I Lost 25lbs On A Calorie Deficit Diet

7 Oct 2024 · 1 min

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In this YouTube monologue, Eric Roberts shares his personal experience of losing 25 pounds in nine weeks while deliberately ignoring many popular diet rules. He recounts eating sugar daily (from fruit, processed foods, and sweets), having breakfast every day, eating meals past 8 PM, and consuming a high amount of carbohydrates to support his strength‑training workouts. He performed no extra cardio beyond his normal daily steps and avoided burpees. Despite these habits, he attributes his weight loss solely to maintaining a calorie deficit, asserting that the principle of eating fewer calories than expended is the only consistent factor in weight loss. He challenges common internet diet advice, suggests that either he is an outlier or online “gurus” are misleading, and ends with a call‑to‑action directing viewers to a link for calculating their target calorie intake.

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I've just lost 25 pounds in 9 weeks doing everything the internet tells you you can't do when you're trying to lose weight. I've eaten sugar every day, whether it be in fruit, processed foods, or sweets, which, yes, has spiked my insulin. I've eaten breakfast every day, and I've eaten past 8 PM every day. I've also ate hella carbs so that I can continue to fuel my strength training workouts, and I haven't done any extra cardio other than my daily steps. And certainly no fucking burpees. Yet somehow I'm still down 25 pounds. So either I'm special or these fuckers on the internet are lying to you. And hint, it's not the first one. That's because losing weight comes down to you eating less calories and being in a calorie deficit. It always has and it always will. And if you want to know how many calories you should be eating to lose weight, just click this link right here.