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He said he is eating what his parents cook. Cheap is relative - if a cup of milk is half your day's pocket money, then those foods you mentioned are not very cheap.

so it sounds like you are on a low fat, high protein/complex carb diet. That is pretty ideal, actually. create a caloric deficit to lose the fat, start exercising to keep the muscle and you will get there. Convict training is pretty good for strength but you probably need to add some cardio as well.

fiber still has calories, just not at the typical 4 cal/gram carbohydrates. Just log everything that you eat and don't worry about what to and what not to include - if you log it, you don't have to think about it.

What is your target weight loss per week and how much do you have to lose? So, if I understand correctly, for the first ~6 weeks you lost 5 kg eating 1600 cal/day and not working out. Then the next 6 weeks you continued to eat 1600 cal/day, started lifting weights, and have not lost any weight. Is that correct? How often…

are you eating back your exercise calories?

if you have been tracking calories since January 15th and lost 12 lbs, you can calculate your actual TDEE and see if your logging and fitbit are accurate. 12 lbs is about 3500*12=42000 calorie deficit during the 45 day period, so you have realized a deficit of 933 calories/day based on your results. if you averaged 1750…

Like for how much you should weigh?

I don't know anything about how Insanity calculates calories. Go here and tell me what it says for BMR and TDEE - http://scoobysworkshop.com/accurate-calorie-calculator/ As for the food part, as long as you are sticking to your calories, you can eat whatever. If you have 800 calories left over, you can eat a piece of cake,…

yup... building muscle is hard. If you think losing weight is tough, you've not seen anything yet! Retaining as much muscle mass as possible will make you a lot happier at the end when you have to try to build back what you lost.

OK, so first of all, weight loss is slow. If you see big results quickly, they are fake - water weight. Second, eating "clean" and low carb are really not important to losing weight. They are just fads. Eating less calories than you burn is how you lose weight. If you want to eat low carb, that is fine, but it isn't going…

Honestly, the best measurement is how your clothes fit. Tight clothes getting baggy is the best motivation. If you really want numbers, use an app like Jefit to track it. That app shows you exactly where to measure and tracks the data for you. I probably would not measure any more than once every 2 weeks. Once a month…

why aren't you satisfied? My guess is that you need to lift weights and GAIN weight a little bit to get to the look that you are ultimately looking for. Losing weight is just part of it, building muscle to define shape is the other half. If you have been losing weight for as long as you have, chances are you have lost a…

I pay. For basic users, I wouldn't. I didn't pay for about my first 5 years on the site. Basically, like was said, unless you use the premium features, then there is no point. I like to be able to set my macros by the gram, have different goals for different days, and be able to download my data, so I do.

what are you asking?

If MFP set your goals for you, then the deficit is already built in from when it asked you how much weight you want to lose a week. So, keeping a 100 calories deficit on top of that is not really what you are supposed to do. It sounds like you don't really understand how MFP works and your goals are too aggressive because…

what is your current deficit and what are you doing to try to lose the weight?

@alejandrocd85 if you 've lost 33 lbs, that changes things a little. Have you recalculated your calorie requirements? If not, you need to do that.

You don't "plateau" on your first week! If you were eating less than you burned, you lost fat last week. If you just started exercising "very hard" you are retaining water, which is why the scale doesn't show the change. Besides, one week's progress is pretty hard to see on a scale anyways. Be patient and stick to your…

If you see that your workouts are tough, eat about 20-30g of carbs about 30 minutes before. Like an apple or some bread or something. You'll see a big difference.

so, just a super high-level, quick nutrition lesson - Your body needs protein. Protein is broken into amino acids which build and repair tissue. Some of the aminos are essential, which means your body can't make them, you have to eat them. Protein is most important that you get enough of. Like I said, about 1g/lb LBM while…

It's pretty common in women. Spinach is also a good source of iron. I lost 125 lbs to get down to my current weight, so speaking from experience, you have a long road ahead. Come to terms with that and know that it takes long term commitment and consistency to get there - so, relax a little and enjoy the ride.

for a 100 lb loss, you can go up to 2 lbs/wk no problem. like I said previously, I would set it at sedentary and then log the exercise as you do it. So, eat more iron - I assume they did bloodwork for that? Carbs and sugar do not keep you from losing weight. Eating less calories than you burn does that. If you like carbs…

working out burns calories, so MFP gives you those calories back to eat. The 1290 calories already has your deficit built in based on your body stats, activity level, and weight loss goal. You create a deficit to lose weight. You exercise to retain muscle mass. Two very different things. So, you eat back the exercise…

you really don't need to know it right now. Use the Goals button on MFP, set your goal, set your activity level, and then eat until your "Calories Remaining" is close to zero at the end of the day. How much weight are you trying to lose?

If I had to guess, I'd say the first week you overdid it - probably didn't eat enough calories, went cold turkey eating "clean", and exercising like a "crazy lady". That was all in week 1... plus a new med. You probably lost fat plus a bunch of water. Now you are tired and hungry. Week 1 wasn't sustainable, your body is…

set points are mental - they don't exist physiologically. Basically, that is where you are comfortable with your habits and actions. A week is not very long to be concerned about not losing weight. You could just have water retention (or other things) that is masking the true loss. Basically, stick with your plan. You can…

are you using an activity tracker?

I do one about once a week or two. Refeeds are supposed to replenish glycogen in your muscles after low carb dieting/exercise. The goal is really to carb load to replace glycogen and increase hormone levels without gaining fat. If you subscribe to Lyle McDonald at all, he gives a very detailed explanation of how to do this…

Its better to set the macros by the gram instead of percent. Depending on how big of a deficit I am in, I set protein at 1g/lb LBM up to 1.5g/lb LBM. The bigger the deficit, the more protein you need to help preserve muscle mass. I set fat at around 0.35g/lb body weight and make up whatever is left with carbs.

maybe, maybe not. I'm not a fan of eating a set amount every day. I think it is more accurate the log exercise as you do it and eat accordingly. That doesn't mean you have to eat it that day, but basically logging the exercise helps you know if you are under calories for the week so you will lose weight. That is just my…