Simplest approach to weight loss?

[davester]

The people here who have the simple formulas are correct. Don't buy into that BS that people have different metabolisms. It is just not true unless you consider how much fat or muscle they carry. To keep tissue alive, it takes the exact same amount of energy (=calories) per kilogram for everyone. It takes very few calories to keep fatty tissue alive. It takes a lot of calories to keep muscle tissue alive. If you do strenuous workouts, enough to create a higher proportion of muscle tissue, then it will be easier to reduce weight by reducing your calorie intake. This is because the resting metabolism for that muscle tissue demands a lot of calories, even if you're not doing anything. If you have a lot of fatty tissue, then reducing your calorie intake will be less effective. So, the key is...1) vigorous muscle building exercise; 2) reduce calorie intake (it helps to get on a plan like weightwatchers for peer support on this). Any other system won't work. It's a simple little equation. The reason that nobody gets it is that most people don't want to face the fact that they have to do strenuous exercise to get in shape.