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I think I was over thinking it. I will continue my 20% deficit off my TDEE, and workout how I have been to get my fat reduced to see what muscle progress I have made while lifting. Hopefully I can come back here and show my progress

what are some of your workout routines with the 1800+ calorie intake? Weight amount/time spent/reps/days a week, etc.

yes, because that is where I want the change. I am happy with most everything else, but my stomach just is not firm! I am not 100% sure if weight is what I want to lose at this point, because the scale means nothing to me, I just want to look toned. I was hoping that if I started doing some weights and abdominal work I…

So should I start weighing daily from the beginning, or do you find it better to start weighing daily after a couple weeks? Also, do you have a suggestion on how many workout calories I should eat back?

yes, I try to only weigh once a week. When I know I am bloated or am retaining water, I can resist, so I am not as bad as some for sure, BUT when I DO weigh and its not what I want, I do beat myself up for the day. I am going for it for sure. I already changed my weekly loss goal and it changed my daily intake to 1400sum a…

That almost seems to good to be true, but I have to step out on faith and believe it. I have seen that so many people believe they "can't" and that their "bodies are different" and I am in that boat. I have this mindset my body won't let me eat that much and lose weight, and I have bad metabolism, etc etc. I just have to…

Thank you very much! I am going to try to do some trials with this, and start lifting for a couple weeks. I know I focus too much on my scale, and I panic when it goes up. I will have to not weigh myself for that period of time so I SEE results in my body and not worry about the scale, cause I know it will go up and down,…

That is where I struggle too. I don't fully understand the macros/rules of macros or how to even begin. I feel like I will feel that way too... Do you have a workout plan that you can share? Or pointers what you do each week? I do eat back a lot of my exercise calories, does that not count? It ends up being around…

I am not in a gym... I wish I was. I have a workout room in my house, and I have many heavy weights, I just need bars for them. So if my base calorie intake is 1240, how many of my workout calories should I eat back to gain muscle, and not destroy my chances of in a healthy mindset, and body?

Thank you! I think i want to lose a few more lbs of fat maybe leave like 5lbs from my goal, and then start to lift.. I almost feel like I may be at the point where I look how I want, but I want to be lean and losing more weight won't do it, but toning will get that flat/flabby stomach look away. Now I just need some…

So I am 26 5'10 and my net calories are 1240, but lately I haven't been able to stay there, and have been eating between 1300-1500... I was eating between 1100-1200 and was losing well, but it seems like my body won't let me do that anymore, so I have raised it up a little. I workout (walking, biking, and only do LIGHT…

Last night I couldn't stop myself. I ate between 2500 and 3000 calories. I have only had a couple days in 4 months like that, and I just physically feel like I need it. I won't weigh myself for 2 weeks cause it will discourage me so bad during this time of the month. :(

I am not on BC... so you are probably right. Does ovulation cause hunger like that? Is your body working harder during that time? Also, Yes I am SUPER bloated as well. I just feel like half my month is ruined by the 10 days before my cycle, and then the 5-6 I am actually on it... I only have this LITTLE window of feeling…

I found out my "snacking" was causing my weight loss halt. I thought I was logging this little thing here and that little thing, and in reality I wasn't doing it accurately. Are you weighing your snacks? The weight adds up to a serving FAST. If you actually see the amount you may change your mind about wasting your…

A scale will put things in perspective. I found out I was eating 3-4 times the amount of peanut butter than I was logging. It made me never want to eat peanut butter again when I saw what a REAL 190 calorie serving was. It looks not worth it to me now, but there is a time and place for it for sure ;) I honestly was…

*UPDATE* You guys were totally on point... I was probably serving myself anywhere from 2-4 servings a peanut butter a pop. I got a digital scale, and portioned out my peanut butter in little cups to take with me, and boy do they mean EXACTLY 2 tablespoons packed and scraped. I knew peanut butter was the culprit, because it…

Thank you so much for all the suggestions. I am going to get a scale and try to be more accurate. I may change my goal to be 1 lb a week and see what that looks like calorie wise. Maybe I could at least try it for a couple weeks to see, and go back to 2lbs and see if it makes any difference (I know that it is debated if…

I do have a food scale, and I use it with meats, but not so much other things, so maybe that is where I am missing steps. (my "cheat" food when others are indulging in cakes and cookies are little snacks like dry cereal or baked penguin snacks ;) I love them too I keep them OUT of my house though!) I had a hormonal moment…

Due to the stop in weight loss, I have tried to eat more and even had a few high calorie days to throw it off, and it hasn't worked.

I work in an office, so I am sure that plays a huge role in the calorie intake it gave me. I didn't take that into account that I changed my daily activity level (job) to that, and added the exercise thinking it would counter balance. I can post my food diary for sure. I would love to know. I know I eat a lot of sugar…