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I'd agree with this because someone your size should be losing at 1700/day if you are counting correctly. Make sure that you weigh prepackaged foods, too, because IME they always weigh more than they say, and that can add up to hundred of calories over the course of days or weeks. Also, make sure to measure any oils you…

She didn't gain 2 lbs of muscle in one week on a deficit, but she could be retaining two pounds of water as her muscles repair themselves. As for the bolded, if you're referring to starvation mode, it isn't a thing. People lose weight at a deficit, period. The only question is whether or not they are doing so at a healthy…

Just finished week 7 this week. I also contemplated repeating week 6 before moving on, but I decided to give week 7 day 1 a shot and was surprised that I could do it without much more difficulty than week 6 day 3. There's no shame in repeating a week, but FWIW, I'd wait and see if you need to before making that decision.

You'd have to tell us how much you weigh for us to give you meaningful input. Enter your goals into MFP, select the "2 lb per week" weight loss rate, and see what it gives you for calories. A diet high in protein should help prevent you from losing muscle, but only if you continue to use those muscles.

I do IF, and the only difference in my MFP use compared to others is that I don't log a breakfast. IF is about the timing of you meals/when you eat, and doesn't affect anything like macros or CICO, although it makes it easier for me to adhere to a lower calorie limit.

Exercising in the "fat burning zone" burns a higher % of calories from fat rather than carbs, but higher intensity cardio ends up burning more overall calories, and that difference in higher calories burnt means that you will almost always burn a higher sum of fat calories by working out at a higher intensity, even if the…

If you're intolerant, it means you can't digest it correctly, which could leave it undigested for longer than that 1-2 hours. You also mention that you add peanut butter and fruit to the oatmeal. The oil in the peanut butter (or the peanuts itself) could also be causing a problem, as could the fruit. EDIT: It often means…

I know you like oatmeal in the morning, but I would try eating something like fruit or eggs in the morning for a couple of days and see if that makes a difference.

I'd say this depends somewhat. If you're truly sedentary most days (<5k steps a day) and end up getting 10k steps at the museum (which I think counts as active), it could make a difference in calorie burn. That said, I would try to stick to my calorie limit and just appreciate the bigger deficit that day.

True. I was thinking of the more popular exercises that are advertised on the front of Shape magazine and Women's whatever right alongside the fad diets that always suggest/demonstrate low weights to get you "toned," not the less common exercises you brought up.

Guys at a low bf% are either going to look skinny if they don't have muscles, or muscular if they do (with the exception of a small percentage of men who are genetically predisposed to lean muscle mass and can't bulk without heavy supplementation). Women have a much easier time achieving the "toned" look and a much harder…

Just eating enough of something to meet your calorie needs, probably.

^^^ This. Also, different people respond in different ways to drops in blood sugar. Planning your meals (or not planning them) around of low blood sugar predictions is absolutely not necessary. Look at all the people who successfully lose or maintain their weight through IF or OMAD for evidence.

If you go to a gym to work out, I'd suggest going there on your way home from work, not just "after work." Once you're comfortable in your own home, it can be hard to leave it again, but stopping on the way home has always been easier, at least for me.

Scales are a must, especially for things like peanut butter and nuts, which always seem to weigh more than the volume measurements suggest. I know some people who have replaced creamer and sugar in their coffee with things like almond milk and stevia, although I'm a tea drinker so I can't attest to whether or not it's…

What purpose? Fruits typically don't have that many calories (100-200), so they might not be the best way to raise caloric intake and prevent someone from being underweight, but they are a great way to get vitamins and satisfy a sweet tooth.

I'd get a Fitbit or similar tracking device if your daily activity is that inconsistent. If that isn't possible, then try setting your daily activity to lightly active and hope those active days offset the less active days. You can always adjust your calorie goal based on how much you are losing a week

Yes, I should have come up with a term better than "able-bodied" when what I meant is that people who CAN safely lift more than 3# SHOULD lift more than 3#, or work there way up from 3# if they safely can.

As long as you follow CICO, you will lose weight. I lost my first 5 pounds with a diet that consisted heavily of Wendy's and Culver's, but I made sure it fit into my daily calorie limit. I try to eat healthier now, but at the end of the day it all comes down to keeping a deficit and trusting the process.

I would suggest meeting with a physical therapist who would best be able to address your mobility issues and come up with a safe and progressive workout program for you that accommodates your limitations.

But there's no reason to be getting those calories from simple sugars. Complex carbs, protein, and healthy fats are all better ways to meet those caloric needs than bags of skittles, although both options will do the job of keeping you alive.

Although sugar isn't "toxic" the way that the NYT and some other publishers perpetuate, it isn't that healthy, either. If she wants to limit her sugar intake there is nothing wrong with that, and if you are trying to have her get more calories purely from sugar, especially simple sugar, that is not a healthy idea. I'd…

Perhaps I should have rephrased "able-bodied" as someone who is capable of safely lifting more.

Nothing if you don't want to get toned or gain any functional strength. Apologies if this was supposed to be a sarcastic statement, but for an able-bodied person, sticking to such low weights is a waste of time.

If you are drinking 20 cups of water a day, you are drinking about 10 pounds of water. Although I'm sure you go to the bathroom throughout the day and expel some of it, you doubtless still had some of those 10 pounds in your body when you weighed yourself, in addition to the weight of any food you ate throughout the day.…

I agree with starting with week 5 or 6, whichever one has you running the 8 and 10 minute intervals. You're only a few weeks away from hitting that 30 minute goal, and then you can work on increasing distance (unless you can run a 5k in that 30 minutes already). I'm on week 7, running 25 minutes without stopping, and…

Smoking is an interesting example because for me, it is a deal breaker. Smoking is a behavior (however hard to change) that is within someone's control, much like weight. My fiance stopped smoking a few months before we met, and he knows that if he starts smoking again, there's going to be a big problem. I don't like…

Yes, the muscles in your feet are like any other muscles and can get fatigued in the same way. I would look up exercises that dancers use specifically to warm up their feet if this is a recurring problem.