fushigi1988 Member

Figure out why you were binging, were you hungry, feeling depressed, restricting too much? Work on those issues first.

I can gain 5 lbs in a day just from hormonal fluctuations, so please relax about your slight gain. Nobody stays exactly the same every day. It's probably just some water retention if you ate some salty foods or something. Just eat at a normal healthy calorie range for your weight, don't overthink it to much.

Food is just food, nothing to feel guilty about. It helps too notice what effect it is, do you get energy from the food or feel a bit sluggish later? If you feel good, eat it more. If you feel sluggish but like the taste, eat in moderation.

You are working out A LOT, that does not seem healthy. Why so much? Your body needs a lot more food then 100 calories above BMr to support that activity.

What? That is not healthy for a female, essential fat is 10-13%, most women start to lose their period once they get below 15% or so.. http://www.builtlean.com/2010/08/03/ideal-body-fat-percentage-chart/

When almost empty, they charge in about an hour or so. I usually plug it in when I go to check my FB and email, then I stay seated and don't lose steps ;)

Your BMI is 19.6, very close to underweight. Please don't lose any more. Focus on building muscle, that will lower your BF%

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Great progress so far! From what I heard from friend of mine that are hypothyroid, it's eating regularly, managing stress and sleep, taking meds, and working out (combo of cardio and weights). Then the weight comes off slowly.

I sometimes gain 5 lbs in just a day, you also have your menstrual cycle that causes fluctuations

I need 2500 calories a day, no way I can get that in one meal. And even if I could, I have mild hypoglycemia and need to eat at regular times.

Thay is waay to low, on another topic you were talking about 60 calories net. Please get help if you can't figure this out, this is unhealthy behaviour.

You restrict too much during the day, your willpower breaks down and in the evening you are tired and your willpower runs out. You might need to give yourself some more space, settle for a bit smaller deficit, so you stop with the bingelike behaviour during the evenings.

Eyeballing food does not work, people almost always estimate wrong. Can't find the site at the moment, but there was research that people often estimate that they eat less than they actually do, for heavier people the difference could be quite a lot! They would say they were only eating 2300, when it was really 2800 when…

This one is great! Food is just food. And you can lose weight on a Twinkie Diet: http://edition.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/08/twinkie.diet.professor/ Not saying it's healthy long term, but you can lose weight with any food, it's calories in vs out (simplified).

Yes there is: http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyponatremia

Just keep working on muscles, belly will probably go a bit when you lower BF% I'm eating around TDEE now, lifting a few times a week, trying to get atleast 100 grams of protein, slowly see it getting flatter.

Just drink when thirsty. Look at your pee, if it's going towards orange, you probably need to drink more, see this graph: http://health.clevelandclinic.org/2013/10/what-the-color-of-your-urine-says-about-you-infographic/ If it's all clear, or you feel cold a lot, you are probably drinking too much. How much you drink…

Stroopwafels! Yes, those are delicious!

Waffles is more Belgium, the country next to the Netherlands.

good luck with finding people that want to give you advice if you keep acting like that.

lots of veggies, with some protein.

NO waste of money

What's a Dutch diet? I live there and I don't really see what's special about it.

Most of them contain high doses of diuritics so you piss yourself dry and dehydrate, losing (temporary) water weight, and/or a lot of cafeine, so you get jittery and move more, with possible heart palpatations and heart failure as a risk. Fun!

I wanted to link these, you beat me to it. Must read articles!

I weigh every day, and use Trendweight to get rid of fluctuations. I take pictures and measurements every few weeks. I track the weights that I can lift, new bench and squat records etc, how fast my recovery is, how fast I can run a mile.

I aleays try for a combo of carbs and protein before a workout. Not too much fat, that is slower to digest and can make your stomach upset if it's too close to workout. After workout mostly protein when you've been lifting, and mostly carbs after cardio, always a bit of both for best recovery :)

Your BMR is already 2400: http://www.health-calc.com/diet/energy-expenditure-advanced You're better off eating between the BMR and TDEE of the weight you want to be, for 176 lbs that would be around 2000 kcal.

Not needed to do 2 hours cardio per day for 6 days a week, also boring. I just do 5 minute warmup, weight training for 30-40 minutes an some more cardio for 5-10 minutes after. Leaves me pretty tired and sore. I do that 3x a week, losing inches. Train smarter, not longer. More weights, bit less cardio. Maybe add some…