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I exercise extra the next day or two.

Someone wrote it's easier to cut calories than to burn them in a workout. If you're forcing yourself through a workout you're probably not giving 100%. Try finding something that works for you, and although it may take some time, when you do you'll be able to stick with it for the long run. Have you thought about getting a…

Exercise or increase what you're currently doing for exercise.

I use Runtastic. It will show you a map of your run, the average speed, fastest and slowest speed, calories burned. The free version has ads, but they're not that bad, and there are premium memberships. Runtastic also syncs with MyFitnessPal so after I finish a run or walk it automatically updates.

I just say I'm gluten free for health reasons and a recovering alcoholic. One is the truth, one is a fib, but it ends the pushing.

Cut your calories and increase your workouts. The greater your calorie deficit the faster you'll lose weight.

2,000 calories isn't a binge, that's going over your target a little bit and causing you to worry too much. Up your workouts a little and get back to your target and you should get back to where you want to be pretty quickly.

See what works best for you. Eat breakfast for a few weeks, and then go without breakfast for a few weeks. You'll discover what your body prefers.

Up your calories and see what happens. The worst thing that'll happen is you'll gain a few pounds, but your question will be answered. Another thing you could try is keeping your current caloric intake and adding cardio into your workouts.

What are you doing that causes you to snack? Are you watching TV, bored, emotional, etc.?

There are weeks where I'll lose 6 pounds, and weeks where I'll lose 3 pounds, one week I lost a whole 0.8 pounds. My diet and exercise is exceptionally consistent so I chalk the differences to just the way my body works.

I get people telling me I need to stop losing weight. A lot of questions about what I eat, why I stopped drinking beer and eating wheat. Nobody has said I look sick or anything, but a few people have told me I look too thin, even though my BMI says I'm still overweight. I've started explain that they've only known me…

I've noticed that I tend to lose for about a week or two and then hold steady for a week. What I've found that works for me is to do what I call a crazy day. After I post this, and I'm hesitant to post because I know I'm going to get serious backlash on this, you know, I'm not going to post. It's normal, don't allow it to…

I do multiple workouts several times a week. I'll go half an hour to an hour on my NordicTrack early in the morning, and then I'll run 5 miles after work. Also I do bodyweight exercises, squats, pushups, etc.

Thanks, I'll give Canyon Bakehouse a try, I love toasted cheese sandwiches.

Stick with it and enjoy getting stronger.

My take is it's not that you're converting fat cells into muscle cells, it's that you're building muscle cells through lifting weights and you're body is burning the fat cells to power the new muscle cells.

I would eat so much I would get sick. I would literally throw up from eating so much. Did that stop me? Of course not, I would just get back to eating. The groceries I bought on Sunday generally were gone by Wednesday. The more I bought, the more I ate. While at work all I would do is think about stopping off on the way…

Thanks, Theo, that helped me understand the analogy better.

Regardless of what people tell you whether you can or cannot eat at a deficit and loose fat while gaining muscle at the same time, you're seeing the results. Just keep doing what you're doing and enjoy the positive changes in your body. You'll continue getting stronger and continue losing fat as you build muscle. How long…

If you want to start toning I would recommend starting right now. Since you're down to 195 pounds adding in resistance training will gain you lean muscle, which will help speed up burning fat. If you're not too self-conscious about what you weigh focus on gaining muscle and enjoy how much better your body will look.

I would add 100 to 200 calories back and give it a few weeks to see how your body adjusts. When you reach a steady weight then you'll know that's the caloric intake to maintain that weight. Continue adding or subtracting calories until you figure out what you need to consume to maintain the weight you want. When I reach my…

I run in Brooks Ghost 7, but I'm going to switch to either the Brooks Ghost 9 or Brooks Glycerin 14 in a couple of weeks. I've run in a lot of different brands and I've found Brooks to suit my feet and running style the best. My recommendation is to go to a store specializing in running gear.

How tall are you? I'm 5'9" and when I was around 30 I got down to 144 pounds by doing nothing but cardio. Then I got into lifting heavy and got up to 178 pounds with less than 7% body fat. I felt great at both weights, although I was far stronger, for obvious reasons, while lifting. Have you ever been at any of the weights…

I'm similar, but instead of obsessing over the calorie logging part, I obsess over how much I've logged in for exercising. I'll work out two or three times per day just to see the total calories burned go up.

Where I work it's pretty much the same thing, there is always free food for the taking. Pizza, crackers, chips and salsa, bagels and cream cheese, and candy, lots of candy, ice cream, cakes, pies, full on party spreads with pretty much anything you can imagine. Pizza is the most difficult for me to pass by because I love…

Yes, you have proven them wrong, and you have also proven that you are strong.

As long as you're burning more than 2,000 per day you'll lose weight. It doesn't matter how you burn those calories, only that you burn them. You'll know for sure once you start working out and see if you're losing weight, remaining the same, or gaining. My understanding is rowing machines burn the most calories.

Squats, lunges, jumping jacks, jumping rope, running in place, running in place with high knee lifts come to mind.

Focus on the four tasks you need to pass. Do sprints to get your speed where it needs to be, and run longer for the 1.5 timed. Work on push ups and sit ups, and also use a bench press to get strong enough to push the required weight. You've got six months, which is plenty of time as long as you stay focused and motivated.