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Definitely the same here. I save 60% of my daily calories for 7:00pm - 9:00pm.

Popcorn every night! Along with a little "zero" calorie spray butter and your choice of these: https://www.amazon.com/Kernel-Seasons-COMPLETE-SEASONING-Variety/dp/B00OAGCKVW?th=1 My fav is the Bacon Cheddar!

Eating 2700 calories is a problem? That's easy :) Shakes, pizza, ice cream, yum.

I don't feel that is an issue at all. I'll regularly eat a huge bowl (3-5 cups) of broccoli with dinner to fill me up. Tastes great and works! Just be sure you're logging everything.

Try eating more volume/fiber. Big bowl of broccoli with each meal, etc. It will help you feel full.

I use xtend as well purely because it tastes amazing. Pre & post workout until I break my fast around noon.

Wow dude those carb up days are epic, lol. That heavy whipping cream on your high fat days, I may need to test this out :)

Impressive results. That's a lot of cals to be losing weight on, do you have a super active job?

I eat popcorn every night (takes a long time to eat and is fairly low in calories) and usually some of these, too: https://www.fibergourmet.com/Cheese.aspx

Here's my normal daily fiber intake (gulp). If you get less than 25g, I'd say that is definitely the problem.

Are you eating enough fats? Sometimes when trying to eat lower calories, people forget to hit their daily fat goal. This can definitely cause constipation...

Wow awesome job! Very informative post, thank you for taking the trouble to share :)

I get in a 2 mile walk at lunch every day. Same as TeaBea, on really hot days I'll go wander the local wal-mart.

"Supposedly diet drinks are worse than regular." Who told you that? That's quite the blanket statement and generally false, in my opinion.

Booze, for sure.

Easy: http://www.flatoutbread.com/products/thin-crust-artisan-pizza/

Single serving packages, nope. That's a little too OCD for me. But packages that state something like "One chicken breast" - yes, those vary way to much to trust the packaging.

You don't necessarily need to limit carbs. Overall calories is more important. A couple product suggestions for you: "Healthier" Bread: http://www.foodforlife.com/about_us/ezekiel-49 For your high protein bread fix: https://www.p28foods.com/baked-goods/p28-high-protein-bread The headache thing is weird. Are you sure it is…

I rarely make frozen meals but I have found those Fit Kitchen meals to be pretty tasty and not horrible on my calorie/macro goals for the day. I tried one a whim and bought a few more to keep in the freezer for my lazy moments.

"Cheat day" to me means eating out & booze. Track everything, if you aren't hitting your calorie goal for the week then you've done too much. I eat less during the week in order to have fun on the weekends.

Add me to eat popcorn every night crew. My wife and I share a huge bowl after dinner. Very filling and takes a long time to eat. Just keep in within your calorie goals and you're set.

I've always done cardio after lifting due to the fatigue factor. I'm much stronger before I exhaust myself doing cardio.

Ritz makes smaller containers - "Fresh Stacks" - you could try those for portion control. Even if you eat the entire Fresh Stack, it's under a couple hundred calories.

Probably because they barely put any meat on those. You didn't add cheese?

Turkey Taco thin crust pizza with a huge bowl of broccoli.

Pre-log your days

That's what I would do. Hopefully you start seeing your lifts go up pretty dramatically. More muscle mass on your frame makes having some extra fat much appear much more forgiving.

Wendy's ultimate chicken grill is like crack to me for some reason. Chipotle is up there. Panera is great but somehow I always ended up spending $25-30 for two people when I go there.

How big is your calorie deficit? Did you lift weights at all prior to January?

Today's another day to start fresh. What's up with your diary? Looks like it is mostly quick adds?