Comments on: Bryan Caplan on How to Lose Weight http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2008/03/25/bryan-caplan-on-how-to-lose-weight/ Self-Experimentation, Scientific Method, the Shangri-La Diet, etc. Sun, 06 Jul 2008 15:47:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: jayesh http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2008/03/25/bryan-caplan-on-how-to-lose-weight/#comment-172917 Tue, 27 May 2008 19:20:54 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2008/03/25/bryan-caplan-on-how-to-lose-weight/#comment-172917 to add a wrinkle to jon's calculation: That 80K is what he cut down from his REQUIREMENT, not consumption. If he was stable at 178 Lbs, they are the same. However,m if he was gaining weight when he met Seth, he had to cut down on the excess he was consuming, PLUS the 298 calories he had to cut down. Now assuming most people are gaining weight when they seek help, he needed to cut down on much more than the 10% you calculated. to add a wrinkle to jon’s calculation: That 80K is what he cut down from his REQUIREMENT, not consumption. If he was stable at 178 Lbs, they are the same. However,m if he was gaining weight when he met Seth, he had to cut down on the excess he was consuming, PLUS the 298 calories he had to cut down. Now assuming most people are gaining weight when they seek help, he needed to cut down on much more than the 10% you calculated.

]]> by: jon http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2008/03/25/bryan-caplan-on-how-to-lose-weight/#comment-143015 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:15:22 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2008/03/25/bryan-caplan-on-how-to-lose-weight/#comment-143015 Well, from an overly simplistic mathematical standpoint, he lost 80,500 Calories worth of weight in say 270 days, or just under 298 a day. Dropping one can of coke (160 Calories) a day (maybe even more, since he says he was drinking "at least" 2 per day) puts us at 138. Assuming that the meals he stopped eating when he wasn't hungry previously were about 1500 Calories (not sure if this is reasonable, I really don't have a good idea of how many Calories cooked food has), he could drop the remember of the weight by just eating 10% less, which seems very reasonable. Well, from an overly simplistic mathematical standpoint, he lost 80,500 Calories worth of weight in say 270 days, or just under 298 a day. Dropping one can of coke (160 Calories) a day (maybe even more, since he says he was drinking “at least” 2 per day) puts us at 138.

Assuming that the meals he stopped eating when he wasn’t hungry previously were about 1500 Calories (not sure if this is reasonable, I really don’t have a good idea of how many Calories cooked food has), he could drop the remember of the weight by just eating 10% less, which seems very reasonable.

]]> by: Timothy Beneke http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2008/03/25/bryan-caplan-on-how-to-lose-weight/#comment-142990 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 17:34:58 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2008/03/25/bryan-caplan-on-how-to-lose-weight/#comment-142990 I'd be curious what else he was eating; eliminating the ditto food probably helped a lot. One thing is clear to me: it is impossible to lose weight if you eat when you are not hungry; so it is necessary to be aware of your hunger levels when you eat and not go beyond them... I’d be curious what else he was eating; eliminating the ditto food probably helped a lot. One thing is clear to me: it is impossible to lose weight if you eat when you are not hungry; so it is necessary to be aware of your hunger levels when you eat and not go beyond them…

]]> by: david http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2008/03/25/bryan-caplan-on-how-to-lose-weight/#comment-142953 Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:32:17 +0000 http://www.blog.sethroberts.net/2008/03/25/bryan-caplan-on-how-to-lose-weight/#comment-142953 I can believe that he went from 178 to 155 over 9 months doing what he described, but I suspect few people have the discipline to pull it off. I can believe that he went from 178 to 155 over 9 months doing what he described, but I suspect few people have the discipline to pull it off.

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