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Not sure what your goals are but I would assume loose a little more weight first. I'm the same height as you and I figure I'll start working more closely on body fat numbers when I get into the 140 or even 130s. At 167 you still have a fair bit of body fat that would be hiding any muscle gains you want to see.

You have to really want it. You have to *decide* to put the work in, come hell or high water. I've been struggling to get the weight off the past year but I haven't given up. Last year I couldn't be consistent (though I ironically lost more weight last year) but this year I'm much more consistent and every time I think of…

You can start with body weight exercises at home if you want. Even when I was at the gym I started with body weight. It's entirely enough of a challenge if you're just starting out.

I would do a few things in your case- 1200 cals is the lowest you can go as a female generally so it's hard to maintain that the whole time since you have no where else to go from there. I would consider revisiting your calorie goal now that you've dropped 30+ pounds and consider reducing your weekly loss to 1-1.5 pounds a…

My goal weight is mid 130s. Or a size 4/26 waist (US sizing). I'd also like to work on getting my body fat to 25% or 23%, and at that point I wouldn't worry as much about scale weight. (Edited to add: I'm 5'7 for reference) For me the clothing size matters just as much mentally as the scale number. Maybe even more so. I…

I've been thinking about it and thinking I might just stop eating back any exercise calories to cover the discrepancies involved in calorie counting. If I feel like I need more on workout days, I might rearrange my deficit to have more on those days and less on rest days. Yeah, I was never gonna lol. I don't have the…

I definitely have tight hips and piriformis. Though when I was in high school and finished a season with a cross country coach who knew nothing about running (now that I know more as an adult), I had severe back pain that was deep in my lower back/hip/butt area (it was hard to pinpoint since it was deep and I could point…

You CAN divide your deficit over 1-7 days. Meaning you need 3500 cal deficit in a week's time to lose a pound. You can either do 500 daily deficit or do a larger deficit on some days and eat closer to maintence on the others. A lot of people like to "bank" a deficit for the weekend. Which is really how most people eat,…

I think I'm going to just for piece of mind at this point. I get about 2400 from different calculators when I'm exercising 5 days a week. June has been a little funky with some illness and moving houses so I've only been getting 2-3 days a week. I come up with 2000-2100 from different calculators for sedentary maintenance.…

I switched to Fatsecret and then Lose it. I logged a day here because I was trying to figure out which app I liked best with my new Apple Watch. I like Lose it. I shows my cals remaining for the day on my watch and let's me quick add calories from the watch. Pretty nifty. It makes me sad how little MFP does given how much…

I agree on that. I think even if I decide to stop counting calories I know I'm not giving up the gym and the fitness I've build up the past 5 months. I enjoy working out again and I'm happy to keep doing it regardless of weight.

No. I'm not doing heavy lifting and my clothes are the same. I'm 80 pounds overweight so I'm not at a recomp size.

Are you trying to bank calories for your vacation or lose weight? Just out of curiosity. I'd say if you're trying to bank, just do as much as you can safely push yourself to do whichever way that ends up being. In the long term, I do both. Running is my cardio, though I will sometimes sub walking at an incline for my low…

I'd say about 25 pounds right now. I'm about 20 pounds down and my size 16s are big but 14s are still a touch tight.

When one HAS to be up (for work or family) early it's usually possible to make oneself right? I'm a night person too but spent time as a baker waking up at 4am to get to work. I had to go to bed around 9 to really be able to function. Which is difficult if you still have a normal day job. But people do. You have to want…

Are you going to fast? It's hard to tack on time if you're going to fast. If you're new to cardio start comfortably slow. Like you should be able to hold a conversation. And then add 2-5 minutes each work out or each week if you can.

I got a skinny caramel macchiato once trying to be "good" and it was DISGUSTING. I had 2 sips and threw it out. If you want to try something "starbucks" (and not just coffee) they should still have the mini frappucino size cups. They're like itty bitty. 6-8oz I forget. It's a nice way to indulge without blowing 300-400+…

Junk food costs very little. Can get a big bag of chips and soda for $2-3. Can order off the value menu at a fast food place. Walmart has candy pretty cheap. Cookies are only $3-5. And it's very easy to eat in a surplus with food like that. I know personally I got about $10-15 a week as a teenager for allowance. It also…

Balega all day every day for me. Like hugs for my feet lol. But I was a manager at a running store so I drank the kool aid. I used to have a favorite cotton sock and didn't have an issue with blisters but I ultimately found synthetic to be 1000 times more comfortable. And my balegas are out wearing some cheaper target…

This is definitely not necessarily true. No telling who will get an eating disorder. I was 210 at 5-5/5'6" when I was 14 and a light switch went off in my brain one night and I stopped eating and lost 50 pounds in 4 months. I struggled on and off until college with anorexia and bulimia. If someone uses food to soothe…

I wear capris. They make ones better for hot weather. Body glide doesn't really work for me. Or you can find 7" Inseam shorts.

This. If you're close to goal your deficit should be smaller. It will help with feeling so hungry and deprived. There's also some suggestion that doing a controlled "refeed" day could help boost leptin levels which might also help with the hunger. The body can get crazy hungry if it's been in a deficit for a long time.…

I've been thinking of seeking out a psychiatrist for this to help with anxiety/fatigue/SAD issues. Weight loss assistance would be a nice bonus, especially if it helps with emotional overeating.

Kinda yeah. And as someone else said, separating it into perishable/non-perishable is a better way of putting it. The perimeters have all the fridges for the dairy and proteins and produce. The inner aisles have all the non perishables and household products. But where everything goes other than that isn't standard.

Upping Fat intake is the easiest way to up your calories without having to eat a ton more food if you're not hungry. And make sure you're accurately weighing everything. Especially fats. They're so calorie dense it's easy to quickly over do it.

Ok thanks. I'll see how it goes over the next month. I've lost weight before even when eating out so I don't know what's so different this time around. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Bump?

6 days a week is fine. I suppose even 7 if you're doing all different body parts every day. Lots of people are active on "rest" days but still active enough to call it exercise by many people's standards. Just fuel your body and listen when it's telling you to rest- either mentally or physically.

I have to echo other sentiments though about your lack of protein and fat contributing to you being hungry. Get your calories in a deficit and figure out how to add some fats and proteins and you won't feel so hungry even in a deficit. (Hopefully. Ideally. In a perfect world. But most likely.)

Not a biker but I used to help people with nutrition a little working in a running/tri store. My boss did iron man competitions and said it wasn't uncommon for the bikers to eat sandwiches. I think it's easier to eat real food on a bike. I'm also a fan of bonk breaker bars. Some good flavors. I would use those before…