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LIFT!!! Stronglifts 5x5 is a free novice strength program that will give you nice lady shapes in the important areas and stuff.

This^^ You're going to definitely need to start off eating more to reach your goal. Your body will eventually adapt to 1200 calories then you'll be looking for ways to keep moving the scale (either cardio (which sucks and will make you HUNGRY) or cutting calories more (which sucks and will make you HUNGRY)... This would be…

What type of workouts are you doing (assume lifting heavy), and what are the dosages of your supplements? I'm all for the whey protein and the creatine mono (5g/day). CLAs and BCAAs are the type of supplements that may or may not even have a 0-3% difference in you reaching your goals assuming they're bio-available to begin…

If you drink enough beer fast enough there's 0 calories and an awesome ab workout. Just sayin'

Some good advice and some terrible advice here. Try whatever mfp suggests (3k+) for 2 weeks, if you lost weight keep calories the same. If your weight stayed the same drop 200 calories wash rinse repeat. Re evaluate every 2 weeks. You're going to need a defect for 2-3 years probably so this has to be sustainable. I would…

30 lbs in 66 days, not sustainable or healthy amount of fat loss unless you are currently 200lbs overweight

Disagree with bwogilvie. If you're maintaining at 2000 that's your body's TDEE and every BODY is different, we all know that person who eats 4000 calories a day and never gains a pound and the person who eats 1700 and so much as smells a cookie and puts on 5lbs. Online calculators can be off as much as 1000 calories.

For lat pulldowns I find I feel it more with a reverse grip, try to find a way that works so you feel the muscle working. Someone else had a really good wordy post, follow that advice too.

relax it's just donuts now move on.

Log everything for a week, log your calories and average it out, then drop 200-250 calories per day. If you're maintaining your weight around 2000 calories a 1200 calorie diet is just TOO MUCH.

Offended by your offer to workout together, I think not. Bum shadow story LMAO

There's benefits to skipping breakfast, your body burns fat in a fasted state. That said I think to a point IF is broscience, however there is anecdotal success with this method.

I did hcg 500 calorie restricted diet. 0fat ugh

In for big lifters trying to get lean

If you're already eating carbs and not trying to low carb it the only downside i could see to bread is the high glycemic load of those carbs. If you're not feverishly hungry in a couple hours eating more high glycemic carbs then I wouldn't worry. If you are maybe cut the bread or at least eat a protein with it.

Best plan for you is strong lifts 5x5 or starting strength. SL5x5 has a women only group on mfp that's bigger than the all inclusive.

people get in awesome shape doing body weight exercises. is this post even real?

Iifym.com has the info perks are eating the stuff you have cravings for when you plan around them downfall is having to track every macro all the time don't forget the fiber

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Mfp is alway too low. Google a tdee calculator and go for a 20% deficit. Track everything and make small adjustments to keep losing 2lbs a week. If you drop too much your weight loss won't go so well and you will adapt your body to a crazy low calorie amount meaning when you eat again you'll gain hard and fast

You just have to want something bad enough to make yourself uncomfortable. Then once you've made yourself uncomfortable get comfortable with making yourself uncomfortable, pushing your limits whenever possible. Like the dude who will not go to the gym until he hits his goal weight (likely uncomfortable with going to the…

Use a TDEE calculator like this one: http://iifym.com/iifym-calculator/ Even better if you know your body fat %

better keep with the 70 calorie lentils, you can eat moar!

The MFP calculator is not all that great, try this calculator and put in a 15% deficit. Follow for 2 weeks, then track your weight loss in week 3 and 4 if you are losing a good amount of weight then change nothing, if not drop 200 calories. and track for another 2 weeks.

1200 calories seems like a crazy deficit for 185 lb person, that's around 40% below TDEE?

Is this real life?

Huh? What? Logic broken.

That's my goal too!

I ate a chicken burger for breakfast 410 calories if calories was all that mattered.

"normal" standard american diet is probably 160+ Sugar you can get from fruits, easy to set a carb goal and a fiber goal and hit those while mostly ignoring sugar. Sugar is good to have post-work-out