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Yeah around 20% what's your height?

Mines been acurate enough. It's stayed in the same range as a few other methods. It's does the bf%, hydration, muscle mass, bone, bmi breakdown. When I set it up you have to make a profile with sex, age, height, there is athletic/normal, then it takes your weight.

But cheese burgers aren't really that bad and can be filling as protein. Swap the bun for lettuce and I bet it drops down to 200 cals too. Then you could have two burgers as well. There isn't really any right or wrong foods some just are more nutrient dense. A mix of less dense and more dense food still works.

Maintaining is different. For that the numbers are .36 per pound its in this study (http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=182114) but its behind a pay wall. In it they also say that you may need increased those numbers based on possible age and such. But yeah maintaining isn't as high.

The rules come from a combination of studies done on protein intake. That didn't see a difference in mass built based on protein consumption in those number ranges. I edited my previous post. There will be differences between gender, general work load and such. The muscle that can be put on is in ranges. I don't remember…

The general rule is when you are bulking to put on muscle mass you eat .6-1g of protein per pound of LBM (Lean body mass) not per pound of total body weight. So like I have around 120# of LBM at 150# of TBW. That would mean protein for me to build muscle in a bulk would be 72-120g of protein a day not 90-150g. Also no not…

I tend to work out 6 or 6:30 for a couple hours then just eat dinner after, but I eat lunch at around 1pm. When you eat really doesn't matter to much as long as you aren't eating to much to make yourself feel ill while working out.

You should just enter your stats into MFP set your goal and go off that. It calculates your NEAT which means you add in deliberate exercise. Im 5'7 male 20s was 240 am 150. You defiantly can lose weight easily well above 1500 even probably above 2k. MFP will give you a good set of numbers. 1. Exercise is what you want. I…

People can have higher goals than being a healthy BMI. I've been in a healthy weight range for the last 10 pounds but and still losing to hit BF%. This involves losing a bit more fat to remove love handles and abdominal fat. OP you need to track weekends for sure as they can Wipeout a week. Also look into a starter…

I think with the smaller deficit its just easier to mask fat loss with water retention and digesting food. I can fluctuate several pounds a day that coincides with what I have eaten/drank, sodium levels, and carbs. The trend is still downward but its going to look really slow. At this point I put more stock in taking…

I use 10# blocks as rolling mini goals. It's nice to focus on 160-150 vs a larger gap. I don't do any maintaining in between. Make sure you are adjusting your calorie deficit as it drops every 10 pounds or so.

I'm 5'7 male 153 right now so a little different, but we don't eat that differently except I skip breakfast. When I looked at you diary I noticed you have a lot of entries you reuse. This isn't itself a problem but you could be getting calorie creep. I would suggest taking a few days where you weigh everything to recheck…

SW: 240 CW: 153 GW: 140 UG: 10%bf 5'7"

It's only 3 times a week so there is time to rest. I would say just do your best. You have the DOMS, I'm going to guess you are still on first week, it gets less intense as you keep working out. If you feel you really can't go on then miss a middle session for some extra rest but the only thing that will make it go away is…

Yeah it comes off when it wants to. My last 10-15 pounds is mostly massed on abs and sides. So legs great, arms/shoulder good, stomach. ..ok still progressing.

MFP gives you your NEAT. Why not just try putting your numbers into the app setting a goal and eating at what it tells you. See if that works. You can then log individual exercises you do. Also I have no idea what your cardio is but 1000 is pretty high. How did you get that burn count?

Once you star maxing out stronglifts it will deload you 10% and have you work up again. If you fail 3 times on a load it will reduce weight and indicated to use 1.25 pound plates for progression after that. Also after a while it will reduce some exercises to 3x5 then 1x5 but by that point you might be lifting well out of…

Ok look at these. https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10177803/recomposition-maintaining-weight-while-losing-fat/p1 https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10226536/bulking-for-beginners

If you are going to weigh often you need to check out using a weight trending app or something. There are lots of reasons to retain water and have your weight go up temporarily. I bounce and extra 4 pounds around on a regular basis but the trend is always down.

Toning is't really a thing. You should look into body recomposition, or a muscle building bulk and cut cycle. It sounds like you are wanting to build lean body mass more than lose weight.

I yeah its pretty off. We are talking roughly 1000+calories over a day. Granted some could be water and the amount less. Assuming it's fat that is a lot of overeating I'd you were actively tracking with a food scale. For the next 2 weeks try 100% logging by weight and really see where you are with portions.

You can post your stats. 1800 isn't that much. I still eat just below that to still lose weight at my rate of .5 pound per week. 5'7" 154 male

She believes that "processed" food or things whatever are bad for people. She says this in a lot of threads. OP you need to eat up to around you calorie goal to lose the weight at the rate you put into MFP. If you put in all your stats right and set you goal it gives you the amount of cals you need to make that goal…

So you went into starvation mode every morning then out every evening when you were over eating. Starvation mode is a myth. There are several threads on it here. Diet drink, plain tea, and black coffee don't impact weight loss. It's about accurately logging and being in a deficit over time.

You just have to be stricter on the weekends. That's all you really can do. Maybe drop some cals in the week to offset for the weekend but really you are in control of what you eat.

The only benefit is that you can eat more between 12 to 8pm since you haven't eaten yet.

Is it 500 calories a day? Based on the numbers you've posted it sounds like it. Over 2 years that's enough to lose around 104 pounds. You mention a loss of around 30 ish in the last year+ when it should have been 50+. This means either your #s are off, you cheat more than you think, or you arent as good at counting as you…

My scales beg to differ.

Just go for the top of the healthy BMI range for now. It won't give you an exact # for an end goal but once you've entered that range it will be easier to figure out fitness/visual goals. This not pertinent to individuals is pretty misleading. At 5'7" and not a body builder the chart will be really accurate for you. In…

Almost everything you have mentioned her eating is very high carb and she is eating fruit every morning... Have you talked to her about carbs or is she even really trying. Sounds like she mostly eats sugar. Also low fat yogurt and fruit ever morning can be low cal it can also be much higher than you think. Just a small…