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Chest, triceps and a bike ride with my kids.

Wow. Working out is the one time my brain chatter fades and my stress dissipates!

Meal prep once a week and opt for meals you're ok eating cold.

First, if a "sparkling wine" has 0 carbs, protein and fat yet has 92 calories, what ELSE do you think it could be??? Secondly, MFP doesn't put alcohol against carbs, protein or fat (in the absence of those in the drink) so it only takes from your calorie allowance and leaves your macro allowances unaffected. Therefore, if…

Forget worrying about weight, look at FAT loss. Take measurements and photos and forget about the scale. Who cares what the scale says if the image in the mirror is going a direction you're happy with?

Imo, goals are the wrong approach. Focus on doing the right activities and building the right habits. Logging, meal prepping, drinking water, exercising, taking the stairs, parking at the back of the lot, etc. When you focus on goals, you delay satisfaction until if/when you achieve it. When you focus on building habits,…

Alcohol is 7 cals per g. You could log it against your carb or fat allowance, I prefer carbs. So: Carbs: 92 cals/4 cals per gram of carbs = 23g carbs Fats: 92 cals/9 cals per gram of fats = 10g fats Having MFP Premium helps as you can just do quick add.

Absolutely. I take 100 cals/day M-F and add 250 each to Saturday and Sunday.

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Isometric holds

Flags, especially red ones

Me. Because I got *kitten* done and made me happy. So eff yeah, I'm the s$@t. 😂

If creamer is using up a substantial portion of calories, either your calories are too low or you're using a ton of creamer! Yes, I know I dont have enough information to say that definitively. But that just sounds off.

If you react emotionally to the scale, no. If you don't react emotionally to the scale, it's not super important but you can learn things about how different factors affect your weight from carbs to water to sodium to alcohol, etc.

Steak, plain baked potato, side of broccoli

Tonight's post workout meal.

Hunger as you approach a meal is ok, but not so much you fixate on it or can't wait until the next meal.

Now go watch a documentary on the carnivore diet and you'll be convinced you should eat nothing but meat. Get info from unbiased sources using controlled studies, not unproven, anecdotal claims from someone that stands to gain by your conversion.

If her TDEE is 3700-4000, 2000-2500 target is too much a deficit, imo. You're not doing your metabolism, performance or LBM retention any favors there.

I would increase cal allowance. If you start too low, it gets harder to reduce as weight is lost. You back yourself into a calorie corner. I'd suggest you ease it up slowly, then you're able to slowly decrease from there without starving.

Ditch em. Most people have abs, the trick is getting lean enough to show them. I rarely train abs directly, heavy squats and deadlifts work em enough for me. I've probably done 10 crunches in my life. If you want to train abs, planks and leg raises are some options I like.

There's not enough info for a solid answer. The question is, are you burning more than 1500 calories in that 24 hour period? Based on the info given, I feel like you probably do but some sort of fitness tracker would help answer that. Or, look up places near you that can do a DEXA or BodPod scan. Part of the info from them…

I like to adopt an Intermittent Fasting or OMAD (one meal a day) approach when travelling. I'll eat a late lunch, that's large and maybe not perfect macros. Gives me a balance of enjoying myself and limiting consumption.

I was, and still am, talking about the "oh covid, maybe someone wants to pay me $50 for am old jump rope" people.

I never referred to commercial, you introduced tha as a comparison I wasn't making. I'm talking about people digging crap out of storage and gouging for it. You are literally creating an argument that didnt exist. I'm not sure where you live but demand nor prices are decreasing where I am. Happy to pay $2/lb for a full set…

You mean ripped, rusty, outdated, and low quality can't qualify as worse? And no, it's not way cheaper. People are selling crappy, beat up stuff for more than a current brand new one is just because nothing is in stock. I don't recall specifying commercial vs Weider but I'd agree.

I think you answered your own q. And yes, farmers walks are a keeper

Sounds to me like maybe you dont enjoy it? I genuinely look forward to mine. Maybe experiment with different types of activities? Even if its lifting, theres Olympic lifting, bodybuilding, powerlifting, and dare I say, Crossfit. Find something you enjoy and you'll be consistent and motivated.

If you don't sacrifice for what you want, what you want becomes the sacrifice.

Shoes, because I dont trust not dropping a weight on them