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Cheat day or cheat meal?

2000 calories isn't really a diet for weight loss, unless that happens to be the amount of your daily calories minus ~20%. Find a good calorie calculator to figure out how many calories you should be consuming each day and track your progress and adjust from there. =)

Greek yogurt with almonds and half a scoop of protein powder is my go-to breakfast. Just make sure you portion everything and count those calories. =)

Congratulations on your progress! I went from large to medium myself. I somewhat regret mentioning this in the first place, people are wildly spinning what I said. Anyway. The gain happened while I was much more closely monitoring my diet and during which time I was a lot more strict with my workout regiment. Could've been…

Ok. Thanks.

Could've been newbie gainzz, entirely possible.

And I could be wrong, maybe it was water weight. All I know is that the scale was rising and I was in a deficit. Not complaining or anything, I was looking and feeling great.

Ah, I phrased that stupidly. I meant to say that 20 pounds of muscle and 20 pounds of fat look the same on a scale, but highly different on a body.

My deficit at the time was something between 200-350 calories. No cardio, only heavy lifting.

We'll just agree to disagree here. I've been in a caloric deficit and seen weight gain through muscle, where my clothes all seemed to fit more loose but my scale seemed to be very slowly and steadily climbing. Not trying to mislead anyone, just sharing my experience. =)

Considering she has 90 pounds to lose, sure, she'll probably see way more loss than anything else. But adding muscle does equal a gain of weight. At least in my experience. However, I lift for the goal of muscle gainzz. If she's just doing kettleball for high heart rate/weight loss, maybe she won't see any weight gain.

Various protein shakes? What kind do you have? Also you won't get "bulky" unless you start to do some serious lifting. Do expect confusion in your weight though. Kettleball workouts will likely add muscle to you body, which is relatively heavy.

Not really necessary. Count calories instead. If you want to be toned, well, start lifting weights or doing bodyweight exercises. =)

Calories are what matter most. Some people get great results from adjusting their carb intake and/or *when* they consume their carbs(before/after working out, for example). But as far as weight loss goes, calories are what you must track. 8 pounds in a month sounds like excellent, steady, and healthy progress to me!

+1 Total calories are what matter.

A caloric deficit means consuming less calories than you need in a day. A caloric deficit is required to lose weight.

Drinking actually has this effect on me where I lose appetite and it kind of gives me a more "dry" look.