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I'm guessing its either stress, water retention, or a change in activity level. Maybe even when you are taking the measurement. I'd say that once you get used to the routine, things will be fine.

Honestly, everyone saying 160 is too much, but it doesn't seem that ridiculous to me depending on what program she is following. There are multiple ways to accomplish the same thing, just depends on personal preference and timeframe. If she is doing a "lean bulk" then upping the protein a little more than usual is not that…

eat more protein? Seriously, I can eat 160g in a day without even trying. Are you vegetarian or something that makes it more difficult? I eat a lot of greek yogurt (Fage tastes best, Kroger Carbmaster during cuts), egg whites, grilled chicken/turkey/fish, maybe a protein bar or shake here and there, etc. I don't know what…

That doesn't really even make sense... you don't know how much she is cutting out except for bread and pasta - which makes sense if she is wanting to decrease carbs in exchange for protein. OP - I'm definitely not vegan, but you seem to be on the right track by exchanging low protein, high carb foods with high protein…

unless you have a physical problem, tracking sugar isn't that important. Staying within your caloric goal and getting proper nutrition is. As for "naturally occurring" versus added sugar, your body doesn't really care. There are differences between how your body processes fructose, sucrose, and other sugars, but fructose…

make sure your mfp ingredients are using the same ones you used and that they are correct (look at the label and make sure there wasn't a mistake)

yes. If you go low carb, then burn out all your glycogen, you'll feel weak and tired.

seriously? Is this really a question? Are boobs part of your body? Yes. Then they count towards your BMI. BMI is stupid in the first place, but all women have boobs and so they were taken into account when the BMI statistics were gathered - I guess they didn't have people to scientifically hold the boobs in a weightless…

So what are you trying to accomplish? Here is what I gather - you have a low BMI but you want to lose fat around your stomach and thighs. What this is telling me is that you are already probably in that "skinny fat" category. In other words, you are not "overweight" according to the weight charts, but have fat to lose,…

Its not quite that black and white... From a weight loss standpoint, yes, all you need to worry about is creating a caloric deficit. Me personally, I'm not concerned with weight loss - I want FAT loss. I don't want my muscle to go away, so I create a caloric deficit AND a minimum protein requirement to fuel/build/maintain…

There is no question that fasting without an overall deficit will not result in weight loss. However, I am sure that the intent is to set up an overall caloric deficit first then decide if you want to spread the calories throughout the day versus fasting all day then eating at night. Personally, I've never really done a…

http://www.jabra.com/products/bluetooth/jabra_sport_pulse_wireless/jabra_sport_pulse_wireless I've been very curious about these lately. I am not heavy, but I hate wearing a chest strap nonetheless... makes me feel like I'm wearing a bro! Anyone used them? I'm curious if they only work with their app or if I could pair…

Sounds like you are doing everything right. A 900 calorie deficit is a little high, but due to your %BF being a little high, that isn't anything to be concerned with - you can tolerate that deficit as long as you are feeling OK. Because of the high deficit, it is doubtful that you would be logging food/exercise SO…

so quit eating what you don't like. Sounds like you just need to lift some weights and build some muscle if you are "not even that out of shape" and "half a stone over my recommended highest weight, but I cannot shift the flab around my stomach area or chest" You are making things too hard on yourself. Don't omit food…

Do you have the nutritional info for the supplements they want to sell you? Kind of reminds me of weightwatchers or slimfast. Basically they are charging you a lot for small portions that probably aren't even all that nutritious and pretending there is something special or magical about them. Whatever you works for you,…

just to clarify, you may not need to lower your calories if you pinpointed that the cheat days were the culprit. Just food for thought.

cook your own food and leave those things out? You don't have to eat "healthy" to lose weight. However, if you take some time to re-train your taste buds, you'll probably find that the taste of vegetables is actually pretty good. The problem is that most veggies have a fairly subtle taste compared to the food that is…

That is a pretty judgmental statement with several assumptions. Besides, your original statement of "If a person's body is converting food into fat, their metabolism isn't messed up." is just wrong and WAY different from what you just posted. Your body can certainly store fat even while the metabolism is slowed or "working…

Did you log your cheat days by chance? If so, do what psulemon said and go back and look at how many calories you REALLY ate. You need to re-baseline using the cheat day intake too to see how you really did.

This is more inline with what I was saying. Thanks for helping me out! Personally, I'd aim for the middle of the window. The edges (either side) can be the slippery part! My point was that there is a little bit of wiggle room - not much, but some - that you can achieve very similar results within that window.

Yes, you can ruin an entire week's progress with one bad day or even meal sometimes. It all counts, so you can't just decide that 1 day out of 7 is a freebie. You must look at averages and totals.

So based on that, you are currently losing about 0.25 lbs/wk. At 1800 calories, in a perfect world you SHOULD be losing a little less than 1 lb/wk. There can be several reasons for the difference, but probably the most likely are inaccurate food logging and overestimation of activity level. You are weighing your food so…

sucks to feel like you are putting out effort and not getting results, but glad you were able to learn from it! I've never met a "plateau" that couldn't be broken by reducing net calories - either from being more diligent at logging or actually reducing calories. On a side, you might be able to use your…

BS. What do you think the body would do with the extra calories? You make and burn fat on a daily basis. If she has been at 500 calories a day for a long time then gets a feast, her body is going to replenish whatever it needs and store the rest to get ready to cope with the next several days of 500 calories a day. It…

Living organism's ability to adapt is pretty amazing, but only within the laws of physics. Energy cannot be created or destroyed. At the end of the day, the body can only adapt so much - it slows downs all non-essential functions (a few can be stopped) to keep essential organs working, but the extra energy comes from…

is that in kg I assume?

not at all

get your diet right, only then should you start exercising.

also, be sure to add in butters and oils - especially if you eat out much. If it is made in a restaurant, you can pretty much assume it has more fat or some sort.

OP - I started out at 305 lbs. I wasn't using MFP at the time and just decided to "do my own thing". I knew that I wanted to weigh around 200 lbs so I figured out that to weigh 200 lbs I would need to eat somewhere around 2000 calories and that's what I ate. I actually carried around a little pad of paper and wrote things…