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Oh that wasn't what I had meant, my apologies if it came off like that. I know the water in it is still water of course, nothing can change that. I still drink diet soda regularly and have nothing against it in the slightest. But just personally when I drink diet soda I never have seen it as a source of hydration even if…

I know I never count my coffee or green tea towards my water intake. That being said, I don't see why you couldn't so long as you had black coffee or plain tea. All you're doing in that case is adding one ingredient for each and adding just a few calories that wont make much of a difference in the majority of cases. The…

That's what I do as well because it just makes sense. Just checking to make sure so I can make sure I'm logging right. I appreciate it

When I started changing my diet over I had read vegans and vegetarians usually are deficient in some amino acids and nutrients so I use the flax and the pistachios more for the micronutrients vs depending on them as a good source of protein. Plus they're tasty so I don't mind having them regularly haha

If you make it yourself it turns out to be pretty cheap

I've incorporated ground flax seed and pistachios into my everyday foods along with eggs and Greek yogurt daily I think that gets me all of the essential amino acids. I believe I read that eggs include all of them so I've made sure to eat them regularly

Perfect that's the answer I was hoping for haha thank you

That's true I still try to stay mindful of everything else I am eating too, I appreciate it!

Yeah that makes sense. I always wondered if I needed to include body fat into it and that answers it. Thanks!

Oh alright that makes sense. I have just been going a little higher than I thought all this time haha

I've always been under the impression that you're supposed to measure it as lbs of bodyweight not lbs of LBM, is there a real difference besides having slightly higher macros for fat and protein?

I was doing the same thing as you a while back and one day decided to just go for it nonstop and see how far I can get. In the end I did the 13 miles but had aching joints for a few days so I would definitely work up to it. Also a tip I got from another runner who does half marathons pretty frequently was to bring coconut…

You need to find an eating pattern that works for you to keep you from feeling deprived while still keeping you in a deficit. Everything seems to point in another direction besides IF for that. Otherwise I have been doing IF for months now and the hardest part was developing the willpower to resist eating when I wasn't…

I will definitely check that out when I get the opportunity. This is one of my first times hearing about it

I have started weighing myself daily starting about a month ago and I feel that that has helped me stay on track better doing exactly how you say. In the morning before I eat or drink anything. I will try to figure out my maintenance and go from there. I know I've only experienced weight loss in my time so weight…

Alright I will re-adjust and see if that helps me out some. I appreciate all the advice

I know I have started increasing the intensity of my workouts which might be part of the reason

How long should I spend going from a deficit to a surplus?

I believe if I had it on maintenance on here it has me around 2200 Cals. I only set it to gain .5 lbs a week

That's what I was thinking. I knew it didnt burn much and i am hoping to lose it slowely so I can keep as much muscle as possible. I just didn't know if it seems like too much for the amount of calories and ill end up burning out or going catabolic

Ive quit drinking just to get in better shape as well. I never drank often but when I did I was out of the gym for 2-3 because it took a while to get feeling normal again. Definitely makes it harder being social because a lot of my friends don't understand what i'm trying to do. Otherwise i've seen nothing but benefits…

I do IF now and once my body got used to it after about a week it got a lot easier and I feel like I have more energy during workouts. Its just once I'm done I have to eat a bunch just because I have no energy left