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Stay where you are for 2 more weeks, then if still no change then reduce your intake or increase expenditure

Plateaus don't exist, it's either water retention, inaccurate food tracking or wrong calculations for energy expenditure or a combination of all 3. You should review your logging methods and ensure they're accurate (using a scale for solids, volume for liquids etc) and wait at least 3 weeks before changing anything (the…

This is why I just think using the TDEE method is the best way as long as you have regular workouts and activity levels. MFP's method requires too much micromanaging and putting 'trust' into their workout database which for an over-zealous weight loss noob looking to have the fastest results possible might not be good.…

Nope, if you drop your carbs but replace them with the same calories of fat your weight loss will be the same outside water loss.

2 lbs per week is by no means "very slow", it's actually very aggressive for anyone who isn't obese, you need to adjust your expectations.

you should definitely be in a deficit at that caloric intake, you either need to tighten up your logging or have more patience. edit: 5 days is nothing, wait at least 3 weeks before you do anything (weight loss is not linear).

lol, clueless. You have no idea what it actually takes and how long it takes to build muscle. Do yourself a favor and start lifting today, ideally on a proper barbell program, unless skinnyfat is your goal then keep on as you are.

How long has it been stopped, if it's more than 4 weeks then you're eating more than you think and need to recheck your tracking methods.

this still tells us nothing, height, weight, gender, age, activity level etc

Regardless of if his apple watch is accurate or not, he's a 5'9' 200 lb male and claims to be eating just 1200 calories and exercising every day. Fat would be absolutely melting off him if this was true.

How long is a piece of string? So many variables and you've given zero info for us to go on.

Not eating exercise cals back might not be a good idea, you don't want a too aggressive deficit.

You probably set it to sedentary and lose 2 lbs per week, don't do this as your deficit is too aggressive - that's why you felt so tired yesterday, especially with only 33g of carbs.

It's not even debatable, it literally makes negligible difference when you eat, all that matters is the deficit over time.

Your tracking must be off, no healthy human could feel full off of an actual 900-1000 cals a day, that is an insanely little amount of food.

I agree and it annoys me when I see this, then you double it up with only eating back half of exercise cals (or none at all) AND setting it to "lose 2 lbs per week" and it's a disaster waiting to happen. Irresponsible advice that's a recipe for under-eating, and then people wonder why 90% of dieters fail. Lots of people…

One week is not long enough to make any realistic conclusions, weight fluctuates day to day due to fluctuations in water, weight loss is not linear. Wait at least 3 weeks before you do anything becomes no 200 lb + person should maintain their weight on 1200 calories.

As said start being more active, there's only so low you can take your calories before diet adherence/quality of life becomes compromised - sounds like you're at that point. Buying a pedometer/activity tracker and ensuring you get at least 10k steps a day is a good way to ensure you're active. You'd be surprised how much a…

seems legit

whoever told you low weight high reps for "toning" is completely wrong, that's not how it works at all. Rep range has nothing to do with fat loss or "toning". You're supposed to lift heavy (5-10 reps) if you want to maintain lean mass while on a calorie deficit.

Cardio/being active is invaluable for me, a lot of people seem to be dieting off calorie restriction alone, no idea how they do it because I would be starving all day.

37 carbs a day sounds like torture. You shouldn't need to go down that low, ever, unless you're specifically doing a ketogenic diet. Once you get adequate protein and fat all your remaining cals can come from carbs, it's the calorie deficit that makes you lose fat not low carbs.

protein 0.8 grams/lb goal weight fat 0.4 grams/lb goal weight

Don't go by percentage, set your protein and fat by grams/lb then fill remaining calories with whatever you want. Something like 100 protein, 50 fat, remaining calories can be whatever you want.

This post is completely wrong.

6 week plateau means you're eating at maintenance, either increase your activity or eat less or both.

Yes you should lift. Cardio is optional but can increase your deficit or allow you to eat more while staying at a deficit.

Yes, very underrated imo considering you can do it for literally hours.

Been eating a lot of raw mini bell peppers recently, they're delicious, crunchy and have the perfect sweetness and very low cal, such an underrated snack

It's powdered food, nothing more nothing less.