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@Laura3BB I know, I haven't said I'm going to be eating at a deficit, that would obviously be counter-intuitive. There's a big difference between leaving a margin of error and eating at a deficit. Most exercise watches massively overestimate the amount of calories burned so it's a pretty sensible thing to do and a lot of…

@jeepinshawn If possible, let me know how you get on please. 300kcal would be too steep for me given how little I can eat, but it is more or less a 10% margin of error which sounds pretty good, it's what I had in mind really. Suppose the best way forward would be to do that for a few months and document weight fluctuations…

Sorry, I should have mentioned: When I refer to eating back exercise calories, I'm talking exclusively steady state cardio. I don't use my watch during strength exercises.

@ninerbuff Almost embarrassed that I didn't know that. Do you think the benefits of calorie cycling, with surplus days on rest days, are significant enough in my case to be worthwhile at all?

@cwolfman13 Sounds like I'm better suited to New Rules for now then. Goals wise, I just want to lower my body fat percentage and gain some strength - priorities wise, lowering my body fat is #1. @sarabrunning I'll give it a go. I can do a pull up but I don't think it counts (have to start on my toes, can't start from a…

@atj110 Struggling with a restrictive ED myself. Wouldn't use the word "recovery" per se because I stopped seeing my counselor (I know, I know), but I'm doing pretty good food wise most days. Eating quite a bit lately to accommodate for exercise, too. I am trying to lose a few pounds but my calorie intake is never…

@LiftAndBalance is increasing the weights necessary to maintain the muscle? And heh, maybe it's the fault of boobs

@MamaBirdBoss Yeah, I'm not supposed to do yoga either >:) but I enjoy it and try to keep it light. Didn't know lifting was actually beneficial for joint mobility though?! Sounds awful man, seems like you're well equipped to deal with it though. I hope you find some means of relieving the pain! Chronic pain is just about…

@professionalHobbyist Thanks! I'm gonna bookmark that and take a look tonight. I've been struggling to find reputable resources for this.

@MamaBirdBoss Hats off to ya for working on your strength despite ill health, that's inspiring. I have scoliosis and sometimes get pretty bad back pain, but in truth that happens whether I exercise or not, and building some muscles to support my bones/ increasing bone density et cetera can only do me good (my mother and…

@arditarose This probably sounds stupid, but once I'm finished, if I continue doing the most intensive stage of the program, will I retain my muscle mass, or does it not work that way? In short, do you need to consistently increase your workload to maintain muscle mass? I'm not sure how muscles work lmfao

@MamaBirdBoss Stronglifts is also something I've been looking into, I'm gonna start off with NROL and see how I find it. I'm skinnyfat though, so I figure that I'll see some progress regardless of what I do provided I stick to it. Not that I'll have anything to compare it to, but I'm sure so long as I don't hate every…

@arditarose @cwolfman13 Cheers for the advice, I'll take your word(s) for it. The book does say it's for "everyone" but I was worried I was sub-everyone as a skinnyfat newbie. What is the consensus on calisthenics? Will I benefit from body weight circuits too?

How big has your deficit been prior to this week or two of overeating? Maybe you need to adjust your goal so that your deficit is a bit smaller. This has happened to me and I found that a week or two of a higher calorie intake (or even maintaining) did the trick. If you're having intense cravings then maybe you have some…

I've been meaning to look into it, had a Firefox session saved with loads of links to resources but of course I accidentally deleted it this morning haha. I'm buying some whey protein and casein so that should sort out the protein issue. Thank you for the link, I'll read that now :blush:

@wabmester Little to no research (not around ketosis, just around what specific carb value to set myself), just went with 20g because of the "guaranteed ketosis" malarkey surrounding it, suppose it's a nice safe figure. I'm gonna buy a breath analyser and so long as I'm making some ketones that's fine by me so I'll try to…

@annieboomboom I don't really have any weight to lose, I'm trying to lower my body fat percentage and build a little bit of muscle so I'm eating maintenance calories (or thereabouts). I'm very active and so eating back my exercise calories often puts me at about 2200 a day, on which it's very difficult to stay below 20g of…

You're right, got one Quest bar left and I've included it in my plan tomorrow, not buying anymore this month. I have ice cubes I made for bullet proof coffee which are just essentially cubes of frozen butter, hazelnut creamer, and coconut oil. They're pretty nice on their own so I'll try to stick to them if/ when I need a…

I also have an app that tracks my cycle. I'm on day 10 of keto and I've been "on" for 6 days now. I'm usually on for 4 days max. I just attributed it to such a huge change in my diet (former carb fiend). It's freaked me out a little though, hoping it doesn't stay this way

1200 is a deficit for pretty much everyone, including most small, underweight, sedentary people - even when taking metabolic adaptation into account. You are losing weight, though perhaps it has slowed down. The lack of progress you're seeing on the scales is either undigested food, or (more likely) water retention.…

@FIT_Goat Thanks so much, feel a helluva lot better now. :blush: That makes a lot of sense @Twibbly That's a pretty good idea, I read an analogy somewhere that likened setbacks and the whole "F**k it" mentality that ensues to dropping your phone and then repeatedly throwing it down again until it's broken haha. Breaking up…

@FIT_Goat Are you sure? I'm pretty small. In any case thank you, you've put my mind at ease. Need to get one of those Ketonix things for the sake of my sanity

@FIT_Goat Ah, I forgot to mention that that doesn't include the 33g of fiber haha (I had a 60 gram pita bread with about 60g of almond butter and a Quest bar, so the total above is net carbs) :(

@rabbitjb Thanks so much that's exactly the info I needed :blush:

My friend's little sister is too and she has one of those, but I'm absolutely pathetic when it comes to blood :( even the most measly little drop haha, I might have to look into those things that test your breath, gonna try not to be too obsessive though because I want this to be a long term thing. I imagine it is good to…

@wabmester Hahaha treat yo'self. That's good to know though, it's nice to have a bit of wriggle room with such a low carb goal

@Fat4Fuel2 Wow really? Gonna have to look into that, sounds interesting (also mega useful). Thanks again :blush:

@DittoDan thanks for that link, I've joined :-) I'm just starting out but for now I'm trying to stay below 20g carbs a day. Thanks for your advice! Also, a poll would be interesting. It's quite an active group so I imagine there'd be a pretty decent turnout

@wabmester I don't like nuts :( pretty unfortunate given my dietary choice here haha. I have found an almond butter by Meridian that's organic and 6.5g of carbs per 100g so I'll probably take to that with a spoon while I sit and make my mind up about these all-that-glitters bars. Honestly I think that at my size it…

Ahh I see, thank you