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you're being way too vague on the way that you're counting and tracking your calories. You need to be a lot more accurate every day consistently. Bottom line after 4 to 6 weeks if there aren't any changes, then you're not in a deficit and you need to address that with either fewer calories or more activity or a combination…

hence why I said hip measurements CAN be the way to go for women not IS the way to go. However I am in agreement that stressing over body fat % is a waste of time especially with some of these ways people go about trying to figure it. The mirror and photos and some measurements combined with the scale will tell you all you…

waist measurement at the navel doesn't lie. For women hip measurements can be the way. If you measure both and track those thats about the best way to see if you're losing or not. Using calculators or smart scales can have a lot of variables that give you incorrect readings.

whatever amount of calories, you think you're actually taking in and what amount of calories you think you're actually burning are going to be secondary to the actual amount that your body is recognizing. If your weight is flat for 4 to 6 weeks and your waist measurement at the navel is not going down then you're not in a…

don't look at strength training for calorie burn it really doesn't burn that much. You're gonna want to look more at your diet at your weight. You can run a large weekly calorie deficit that will allow for a 2lb loss of fat per week. Some people at your weight will get more aggressive than that though. The strength…

How are you calculating fat% ?

when eating out just enjoy it. Go home think of the meal amd give your best guesstimate.

lol, you're not alone. Try not counting ANY exercise calories. Exercise can cancel out NEAT calorie burn. Your body doesn't know numbers, it only knows if it's being given energy to either gain mass lose mass or maintain mass. Maintaining mass=maintenance calories.

it reduces fiber in the diet, which is not really what you're after unless you're trying to deal with some type of bowel issues.

food ?

The more sedentary you are the more cardio comes into play. Actual Gym workouts don't really burn that many calories so look to your diet as the main driver for fatloss. In a deficit it's important to be doing strength training or you'll just look like a lighter version of your formal self due to losing muscle along with…

height, weight and age?

day-to-day weight will fluctuate are due to water retention. You want to use an app that you can input your daily weight and you do this every day consistently and it will show you the average so as long as that average weight every week is going down you're making progress. If in fact your average isn't going down after…

home made popsicles. 1 cup egg whites 2 teaspoons creatine 2 scoops protein powder 2 tablespoons Hersheys chocolate syrup Makes 4.

apples

popcorn is like salad. People think both are lo cal then you start putting things on it. I put a quarter cup of kernels in a paper bag and put it in the microwave for three minutes and put nothing on it except a little garlic salt when it comes out, that's about as low as you can make it and that makes enough to satisfy a…

you'll never be exact every day if ever actually . Don't worry about it get as close as you can and after seven days of eating, add those calories up and divide by seven and that's going to be your actual daily amount.

everything is better when you're lighter

stay away from things that load the spine, squats and deadlifts for example. Work on core strength.

As an aside, one of the best exercises almost nobody does is farmers walks. One minute and you'll hit almost everything. Use dumbells or kettlebells. Light at first. Amazing for the core and for more core activation do suitcase carries where you do the exercise with weight in only one hand at a time. This is a great…

25 minutes is not a lot of time, but you can accomplish a lot however you're going to need to split your workouts up. To hit everything at one time you would need a lot more than 25 minutes. To expedite your workout, you would use machines and dumbbells as having to keep changing plates on straight bar would be taking a…

suggested calories by the app are just a starting point. It doesn't matter which one you use they're all just going to be a starting point. As mentioned, any calorie amount must be adhered to on a weekly basis for 4 to 6 weeks before judging if that amount is correct or not. Other factors are also involved. how accurate is…

you have to be careful with smoothies. Depending on the ingredients they be very high in calories.

lots of things stand out here that can be problematic. Tighten up your counting and look at weekly numbers. Take 7 days worth and divide by seven and this is your actual daily amount. You need to do this every day though and not cherry pick days where your calories are lower. If you really want to make your fat loss…

yes many people use intermittent fasting. The fasting times are dependent on what is convenient for each individual person. Just understand that intermittent fasting does not cause weight loss on its own. It indirectly can if it causes a person to consume fewer weekly calories.

progress that is too slow indicates you're on a very small calorie deficit. It sounds like you have plenty of activity so it's going to come down to lowering your calories. You say 1900 that may sound good on paper however, when you figure every day of the week at over time and get more accurate with your accounting and…

weightlifting burns surprisingly few calories unless you're doing compound exercise exercises with intensity and even then its not significant. For the normal person you're just not gonna burn that much. weights are more for maintaining muscle mass and possibly growing a little bit more but your weekly calorie consumption…

your age makes you a good candidate as long as you train properly. However, I'm not a fan of recomps. My philosophy is usually to look in the mirror and look at yourself and ask do I need to lose fat or do I need to add muscle and then do that and if you need both then do the one that you think will benefit you most in the…

you won't be able to make any real progress by the end of May. It's best just to go enjoy your vacation. Don't stress over things come back and change your lifestyle with a diet that you're going to be able to stick with pretty much for life. That won't be a crash diet that's going to be better food selection, counting,…