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Protein will be good for maintaining/gaining muscle while losing fat. Set your protein goal in MFP to 45%. Use protein supplements as much as you need, as long as you stay under your daily calorie goal. I would also recommend BCAAs which help maintain muscle while you lose weight.
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It seems like several people are thinking that water weight "stays" on you and you have to work it off. That's not how it works. If you start retaining water, you don't need to exercise that off. Exercise burns fat, not water weight.
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I would put the carbs at 25 or 30%. Carbs generally will make you feel hungrier throughout the day, and eating more protein/fat will make you less hungry. Also if you're doing any kind of exercise program, more protein is better.
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It depends on why you can't stick with it. Do you feel hungry a lot, for example? If that's the case, you might be eating too many carb-y foods and not enough protein and fatty foods. Set the MFP macro goal to 45% protein, 30% fat, and 25% carbohydrates, and try to hit those goals as close as possible every day. If you are…
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Don't exercise for a week or so. As far as the eating part, there are plenty of ways to get the calories you need in liquid/smoothie form.
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All Intermittent Fasting is, is a "trick" to get you to pay more attention to what you're eating so you eat less calories. It makes absolutely no difference what time of day you're eating when it comes to weight loss. All that matters is that, on average, you're at a caloric deficit on a daily basis. Any other fads and…
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I don't know what "calorie shifting" is, but it doesn't matter. All that matters is that you are at a caloric deficit. If you ate at a 3,500-calorie deficit in a given week, you lost a pound that week, no matter what you ate, or when you ate it. Tricks like intermittent fasting and keto and "calorie shifting," etc., are…
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Make sure you change your pillowcase at least once every couple days. That is the cause of acne for so many people I don't know why it's not common knowledge not to rest your face in a cloth that has absorbed your face oils every night for the past week. Wash your pillowcases like you wash your underwear. Don't use the…
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Timing doesn't matter. You can eat all 1500 calories for breakfast and not eat the rest of the day, or you can eat 100 calories 15 times a day, or you can eat all 1500 calories right before you go to bed. Your results will be exactly the same no matter what.
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Weigh yourself at the same time of day once a week, not every day. Weight fluctuates up to 5 pounds in either direction throughout the day, based on whether you've eaten/drunk lately, whether you've gone to the bathroom recently, etc. Weigh yourself every Friday morning before breakfast, for example. That will give you a…
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Getting weak and getting bad migraines might mean that the food you're eating isn't nutritious enough. Are you eating lean meats, vegetables, and good fats, or are your calories throughout the day loaded in carbs and saturated fat and/or are you eating the same exact thing every day (and thus might be deficient in a…
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Have a cheat *meal* every now and then, not a cheat "day," where every meal is way over. Of course you should have a cheat every now and then, to keep yourself sane. If you know you want to have a bunch of pizza and some cocktails at night, just make sure you eat less during the day, and maybe a little less the next day,…
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There is no point in trying this. All that matters is your calorie intake. If you take 80 bites of lettuce or 80 bites of chocolate, your calorie count is going to be WAY different. The concept makes no sense.
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That's pretty much the opposite of most people. People who think they're eyeballing 1 serving of salad dressing or peanut butter, are typically actually using 3 or more. Because the food industry gives us warped views of portions.
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A good trick is to not keep any snack foods around. So there are no boxes that you can just open and start eating out of the box. Everything in your house should be an ingredient for a meal, not finger-foods. As far as your habit of having to eat something, try to not do that for just a week. Your body will most likely get…
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This means that one serving is 5 nuggets. 5 nuggets weighs 100 grams. Number of Servings - 1 means that there is only one serving in the bag. If there were 10 nuggets in the bag, it would have said, "Number of Servings - 2." If there were 15 nuggets in the bag, it would have said, "Number of Servings - 3," etc. So, for the…
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Your post is confusing to me. You're saying you want to lose weight, but that MFP is telling you to eat *more* than you're used to eating in order to lose that weight? That doesn't make any sense. You'd have to eat *less* than what you're used to eating, in order to lose weight. Can you clarify exactly what you are asking…
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If you want to be scared straight, know that eating too few calories can lead to serious health problems, like heart rhythm problems and gall bladder attacks. You need the nutrients that comes with food, and the calories that your body needs to work properly.
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Do you have the MyFitnessPal app? Just put in your stats, set your goal to be 1 or 2 lbs of weight loss per week, and make sure that you stay under your calorie limit each day. That is literally all you need to do. It will absolutely work for everybody, no matter who you are. It's just science.
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Don't make your meals so there are "extras" left. Prepare each meal individually at only the portion you need at that moment, so there aren't leftovers to grab from the fridge later. Throw out your tupperware if you have to, so you're not tempted to make meals that will have leftovers. Also, don't keep snack food in the…
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Are you measuring all of your food to make sure you stay under the MFP recommended daily calorie intake? Not tracking all of your calories is pretty much the only thing it could be.
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I just make sure each meal is less than 400 calories, and I eat 4 times a day. So the only decision-making I do is deciding which ingredients to limit in order to stay under 400 for each meal as I prepare it.
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People who talk about "society's expectations" talk like "society" is some separate entity or something. It's us. *We* are "society." You can choose to be attractive to us (which includes you), or not. It just so happens that what we find healthy also happens to be physically attractive, too, so it's a double-whammy of…
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An egg is an egg no matter how you cook it. What matters is what *else* you're using when cooking it. Cheese? Butter? Olive Oil? Those might be the differences you're seeing when looking at different recipes.
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Some trainers will go over diets with you. You may want to join a program that focuses more on diets than exercise, like Weight Watchers. Generally, you want to get your food from the outside walls of the grocery store, where everything is fresh; not the inside aisles where everything is boxed and canned. Stay with lean…
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Are your meals high in carbs and/or are you drinking soda (even diet soda)? Carbs and sweeteners can make people feel hungrier overall. Foods higher in proteins and fats will satiate you better, as will staying away from sweetened drinks.
