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You could log your exercises in MFP and it would give you a rough idea. We really can't tell you what you burnt. We have no idea how fast you were going on the treadmill, what your resistance was on the rowing machine etc. I think we're all also unsure if you're asking if your TDEE is over 2000 calories or if you mean that…

I work 9.5 hour shifts in a mall so fast food is always pretty tempting, typically more for the convenience than the taste. I buy breakfast 1-2 days per week (Tim Hortons), lunch probably twice a week (Swiss Chalet or chinese) and dinner maybe once every two weeks. I order in pizza with wings and cheesy bread once a month…

OP, look at your deficit. It may be too aggressive to be sustainable long term. If you are going to eat above your MFP goal start with something small like a piece of fruit (50-100 cals) or a greek yogurt (80-120) or a cheese string (60-80). You can also look more closely at what you're eating through out the day and your…

Is it physically uncomfortable or do you just not like the aesthetic of a flattened chest? If it's physically uncomfortable you may be wearing the wrong size. I own a wide variety of brands in sports bras but I have a small rib cage (32" band in normal bras) but am a DD cup. All of my sports bras flatten the appearance of…

Eat at a deficit and you will lose weight. It doesn't have to be salad or any specific food. Aim to eat a variety of healthy foods so that you are giving your body the nutrients/vitamins and the dietary fat it needs to absorb them.

I eat around 130g of protein per day, but have a really small grocery budget so I have to make really smart choices. Protein powder is expensive up front, but can certainly help you reach your goals and there are lots of options besides whey out there if you don't like the taste/texture or find it upsets your stomach. I'm…

So I just took a quick few seconds to pop your stats into some of my fave calcs (Scooby, IIFYM, etc) and the numbers you have seem to be a little off. Even averaging, your BMR is around 1450-1500 and your TDEE -- even at sedentary -- is at or above 1700, which means that to lose 1 lb per week (-500 cals) you would be…

So this may be extreme but when I was losing weight last time and my mother told me I was too thin, I asked my doctor (in front of her) whether I appeared healthy and if losing more weight was reasonable. To be fair though, my mom works for my doctor and I had just popped into the office to give her something. A sit down…

Have you had your blood pressure checked recently? That's about the only thing I can think of.

Just throwing it out there, 28/29" waist -- at your smallest part I'm talking -- actually is not very big for someone of your height and shows already that you have a smaller frame. I'm not sure why you're worried about getting below that point or why you've chosen a specific measurement as your goal. Everyone's body is…

My positive message for you is this: I'm 10lbs lighter than you and the same height and steadily losing on 1900 calories. You can absolutely be eating more. On anything under about 1500 calories I'm dragging my butt without even working out, I can't imagine dropping to 1200. There are lots of high protein options out there…

These are all exceptional tips. I've had surgery to fix issues with both of my knees, but I still favour my right over my left just due to the extent of the injury. Physiotherapy was a big help for me in building my confidence to use my knee to it's full extent and having a safe place to determine and then push boundaries.…

While "mind over matter" may work for you and you are likely to crave sweet/salty things around that time, your body does actually have an increased burn from the time you finish ovulation up until your TOM starts which tends to be the "hungriest" time of the month for most women. Some studies claim that it's up to 15%…

It's hard to give advice without knowing what kind of surgery you're recovering from. Depending on what it is, it might not even be advisable to eat at a deficit as it does impact the rate you heal at. My orthopaedic surgeon found out I was eating in a deficit leading up to my surgery (knee) and told me that for 4-6 weeks…

I actually am a retail manager for a jean store that carries sizes 24-36, with extended sizes on occasion. Jean size is very rarely about body weight so much as body shape. I'm a great example, in a high rise jean I'm a 27, in a low rise a 32 (the size many brands end at). I put women with BMIs healthier than mine into…

You could also preportion out some of the foods you struggle with if you do choose to buy them. I absolutely love chocolate covered pretzels but the little bag I buy is 1000 cals if I eat it in one sitting, so I break it up in sandwich bags into little 150 cal portions. If I go back to grab a second bag, that's a conscious…

I went from being a 36C at 220+ to wearing a 32DD at 160. My band size going down significantly makes the cup change sound more drastic than it really is -- sister sizes, the actual cups on a 36C are almost identical to a 34D, 32DD and so on. I lost body fat around my chest area, but got lucky that most of what was…

I do IIFYM and have an open diary for my friends. I lost about 60lbs successfully eating that way and then got distracted by my personal life and made some poor choices. Back pulling off a little less than 20 now. I'm down 8lbs over the past month; so long as you have a deficit it absolutely works.

You may not be counting calories, but you're doing all the healthy behaviors that go along with it. Portion control, listening to hunger cues, making "smart" decisions for food options. Basically, you've taken what you learned and applied it. I'm sure you still look at (or reference from memory) the calories associated…

You need to figure out why the weekends throw you off. Do you work a really routine job during the week that keeps you away from food other than your lunch time? Is it the people you see on weekends or the activities that you tend to do? And then figure out how to control for that variable. Like others said, you can bank…

Is 1700 maybe too low? Depending on what maintenance is for you, with only 10 lbs to lose you could likely run a smaller deficit (like 250 cals a day) and not feel the need to binge. Might be worth a try.1900-2100 cals is my body's happy zone where I don't have big binge days. Lower than that and I'll never be consistent.

I'm a little confused; are you saying you're going over all your macros before your calories (would mean there's an issue with your entries) or that you're eating too much of one specific macro? I run similar macros to you (45carb/30fat/25protein) and eat around the same amount of cals. I actually find that above 45% I get…

You can try, but from a sustainability perspective, it's not likely to work. You say now you're eating 1200-1800 calories on a weekday, you're now talking about cutting that nearly in half so that you can have calorie (but not nutrient) dense foods and copious amounts of alcohol... Might not leave your body with much to…

Run a weekly calorie goal then and budget your highest amount of calories towards the weekend. I will say though, a little research can go a long way. If I want to go to the bar, I want to actually drink so getting cocktail for 500+ calories really isn't worth it for me. There's lots of drinks that you can have for 200…

I'm 110% guilty of microwaving the Mission1 brownie bars and then putting rocky road frozen yogurt on top. 330 cals, 23g of protein. It's approximately the same calories I would spend to have the low protein version of this (an actual brownie) but I get way closer to my protein macro.

I guess it really depends what you view "super high fat" as. I eat about 30% of my calories from fat; helps with satiety and vitamin absorption. I focus on "good" or healthy fats where I can. If your meals are already feeling high volume, calorie dense foods are absolutely the way to go. Pick up or make a healthy trail mix…

I log everything; I like having the data and being able to problem solve when I'm not getting the results I want. I'm an IIFYM eater so there's some interesting combos in my diary.

I strongly, strongly encourage you to seek counseling. Based on your posts in these forums I've seen you have an incredibly negative view of yourself and an unhealthy relationship with both food and the scale. Seek help from someone who can actually guide you through this process, not just for your physical health, but…

If you're still eating at a deficit, that will actually impact the time it takes your body to heal from injury. You should really consider eating at maintenance until you feel better. More calories and no weight gain (Well, smidge of water weight).

I use the best fat burner out there. It's absolutely amazing. Best part? It's free. P.S. It's my body. Use yours. I know you feel like everyone here is just being a jerk to you but they really aren't. There isn't a single scientific study that proves that fat burners (especially the brands marketed by shows like Doctor Oz…