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Here are some suggestions: Weigh out ANYTHING you consume. No eye-balling or estimating. Log everything, hidden calories from things like ketchup, dressing, or even prepared foods like a restaurant salad can in fact add up. Once again, weigh everything or measure everyrhing. If you eat out, order food, and estimate the…

Thanks for all the tips! Hey thanks for your thoughts! I just got through with an upper body workout, and I ate a pre-workout wrap, about 250 cals, and a post workout sandwich and protein shake. It felt better to eat beforehand TBH, at least today it did. I'm going to experiment a little here and there but I think I like…

Weigh in once a week, not daily. If you weigh yourself daily, it can be discouraging. If you eat too few calories, you may eventually implode and eat like crazy. Think of it like this: dieting to lose weight fast isn't the point. Changing your lifestyle is the point. If we diet and lose the weight, what happens then when…

My recommendation: Use low carb wraps, and fill them with baked chicken or turkey, whatever protein you like. Add a little cheese perhaps, weigh out maybe 7g in each wrap. One of the wraps I eat is like 50 calories and then after they're done, around 250 calories total. Look in my diary if you want, it's open. The wraps…

Going to your doctor and having blood work and a physical would be wise. Google "TDEE calculator" Use it. Get your base calories. I recommend using "sedentary" as activity level. After you have that number of calories, eat in a calorie deficit. Let's say 2000 calories is your maintenance number (don't gain, don't lose…

Thanks for all the tips!

Tim Hortons has excellent coffee!

Awesome suggestions here, especially the rows. I have a cable pull contraption, I could def implement them in other ways besides a bar as well. And I love the idea of reducing the legs, I never thought about the point you made about the recovery time! Thanks!

Thanks for your thoughts here! Much appreciated

Thanks for your thoughts here, very helpful. I think I have plenty of energy to workout fasted, but TBH I've never tried fueling then working out. Maybe I should experiment a little and mix it up. Perhaps I'll try that Saturday. I do vary my exercises from workout to workout, I don't know if that's what you meant. I'll…

Thank you so much for your thoughts. They're very helpful to me!

Delete one of the entries into your food diary. Or you can just adjust your eating to reflect the error.

Ha ha ha! That's one of the things I was eating when I gained weight. Ice cream. Candy bars. Very good but it set me back quite a bit

Hey Kristina! My diary is open if you like to see what others are doing. Some suggestions: I enjoy low carb wraps as an alternative to bread. I buy a lot of turkey and chicken, and make wraps with a little cheese, meat, and a sauce like Buffalo or whatever you enjoy. Salads are good also, as long as the have protein and…

What you described sounds like the cravings and appetite I get when I am eating because of emotions. I'm not super educated on this topic, but I have heard that eating releases dopamine and creates pleasure in our brains. If we aren't feeling well emotionally we may over-eat/under-eat depending on the person's individual…

Excellent point here. I wish I could moderate and still enjoy those foods. It leads me to over eat. Maybe I have a lack of discipline/self control though.

Hey Holly! Welcome! Time does indeed fly. I didn't know how fast it would actually go when I was younger. I can understand your battle with motivation. Just getting started is the hardest part to overcome in my opinion. The good news is walking (for example) has been shown to reduce stress by the increased endorphins.…

Welcome! It's the first day, but you'll do fine. Stick to your goals and log your intake. One day at a time!

I'm sorry for your loss. Maybe this will seem silly, but I watch (some) movies to sometimes get motivated to do things. Here is a short list. Overcoming adversity. Rocky Balboa The legend of Bagger Vance The secret They are just movies, I know. But hearing Rocky say "it ain't how hard you can hit. It's how hard you can get…

Welcome! Good luck! It's all will power. I used this app to change my life. It worked. Use a food scale, log accurately, and things will go fast. When you look back on this 6 mos from now, yeah, piece of cake! Good luck! Stay motivated! Watch some videos on YouTube if you need some motivation. Search "workout motivation"…

If they have McD's on campus, eat the southwest grilled chicken salad, with southwest dressing, or eat artisan grilled chicken sandwich. Both are decent in protein and have low-ish fat. Also, Wendy's chili is somewhat healthy, high sodium though. Have that with a garden side salad with Italian dressing or something other…

My diary is open as well. My protein is about 150g/day. It's public. Look at it if you want!

Dude.... good grief.

You beat me to it!

Maintaining a caloric deficit is easy, but you must be exact with logging. I weigh all the things I eat. I have been at it for about 8 weeks in total, and started logging all food intake April 1st or 2nd. I lose 1.5-2lbs a week in that time. I was 208 on April 1, now about 193? So 15lbs in 7 weeks I guess. Hadn't thought…

I do. I eat more than 50% at night after getting home from "the office". But the things I eat are all healthy. I also balance my macros pretty decent most times too. For some reason, I always get hungry I'm the last 4 hours before I go to sleep. So, I started eating alot then. I eat a small breakfast, finish out calories…

Google TDEE calculator (total daily energy expenditure). IIFYM is a good site. Enter details honestly, enter email, and get TDEE. Reduce by 250-500 calories to start. Do that a couple weeks, and take an average of weight for that time. Adjust if you can/need to.

I eat 1700 calories a day. I am cutting/losing weight. 40% carbs 170g 25% fat 48g 35% protein 148g I don't think it matters for maintenance what macros are, as long as you get enough protein? Calorie count is probably the key factor? And FWIW, I go over on fat half the time it seems. I try to get macros spot on though.

You need to be in a caloric deficit to lose fat. Google "TDEE calculator". I think a good site is iifym or something like that. Enter detailed and honest info, you have to enter email address, bam. You have your maintenance calories. Reduce by 500 calories to start, check weight in two weeks (every day if you want, but…

"Grassroots" by 311 "Rock Your Body" Justin Timberlake "Paradise" Coldplay Just some thoughts.