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If you're doing a complete full-body weight lifting program, you're not going to lose muscle since you're eating plenty of protein. Sounds to me like you're doing fine, as long as you're hitting all the major muscle groups with your lifting. You're only one week in. More than half that 6 pounds is probably just water…

Hi, I've been on MFP for almost a year, but just started looking at the forums. I've kept up with my exercise program the whole year, and kept decent diet habits up until last Thanksgiving, but hadn't been logging food properly since almost the beginning. I recently gained some more weight that put me over my "Oh, HELL…

Setting too aggressive calorie goals Setting calorie goals not aggressive enough Drinking way too much alcohol Not eating enough green vegetables, fruit, legumes, and lean meats Trying to do moderate-to-high intensity exercise while eating less than 50g carbs a day I expect the exercise/carb thing is probably a little…

By the way, I know exactly how you feel. Don't give up hope, you really can do this, it's true! The most important thing is to track everything you eat as carefully as you can. It is soooo easy to blow away a weeks worth of effort with one big "cheat meal" pizza binge. And you only get 52 weeks in the year! It's so easy to…

I find it's a lot easier to stick with my diet goals if I choose to eat more filling foods, mainly lean proteins and fibrous carbs. The main staples in my diet are whey protein shakes, fish, chicken, turkey, garbanzo beans, white beans, wild rice, apples, oranges, bananas, carrots, celery, onions, peppers, spinach, kale,…

They're all different. I personally like the Omron products, the one I have is fairly consistent (though I don't have a reliable test for its accuracy). I use that and also take regular tape measurements of abdomen, chest, arm, and thigh, and also track weight daily.

I'd say it depends what your goals are, and what percentage of your calories you're spending on alcohol. It replaces healthier foods in your calorie budget that contain nutrients that keep your body performing well even in a calorie deficit. Alcohol interferes with metabolizing fat in the liver, and lowers blood leptin…

30% of TDEE is about the lowest I'd go. I know people have been successful at more aggressive targets, but personally, that's about as aggressive a calorie target as I can maintain long term.

(replying to my own post) Please note that the evidence is still not very extensive. There was one study that concluded that it does help with fat loss in professional soccer players (a group famous for their obesity, right?). There was another study that tested average men, though it didn't say anything about their…

I'm not familiar with it. Based on my earlier research of various weight loss pills, it's likely one of three possibilities: 1) it's a very expensive placebo that does nothing. Not worth it. Buy a cheap fiber supplement and pretend it's a magic weight loss pill. 2) it's an expensive caffeine pill. Not worth it -- go buy…

Awesome! Glad it's working. That pain of pressure, followed by loosening up, is awesome, isn't it? Keep up with the stretching. I try to stretch every morning, and I keep a golf ball under my desk and use it to stretch out all that fascia in my foot every so often. Hurts bad at first... then hurts so good. :smile:

I don't like the phrase "cheat meals," because that implies I can just relax and eat whatever I want, which doesn't work for me. I have planned refeed days where I occasionally eat 100 calories above my TDEE, but I'm still counting everything as much as possible, and I have strict boundaries that I don't cross. Don't let…

This thread has taught me to make sure my posts are well formatted, if only so the whole discussion doesn't turn into a thread about readability instead of what I actually intended to talk about. OP: I agree with almost everything you said, but I haven't seen anything that supports your assertion that heavier people don't…

Sort of. I do a carb refeed day once every two weeks that puts me up to about 100 calories over my maintenance calories. So for 13 days, I eat balanced macros at 1750 calories, then I do one day at 2600 calories, mostly carbs. Water weight goes up a lot for a couple days after, but it comes back off quickly. Supposedly it…

You're exercising, which is really good. But you're eating a little too much, if you're not losing weight. It really helps to measure everything very carefully. Do you have a digital kitchen scale? There's a good one on Amazon for about $10 here:…

You can avoid losing muscle, even while on a calorie deficit, with full body exercise and eating enough protein. Can you swim? If you're not losing weight, you probably don't have much to worry about, just make sure you eat plenty of protein.

Good for you -- natural muscles on girls are hot! If you've never lifted weights before, the easiest way to get started is to use the machines. But they are limiting -- once you start getting stronger they're not ideal for your joint health. I would recommend you hire a trainer to teach you to do freeweight exercises like…