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I always suck it up cause I know I feel better after a work out, just curious if any of you have tricks or tips that help for yourself? I did notice reducing caffeine helps and obviously (ironically) the more you work out the better your symptoms get, but damn, fatigue sucks.

Every Friday. Lol

Agreed 100%. Can't go wrong with more natural nutritious foods. Whatever works for you.

I LOLed.

That makes alot of sense. You def have bigger differences in your workouts than I do though. Cycling 100+ miles, holy Crap! Nice work!

Totally. Thats what I find. I was stressing too much about calories burned, like on yoga day, I'd stress about my calories. But with TDEE set and knowing exactly how much to aim for, I find it wayyyyy less stressful.

Thank you everyone. I agree that since I've switched to TDEE I find it easier and less overestimated than MFP. Enjoying reading everyone's responses

Very much agreed. I was doing mfp method, then switched to TDEE since my work outs are consistent and I find it easier for me to look at my caloric intake more consistently

Agreed, I've used a bunch of TDEE calculators online and averaged it out. Always underestimating how many days I work out. That's kinda why I'm curious what everyone else will say.

I know it's pretty much the same, I guess I should've asked "which do you prefer, what's easier for you?"

Red wine, peanut butter, chocolate. I have changed to darkest chocolate I can eat while still enjoying, like 70%. But if I had to pick a single thing, it'd probably be wine. Moderation is key, right?

This is what sounded inaccurate. Regardless of what she meant.

I would totally disagree that you're eating too much. No one is eating too much at 1400 a day. Thats not very high I used http://iifym.com/iifym-calculator/ to get a good idea of what to aim for as calorie intake at my activity level. I checked a bunch of different calculators and used an overall average.

THIS. everyone is gonna say these things. Some people told me to eat whatever Crap I wanted as long as I had a deficit it wouldn't matter. Which personally I think is TOTAL BS. I'm in the same position as you. I log everything. I'm doing p90x 6 days a week. I stick to no starches, low carbs, mainly fruits, veggies and…

Wine! Red. Not white. And only on weekends. Can't always be perfect. Also peanut butter, I LOVE it mixed into Greek yogurt. Omg. Occasionally in the fall the pumpkin spice latte. It's a classic

You find it more reliable than weight. My weight fluctuates daily by like 2lbs. Monthly worse. It always stabilizes eventually, but, I'm gonna try and check measurements more reliably.

My waist went from 29.5 to 28.75 or so, and my hips went from 38.5 to 37.25. So yes, lost inches. Last time I checked my waist was 29, but didn't check anything else. I'll measure again nex t week. Still seems low for the work I've been doing in the last 8 weeks. Maybe I'm expecting too much. Idk what to think anymore lol…

Agreed. It was just an attention grabbing title, but her point is we get so in our heads about it all we start hating the process. No bueno

I read an interesting article the other day (that I can't seem to find now) that said diet and exercise aren't good for weight loss. As controversial as it sounds, her whole point was if it fills us with tension and negativity and stress, it really is defeating the purpose, and doing a lot of mental harm. Just do your best…

Don't stress about the belly, I swear they're these separate entities that look as they wish and do as they wish on a regular basis, regardless of what we do. At some point the bloating illusion will go away and you'll see what you worked for. It's a constant struggle...but most of the time we're being too critical or…

http://iifym.com/iifym-calculator/ I literally just asked the same thing. This calculator will help show you what to eat taking into account your activity level, what your body naturally burns to survive, depending on your goal (fat loss or maintaining your weight or gaining weight )

Do you guys all find it easier when you stress less about the numbers? 10lbs seems so little, but it's always been the hardest for me to lose. Do we all have that same problem? Lol

Yea, I figured that would be the case. I'm not hard-core enough to do it that way only, but it gives me a better idea for my goal than MFPs defaults. Have you had better success another way?

Oh I actually meant if you guys input your exercise calories in MFP or just use it to track whAt you've consumed?

Gotcha. This is super helpful. Thank you guys. I would've never found IIFYM

According to this I must consume 1811 calories a day for 15% fat loss with my stats. So do you guys input your exercise calories or not to make it easier to track?

I've always believed macros were as important, if not more so, than calories

How did you find out what to aim for in macros?

Thank you! Very helpful

I've heard so many people including trainers say if you eat healthy whole foods, you don't need to count calories. Does anyone here do that? Just eat super healthy, work out everyday and forget about the counting? I'm curious