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Sorry, I missed where OP mentioned their weight. But to say height is irrelevant is not accurate. One's TDEE is a function of their gender, age, height, weight and activity level. All other variables being equal, someone who's 5' 140lbs will have a different TDEE than someone who's 5'10 140lbs. Granted, the difference may…

I'm curious how you arrived at this number without knowing the OP's height, weight.

Weight loss comes down to calories, not specific macros. If you want to lose fat, you need to create a calorie deficit, either by reducing your food intake (calories in), increasing your energy expenditure (calories out), or both. Reducing your food intake will likely have a much bigger impact on your weight loss than…

Agreed. When I first started counting calories, I actually logged for an entire week without any regard to hitting my daily calorie goal. I ate in the quantities I normally ate at so I could get a sense of where my excess calories were coming from. I found it to be extremely informative.

It ranks relatively low on independent testing site labdoor.com... https://labdoor.com/rankings/protein

Just to add to this, you can get stronger while maintaining a calorie deficit, but gaining an appreciable amount of muscle mass generally requires you to eat at a calorie surplus. And when eating at a surplus while weight training, you'll be adding both muscle mass and body fat. Depending on how much fat you have to lose,…

Along these same lines, look at vacuum insulated bento boxes like a Mr. Bento. It has three separate containers so that you can bring both hot and cold items with you.

I've always equated grunting while lifting to "kiai" in marital arts. In Japanese martial arts specifically, one of the reasons for doing kiai is to focus your energy (ki) behind your strike. It also focuses your attention/awareness on the moment of impact.

As an insomniac, I prefer to do cardio either in the morning or during my lunch hour. Working out at night, be it cardio or lifting, tends to interfere with my sleep. ETA: If it's a morning session, I don't eat beforehand. If it's a midday/afternoon session, it's usually 1.5-2 hours after I've eaten.

It sort of depends on the type of person you are. You're going through what I have to imagine is a very stressful time. Dieting (read: changing one's lifestyle) could very well add an extra layer of unneeded stress to your life. On the other hand, counting calories and being more mindful of how much you're eating might…

Yeah, pretty much. Online TDEE calculators can give you a fairly good estimate, but it's still just an estimate.

I just entered your stats into a couple TDEE calculators and given your activity level, 3000 calories/day is in the ballpark for maintenance for you. But the only way to know for sure is to accurately track your food intake and reassess your progress in about a month.

Bookmarked for future reference! :)

With only 30-45lbs to lose, I suspect you'll find that trying to lose 2lb/week will be unsustainable either now, or in the near future. The general recommendation is to aim to lose no more than 1% of your bodyweight per week. And that percentage should, in most all cases, decrease as you get closer to your goal weight.

"Crumbed"...is that similar to either ground or minced meat?

https://www.cooksillustrated.com/how_tos/5490-baking-conversion-chart

You'll find both raw and cooked entries in the food database. That said, it's generally better to weigh your food raw. Food loses water (and fat, when applicable) when it's cooked. And both cooking time and method will have an impact on how much weight is lost during the cooking process.

MFP was designed for you to eat your exercise calories. That said, many have found their exercise calories to be overestimated. Eating 50-70% of them would be a good place to start. If after several weeks of logging you find that you're losing weight faster than expected, you can start eating more of your exercise calories…

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Losing 25 more pounds would put you at 115lbs. 115lb is underweight for someone who's 5.7". Please seek professional help. At 5'7", 140lbs, you're already at a healthy weight. So a doctor or therapist won't force you to eat more. What they would most likely do is help you work through the body dysmorphia issues you seem to…

I'm fortunate enough to have three coffee roasters in my neighborhood. I generally prefer brighter, more acidic coffee and usually buy beans from either Kenya or Ethiopia. I drink it black, but I'll usually add 1/2 tsp of sugar to darker, more bitter roasts.

I always check labdoor.com before trying a new brand of supplement. Here's a link to their fish oil rankings: https://labdoor.com/rankings/fish-oil

I had a friend make a similar comment to me once. But to be fair, I was making one of these. :#

What's your daily calorie goal and how are you measuring your food intake?

The USDA disagrees with you. One large egg contains .4g of carbs.

Spot on.

All of this is deeply troubling. 140 lbs is right in the middle of a healthy weight range for someone who's 5'7". Your very low calorie diet is both unhealthy and it's not providing you with nearly enough calories to fuel your swimming workouts, which is also very unhealthy. Equally concerning are the thoughts you have…

For me, it depends on the workout. Steady state cardio tends to kill my appetite, but interval-based cardio and lifting makes me extremely hungry.

Here's the thing. You're actually the second baker who has joined MFP since the New Year (that I'm aware of) who made a post about not losing weight. She, like you, said she only used measuring cups because she was a professional and knew how to accurately estimate quantities of foods and ingredients. After much debate,…

The bolded parts are where you should start, OP. Start weighing and logging accurately and reassess your progress in about 3-4 weeks. I suspect you'll see the numbers on the scale start to move in the right direction.