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I see what you’re saying. I want to be stronger and leaner but until ai reduce my body fat some more, i think I wanna focus more on weight loss than building muscle. At least until I start to see the progress that I’m looking for.

No it was just several different people saying i wont gain muscle eating at a deficit. Unless I was comprehending them wrong?

I’m like 32% body fat. I cant at least get down to 25%?! My cycle is perfectly normal. It was worse when I was heavier. Didnt have a period for like 6 months at my heaviest I believe.

The avocado we get are usually pretty small. We buy ours from Aldi most of the time.

I carry most of my weight in my midsection and my chest.

According to MFP, 1/4 of an avocado is 80 calories...something ain’t adding up here.

I will try! I know when I first lost weight, I didn’t really care about carbs and what not and just ate healthy. I probably ate SO many carbs back then. At a lot of sandwiches and whole grain pasta. But I figured since this summer I ate low carb (i didnt workout much tho I was super busy moving and starting a new job) and…

I’ve definitely been seeing strength gains so far. Like i know I can lift heavier than when I started. Its just the weight doesn't move. I haven’t really gone down in sizes either but I can’t really tell since most of my clothes have been too big for a while. I also intermittent fast.

Also lol I need to get my butt to the gym for todays workout :smiley:

Okay so far I get I need to eat more and adjust my macros (which is good for me because I love to eat and I really REALLY miss my sweet potatoes and fruit) I need a more structured plan (theres a LOT of different options which overwhelm me so its gonna take some time to pick the right one for me) And get a food scale? With…

I am confused now. I want to lose weight but I’m NOT supposed to have a deficit with my calories? Huh?!?!

Building muscle is definitely a goal of mine but I feel like because I have so much fat to lose, I’m not really seeing any progress. Or at least the progress I want to see. My legs feel and look stronger and so does my butt but thats basically the only progress I’ve seen. I think I may just focus more on cardio again and…

This is one set of progress pics from 10/23-10/27 Sometimes I feel like i see progress but sometimes(most of the time) I see nothing. I may delete this soon it took a lot to upload this :neutral:

Researching different programs now! I usually switch up the different workouts I do but its by no means a fully structured workout. I just focus on certain areas each day and do different workouts that target the area. I alternated between upper and lower body workouts and TRY to do abs twice a week.

I do weigh myself every day. I had my scales hidden for a while but then I found them and back down the rabbit hole I went! I’m considering completely trashing them. I increase my weights every week or whenever I feel like I’m strong enough. Like if I can do the workout too easily, i slowly increase the weight until I…

My partner says its a mental thing too and to stop dragging myself all the time so it’s definitely something I’ll take into consideration. The frustration just gets to my head 99.99% of the time which I’m working on. But thank you! :blush:

My goals are basically all of that. But mostly better body comp. but i do have a goal weight in mind and I want to at least fit into smaller dress sizes. I have progress pics of the last two months and sometime i feel like theres a change but when I see the scale stuck at the same weight, i feel like I’m delusional.

i see the corrected post now!! Sorry for the misunderstanding

How many calories am I supposed to be aiming for then? Like I know I shouldn’t go under 1200 but thats all I really know. I’ve been trying to eat more.

The way I carry my weight may be different from yours. I’ve struggled with my weight my whole life (and when you’re young and have your own FAMILY constantly drags you on your weight it kinda scars you lol) but I carry my weight in my stomach, chest and arms and makes buying and wearing clothes very difficult for me. Like…

~foodstamps are a thing for poor folks like me~

I also used to spend about an hour on the elliptical

So what should my macros look more like? I was thinking about cutting down on my lifting and adding more cardio. When I first lost weight i just did insanity and ran three times a week. And I didn’t count calories.

I will work on getting a scale but I’m pretty bummed about having to start all over from square one after working so hard for the last few months. And losing no weight. I feel like I’m starting to develop really bad body image issues.

My partner buys the protein powder and lets me use some and she gets the protein bars for free from school. Don’t assume you know my situation :)

What’s a progressive weight lifting program?

Am I still holding on to water weight though even after two months? When does the fat loss start. I’ll try to get a scale soon to measure out my food but I’m already exhausted and stressed counting calories all the time. Even if my measurements aren’t as accurate as I thought, are they that off that the weight doesnt come…

My deficit on MFP is set to the highest so 2lbs a week. I lift 4 times a week. Alternating which area I work on. So I’ll do my cardio first then try to do at least 5 different workout doing 3 sets of 10-15 depending on how difficult the workout is for me. I lift as heavy as I can without completely over doing it or else…

Of course ive cheated I’m human but its not full on out binges nor have I eaten over 1500 calories when I do cheat. My cheats usually involve eating something carby but like...good carbs. Like oops ate some brown rice. Oops ate a sweet potato.

I want to lose fat but the scale hasn’t budged in over two months and it’s super discouraging