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I disagree! If you have goals you should go for them and your SO should support you. A friend of mine is working on his PhD right now and he got married last summer. They're also from NYC and she moved with him to Ohio for school. I don't think they have to be mutually exclusive.

Jealous! I want to go to Greece so badly. I'm headed to New Orleans for the first time this weekend. Super excited.

Wait! I have one! Here's there strawberry shortcake we had last week for my grandmother's birthday.

I never read the chit chat threads because of all of those so I'm glad someone started something different! I've been on MFP for a few months but pretty new to the forums. I'm 26 from NYC.

You are at a healthy weight and normal bmi for your height. What is your end goal for losing weight?

Fat or phat? Oopsy that was really big sorry.

Yes definitely bring a food scale. Don't bring a body weight scale because you're liable to beat yourself up even more if you use it. If you're with the bf's fam and you all eat in the house then weigh your food and all the better if you can make the food yourself. If you love sweets try substituting in fruits and peanut…

No, all three macronutrients are necessary for a healthful lifestyle. What percentage of your diet comes from carbs is more based on what your body functions best on. Do some experimenting and maybe pay attention to your energy levels and performance when you exercise specifically. I've seen a lot of threads about people…

53g of fat is actually 20.5% of 2331 calories. 176g protein=704 cal=30.2% 288g carb=1152 cal=49.4% 53g fat=477 cal=20.5% The percentages don't exactly add up because I rounded, but try something closer to 30/50/20 and that should work.

I wasn't responding to the OP in my post though. I quoted your original reply and was responding to that in which you said there are healthier options than carbs, thus implying that carbs are unhealthy and bad to eat.

Or in other words, just because you can survive/sustain life on no carbs doesn't mean it's necessarily the most healthy thing to do. I would venture to guess those "traditional populations" eat a high protein, high fat diet out of necessity based on geographic location and what's available to them. This doesn't mean we…

I think if you're craving any particular food then work it into your calorie count or macros (if applicable). Wouldn't that be easier than depriving yourelf and potentially binging on something later on? It's not about giving in. That would imply eating carbs is wrong and that's wholly untrue. It's about eating a…

Your body doesn't turn fat into muscle. Losing inches in your arms will require losing fat, but your body chooses where that fat comes off. You also really can't build muscle while you're eating in a deficit. If you're interested in a "toned" look you absolutely should lift more than 2-3 lbs if you are physically able to…

+1!

+1 I follow a bunch of bodybuilder/competition chicks on IG and always wind up being jealous of their shoulders, biceps, glutes and hamstrings the most. There are way too many well-developed glutes on my IG feed lol. It's all for motivation!

This one's marketed toward women, but I use Athena Natural Pre-Workout by Unico Nutrition. No artificial sweeteners or flavors, they tell you everything that's in it, no creatine (I personally don't like the bloat it gives me), and just generally has lots of great stuff in it. Waiting to finish my first jar before I try…

Can we not with the thigh gap? :|

Goblet squats work great for me. Romanian deadlift, split squats, weighted bridges, weighted hip thruster, cable kickbacks, donkey kicks in the smith machine or hamstring curl machine.

I thought face pulls were a back exercise? I love a 4 move superset with dumbbells: 10 arnold raises (or curl press), 10 front raises, 10 lateral raises, 5 front raise to lateral raise. I try to do 5 sets.

+1 I've always had a smaller waist and wider hips/thicker thighs. Jeans have always been a problem. Either too big in the waist or too small in the legs. Since I've started weight training I've actually been trying to grow my booty and the legs grow right along with it. I'll probably never be able to find jeans that fit…

I noticed in your exercise diary that you have a fitness tracker calorie adjustment and you're logging circuit training and running/jogging. Could it be that you're double counting calories burned?

LOL I wondered the same. That's not that much?

If I'm lazy I do coffee with a little whole milk and a scoop of chocolate protein powder and some oatmeal with cinnamon and honey. If I'm not I do a turkey burger and an egg and 2 whites scrambled topped with shredded cheddar that I eat on top of a slice of toast w/ some ketchup.

How about a jamablaya with chicken breast/thigh and shrimp, peppers, and tomatoes? Also a ground turkey chili. I make mine with beans, but you could sub those out for mushrooms, red peppers and zucchini. Maybe some sort of baked eggplant parm just without the breading (assuming you can eat cheese).

You're burning 1000 calories and only eating 1500? That's not enough. It's definitely not 2 pounds of fat because that would mean you ate 7000 extra calories. It's just water weight.

Weight training will help you achieve a slimmer look without having to lose more weight. Glutes can be grown!

If you weighed yourself after you ate dinner it's the weight of all the liquid and food you just had and generally whatever you've eaten throughout the day.

Hm, well he said he hit his calorie goal which I'm assuming is at a deficit. I think he just needed suggestions on how to sub out all the carbs he was eating for protein? Lean meats, fish, eggs, Greek yogurt, cottage cheese, lentils, avocado (if you're needing more fat).