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5htp may not be right for you. In some cases you can try tryptophan over 5htp when that fails. Also if you are adding other herbal supplements with this, are you taking these at the same time, can this be making you jittery have you tried eliminating some or all supplements to see which one is causing you side effects? Do…

TDEE not NEAT. While its possible for a a petitie, sedentary (factor in age ((older) as well) and those with exercise limitations and/or medical conditions to fit this profile, but a healthy individual can combat eating lowish calories needed to maintain weight by exercise and improving NEAT (non exercise activity). How…

If your profile pic is current, you don't have have much to lose.. but no matter how much you have to lose eating 1000 calories and trying to set that lower is promoting VLCD. https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10569458/why-eating-too-little-calories-is-a-bad-idea/p1 Hoping you meant nutrient dense foods.…

As far as motivation, helping to understand water weight fluctuations will help, but ideally I think those last pounds will come down to either cut more portions or create your deficit in MFP and start tracking/logging food. Those 5 pounds can be water weight loss/gain and depending on your eating, some weight creep as…

Exercising three days a week is good, actually any exercise is good. As far as feeling guilty for not being able to exercise, no, but what I would do is make those exercise hours help me improve upon my fitness goals. So make those days work for you, for example if strength training find you a 3 x a week total body program…

If you are over working during exercise or possibly over training, this can cause a whole host of issues including low BP. I had it last year, I was referred to a cardiologist and wore a Holter Monitor for 48 hours to rule out cardiovascular issues. Was not determined what caused it, but I rebounded shortly after. I ended…

You must have amazing genetics. Stop using your arms all together then? I can't imagine wanting my arm muscles to atrophy, so I'll just say embrace all that you are and losing fat will trim them down a bit.

I'm using that same app, its so unreliable other than just gathering scale weight, actually BIA scales in general are unreliable but that app software went though a complete overhaul and its crap now compared to what it used to be. Hydration effects results immensely no matter the device you use.

Intermittent fasting helps with adherence with your calorie deficit, your calorie deficit helps you lose weight/fat and therefore this is the reason IF is effective. Consistency with the deficit is all you need. Create and change your eating schedule/window to fit your lifestyle.

I did it for 11 weeks. I only used the deloads once during that time, couldn't see skipping weeks of progressing if I did not need it. There is a place for various strength training programs that fits your training regime and goals, this one just did not for me. edited because my typing fingers too fat today. :smiley:

Sodium/water retention. If you noticed it before, did it not balance back out in a day-2-3 days? Don't let enjoying your eating out stress you out, its not fat gain.

Fluctuations are going on daily/weekly based on dietary changes, hydration, hormonal changes and exercise/muscle repair/glycogen replenishment and understanding these fluctuations would hopefully help you with your relationship with your scale. What you describe is very unhealthy. I weigh daily, even while maintaining…

Its only been a week?? What are your stats (age, current weight, height) and how much are you trying to lose? https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10179969/weight-loss-flow-chart-2-0/p1…

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https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10226536/bulking-for-beginners/p1 https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10332083/which-lifting-program-is-the-best-for-you/p1

Who is everyone? I'll show myself out.

Yeah I definitely got nothing. :smile:

I came in here for nothing. :smiley:

What's funny is instead of calling the doc or pharmacy back you turn to internet strangers. :laugh:

You find no enjoyment in the exercise you do? I might find something I enjoy as exercise can help with anxiety. On the other side of the coin, if I don't want to exercise while maintaining (which exercise is great for overall health) why not just do low impact activities you enjoy to keep moving and some what active? I can…

I look at this way, not everyone is going to be on a diet (losing weight) when I am. It would be unfair of me to ask others to change what they are doing to appease me, in my family it would come with not only with resistance but with hurt feelings. Permanently moving in will have everyone making adjustments in some…

But you have very high anxiety just over your birthday coming up. You will have many more birthdays and holidays and other social events as well. How you handle weight loss mentally and emotionally is part of the physical weight loss. I think maybe (and this is just my observation from your threads) you focus on the right…

TDEE calcuators include your exercise. MFP is NEAT and does not include exercise so you will add that separately each time you perform exercise. What did you setup your activity level in MFP? This video gives an explanation of eating back your exercise calories.…

This is an option.. manipulating calories during this one week will work, you can either PLAN to enjoy your birthday or not. Everything is about choices. If you are back at weight loss, then something you did prior did not work, changing your mindset takes time and looking at the future you as in how you handle weight loss…

At the weight you are in profile pic, you are not carrying much body fat at all, you've got super lean abs and your legs look quite lean as well. Running does not build much muscle in our legs, but lifting does. Does lifting guarantee that you will lose most of the body fat in your thighs, I cannot say, it still hasn't for…

You mentioned personal trainer, he/she is setting you up a strength training program designed to help you with your specific goals??? While doing body weight, calisthenics, etc. are fine for now, you will reach a point where you will no longer progress and will need to add resistance (weights for example).

This is basically recomp but with a small deficit, at 5 pounds left to lose keep it around 250 cals. When you have finished losing weight, move to maintenance and keep progressing with your strength training. Be consistent, the results will come.…

You only lose weight by being in a calorie deficit at the end of the day/week, eat at times that suit you. If you haven't lost weight, I would go back and make sure you are indeed in a deficit through reviewing your weighing and logging of your intake for inaccuracies.

Tell my boss how important it is for me stay home and I will. I get plenty of sick and personal days, but the demands of my job are too great especially since I work in the medical field. Go figure. As for the gym, not sure how any one can muster up the energy to go, but it depends on how sick sick is. I've worked out and…