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This would work better if it hadn't gone from 30s in April to 90s in May. What happened to the seasons around here?

You didn't have a ton of weight to lose, so if you built some muscle mass along the way, your TDEE may actually be higher now than it was when you started and you may need to eat more calories to continue losing at the healthy pace you've maintained. I'm guessing the only way to figure that out would be to get your body…

Same and I record it on MFP. I have the opposite problem of a lot of people. It seems like a lot of people get on the scale, don't see what they want, and it makes them depressed. I'm exactly the opposite. In the past when I lost weight and then didn't subsequently weigh myself, I convince myself I can eat pretty much…

I plan out my whole week of food. If my food is planned when I wake up, and I already have it all in the refrigerator, I have no trouble eating my planned meals. Even when I get within a day or two of the end of my planned days, I start getting a little anxious and need to plan the next 5+ days. I LOVE planning out the…

Nope. Some people have responsibilities that require them to be on call and respond immediately. I don't mean after they get back from 20 minute jogs. I mean immediately. And they can face consequences if they don't respond within 5 minutes. This is especially true with people who have the privilege of teleworking/working…

Exactly correct. And the verbal shorthand that "muscle weighs more than fat" is far more useful than the equally imprecise statement that "muscle and fat weigh the same." The first statement is true when qualified with "by volume." The second statement is only correct when qualified with "when they are the same weight"…

Muscle and fat do not weigh the same. Muscle is far denser than fat and, consequently, weighs far more by volume.

These calcs can be off for some people, but they seem to corroborate the BF% I got from an electric current resistance scale I have that gives me a BF% read out. http://fitness.bizcalcs.com/Calculator.asp?Calc=Body-Fat-YMCA http://fitness.bizcalcs.com/Calculator.asp?Calc=Body-Fat-Navy None of these are exact, just…

Exactly. On the moon you would have a different scale weight, but the same body fat percentage. Think about that if you see your weight fluctuate by a few pounds here and there. BF% estimates (can be hard to get accurate) and body part measurements/how your clothes fit are much better indicators that you are approaching…

[/quote] Meal time and weight loss are not related. When we eat is a personal preference and we all have to do what works for us. I don't start eating until 2 pm and usually have the big meal of the day between 8-9 pm and go to bed around midnight. It works for me....and it seems to work well. [/quote] Yes, but meal time…

OP never said anything about eating at a certain time chemically defying the body's handling of calories. The post was solely about tactics to control her own eating behavior, i.e., breaking her habit of overeating by late night snacking. Someone who eats a banana every night before bed obviously doesn't need to put…

Since when did this become such a cool know-it-all thing to point out? Of course a pound of anything weighs the same as a pound of anything else. That doesn't mean muscle is "not heavier" than fat. Of course it is. It is heavier than fat by volume because it is denser. To simplify this to "muscle is heavier than fat" is as…

Most people on here agree that the best time to start resistance exercises is right at the start of your efforts to lose fat. I used to always start with weights and an eating plan at the same time, but if I didn't see weight loss on the scale I'd quit weights after a few sessions and tell myself, "I'll worry about muscle…

So 90% fat and carbs put together? It'd be pretty hard to eat a sufficient amount of calories while severely limiting protein rich foods in favor of those with a lot of both carbs and fat. So I shouldn't eat 600 calories of skinless chicken breast and cottage cheese, but I could eat 600 calories of toast with butter?…

Out of curiosity, how did everyone here get their BF% figures? I have read that there are a number of methods, but it sounds like most are estimates prone to inaccuracy unless you go in to a facility and use specialized equipment. I just wanted a rough estimate of mine, so I used two online calculators based on body…

I don't know much about weight lifting or body recomposition, but as a lay person it seems like a 13% reduction in body fat (from 23% down to 20%) is a pretty significant change, not a "very small decrease," over a six month period for a person starting at a healthy BF%.

You're also assuming that a ballpark weight like 10lbs off the scale is going to make you look fitter. Exercise, including weights, will probably help to shape your body the way you want it even if you don't see a rapid drop on the scale. If you weren't already using weights at all, I bet the toning of your muscles under…

It sounds like you're losing 1lb per week over an 8 week period. That is steady, expected progress and most people on here will tell you to keep doing what you're doing, especially if you're eating enough calories and protein that the weight loss is fat and not lean muscle.

This is by far the primary reason I have been obese since I was in elementary school - the belief that at certain regular intervals I could depart from an otherwise relatively healthy way of eating and disregard the calorie content of food as if it was "free". This advice is definitely not for everyone, and for even more…

My life long weight problem is due to a lot of the factors you described. Total lack of nutritional understanding, fundamentally not understanding the relevance and importance of calories and how many calories were in any volume of food. I mean, it's embarrassing to think about it, but there it is. The most important thing…

Presumably also because the people will fail to get essential nutrients, and because eating a prescribed VLCD will teach people nothing about healthy food choices for the rest of their lives.

Meh, pretty misleading. Low carb eating helps a lot of people create a calorie deficit by sating their hunger and moving them off of highly processed, super calorie dense foods they habitually abuse. I don't know what you mean by "how the world works" but I do know my doctor recently insisted I start moving my BMI to a…

I just started mixing in 2% cottage cheese and blueberries and/or bananas. Two things I never put enough of in my diet: protein and fruit. This is a double whammy and not too big of a calorie commitment to muscle out lunch and dinner choices that I really like.

I'm 245, male, 5'9". I started at 246.5 on April 21st, have logged meticulously (and stayed at a calorie deficit everyday), started exercising regularly including weight lifting. Got 243.5 on the scale on Friday, but this morning was 245. So I have a total weight loss of 1.5lbs for 2 weeks. I feel SO much better than I did…

Thanks for the input. I've been extremely detailed in my logging so far. Perhaps not perfect since there is some eating out, but I would be truly shocked if I am outside of 100 calories on any given day. I'm using a food scale and being neurotic about it (not guessing or eyeballing stuff), because I have never, ever tried…

Cottage cheese has more protein than I expected (as I used to never eat it). I'm sure it's not as dense as lean meats, but it's something that might be easier to fit into breakfast or snacks.

I'm 31 now and have been overweight since I was in about 2nd grade. Part of my reason for failing to ever get to a healthy weight is my extreme perfectionism and harsh opinion of myself when I can't do something perfectly. I would set unrealistic exercise or eating goals, then give up when I inevitably failed. Although I…