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Meal preps that I do that are highly customizable to the macros you want to hit: Chili Stirfry Curry Wraps (bread or lettuce...or both) Pick a protein you like and design the rest around that. I've done each of the above with keto style carb intake, or the full blast do I even have anything but carbs in here levels.…

Burger means different things around the world, so assuming he is talking about an American hamburger and criticizing based off your assumption, which was wrong by the way, isn't cool. Also, there are any number of reasons to add oil to a pan for cooking. Taste, texture, added calories for the hell of it, bad pans that…

Short answer: You can't do both at the same time. You can maintain muscle mass, gain strength (brain tells you you can lift more), and lose fat all at the same time, though. This will shape your body in a positive way which I believe is your goal. Make the muscles pop, as they say. Shorter answer: (Paraphrasing) You can,…

Correct. For considering weight only, calories are all that matters. For example: (completely made numbers just to illustrate point) Two males the same age, weight, and height both require 2000 calories a day to lose a lb a week. Man A eats avocados, chicken, tuna, quinoa, protein powders, whole grains, and…

These mother fn frs at my work bring in donuts at least once week, cater once a week, and seems like there is some *kitten* with a birthday once a week as well and there are only about 20 people in the whole building!!!!!!!! I feel your pain. Luckily, my lack of desire to increase my workouts to increase my caloric…

I sit my *kitten* down on the couch, a chair, in bed, on a pool lounger, on a floaty...anything. The extent of my exercise is from walking to the next place I'm going to sit/lie. I also get to consume less calories that day due to not burning any extra, but that is part of my process. I just work better planning day to day…

I make one dish on Sunday afternoon to eat Mon-Friday at work. Leave one in the fridge for Monday, rest go in the freezer, when Monday's goes in the lunch bag Tuesday's comes out of the freezer and into the fridge to thaw and so forth. Things I've made that have kept just fine (and almost completely customizable for…

Couple things: 1. App is way off, probably an incorrect data point somewhere. 2. Distance and weight is what you need to focus on, not time or speed. They do make a difference, but moreso for a cal/min reason as opposed to total cals (it does still matter, but not nearly as much as your weight and distance) 3. Using…

There is no reason to force a workout in the morning if it doesn't work for you. You don't get an extra bonus burn because you got the sweat in before 7. Working out at night is just fine, but as mentioned already, it could negatively impact your sleep cycle depending on how close to bed time. Purely my suggestion here (no…

Negligible difference in calories for hard liquors. Choose your favorite and mix it with water or a diet soda.

OP, There is a lot of good information in the replies to your post. Also OP, Ignore or block Mattyay. Trolls be trolling in many a thread.

Cuz math. 50g carb apprx 200cals 50g fat apprx 450cals Which was your quoted replier's point.

I live in a world of math and science where proving things with facts matter. My wife lives in the metaphysical world where belief overrides all. We have been together for 10 years and hopefully will be for a lot longer. We disagree on things like hypnosis, power of prayer, balancing chakras, etc. What we do agree on is…

Well, if your concern was losing weight it would make no difference if you ate 100% carbs just as long as you ate at a deficit. So, you sir, are wrong and an *kitten* to boot. Take your trolling to a different board.

There is only one answer to the OP's question. The best part of waking up...

Hard to give a recipe based off of what little info you provided because calories/dietary concerns are different for everyone, but at least I can give you some of my staples. Please note that (just about) anything can be adjusted to fit your lifestyle/caloric needs.. Staple "meal prep dishes" that I bring to work for the…

A whole lot of woo in this thread and every other thread on this topic. I'll only say this because it is all the OP needs to know: Lots of people do it, it'll work if you still follow the cico rule, it is as healthy as any other diet. It isn't some magic window where calories count for less/more. Anyone stating otherwise…

All of this has been covered in the thread, but I figured I'd summarize from what I can see: Most likely culprit-short time frame weight fluctuations 2nd most likely- period 3rd most likely- trusting pre-packaged values (this can be a huge difference!!! weigh it out) 4th most likely- incorrect measurements (don't measure…

Estimated calories per macro per any number of sources: Carb=4cal per gram Protein= 4cal per gram Fat=9cal per gram So you see...macros are calories. Check your labels and try it out. You will find it to be extremely close. To answer your question, the only thing that matters for weight loss is calories. Eat at a caloric…

Science is science. Anecdotal story: -Lost over 50lbs last year, in about 7 months eating whatever I wanted while still remaining in a deficit (cookies, beer, bacon, pretzels, double cheeseburgers, etc). -Gained back about 35 of that while eating and drinking whatever I wanted while not tracking. (in about 4 months and…

I'm a 34yr old male, so take that into consideration, but I can absolutely swear by: https://www.aworkoutroutine.com/the-beginner-weight-training-workout-routine/ . Losing weight at right around the 2lb/wk goal I set for myself (CICO is a real thing!) while increasing the weights of my workouts just about every week. Only…

As long as it takes you to only be a little sore is the real answer. Pretty much every body sculpter will tell you one day on one day off is the standard, but not everything fits into standards. As you get used to w/e it is you are doing the down time won't be as bad, but you should still give yourself a day in between.

While I completely disagree with the "cheat days should be avoided at all costs" line, given that you are having issues with getting this thing figured out I would avoid them until you get a couple weeks of logs=goals. "Cheat days" are totally individual and up to the person to decide what even is a "cheat", but as I said…

I'm not an IF'r but I see the purpose of IF. It is a very useful method of planning your intake for the day (or week, or month). Now that I've said that...the whole deal is still CICO (calories in calories out). However you hit your deficit is up to you, and more power to you if you find something you enjoy.

I think this means you want to shift your fat into muscle and stay the same weight. The quoted post below sums that up nicely.

At 245 lbs 107g of protein is on the low end. Not wrong, just on the lower end. Protein is the most filling of all macros so I'd alter the macro breakdown to include a lot more protein and less carbs. The default MFP macros are pretty carb heavy. For reference, I'm about the same weight, male, and I take in about 140g…

Another thing to check is your exercise calories. A 5mile walk for someone at 170lbs should be around 450calories give or take a few not 600.

The minimum calories MFP will recommend is 1200 because that is widely accepted as the minimum your body needs to maintain reasonable functionality, but that does not mean that by eating 1200 you will actually meet your "2lbs per week" goal. Given your weight of 168, 2lbs per week is not a healthy rate of loss. I'd expect…

Side note... Switching to counting macros from calories lead me to finding some pretty solid replacement foods. My focus was increasing protein intake so things like "protein crepes" were introduced to my kitchen.

If you are indeed 80lbs overweight, 1200 calories a day does seem a bit low. Hard to give advice without knowing the stats. It isn't like doing that is going to kill you...but it could potentially cause other health issues if you are under-fueling your current body.