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Put a little baking soda in the water!

I'm no expert, but in your case (which was basically my case a few months ago), I would actually lower the cardio and up the strength. You seem to be caught in the "eat less--exercise more--lower metabolism" cycle. Upping weight training and calories can break you out of it.

Google "reverse dieting" and "metabolic damage/repair." It usually applies to bodybuilders, but is relevant for people who've been undereating for an extended period of time. The gist of the articles that will pop up from those Google searches is to add calories back in slowly (~100 or less/week) until you're at your goal…

That would be a great feature!

Incredible! You're muscles are amazing! I wanna be that ripped. Congrats!

Math double check time: 7lb/12wk = .6 lb/wk (which is >.5lb/wk and perfectly fine) I think you did 12wk/7lb

You may have slowed your metabolism down. How long have you been dieting for? Do you exercise? Strength training?

And looking at your diary, you're eating a lot of calorie-dense foods that definitely wouldn't fill me up. I know everyone is different, so I feel wrong passing judgement, but here are some specific things i think you could do to be able to eat "more" (and healthier) on fewer or the same calories: -cut out the added…

Do you get enough water? Hunger and thirst cues are hard to distinguish. I know everyone on here seems okay with it, but being chronically hungry doesn't seem right to me :( Like everyone else said, you're still losing, just slowly. Which is okay. What do you do for exercise? Do you do any strength training?

What?!!! Seriously, wtf?! There is zero science behind that. Ignorant d**chebag.

Wow, what an ignorant *kitten*. Crap like that is why women are cardio obsessed and terrified of lifting. Good for you, responding as politely as you did. I'm sorry you had to face such sexist discouragement :(

Lol great article

^this.

And to all the folks saying that hormones don't cause weight gain/prevent weight loss, I agree (excepting water weight, which shouldn't really be discounted). BUT it can affect a host of things that make weight loss harder, indirectly making the process more difficult, or weight gain more likely. So if you're on a hormonal…

Switched from hormonal birth control to paragard a few months back. Love it, no regrets. I lost about 5lbs from water weight within two weeks and then another 3lb from decreased appetite. In hindsight, I was actually undereating after the switch (corrected now), but at least it showed me how much the hormones had increased…

I drink a _ton_ of water throughout the day, so after a big meal, my weight can actually be up to 8lbs higher than my morning weight. 2lb fluctuation is nothing to worry about

Second that

Hunger is not always the best guide to whether someone is getting enough calories or not--something that matters regardless of how overweight someone is. Severe undereating can impare the metabolism and hinder weight loss and overall health (a problem for anyone, regardless of weight). And OP never even stated they were…

^ill informed crap like this leads to ED

Thanks!

Dunkaroos and koala yummies. What a great thread.

Find a good iron supplement and take it with a vitamin C tab too. Vitamin C helps absorption, whereas coffee and tea (and I think dairy) block it. So time when u take the supplement right. If nothing seems to be working, maybe try liquid iron. I didn't notice much of a difference between that and the cheapest iron pills…

I usually log all the ingredients that go into a recipe as I'm going (I cook on the fly) and then once everything is done, I weigh the whole batch to determine a convenient # servings. So if my soup (or whatever) ends up weighing 3200 grams, I'll enter it in as 32 servings, which conveniently gives you 100g/serving…

Thanks! I'll check it out.

Thanks for all the help guys. Y'all just reaffirmed what should have been common sense. I need to realign my focus to be on building muscle rather than losing weight (which I admit, I gave more priority than I should have). I'll start: 1) tracking cals and nutrients to make sure I'm getting what I need, and will likely…

Not eating a ton as is, on top of being vegetarian, I'm probably not getting the protein I should be. I just really like vegetables... I'm not doing any specific program. I just go to our little apartment gym and bang around until I'm sore all over. I know it's not the most organized or efficient routine, but I enjoy it…

Well damn. Guess I should have known that. I keep thinking "well I'm still a bit wobbly in places, so clearly there's fat to lose," without thinking of the accompanying muscle loss. I just honestly haven't been hungry and assumed my body would yell at me if it needed cals.

Lol, no not really. I just set 120 as a somewhat arbitrary goal, which I guess I'm close to reaching. Started at 128. Care more about fitness than the number.

5'6" And thanks, I know I'm asking a question without giving the right data to answer it.

And I know scaled against the weight loss numbers you see around here, the amount I'm talking about is almost negligable, so maybe no biggie at all?