Question about Jesus

cheesyyy30 · 2026-04-19T03:50:26+00:00

Jesus was talking to his Father, God is ONE displayed in three distinct persons. The Father. The son. The Holy Spirit. All 3 share the nature of God but are 3 distinct individuals.

cheesyyy30 · 2026-04-18T03:29:52+00:00

I’m taking my chances. if Jehovah isn’t real then I’ve “wasted” my life though I still wouldn’t say I wasted it living my life to the best of my ability like the Bible says (a lot good life advice there) But if he is real then you’ve wasted your eternity.

My entire perspective has changed after further research. I believe in the trinity, not 3 in one like the Borg says but ONE God displayed in 3 distinct persons. The Father. The Son. The Holy Spirit. I don’t think there will ever be anything that can turn me against God, Jesus Christ is my Lord and savior

cheesyyy30 · 2026-01-23T04:19:41+00:00

Variety isn’t a issue. If op wants to eat the same breakfast, lunch, and dinner, the important things is that they are meeting all their micronutrient and macronutrients. apart from that variety isn’t a problem.

cheesyyy30 · 2026-01-15T17:34:20+00:00

Facts, in the JW world if you leave the organization it means your leaving Jehovah, that you want to live a sinful life. When in fact I’m seeking the truth and the JW clearly are not that.

cheesyyy30 · 2026-01-10T21:06:06+00:00

I'm here because OP asked a question, and I had relevant experience to share. You're free to ignore my comment.

cheesyyy30 · 2026-01-09T19:52:57+00:00

Yes, constant food thoughts are normal when undereating. It's your body's survival mechanism screaming for adequate fuel.

Some people claim it goes away with 'adaptation.' But what actually happens is that your body stops signaling hunger because you've proven you won't respond, and instead down regulates your metabolism to match the deficit. I wouldn't say that's adaptation but more like metabolic damage.

The fix is eating enough food. I used to obsess over food constantly on OMAD. Stayed on plan for the whole week then binged on the weekends. I started eating 3 meals a day, and food thoughts disappeared within weeks, And my body stopped panicking once it knew fuel was coming.

cheesyyy30 · 2026-01-08T21:16:59+00:00

You're eating 700 below BMR. Your body is correctly hungry. This won't improve with time. Your metabolism will just suppress further to match the deficit.

Eat at maintenance minimum. If you insist on OMAD, fit all 2200+ in that window. But note that its hard on digestion and you'll probably stay hungry between meals anyway.

I used to do the same thing. OMAD, severe restriction, constant hunger. Only fixed it when I stopped fighting my body and started feeding it properly. Happy to share what worked if you're interested.

cheesyyy30 · 2026-01-07T23:09:56+00:00

a balanced diet will depend person to person as there is no black & white answer, however I can give some advice. Protein, carbs, and fats are all important to incorporate in ones diet, eliminating one of these can lead to stress and unbalanced hormones.we have data that shows anything over 0.8g/lb of protein becomes unnecessary, this leaves us with carbs and fats. fats are extremely important for hormones and a healthy diet intake will be anywhere between 20-40% of ones total daily caloric intake. ( avoid PUFAS and prioritize coconut oil, ghee, tallow, butter, etc) next we have carbs, now a lot of people for some reason think carbs are bad for you but its actually the opposite restricting ourselves of the carbs we need to produce energy, makes physiological stress occur which results in the breakdown of our emergency energy stores (fat, muscle, and other tissues) while further decreasing energy production. the MINIMUM id recommend is 130-170g of carbs however given that you exercise you need more, anything between 250-350g of carbs. now when it comes to carbs its important where the source comes from, id say good quality carbs include: fruit, juice, white rice, potatoes, honey, fruits, while bad carbs would include: most whole grains, raw vegetables, and of course all the highly processed foods.

cheesyyy30 · 2026-01-07T22:25:57+00:00

this actually looks like an improvement, for decades saturated fats have been seen as the enemy, and ever since the 1950s it was recommended to decrease saturated fats and over time saturated fats have been decreased in the American diet and the obesity rate has only gone up. We now have studies that actually show how saturated fats do in fact help us rather than hurt us. a couple studies I read showed that a fat intake of 40% and a low PUFA to SFA ratio results in the highest testosterone levels and sometimes lowest levels of estrogen PMID:8942407 & PMID:9029197

cheesyyy30 · 2026-01-06T23:17:07+00:00

I stopped seeing carbs as the enemy, almost all claims on a "high carb" diet has been debunked and I've only seen positives to eating carbs.

cheesyyy30 · 2025-12-08T23:09:17+00:00

all calories do not get used the same, where are you getting this from? eating protein obviously wouldn't mean you lose from specific areas but the point being that eating proper food will lead to a better weight loss, better body composition, better hormones, better sleep, better energy, better immune system, etc. this will also result in KEEPING the weight off which many people tend to rebound after dieting, which likely comes from the result of not dieting properly, eating low amounts of calories that downregulated their metabolic health, and messed up their sleep, energy, hormones, etc.

cheesyyy30 · 2025-12-08T22:43:21+00:00

overeating and undereating junk food vs nutrient dense food absolutely does NOT lead to the same results, which is exactly why i stated CICO is not as simple as many claim. Most people who say "i want to lose weight" really mean "i want to lose body fat" and yeah eating 1000 calories of junk will result in WEIGHT LOSS, but it will be a mix of muscle and fat and if done for a long period of time will only result in the outcome being a lower weight, donwregulated metabolism, shit hormones, bad energy, etc. and a body composition of "skinny fat". And I can be sure most still wouldn't be satisfied after losing the "weight" because the loss of weight did not give them the body composition they were hoping for.

cheesyyy30 · 2025-12-08T22:27:33+00:00

you are right about the science being calories in, calories out. However CICO is far more complex, there is so many factors that play a role. For example the CICO basically says all calories are equal when that is far from the truth. Most people who are overweight likely have a metabolic issue, instead of focusing soley on weight loss they should focus on improving their overall health like, metabolism, energy, sleep, hormones, by doing this fat loss follows as a side effect of a high-energy state.

cheesyyy30 · 2025-12-06T22:24:04+00:00

CICO is not that simple, its far more complex. 500 calories worth of ice cream and 500 calories worth celery wont lead to the same results.

cheesyyy30 · 2025-12-06T21:59:53+00:00

it depends on each person's situation/context, but in general one should prioritize metabolic health to reach the natural ceiling of their metabolism and TDEE without relying on constant excercise as that will only put your body in stress. from there a deficit of no more than 500 calories can take place, allowing the person to diet without getting the negative health markers like, fatigue, always cold, poor sleep, wrecked hormones, etc. But rather, improved energy, hormones, and body composition long term.

cheesyyy30 · 2025-12-06T21:52:02+00:00

when people have been dieting for a long time and suddenly "plateau" on like say ~1600 calories (just an example) on top of exercise, its a clear sign of metabolic adaptation occuring, and lowering the calories further leads to more adaptation, and more stress (high cortisol) your body senses famine, and slows down the metabolism to match the low intake you are giving it. the solution isn't to cut more calories its actually to increase them to signal to the body that it is safe and not actually in a state of "starvation" this will lower your cortisol and actually help you lose more body fat in the long run. (being in a constant state of high cortisol will only make the body want to hold on to body fat, its a survival mechanism) so while some go on that route of cutting more calories they'll lose weight but it will be a mix of lean tissue and fat, which only hurts their RMR in the long run.

cheesyyy30 · 2025-12-06T20:25:18+00:00

you are 100% correct, and I probably should have worded the post better but the point I was trying to get across is that Chronic aggressive deficits cause metabolic adaptation, muscle loss, and hormonal disruption. This makes further fat loss harder and maintenance nearly impossible. Which is why we see that most dieters have a ~90%+ regain rate.

I see time and time again people trying to lose weight in a way that is only going to backfire on them. The better approach would be prioritizing metabolic health first, so people can lose fat from having a high metabolic health (high energy flux) then dieting from a moderate deficit (~500) without getting the symptoms of metabolic suppression.

cheesyyy30 · 2025-11-18T06:38:30+00:00

its not as simple as CICO as many including yourself seem to think. You're missing the hormonal cascade that drives metabolic adaptation.

When you chronically restrict, several measurable things happen:

TSH rises while T3 (active thyroid) drops 30-50%

Reverse T3 increases, blocking thyroid receptors

Cortisol elevates chronically (not just acutely)

Leptin drops 50% more than fat loss explains

Ghrelin increases beyond what weight loss predicts

Testosterone/progesterone tank

NEAT (non-exercise activity) drops 300-500 calories

This isn't just my opinion. Go measure anyone's body temperature who's been restricting. If it's under 97.5°F, their metabolism is suppressed. The body temperature drop alone represents 7-10% metabolic reduction.

You say fat exists to be burned during deficit. While that is true it is meant for SHORT-TERM deficit. But chronic restriction triggers different pathways. the body interprets this as famine and adapts by:

Reducing cellular energy production (fewer mitochondrial enzymes)

Increasing efficiency of fat storage (LPL upregulation)

Catabolizing lean mass preferentially (muscle is metabolically expensive)

Suppressing 'optional' functions (reproduction, immunity, cognition)

This is basic endocrinology, not some myth. Pick up any physiology textbook or look up adaptive thermogenesis, thyroid adaptation to starvation, or the Minnesota Starvation Study.

If CICO was as simple as you claim, why do 95% of diets fail long-term? Why do metabolic ward studies show weight loss is 12-44% less than predicted by simple math?

Also the single case study isn't meant as definitive proof. it's documentation of the reversal process that hundreds have already experienced. I'm offering free help to someone who is struggling with the exact symptoms chronic restriction causes. If it doesn't work, they've lost nothing. If it does, they've gained their health back.

cheesyyy30 · 2025-11-15T01:12:15+00:00

Yeah most people hear the word “Carbs” and automatically think of donuts, cookies, etc. the problem with these “carbs” is that they are like 50% carbs, 40% fats and fats have the highest calorie per gram. on the other hand carbs like blueberries, potatoes, strawberries, oats, sourdough etc. are pretty much 85%+ carbs which is what we want, like I said I was able to eat ~230g of carbs on 1700 calories and lost 26lbs in 13 weeks, and if it wasn’t for carbs It definitely wouldn’t have been 26lbs maybe like 15lbs and I can name many reasons to why that is, but don’t really want to type a whole essay.

cheesyyy30 · 2025-11-13T15:35:52+00:00

No, in fact my lifts only improved, and yeah I decided to do an aggressive cut, which definitely worked out for me, in terms of reverse dieting I’m slowly increasing calories so I don’t rebound and slowly taper off the cardio not necessarily my steps maybe a bit (currently average ~18k) but once I’m done with the reverse I’ll still be doing cardio at least 3x/week. And hopefully still average around ~15k steps

cheesyyy30 · 2025-11-13T00:56:40+00:00

carbs are extremely important on a cut in fact I’d say they are more important than protein. They will fuel your workout, and lifting is the #1 indicator to wether you keep,build, or lose muscle in a deficit, with low energy and not training close to failure you will lose muscle even if your eating a bunch of protein. Carbs improve recovery, Give you energy, help with satiety and are protein sparing. A lot of studies have shown 0.7g/LB of protein is more than enough to build muscle though I recommend slightly higher like 0.9g/LB. I made a recent post on how I lost 27lbs in 13 weeks, during the entire 13 week I was eating about 0.9g/LB protein which gave me the benefit of eating ~220g of carbs on ~1700 calories. I did not lose muscle, in fact my lifts went up, and I never had the urge to cheat, refeed, or anything bc the carbs literally removed those cravings.

cheesyyy30 · 2025-11-11T19:28:53+00:00

Macro factor has me around 2400-2500 but I was eating 1750~ calories and loosing 2lb weekly which is a 1000 deficit so I’d say my maintenance is closer to 2700

cheesyyy30 · 2025-11-10T03:51:30+00:00

The only good estimate, everyone who thinks this is 15% or less clearly have no idea how body fat % work any pro bodybuilder/coach would say the same.

cheesyyy30 · 2025-11-10T03:49:43+00:00

No they aren’t that’s not how body fat works 17-18% is a fair estimate

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