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Sounds like whomever is performing test and telling you these things may be pushing you into spending more time and money at their gym. Also, losing muscle is inevitable when in a calorie deficit. Your trainer should know this but if they're causing you to panic, I maybe would consider someone new.
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Plan ahead as most have mentioned before. And offer to share. Sharing is caring and great for weight loss!
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I'm not sure what your definition of junk food is but whenever I tell myself no to a certain food, my willpower only goes so far. So, I get creative...I will save some calories so I can eat ice cream that night or go for a longer run to enjoy that 2nd glass of wine. I'd rather spend my energy doing other things than…
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How are you measuring your daily 2150 calories?
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I imagine your goal is to lose fat, not necessarily weight. Think of it that way. Your scale will not always reflect fat loss since your weight can fluctuate depending on water retention, hormones, sodium.
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I agree with the above but I'll say this too... you only gave us 2 data points. If you're not logging your food, we don't know your expected rate of loss. If it's .5lb a week you're going for then this week could just be masking water weight due to TOM or a high sodium meal. 8 weeks at .5lb a week would be 4lb loss. When I…
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I've spent some time reading the thread and also listening to some of the great videos. I was under the impression that the diet break was longer than 2 days and a refeed was 1-2 days of a higher carb diet. So if I was already at maintenance frequently enough, would taking a 1-2 week diet break aide me when back in deficit…
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Question...if I eat at maintenance once or twice a week, is a diet break really necessary? I'm still losing about 1-.5lb a week.
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Food scale!!
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OK, I am curious. Can you elaborate on what this means? A diagram might help me out...
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Butter goes on my cast iron.
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Yes but I usually up my calories to maintenance bc my body craves calories when I am ill.
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Great job on your loss!
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I would suggest downloading a weight trend app (Happy Scale on iOS) to ease your concerns over the scale. In my case, I never lose weight in a straight line downwards. I'm up or stay the same weight for weeks and then one day, whoosh, I drop 1-2lbs. And then the cycle starts again. It's normal. Just gotta stick with it!
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Seasoning salt is nice. Lime or lemon juice to keep it green. With chips! And I just described guacamole so...guacamole. I also eat it almost every day with eggs. I also make a good salmon salad with avo, strawberry and bacon. Lime juice as the dressing.
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You can't base your entire weight loss strategy on one weigh in on the scale. Look at the overall trend vs one day. In two weeks time, you've lost 3.5 lbs, that's a great trend. This is the correct "know it all" you should be listening to. It's very typical for people to go low carb and lose a lot of weight and then gain…
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I've got 3200 steps for 40 calories set to sedentary.
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In my experience, as someone who's using my iPhone as the step counter, I get calories burned for every step...not after 5k steps but after a hundred or so. My activity level is set to not very active. So every step counts for me. I've noticed that when I enter in other exercise, those steps are eliminated bc I am assuming…
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I'm following this thread bc very recently I've become ravenous after losing the last 5lbs (59lbs total lost). I still have 15-20lbs to lose. It's like overnight, I've suddenly had to move from 1lb a week to .5lb a week and it's messing with me.
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It doesn't want to double dip your exercise calories so if you want you can manually enter in your steps walked as a separate exercise.
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How are you measuring your intake? With a food scale? Or measuring cups?
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I haven't read the book but I've seen some of his other content and it's always been broken down in basic terms and very easy to understand.
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One of those pizza cookies with vanilla ice cream.
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Whatever you can eat that doesn't make you go over your calorie limit! I don't consider serving sizes and tbh they're usually too small.
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59lbs lost over a years time and no loose skin.
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I lost 59lbs, copper IUD (no hormones) and my period is just as heavy as it was when I was 221lbs. I've heard however that having a large calorie deficit for an extended period of time can cause your body to conserve energy and the menstrual cycle can be one of those processes that stops. Which would be a problem. You've…
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Lots of natural things can cause depression in different people. Everyone falls onto a very wide spectrum. Our bodies are fascinating that way!
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I have found that I sweat significantly less and I realize that I determine a lot of my effort based on how much it made me sweat. For example, I'd feel good about my effort in a sport if I ended up dripping in sweat at the end. Now that I've lost 59lbs, I sweat much less and it's thrown this off. I feel like I should be…
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I typically just have coffee and cream in the morning and don't eat until the afternoon. I like having a bigger lunch and dinner.
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I hate the gym! Haven't gone to one in over two years. I love to walk outside, do yoga and play sports. So if your goal is to lose 30 lbs, you can do that easily by finding exercise you love!