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To lose fat, you need to be in a calorie deficit. Quite simple. Eat less than you burn each day.

I find that the men/women in my fitness center aren’t watching much other than what is on their phone. The most difficult part is making eye contact to ask them if you can use the bench while they’re texting on Snapchat.

My husband telling his friends he has a hot wife. It’s totally vain and conceited but makes me feel good. I think about it a lot when I don’t want to go to the gym.

No. Side note: I just bought a soda stream (trying to reduce my “single-use” consumption). And it’s been a splendid way to get sparkling water and I get a rebate at Target when I need more CO2.

On a serious note...vodka sodas with lime or lemon are fairly low in calories.

I am not an expert here but I don’t think bw reps can really sub for heavy weight. You could do other lifts that do the same action as squatting but that are bit more challenging: walking lunges with heavy books, step ups using something heavy in your house, split squats, single leg squats. If you have resistance bands you…

Caffeine and being in a calorie deficit.

I noticed great results after week 4 of Strong Curves (Bootyful Beginnings). I’m on week 4 now of the Gluteal Goddess program after finishing 12 weeks of BB.

No. They have good lighting and some have good genes. But it’s mostly fabricated.

The one that doesn’t make you eat a double cheeseburger and fries!

You don’t need to spend hours at the gym. 30 mins of lifting 4 days a week and remain in a calorie deficit. Do cardio if you want but it isn’t really necessary.

Just take a look at all of the success stories. Lots of people have found success here.

“Eating as well as possible” does not mean being in a calorie deficit. Calories in < calories out. If you are not losing weight than one part (or both parts) of the equation are wrong. Evaluate how you’re tracking your food intake and also consider how generous you’re being with your calorie burn.

IF isn’t going to help you lose weight if you aren’t burning more calories than you’re eating. How are you measuring your food intake? With a food scale or using cups/spoons? I would solve that issue first before exploring a different way of eating. Also, you are losing weight maybe just not the way you expected. There’ll…

Prelog your meals each day and include a serving of crisps. Look at it as your treat for the day! That’s what I do with ice cream. Something to look forward to. Right now it’s cookies for me, husband made some and they are so good! So I’m setting aside 250 cals for a cookie until they’re gone. Also, take the crisps out of…

It was totally liberating to me when I realized that all I had to do was burn more calories than I eat to lose weight. Everything else is now just noise. I am completely in control of my diet.

Arms. I have to bend my head down to do my hair, can’t hold up the blow dryer, can’t wash my hair without bending my head. Not fun.

I usually feel fatigue during my period but otherwise, I feel energetic. I find when I reduce my carb intake, I feel sluggish. Not sure if that could be the case for you. Also, I spend maybe 2-3 hours a week working out so that I don’t burn myself out at the gym.

I believe it’s more about the distance walked than anything else. If you’re going 4.5mph than you’ll get their faster and won’t be moving as much. If you’re going 2mph than you have to step more, you’ll get there later but you’re moving more. I also use the @sijomial formula .33 x weight in lbs x miles.

I eat a lot deli turkey, oatmeal, chicken, fish, cheese, pb2, beans, tofu and then if I still can’t get there, a non-dairy protein shake. My goal is 100g a day.

I understand what you’re saying. When you get closer and closer to your goal weight, you have less room for error. Measuring accurately gets really important when your goal is .5lb/week and you only need to lose 10lbs to get to your goal weight. That can take months, it has to be precise, and the strategies that you relied…

You should not be eating less than 1500 a day since you are a male at a very minimum. The way MFP is set up, you should eat the goal that’s set for you. The goal already has your deficit built it. Eating below that can cause people to binge. How are you tracking your intake? With a food scale or using cups/spoons?

I usually do this equation: my weight in lbs x my distance in miles x .33 = calories burned And then I go into MFP and manually enter in a number in minutes that displays the calories burned figure under a walking exercise category.

Think about how sad their life must be if they have to put you down to make themselves feel better.

Amazon has great, cheap scales. I don’t meal plan in the sense of having all of my food cooked for the week in the fridge. I can’t eat something that’s been hanging out in a container for 3 days in my fridge. I also get very bored with eating the same thing over and over again. The benefit though of meal planning is having…

Need a lot more information. What are your stats (height/weight/age)? How much do you have to lose? And most importantly how are you measuring your food intake? With a food scale in grams/ounces or with cups/spoons? Keep in mind, starting a new workout routine will cause you to retain water. This is very natural and can…

You could use all of your calories in one meal, just as long as you burn more calories than you eat.

I just add 1/2 & 1/2. It’s 40 cals for 2 tbsps!

Chocolate is a stimulant and as someone who suffers from heart palpitations, I’ve had to reduce my caffeine consumption and also chocolate consumption. I have no idea how much actual chocolate is in your double chocolate shake but might be a trigger.

I am very, very, very bad at math.