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The only guy I do this with at my gym has never heard of leg day. His upper body would be the envy of anyone. His legs are toothpicks -- his biceps are actually bigger than his thighs! So I can look at that and think, well. I can only do 5 pull-ups. But at least my legs are proportional. Not that I say anything out loud;…

Holy kitten. I just added up that menu you provided, and it's only 984 calories! Did I miss something? Breakfast: 1 cup Golean cereal (160 cal) 160 2 egg whites 34 1 cup strawberries 4 coffee w/ fat free cream 20 Total 218 Snack: 1 1/2 cup of spaghetti squash 46 1 carrot 25 Total 71 Lunch: Can of tuna (120 cal) 120 1 Greek…

Since you're already at a healthy weight, 1 lb/week may be too fast. At some point, hunger isn't mere appetite; it's your body trying to tell you something. Aside from that, it can take a certain amount of experimentation to find a combination of macros that leave you feeling sated longer. Ordinarily I'd suggest more…

Are your goals and loss rate realistic for your current height and weight?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metabolic_age I have my doubts that a scale can usefully determine all this from a single bioimpedance measurement plus body weight.

Is that 1700 from MFP? Did you tell it you wanted to lose, or to maintain? The thyroid affects weight less than you might think in most cases and it's easily treated.

It depends. When you set up your fitness profile, did you tell MFP you wanted to lose, or that you wanted to maintain? If you told it you want to maintain, then you should not eat back your exercise calories because the calorie goal it gave you will maintain your weight without exercise. You will therefore need to create a…

No, I decrease them. I think. Which sounds strange, but I'm in a mode where I track calories during the week at a small deficit, but not on the weekends. I also work out 5 during the week, but not on the weekends -- although, unlike the workweek, I don't spend most of the day sitting at a desk. So I suspect I generally eat…

"I ate less and exercised." They are invariably disappointed.

Roasted chicken, protein shake, Greek yogurt.

Not a dumb question at all! You burn calories by just living. The silver lining of being obese, is that for you "just living" burns a lot more calories than you might think. Almost certainly more than for me. As a 170 lb, 54 year old man, I maintain at about 2050 calories without exercise. If you're younger and heavier,…

Weight has nothing to do with "eating healthy". It's all about how much, not what. If you find yourself gaining, it's because you're in a calorie surplus.

You're fine. No matter what the shape of your body, you are fine. Don't place your sense of self-worth in the hands of others, especially not those who will judge you by your appearance. They don't know you just by looking at you, and they don't know what you are worth.

For good health it's important to pay attention to nutrition, but the basic principle is that you can lose weight by maintaining a calorie deficit no matter what. For comfort, it's best to find a combination of foods that leave you feeling sated even when you're in a deficit. This is highly individual, so what works for…

That must feel so damn good. Congratulations!

With a sufficiently tasty bread and some butter, I can scarf down 1000 cal worth of toast easily. Toast is how I finish of my day's calories when I'm maintaining or gaining. (I hesitate to call what I do "bulking".) Losing weight simply involves cutting out my bedtime toast snack. But then, I love toast and am probably…

This is almost certainly a filthy lie. Unless it's a plain dosa with no filling. Then the calories are probably about right, but it's not technically a Masala dosa then.

Odd. When I search for running, the only entries that some up are in kph. And it's the online version. And I have my stats in US measures. No big deal for me since I measure my distance in km anyway, but still.

I use the gym at work. It's free, very well-equipped with a great selection of machines, free weights, cardio machines, and miscellaneous gear like TRX, bands, medicine balls, etc., is staffed with folks who know what they're talking about, and there are some great trails nearby for running. I'd have a hard time finding a…

Your BMR is the calories you'd burn if you were lying around in a coma all day. It's the calories you burn doing nothing but living, and will decrease as you lose weight. (It takes more energy to maintain a higher body mass.) If you were only eating 1500 calories, no wonder you feel dizzy from time to time. The number you…

Do not seek the advice of a bunch of strangers on the internet when it comes to your health. Yes, it might be something innocuous. We all hope it's that. But it might not be, and we can't tell from where we sit even if we were medical professionals.

If it's packaged food, it may suffice just to check what it says on the package. Here in America, the USDA has a food composition database you can search that I find very useful: https://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/search/list Most of its entries have been added to MFP's database, and they're most easily found by NDB number.…

Weight loss is difficult enough without the tendency to turn it into a moral issue. If you like McDonald's, there's nothing wrong with eating there once in a while. I'm pretty sure no one would advocate an all-McDonald's diet.

If it's become a serious problem such that you recognize it as an addiction, I suggest counseling or AA.

I assume you're asking about MFP and are confused because of your Slimming World experience? MFP will track calories and macronutrients for you. Your diet will be reasonably balanced if you come close to your macro goals, and you sound as if you're eating a good variety. In theory, if you do that your calories should be…

Of course, but I seem to have not expressed myself far too elliptically. This diet may be healthier than what most people may be eating, but as a weight-loss scheme it's just as faddish as any other. Nor will it actually work, since it's not likely to result in a calorie deficit. How will someone who tries this diet react…

For the time being, yes. But what happens when she fails to lose weight as she anticipates? She'll conclude that it "doesn't work" and either switch to some other fad or give up entirely.

Just had some blood work done. My cholesterol is below 200 for the first time I can remember, and without statins.

Oh, I'm aware my diet is inefficient. Mostly I really, really need to relax on weekends. I think my difficulty has to do with taking the hydrostatic numbers at face value. Were they correct, I'd have to make a heroic effort to cut below 10% for results that would be mediocre-looking at best. More likely the bf% I was…

If I'm gonna go to Popeye's, it's gonna be for a 3-piece spicy combo with Cajun rice and an extra biscuit. Which is why I don't go there too often.