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I'm having a big ribeye steak tonight, baked potato with butter/cheese/bacon and a side salad. I'll also have some wine. I adhere to a weekly budget where I eat a little under each day during the week and eat more on the weekends. That leaves me room to go over on a Friday and/or Saturday but yet still meet my weekly…

While I certainly agree with everything @ninerbuff had to say, he isn't saying exercise can't play a significant roll in weight loss. I eat at maintenance and essentially all of my deficit is based on my activity level. The more fit you get, the more of a roll this can play in weight loss. I started to say, I'm lucky to be…

I'm not sure why are you focussing on one weigh in to measure progress. Your overall weight loss is about 2 lbs per week this year. It also sounds like you only weigh once per week. I weighed everyday this week and my weight fluctuated as much at 1.8 lbs day to day. If my weigh in day had been one of those high days I…

I should have added, allow for rest. You probably shouldn't start by running every day. Over time people can build up to that and run on back to back days, but probably not in the beginning.

The couch to 5k program is the most popular. I have never used the program but the fundamentals are sound based on my knowledge of training as a former endurance racer. If you can jog for 10 minutes, even if you are totally winded, you have a good base to build on. Most people can't do that in the beginning. Here are the…

I occasionally enter all my meals for the day in https://cronometer.com/ to see what I'm generally getting from my food. This gives you a nice breakdown of vitamins and minerals and shows you were you are deficient. While I'm not a vegetarian, I try to meal prep one vegetarian dish each week to rotate in my lunches. On…

It isn't the which weighs more part of that saying that is misleading, it's the thought that the reason people aren't losing weight when working out is that they are gaining muscle. It is a very difficult and slow process to add 1 lb of muscle, especially when eating at a deficit. Even in ideal circumstances, most experts…

If you were going to lift every day then you would need to do splits. If you are going to lift 3 to 4 times per week then full body is perfect, in my opinion. I prefer full body sessions because I also like to run, so I alternate days. Coincidently, I'm going to switch to splits for the next week so I can workout every day…

It's simply preference and listening to your body. I prefer to run on an empty stomach but strength train after eating. I've raced 1/2 Marathons in a 12 hour fasted state and I've eaten a big breakfast a couple hours before and my performances were actually a little better in the fasted state but not enough to draw…

I looked at your food diary, you've averaged less than 1400 calories per day over the last 3 days. For most males, that's not enough. You are also losing 2.8 lbs per week which I'm guessing is more than the recommended .5% - 1% range per week. Eat an appropriate amount to lose .5% - 1% body weight per week (you can be…

My answer is partly in my user name -- FitAgain.... I was in the best shape of my life in my late 40s and my goal is to get back there again. That's partly objectively measured by weight, physical abilities and body shape. But that is really my short term goal. My much longer and deeper goal is to be fit enough to be…

You will definitely see the difference before/after but you might not be able to see it incrementally along the way. I did this 10 years ago and didn't take consistent pictures. I didn't tell anyone I was trying to lose weight (for fear of failing I think) and it wasn't until I had lost over 10 lbs that my family finally…

Weight loss isn't linear, no one loses precisely .214 lbs per day on a 1.5 lb per week plan. Our weight fluctuates every day and when you first start a new exercise routine you typically gain some temporary water weight. You don't need to change anything except your expectations. Keep doing what you are doing and if you…

Given your height/weight and a range of ages I put in, your maintenance calories for your activity level should be over 1900 calories per day. Even at sedentary, and averaging 1450 per day, you should still be losing weight. In fact, 1450 (depending on your age) is close to your BMR and the fact that you are active means…

There is a saying, "perfection is the enemy of good" Do what you can within reason to be accurate, but don't freak out over being perfect. My fear is that some people look at calorie counting and say it's too confusing, too much work and impossible to get right so why try ? You are never going to measure everything…

I agree with everything you've said here, I just want to point out a common misconception concerning max heart rate (not to you, you get it, but for everyone else). Some people confuse MAX HR as the MAX safe HR, that is not what it means. It means the max sustained rate at which your heart will beat under max stress. There…

If you look at how endurance racers train to increase there speed, there are three complementary strategies:* Increase volume (miles per week or minutes on your feet, however you want to measure) * Interval workouts (like previously described) but usually only once per week * 1 long run (about 50% longer than your normal…

At this point I think all the points that need to be made are made and the OP has made up her mind. OP I wish you success and hope it works for you. I'll leave with one final suggestion. If it doesn't work for you, try Noom for 1 month. No need for doing it long term, just 1 month. It will help you identify your TRUE…

To extrapolate out an old saying:* Crawl before you walk * Walk before you run * Run slow and short before you run fast and long ;^) I used to run Marathons but after a 2 year stretch of not running at all I started very slow (for me). First, I walked consistently 3 miles per day for a couple of weeks without running. Then…

At 5'7", 145 lbs (my stretch goal weight, my weight in my profile picture) my sedentary maintenance calories (1,742) will only be a couple hundred calories higher than the OPs. To support a flexible calorie intake budget, I prefer to work out a lot. Comparing my budget to a 6'5, 250 lb man isn't really useful. I control…

That 1200 or 1500 calorie number is not absolute -- you can change it. While you can't control your BMR (driven by your age, height, weight -- for today), you are completely in control of your TDEE each day (based on how much you move.) I'm short for a guy and older (54). Maintenance for my current stats is 1,911. I'm…

I think this is a good question if someone is truly not losing weight over a period of several weeks but that isn't the case here.

If I'm reading your loss correctly: -3 + 2 - 1 + 1/8 + 1/8 + 1/8 + 1/8 = -1.5 So you are down 1.5 lbs in 2 weeks -- that is not gaining weight. Weight loss isn't linear and your weight fluctuates every day. You are doing fine and you ARE NOT gaining weight on 1200 calories per day. Also, don't worry about your age. I'm 13…

Real food vs slimfast. The omelette is part of my breakfast every morning. It takes very little time to make, I chop up all the ingredients in one batch on the weekend. I'll let you decide which one is more sustainable and filling:

I'm just building out my own home gym. I've purchased over 300 lbs of kettlebells over the last couple of months. I've built some straps so I can combine them for heavier weights so that I can do heavier deadlifts. I'll see how far I can get with the kettlebells but ultimately I'd like to have one of these:

Motivation is something we all struggle with in normal times and the pandemic has made that exponentially worse for people. If you don't find a way to fix the fundamental issues that are impacting your mental, motivational state, you aren't likely to reach your goals -- slimfast isn't going to solve your motivational…

+1 to this. As I expected, you are doing fine -- in fact this rate of weight loss (2 lbs per week) is likely not sustainable long term and you should expect to slow down over time. As I said before, .5% to 1% are the general guidelines for healthy, sustainable weight loss. You are actually above that rate right now. You…

This is a highly debated topic. I'll separate my response in two parts: low carb vs calorie counting and general questions about your possibly unrealistic expectations. Low carb vs simple calorie restriction One of the most recent studies that compared fat loss between a reduced fat and reduced carbohydrate diet actually…

I'll add my n=1 to equal n=2 :smile: I've always lost weight at the rate expected based on TDEE calculators based on my age and activity level. I'm 54, 5'7" and 177 lbs and can easily lose weight eating 2000 calories per day at my activity level -- which is fairly active now (working out 6 - 7 days per week). Are there…

You didn't specify your height but given your age and weight you should be able to lose weight at well above 1500 calories. Some of the most likely scenarios are:* You aren't really eating 1500 calories -- something is off in the way you are tracking * You possibly haven't been tracking long enough to have good data. * You…