not overeating, and they’re not lying, but then they go out on weekends and overeat because they feel like their diet is otherwise good so they’ve “earned” it. Lo and behold from their weekend antics they’re eating enough to put on about a pound a week.
Type 1 diabetic here. If you’re the sort of person considering getting a CGM please save yourself the money. You may have convinced yourself that the numbers on the screen mean something to you - but they don’t.
@@MultiGames4Youthey’re getting a little more accurate over time but yes they’re certainly not incredibly accurate. They don’t even test the actual blood, as such there is a delay between what the meter is saying and what your blood sugar actually is. That said they’re still of course extremely useful for those with diabetes , but outside of that cohort I see little to no use. I have seen a lot of nonsense interpretations of what the numbers mean coming from non-diabetics wearing CGMs.
I used a CGM for a while (type 2 with brittle blood sugars) I actually went hypoglycemic in the middle of the night. I passed out and it didn’t go off until my husband was trying to wake me up. They are okay but we are taught to check with a finger stick anyway. Mine was showing 100 and when I checked after passing out it was 42.
@@julesvlogs2222 that sucks. They can fail the other way as well, which is less problematic health wise , but can still be quite annoying. I’ve often been woken up in the middle of the night by an alarm but when checking with a finger stick I’m well within range. That said , overall they have immensely helped me manage my diabetes.
I did use a CGM for a bit one thing it did help with is understand what my bloodsugar was doing and when. Really allowed me to Dial in on with insulin. Still using the same numbers years after with great results
Your fat loss videos changed my life. I’ve lost 6-7 kg in 5 weeks without experiencing diet fatigue or additional stress. I still have 7-8 kg left to lose, but using the right method and seeing the big picture gives me the confidence that the battle is already won. Now, it's just a matter of time until I achieve my goal. The image of the money on the table, the barbell weights representing TDEE, and the whiteboard from the video about Beard Meats Food (making up during the week for the damage done during the weekend) will forever be ingrained in my mind. Big thanks for everything-your videos have made a world of difference in my journey!
It's not obsessive, it's necessary if you want to guarantee weight loss without becoming ravenously hungry and sluggish (undereating and crashing) or actually not even hitting deficit (overeating while thinking you didn't eat that much)
This is the cold and unfiltered Truth about weightloss, most people don't want to hear. With this exact method i managed to lose 25kg in 3 years. (in addition to working out 3-5times per week) For context, i had about 123kg in the middle of the pandemic, now i can maintain a stable 2 digit weight.
Ok so alot of these influences say that meeting the needs of the journey quicker means it will come back quicker....how do we like not make that happen.....slowly increase to the new maintenance for the new bodyweight at end of diet 🤔 like up 50 or 100 every couple weeks till we there or lol
I started counting calories in December, to gain some weight since I'd had trouble putting on any muscle. I gained about 2.5kg. I'd never tracked before so it was quite shocking how I was eating before. Right now I'm in a cut so 2300 down to 1600 calories and it's quite interesting of a change. At first I was super hungry but eventually figured out I should just eat smaller meals with some low calorie snacks between. Basically I just reduced how much I have with each meal, and like you said, if I want ice cream in the evening I have to plan my whole day. I used to think I was good at "intuitive eating" but I was definitely not. At this point I'd definitely recommend macro tracking. It's not as difficult as I'd always imagined.
i counted calories 10 years ago when i had to loose 32kg, which i did in 1 year. now i can just eyeball food and guesstimate calories, i rarely look at the back of the foods to check calories i just know now, which is pretty neat, but it was a hell back then to track calories manually and by doing it i just learned pretty much how much is in which food, makes it easier if u know that 1 gram of food in carbs/protein is 4kcal and 1gram of food in fat is 9kcal
I have started understanding the simplicity of calories budgeting last week, it's unbelievable how something this simple Is neglected by the majority of the population (me included for 30 years)
For me if i have a cheat day and go wayyyy over… next day i just go about my usual diet and it sorts itself out in a day or two. Sometimes over stressing it can cause more problems. Just get back to how u train with lots of water and just look forward to another cheat day when u feel u need one 👊🏻👍🏻
HOW TO TRACK CALORIE INTAKE WHEN YOUR 'CHEAT MEAL' IS A RESTAURANT MEAL? This feel like the biggest problem I have, which this video doesn't cover. Most people don't dine out at chain restaurants (especially in Spain) and calories per meal are not listed on any menu. Thoughts?
I wore a cgm because of a slightly up a1c and a family risk of diabetes. It sent me into this spiral of neuroses that ultimas caused me weight gain because I was getting low sugars during the nighttime (because the nutritionist I was seeing had me understating severely). Drop the nutritionist. Drop the CGM. LOST weight and gained great insight and knowledge to toss all cgms unless diabetic. 😂
I've got the complete opposite problem man. I have no idea what's wrong with me. When I was a teenager I lifted weights everyday for 4 years and ate easily 5000-8000 calories a day, I'm 5 6 and at my peak I weighed 150 lbs. I've fallen off over the years since there and got complacent and lazy, I now weigh 128 lbs and I can't seem to put weight on while eating around 3500 calories daily with some mild calisthenics exercises. 100 squats, 100 pushups, 100 situps and 5 mins of planking. Any advice James or comment section?
If I have a whole dominos pizza on one day I likely will eat nothing else that day so the 2300 calories is actually only 300 over a 2000 calorie maintenance. This isnt even smart planning I just cannot physically eat more after that im so full. I just try to have my cheat meals for lunch so that I end up not eating dinner naturally. I already dont eat breakfast because I just dont like to. One dominos pizza OMAD😂
That pizza wont ruin your week of dieting... that not how math works lol for example i have 2500 burned passively a day, 1700 deficit would mean 800 saved per day for a total of 5600 calories burned through the week, eating 2300 calories one day or even 3000 calories one day will only mean the calories burned for the week are 5000 or 4300, still losing over a lb per week with that deficit...
Im having around 1600 calories a day atm... My first week i lost 5 kg My second week is almost over... With eating out with the gf twice im on track to loose 1kg this week. (i do 10,000-18,000 steps per day) (i work out for 1-2 hours 4 times a week also)
OK but im still not sure if 4000 calories over you maintenance level equals to 450 gr of body weight...Let me explane. I track all my calories, Not true apps/ watches but true a long process of trial and errors. I know that during a training day on a summer day i have a maintenance of 2950 on a cloudy day 2800 on a working day 3200 on Sundays 2700 ( if i just poke my nose all day )..and so on (years of OCD obviously )..So ive decided to add a cheat day.. i mean a movie night with my kids... chips and chocolate..Im tracking each calorie even on that day..all was fine till i noticed im loosing weight?!! Why? I mean for example i know on my last cheat day i added 4050 calories so now if i want to maintain i have to forget my breakfast and lunch for a few days ( i eat the same thing for years so its easy)...not an issue till i go on the scale and i see that im loosing more weight?..You will say ..its also water that you lost ...nah..its stays like this..Its my 4th time this month and im already -1 kg..So am i missing something? ( Im calculated even the termic effect and the additional energy expenditure on a daily basis and still -1kg is not fitting in the picture) The only question is if 4000 is always 450gr ...im baffled and can't find any straight answer. (Yes, i know i sound like a lunatic)
I somehow enjoyed the "starvation" I fasted 6 Days of the Week eating OMAD - ground beef, eggs mixed with bacon (aimed for 140g of protein and fats) and it was just a one day that I "enjoyed" garbage processed shit, time went on and I stopped craving sugar and that type of food completly while feeling the best, stopped smoking and drinking coffee btw, I treated that OMAD like a price only if I did my work done and after workout, this helped me fix my sleep schedule, because after workout I had a that one meal which sent me to bed an hour later getting 8-9 hours of sleep, woke up at 5 am ready to take over the world - where the fuck did I get the energy from to actually live? no idea, it just works.
I find that my basic calorie burn goes up if I have a cheat day once or twice a week. This will sound weird but if I stay at 1500 calories per day straight I lose less fat than if I do 1500 for 5 or 6 days and 2500 for one or two days. Your body will adjust if you stay in a restricted state consistently. I have done multi-day fasts and by day 3 I get really cold, because my body lowers its calorie burn to adjust to it. I think the same thing happens with a continued low calorie diet. I am 53 and around 12% body fat. Doesn't mean you have 4000 calories for two days, but bumping up occasionally will increase your basal metabolism.
Habibi - you can't do a 13M21S video and not add in chapters - including one titled "conclusion" or the like. You know how many of these Takis and dips I can go through in that amount of time? A LOT.
James, I need your help!!!! Some guy I work with decided to start #75hard. Now all he talks about! “ live hard!” It’s 75 fucking days! Plz look into it for us!
Love ur dog and ur sense of humour , from a fellow Brit I’ve got a serious world changing, important must be answered questions for u James , ready? Why do Americans not pronounce the h when they’re saying herbs? They don’t say appy, ello, appy or I do they
I always approach it very simple. If I know I'm going to have a cheat meal tomorrow, maybe I'm eating out with friends for example, I will lower my calories the day before and after the cheat and on the day I cheat, I only eat low calorie protein foods with some fruit and vegetables to cut my calories really low.
I do it even simpler. Don't count calories. Jus eat everything within a 4h window, lunch, dinner, snacks, all in. Occasionally have OMAD once a week. Stick to healthy whole foods as much as u can.
@@therodian96 his eyes are fine, you literally wrote that on the day you cheat, you eat low calorie protein foods with some fruit and vegetables. if that's actually what you meant, it's not a cheat day, it's a refeed.
“No one that’s overweight has died of starvation…” Thank you for that. That’s gonna be my mantra now when I’m fasting and start getting hungry 😂 Seriously, thank you ❤
Usually if i plan for a big ol large dominos pizza or something of the sort, I make it the only meal I eat that day, eaten some time 1-3 hours before bedtime. I fast for most the day then enjoy an earned treat at the end. If it so happens that the cheat slightly exceeded my maintenance kcal for thew day, I just subtract the excess from the following day, which usually isnt a challenge since I'm sick as hell from the pig-out the day before lmao
As long as you're in an overall deficit, you're fine. If you take in so many calories that it cancels out your deficit, you fucked up that week. Move on, don't beat yourself up, regroup and do better.
The moment I got serious about reducing alcohol was the moment I realised a standard night out drinking beer was over 3000 calories. What's the point of eating well all week if I'm just going to undo it all with one night out?
I agree with everything you’ve just said, other than a large Dominoes running your diet … yes, it’s 500kcal over your “savings” that week, but it’s also one of your meals, which is probably 800+ calories. So really, you’d still be in a deficit.
A few drinks and a McDonald’s yeah that can easily ruin work that you’ve done because it’s so easy to go over your maintenance calories with McDonald’s combined with booze.
I consumed a monster 7500 calorie monstrosity the other day I just reeled the calories back in Over the next 3 days or so. Day after fast and then another 2 days of restriction calories. I don’t do these monstrosities often as it just isn’t worth it to have to spent 2-3 days getting back to the average maintenance
I can confirm the answer is no. Dropped 17 lbs from 12st 7 to 11st 4 in 3 months and i binge eat and drink on a Saturday. Not healthy but it hasnt stopped the cut!
Recently found what works for me, i have breakfast at sub 300 calories, lunch and dinner are between 350 and 500 calories, hartleys 10cal jelly for pudding to satisfy my sweet tooth (these are actually between 4 and 7 calories) i dont feel hungry, if i fancy a treat like a chocolate bar. Im still well in a calorie deficet. I also go to the gym 6 out of 9 days (thats my work week) nearly 3 stone down and feeling healthier and more energectic than ever
Nice one James! In order to stretch out the calories and to avoid stealing from yourself with ad hoc snacks, I also adopt the 'Big Hole - Little Hole' tactic; nothing goes into the big hole at the top of the alimentary canal (i.e. your mouth) until something has emerged from the small hole. Also known as the 'Nightclub Bouncer' tactic (one out, one in).
For me at least, maintaining a calorie deficit uses the same willpower as trying to save up. Doing one is fine, both together, and I'm struggling to stay on track.
Yeah but you’re assuming that the day you have your cheat meal, you still eat your 1500 or 1700 calories. If you’re gonna have the cheat meal, try make it your only meal of the day or have a small other meal
i think it’s absolutely disgusting for all these people to keep on taking resources from diabetics. from glucose omintors to ozempic i think it’s genuinely disgusting and wish the worst on these people
Isn’t funny the world reacts to a magpie being taken away from its staffy family and you kill an innocent bird and no one comments wtf. We as humans are disgusting we need to care for our animals in all ways . So better !!!!
The analogy is fine, undertstandable, but at the end of the video you never restricted the calories in the visual presentation (never held and money back).
Cant you just eat one slice of toast or one potato or some shit to drop below maintenance, rather than trying to count calories. Or if you are at maintenance, walk an extra 1000 steps a day. Or both.
Honestly i just keep my calories really tight on the week, roughly 2k im 190com 102 kilos, i did try and starve myself had guilty and whatever, as long as i know im not doing a big cheat day or whatever continously i eat whatever
What i find difficult is sticking to a calory deficit and excercising for gains.. im cycling 10hrs a week and lifting once a week. I fuel well during workouts and try to restrict calories when off the bike however sometimes the body just urges me to eat, find it hard getting down another 5-10kg. Bodys quite happy around 100KG (6'5 195cm). maybe around 16% body fat.
Sometimes it's just not worth worrying about if you're not gaining weight or anything. I do understand wanting to be slimmer though but i just try and not be too greedy and i work out all the time. I could be like 5-10lbs slimmer with calorie deficit but i just don't care anymore and it's fine
This is definitely a question a lot of us ask. I know from experience that for me, fat loss was most effective when it was 7 days a week, hardcore, consistent. Was it sustainable? No. Did I binge and rebound? Yes. Finding something sustainable as James is saying is the key.
I was the bird in this video. I am fine.
See you in court James
I specialize in Bird Law, I’d love to take you on as a client pro-bono!
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Hahha ffs
I know a guy, he speaks a little bit of pigeon. Name is Charlie Kelly.
😂😂😂legend
Thought James was flexing big time, but then remembered the exchange rate for 14,000 Australian ding-dong-dollaroonies is about £3GBP.
“Ding-dong-dollaroonies” 😅😅
Dollarydoos
Thankyou James, for the wise words i don't have to formulate myself when i talk to people about the food management topic=) i just show them your videos and thats it=)
Great content, man! thanks so much for your work.
That's the best example of saying it like it is I've ever come across. Superb 😂👍
Recommend eating high fiber foods, too. Feeing full will stop you from getting those mad cravings. At the very least, it will make them manageable.
It's a good trick.
As a fat 'powerbuilder' who is currently losing weight, about 1kg a week unless on diet break week (in which case I still seem to lose 0.5kg lol)... it's about cheat items, not cheat meals. Got a bottle of Kofola to drink, was supposed to be last weekend but I still have it. Gf & I gonna have some gin & OJ tonight, but the dinner will be clean. We might have pizza tomorrow, though it will be from an Italian not fn Dominos 😂
If being in a deficit means less than 2000 calories then I think it can be quite hard, but truth is 2800-3000 is a deficit for many guys watching this channel and it's not that hard.
Cheat meal? No it’s almost impossible, cheat day? 9 times out of 10 it’ll ruin up to 2 weeks of progress
Rip that bird, gone but never forgotten 🕊️
It’s everyone’s responsibility to speak out against oppression and gen oh cide 🫠
Especially yt people (coming from a white person 🤓)
Hey Tabby, What a load of crap, are you running out of ideas, always trying to show off instead of just producing good content, just get on with it, you are becoming a boring Aussie.
I will lose weight for that bird for my wedding thats in 6 months.
Hope it wasn’t a bin chicken.
So to conclude, it’s about your total weekly calorie intake, not your single meals.
Yeah basically, It's just about balancing a healthy lifestyle socially and a good relationship with food without being too obsessive with calories at every meal time
needed you on the end of the video really
Who cares about social life bro tf that has to do with making gains and achieving whatever goals lol😂.
Y'all need to get off the internet and realise people are worthless.@@Skaterstee
@@fazer12779 average daily intake matters most. Could be across a week, a month, or a year.
I appreciate you keeping the term "bell end" alive. It's important work.
And very British 😂
Is that what he was saying, haha. I was trying to figure it out. Thank you! 😂
appreciate the sympathy towards us type 1 diabetics, its rare hearing someone who actually understands the difference between a hypo and a hyper
Ya at least he's not like the movies, "o no his blood sugar is low he needs insulin straight away" 💀💀💀😂😂
@@TommyEvans100 exactly! 😂
Love it, I’ve had people literally stand there and argue with me that counting calories is stupid, then explain that they struggle with losing weight….when I don’t………
Diahorrea of a CEO is hilarious 😂
Started counting calories 2 months ago.
It's allowed me to realise how much food I actually eat, and think about how I can do things differently to lose weight without feeling miserable.
I still get takeaways, I still eat junk food, I just eat less of them.
Yesterday I felt like eating snacks after lunch.
When dinner time came around, a normal meal would've been way too many calories on top of the snacks I'd already eaten, so I just decided to eat 2 yoghurts and a chocolate bar for dinner. 600 fewer calories than what I was going to eat, and I still went to bed without feeling hungry.
I didn't feel like I'd missed out on proper food. I chose to eat the snacks, and as a result didn't need a full meal for dinner.
I'm down 8kg in 10 weeks. I don't feel like I've missed out on enjoying food, my diet has barely changed, I just stopped eating full meals if I'm not actually hungry and don't need the calories.
I mean doesn't sound as healthy as eating more calories from healthier full meals but if it works for you then fair play
@@samjoshi1812 It's sustainable for me.
After a lifetime of being obese and multiple failed attempts to lose weight, this is what's finally working for me and I'm completely happy with it.
I'm not starving myself. I'm not cutting out foods I crave or really enjoy. I'm not lacking nutrients.
And it's certainly more healthy than staying obese.
Down 8kg, still about 20kg to go. I'm the healthiest I've been in years.
@@samjoshi1812That makes no sense? "doesn't sound as healthy as eating more calories from healthier full meals"
What does this mean? Counting and tracking everything doesn't make it unhealthy at all unless the person suffers from it mentally.
@IssaMeZane he is exactly what is wrong with people sticking their noses in other people's lives l. Total bro science 😂
Congrats, awesome progress!
Would you have any recommendations or opinion on best way of tracking/recording calories? Is there a specific App you get on or something?
"no one thats overweight has died of starvation" might be the best thing ever said when it comes to weightloss
Anyone who has ever said you don’t need to track calories to me is not in good shape
True, I count calories in my head. I look at food and know roundabout how much calories are in it.
@@brandonlee7382 i have gotten to that level with months of tracking but most people are definitely not able to do that and will vastly under estimate
you need to at least do aproximation. What I do is to round it up (so it I think something is like 270 I will count as 300) while always gettin all the protein.
round up calories, round down protein for sure.
I feel like you can track calories without it having to write it down. You should know how much ground meat it takes for a burger patty or chicken etc
I look my best at 87kg - but i feel my best at 90kg. So i just stay on 90kg. If im on 87kg i feel hungry all day and its annoying.
My body works its best on 90kg. Im not overweight but being lean or that certain amount of body % my body doesnt like or perform its best on it.
I started tracking recently and have actually found it liberating not restrictive. I've discovered that my diet had basically been all over the place before, eating too little some days and way too much on others. I'm eating much more consistently now and am able to eat treat foods without feeling bad about it, and then just adjust other days accordingly.
In this minefield of a food climate that we live in today I think tracking is a very useful tool to navigating it.
I'm the same, I feel less guilty eating treats when I track because I know I've got the calories to spare and it's never as bad as I think anyway
Dude. I have to say, I absolutely LOVE your videos. There's no pointless waffle. You get straight to the point. You simplify complex concepts. You're genuinely engaging and funny without trying too hard. I'm a fan.
"You just need a Crypto card" LOL - you mean the thing that takes your Crypto and exchanges it for dollars that you can actually use?
Changed my life 7 years ago when I first came across your channel.
Just straight up common sense
Which is why so many people struggle to lose weight. They don't have common sense.
As a Type 1 Diabetic for 14 years.. I loved hearing what you had to say 😂 made me laugh but it was very true & spot on! Cheers dude 🤙🏻😝
Buy some physical gold and silver like a real man 👨. The only store of wealth that inflation won't eat away. It's not an investment it just protects what you have.
A Sainsbury's pizza is 750-800kcal. You can still eat pizza if you don't buy Dominos.
I wear a glucose monitor because I'm type 1 diabetic. I would say that a lot of people would find it interesting and possibly helpful to see how what they put in their mouths affects their body in real time.
In retrospect I think this is also a lot of the reason why many ordinary people “inexplicably” gain weight in the first place (ie not super morbidly obese folks, but ordinary people who are overweight and don’t really know why). For most of the week, they’re eating at or close to maintenance, so they think they’re being good and healthy and not overeating, and they’re not lying, but then they go out on weekends and overeat because they feel like their diet is otherwise good so they’ve “earned” it. Lo and behold from their weekend antics they’re eating enough to put on about a pound a week.
Bro your ears are so screwed - literally the reason I wont start doing BJJ - that looks rough
Type 1 diabetic here. If you’re the sort of person considering getting a CGM please save yourself the money. You may have convinced yourself that the numbers on the screen mean something to you - but they don’t.
Funny thing is sometimes they are not even close to the actual blood sugar.
@@MultiGames4Youthey’re getting a little more accurate over time but yes they’re certainly not incredibly accurate. They don’t even test the actual blood, as such there is a delay between what the meter is saying and what your blood sugar actually is.
That said they’re still of course extremely useful for those with diabetes , but outside of that cohort I see little to no use. I have seen a lot of nonsense interpretations of what the numbers mean coming from non-diabetics wearing CGMs.
I used a CGM for a while (type 2 with brittle blood sugars) I actually went hypoglycemic in the middle of the night. I passed out and it didn’t go off until my husband was trying to wake me up. They are okay but we are taught to check with a finger stick anyway. Mine was showing 100 and when I checked after passing out it was 42.
@@julesvlogs2222 that sucks. They can fail the other way as well, which is less problematic health wise , but can still be quite annoying. I’ve often been woken up in the middle of the night by an alarm but when checking with a finger stick I’m well within range.
That said , overall they have immensely helped me manage my diabetes.
I did use a CGM for a bit one thing it did help with is understand what my bloodsugar was doing and when. Really allowed me to
Dial in on with insulin. Still using the same numbers years after with great results
Your fat loss videos changed my life. I’ve lost 6-7 kg in 5 weeks without experiencing diet fatigue or additional stress. I still have 7-8 kg left to lose, but using the right method and seeing the big picture gives me the confidence that the battle is already won. Now, it's just a matter of time until I achieve my goal. The image of the money on the table, the barbell weights representing TDEE, and the whiteboard from the video about Beard Meats Food (making up during the week for the damage done during the weekend) will forever be ingrained in my mind.
Big thanks for everything-your videos have made a world of difference in my journey!
It's not obsessive, it's necessary if you want to guarantee weight loss without becoming ravenously hungry and sluggish (undereating and crashing) or actually not even hitting deficit (overeating while thinking you didn't eat that much)
This is the cold and unfiltered Truth about weightloss, most people don't want to hear. With this exact method i managed to lose 25kg in 3 years. (in addition to working out 3-5times per week)
For context, i had about 123kg in the middle of the pandemic, now i can maintain a stable 2 digit weight.
99kg?
@ekroizm even if 99kg's, it is a real change when you can lose weight whenever you decide to do so.
@@ekroizm 97-99kg
@@cybermantis Thats very heavy lol
@@a.c.slater573what a silly thing to say lol. You have no idea of there height or fitness.
Why did the bird cross the road ….
We will never know because James hit him
Ok so alot of these influences say that meeting the needs of the journey quicker means it will come back quicker....how do we like not make that happen.....slowly increase to the new maintenance for the new bodyweight at end of diet 🤔 like up 50 or 100 every couple weeks till we there or lol
I started counting calories in December, to gain some weight since I'd had trouble putting on any muscle. I gained about 2.5kg. I'd never tracked before so it was quite shocking how I was eating before. Right now I'm in a cut so 2300 down to 1600 calories and it's quite interesting of a change. At first I was super hungry but eventually figured out I should just eat smaller meals with some low calorie snacks between. Basically I just reduced how much I have with each meal, and like you said, if I want ice cream in the evening I have to plan my whole day.
I used to think I was good at "intuitive eating" but I was definitely not. At this point I'd definitely recommend macro tracking. It's not as difficult as I'd always imagined.
Wish he could make the same faces he did during his Q&A on Instagram taking about “meal replacement” from Huel 😂😂
Calorie intake should fluctuate from day today like Crypto. Keep suprising your body ^^
i counted calories 10 years ago when i had to loose 32kg, which i did in 1 year. now i can just eyeball food and guesstimate calories, i rarely look at the back of the foods to check calories i just know now, which is pretty neat, but it was a hell back then to track calories manually and by doing it i just learned pretty much how much is in which food, makes it easier if u know that 1 gram of food in carbs/protein is 4kcal and 1gram of food in fat is 9kcal
I have started understanding the simplicity of calories budgeting last week, it's unbelievable how something this simple Is neglected by the majority of the population (me included for 30 years)
When can we get Neutonic here in Aus? I ain’t paying $100 for shipping bro
Marcos Alonso: 0:03
For me if i have a cheat day and go wayyyy over… next day i just go about my usual diet and it sorts itself out in a day or two. Sometimes over stressing it can cause more problems. Just get back to how u train with lots of water and just look forward to another cheat day when u feel u need one 👊🏻👍🏻
"try having kids"
I detest that excuse. Imagine resenting and blaming your own children for your lack of self-control.
HOW TO TRACK CALORIE INTAKE WHEN YOUR 'CHEAT MEAL' IS A RESTAURANT MEAL? This feel like the biggest problem I have, which this video doesn't cover. Most people don't dine out at chain restaurants (especially in Spain) and calories per meal are not listed on any menu. Thoughts?
Brother, I’m sure you’re comfy, but your head’s proximity to the steering wheel worries me.
I wore a cgm because of a slightly up a1c and a family risk of diabetes. It sent me into this spiral of neuroses that ultimas caused me weight gain because I was getting low sugars during the nighttime (because the nutritionist I was seeing had me understating severely). Drop the nutritionist. Drop the CGM. LOST weight and gained great insight and knowledge to toss all cgms unless diabetic. 😂
I've got the complete opposite problem man. I have no idea what's wrong with me. When I was a teenager I lifted weights everyday for 4 years and ate easily 5000-8000 calories a day, I'm 5 6 and at my peak I weighed 150 lbs. I've fallen off over the years since there and got complacent and lazy, I now weigh 128 lbs and I can't seem to put weight on while eating around 3500 calories daily with some mild calisthenics exercises. 100 squats, 100 pushups, 100 situps and 5 mins of planking. Any advice James or comment section?
If I have a whole dominos pizza on one day I likely will eat nothing else that day so the 2300 calories is actually only 300 over a 2000 calorie maintenance. This isnt even smart planning I just cannot physically eat more after that im so full. I just try to have my cheat meals for lunch so that I end up not eating dinner naturally. I already dont eat breakfast because I just dont like to. One dominos pizza OMAD😂
That pizza wont ruin your week of dieting... that not how math works lol for example i have 2500 burned passively a day, 1700 deficit would mean 800 saved per day for a total of 5600 calories burned through the week, eating 2300 calories one day or even 3000 calories one day will only mean the calories burned for the week are 5000 or 4300, still losing over a lb per week with that deficit...
Im having around 1600 calories a day atm... My first week i lost 5 kg
My second week is almost over...
With eating out with the gf twice im on track to loose 1kg this week.
(i do 10,000-18,000 steps per day)
(i work out for 1-2 hours 4 times a week also)
OK but im still not sure if 4000 calories over you maintenance level equals to 450 gr of body weight...Let me explane. I track all my calories, Not true apps/ watches but true a long process of trial and errors. I know that during a training day on a summer day i have a maintenance of 2950 on a cloudy day 2800 on a working day 3200 on Sundays 2700 ( if i just poke my nose all day )..and so on (years of OCD obviously )..So ive decided to add a cheat day.. i mean a movie night with my kids... chips and chocolate..Im tracking each calorie even on that day..all was fine till i noticed im loosing weight?!! Why? I mean for example i know on my last cheat day i added 4050 calories so now if i want to maintain i have to forget my breakfast and lunch for a few days ( i eat the same thing for years so its easy)...not an issue till i go on the scale and i see that im loosing more weight?..You will say ..its also water that you lost ...nah..its stays like this..Its my 4th time this month and im already -1 kg..So am i missing something? ( Im calculated even the termic effect and the additional energy expenditure on a daily basis and still -1kg is not fitting in the picture) The only question is if 4000 is always 450gr ...im baffled and can't find any straight answer. (Yes, i know i sound like a lunatic)
I somehow enjoyed the "starvation" I fasted 6 Days of the Week eating OMAD - ground beef, eggs mixed with bacon (aimed for 140g of protein and fats) and it was just a one day that I "enjoyed" garbage processed shit, time went on and I stopped craving sugar and that type of food completly while feeling the best, stopped smoking and drinking coffee btw, I treated that OMAD like a price only if I did my work done and after workout, this helped me fix my sleep schedule, because after workout I had a that one meal which sent me to bed an hour later getting 8-9 hours of sleep, woke up at 5 am ready to take over the world - where the fuck did I get the energy from to actually live? no idea, it just works.
I find that my basic calorie burn goes up if I have a cheat day once or twice a week. This will sound weird but if I stay at 1500 calories per day straight I lose less fat than if I do 1500 for 5 or 6 days and 2500 for one or two days. Your body will adjust if you stay in a restricted state consistently. I have done multi-day fasts and by day 3 I get really cold, because my body lowers its calorie burn to adjust to it. I think the same thing happens with a continued low calorie diet. I am 53 and around 12% body fat. Doesn't mean you have 4000 calories for two days, but bumping up occasionally will increase your basal metabolism.
A 2000kcal pizza would only wipe out your gains if you ate it in addition to everything else you would have eaten that day, which seems unlikely.
Habibi - you can't do a 13M21S video and not add in chapters - including one titled "conclusion" or the like. You know how many of these Takis and dips I can go through in that amount of time? A LOT.
James, I need your help!!!!
Some guy I work with decided to start #75hard. Now all he talks about! “ live hard!” It’s 75 fucking days! Plz look into it for us!
and what if i walk 10k steps everyday, should i add these calories burned to my calorie defificit?
Love ur dog and ur sense of humour , from a fellow Brit I’ve got a serious world changing, important must be answered questions for u James , ready? Why do Americans not pronounce the h when they’re saying herbs? They don’t say appy, ello, appy or I do they
I always approach it very simple. If I know I'm going to have a cheat meal tomorrow, maybe I'm eating out with friends for example, I will lower my calories the day before and after the cheat and on the day I cheat, I only eat low calorie protein foods with some fruit and vegetables to cut my calories really low.
simple but effective
So on the day you cheat you don't actually cheat? Lol wut
@@_Amit_Sunil everything alright with your vision mate?
I do it even simpler. Don't count calories. Jus eat everything within a 4h window, lunch, dinner, snacks, all in. Occasionally have OMAD once a week. Stick to healthy whole foods as much as u can.
@@therodian96 his eyes are fine, you literally wrote that on the day you cheat, you eat low calorie protein foods with some fruit and vegetables. if that's actually what you meant, it's not a cheat day, it's a refeed.
I actually don't mind one meal a day, since I prefer big meals. So one 1500 calorie meal while my maintenance is 2689 is quite easy.
“No one that’s overweight has died of starvation…”
Thank you for that. That’s gonna be my mantra now when I’m fasting and start getting hungry 😂 Seriously, thank you ❤
Usually if i plan for a big ol large dominos pizza or something of the sort, I make it the only meal I eat that day, eaten some time 1-3 hours before bedtime. I fast for most the day then enjoy an earned treat at the end. If it so happens that the cheat slightly exceeded my maintenance kcal for thew day, I just subtract the excess from the following day, which usually isnt a challenge since I'm sick as hell from the pig-out the day before lmao
Love all your videos man. Could you do one for us skinny guys looking to gain weight? So much conflicting info online
As long as you're in an overall deficit, you're fine. If you take in so many calories that it cancels out your deficit, you fucked up that week. Move on, don't beat yourself up, regroup and do better.
The moment I got serious about reducing alcohol was the moment I realised a standard night out drinking beer was over 3000 calories. What's the point of eating well all week if I'm just going to undo it all with one night out?
I agree with everything you’ve just said, other than a large Dominoes running your diet … yes, it’s 500kcal over your “savings” that week, but it’s also one of your meals, which is probably 800+ calories. So really, you’d still be in a deficit.
This content is 🔥
A few drinks and a McDonald’s yeah that can easily ruin work that you’ve done because it’s so easy to go over your maintenance calories with McDonald’s combined with booze.
I consumed a monster 7500 calorie monstrosity the other day
I just reeled the calories back in
Over the next 3 days or so.
Day after fast and then another 2 days of restriction calories.
I don’t do these monstrosities often as it just isn’t worth it to have to spent 2-3 days getting back to the average maintenance
The only place I come to for sense about fitness, and the added comedy.
I can confirm the answer is no. Dropped 17 lbs from 12st 7 to 11st 4 in 3 months and i binge eat and drink on a Saturday. Not healthy but it hasnt stopped the cut!
Recently found what works for me, i have breakfast at sub 300 calories, lunch and dinner are between 350 and 500 calories, hartleys 10cal jelly for pudding to satisfy my sweet tooth (these are actually between 4 and 7 calories) i dont feel hungry, if i fancy a treat like a chocolate bar. Im still well in a calorie deficet. I also go to the gym 6 out of 9 days (thats my work week) nearly 3 stone down and feeling healthier and more energectic than ever
Nice one James! In order to stretch out the calories and to avoid stealing from yourself with ad hoc snacks, I also adopt the 'Big Hole - Little Hole' tactic; nothing goes into the big hole at the top of the alimentary canal (i.e. your mouth) until something has emerged from the small hole. Also known as the 'Nightclub Bouncer' tactic (one out, one in).
For me at least, maintaining a calorie deficit uses the same willpower as trying to save up. Doing one is fine, both together, and I'm struggling to stay on track.
Yeah but you’re assuming that the day you have your cheat meal, you still eat your 1500 or 1700 calories. If you’re gonna have the cheat meal, try make it your only meal of the day or have a small other meal
amused that the ad that playing during this for was PIZZA (Pizza Hut not Dominoes)
i think it’s absolutely disgusting for all these people to keep on taking resources from diabetics. from glucose omintors to ozempic i think it’s genuinely disgusting and wish the worst on these people
Isn’t funny the world reacts to a magpie being taken away from its staffy family and you kill an innocent bird and no one comments wtf. We as humans are disgusting we need to care for our animals in all ways . So better !!!!
The analogy is fine, undertstandable, but at the end of the video you never restricted the calories in the visual presentation (never held and money back).
wait, are you challenging me to eat more than my whole week expenditure between Friday and Sunday, so I can't balance the rest on the week days?
Hang on.!! Maxibon.?!!! Is maxibon available in Australia.?😮
Cant you just eat one slice of toast or one potato or some shit to drop below maintenance, rather than trying to count calories. Or if you are at maintenance, walk an extra 1000 steps a day. Or both.
If you have a deficit of 500 Calories a day and on the weekend eat 2000 extra calories and drink another 1000 at the pub yeah XD
This is bs bc ive gone to cicis and eaten 5 large pizzas 10,000 calories. I didnt just gain 3 lbs in one day
I mean you can diet on beer and sausages as long as your under your daily caloric intake via deficit you won’t put on fat it’s simple thermodynamics
Honestly i just keep my calories really tight on the week, roughly 2k im 190com 102 kilos, i did try and starve myself had guilty and whatever, as long as i know im not doing a big cheat day or whatever continously i eat whatever
This entire time I thought he was playin with Pokémon cards.
Love the videos ! on a side note.. my guy looks like the British version of Dean Winchester and i will die on that hill
What i find difficult is sticking to a calory deficit and excercising for gains.. im cycling 10hrs a week and lifting once a week. I fuel well during workouts and try to restrict calories when off the bike however sometimes the body just urges me to eat, find it hard getting down another 5-10kg. Bodys quite happy around 100KG (6'5 195cm). maybe around 16% body fat.
How intense Is the cycling you are doing? I just ask because intense cardio can make hunger skyrocket and I have experienced this first hand
Sometimes it's just not worth worrying about if you're not gaining weight or anything. I do understand wanting to be slimmer though but i just try and not be too greedy and i work out all the time. I could be like 5-10lbs slimmer with calorie deficit but i just don't care anymore and it's fine
@@Yuffie777 when your climbing mountains 5kg in weight is not something you can out train.
@@sadboi88 training plan, all kinds of sessions. 80% zone 2 and 20 all else. Sprints, some races.
Brilliant post - I reckon you could probably make a living out it 😅
For me the key was to make my deficit really small, the smaller it is the less painful dieting was and the more consistent it was every day.
What is crypto for? Buying peds anonymously and at a discount of course!! 😂
I’ve lost 2 stone following your advice , cheers pal
it doesnt no, just sets you back a few days
Strangely when I don’t lose weight in a week I have a cheat meal Friday and I lose weight the next day.
6'7" on crash diet maintain 3k+ calories had 1225 calories yesterday and 186g protein having so much black coffee and sugar free zero calorie drinks
This is definitely a question a lot of us ask.
I know from experience that for me, fat loss was most effective when it was 7 days a week, hardcore, consistent. Was it sustainable? No. Did I binge and rebound? Yes.
Finding something sustainable as James is saying is the key.
Shows up for diet advice
Stays for random crypto rants
Social media really is full of bell ends
For some reason it’s easier for me to stay disciplined with the psycho miserable diet.
Crypto is a waste of mental energy, it is gambling disguised as investing.