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With no exercie I would like to see closer to 200 left in case I want a late snack but with exercise I dont care how much is left, I dont like to eat back a lot of my calories.

I use it everyday in the morning and after I workout so I can meet my protein requirement for the day. I have used GNCs brand strawberry and cookies and cream, I think it is whey isolate and it was good, just a little pricey. I am currently using Dymatize Gourmet chocolate and it is priced good and tastes decent.

Eh I had a frozen grilled chicken breast sandwich and smeared some butter'n pb on it, it actually turned out decent.

Personally I try not to stay in the gym more than an hour-1.5hrs and I do not hit the same body parts back to back days, unless I am playing basketball but I dont count that as going specifically to get a workout. If it were me I would think I was doing too much but I dont think its that bad.

I hit 11 today but I was getting comments around like 8 I was surprised and happy.

Why not just eat at a deficit and not do the low carb. MFP allows me like 280g of carbs, i stay within my macros and Im still losing.

1200 seems really low for you to be losing weight, but if it worked it worked. Im 5'7 180 and my calorie deficit on here is 2060, this is through a cut. Now if I wanted to bulk I would go over my maintenance, which is like 2600, by 500 and try and stay clean with what I eat.

To give you an idea MFP calls for 80-100g for me and I try and shoot for 160-200g.

I love my traps and I so so love my arms. 16in and getting more defined so not head over heels in love with them yet.

I took samples from GNC for a few weeks. I think it really helped to kick my appetite and keep me from eating snacks. I also loved the energy, I did not get jittery but I had a ton of energy. Only downfall was that when it made me sweat it did not seem to mix well with my body because it was a distinct smell.

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It is good to have a cheat day or a cheat meal, it helps to keep away those cravings for bad food. I have cheat meals, not a whole day of going way over, and I do it once every 2 weeks. If anything it may slow your progress down a bit but it doesnt seem to be hurting myself.

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You have lost a substantial amount of weight......Great job!

I wouldnt stop it, the creatine will help retain the muscle you have while you try and cut. That being said expect some water retention which will make your weight fluctuate.

I was on bodybuilding forums and they were telling guys that you should generally have like 80-100g a day. I try not to go over 80 personally.

So are you supposed to eat your exercise calories back? I havent really heard other wise if you should or shouldnt.

I talk about my calorie counting with my guy friend that I go to the gym with and he hates it, he is a little overweight and not serious about getting in shape so I guess thats why.

I prefer the digital ones so I would go that route but avoid the bodyfat ones, just a waste of money.

When I was doing insanity I had let it continue run

Girls at work put down dancing, but you will have to add more minutes than what you actually do because Zumba burns quite a bit of calories.

Thats great good job, sweets in the office are always something I must turn down.

Just to add flavor when I get tired of water I use the Mio liquids, spices things up a bit. Plus they are 0 calories.

I agree that seeing friends diets helps, not only to see that they are doing good but also what to eat and how.

I normally do not eat back my calories from a workout, especially if I played basketball or cardio that burned a lot of calories. I would feel like I was defeating the purpose.

Im the same except I do it one time a week, which is at random, or one time in two weeks. I feel too guilty if I cheat once a week consistently.