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I understand what you mean and it is sometimes hard to eat 6 meals a day. Yes it is important to eat clean, but you cant expect to eat clean all the time. Just try to eat clean about 70-80% of the time and your set. In the end your body is your body. A calculator can give you a rough estimate on what your body needs, but…

I'm not quite sure why people give up so many foods. I gave up NOTHING, NOTHING mwhaha! In all seriousness I literally gave up nothing, I still eat pizza and pastas (I never really ate sweets as such so Im safe there I guess). As long as they fit into your daily macros you can eat whatever you want. You need to start…

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^ this. honestly its like my posts are purposefully ignored. I can pass more knowledge through to a rock than some people around here.

^ This. Noone seems to understand the very basics. Calories IN vs CALORIES OUT. Irrelevant if you eat at 2 am, or 2 pm. Doesnt matter if you eat soon before sleep or right after you wake up. Food is fuel, not some ticking time bomb that you can only eat during certain hours.

Oh yes there is! So your saying as long as you lose weight you can eat as little as you need to? So all those kids in different countries all over Africa are healthy? They are skinny, they weigh little, they eat very little calories. Is that the right method? Sure those kids dont have a choice, but YOU do. You dont need to…

Even 1600 is a bit low I reckon. Normally maintenance calories value is how much you should be eating if you want to remain as you are. So if you want to lose weight then you take off 10-20% off your maintenance value to get a deficit in calories. I would suggest 15% at the highest, cause any higher and you are kind of…

Here, this is a REAL calculator that uses proper calcualtions to figure out how much you should eat. http://www.freedieting.com/tools/calorie_calculator.htm I already did the calculation for you, with your height of 5"4" and age 31, 162 pounds you should be eating 2203 calroies for maintenance and fat loss calories to…

What you are feeling and what your BODY is feeling are two completely different things. The reason why your probably not feeling hungry is because your body is already in starvation mode and slowing your body so it can survive off so little your giving it.…

Read what I wrote above. A male cannot and i mean CANNOT go below 1500 calories EVER at ANY ONE TIME. It is a real number that is scientifically, professionally, socially, everythinglally proven to NEVER go below. What you are currently on is called a fad diet. Its a trendy diet where you go extremely low calories…

NO STOP! THROW THAT ACCURSED DEMON OUT THE WINDOW NOW! LITERALLY!!

1. 1200 calories is too low. I dont care what MFP says your calorie # should be. If MFP says you should take 1200 calories when your WEIGHT training as well as cardio on top then its clearly flawed. If this is a number you made up, then its even more flawed (sorry to be blunt) 2. USE free weights. Using machines are good…

SOOOOO jealous right now.. T.T The people I know just go blah blah blah doing it wrong, blah blah eat whatever you want its ok, blah blah blah doing weights will cause injury and back problems, blah blah blah (add something ridiculously stupid here) blah blah... STFU PLEASE!!! omg. Leave me alone to do what I want because…

I think I love your bf! (metaphorically of course :D) If only I knew people who would be supportive in THIS manner.

In case someone missed this. TRUST :D

Firstly long *kitten* quote. Secondly, training any more than an hour a day = pointless. If you keep your intensity high and lift heavy (with good form) 45 min is plenty to get everything your body needs to be stronger. Also it doesnt matter when you eat or when not to eat. In the end, it comes down to calories in vs…

yeah, alot of the japanese food that is listed here are the more common westernized foods. Things like gyoza, sushi, sashimi, ramen, takoyaki, okonomiyaki etc are foods often found in western countries and thus easy to find. Other things like authentic jap curries, and japanese delicacies are hard to log. Or even japanese…

Any form of crossfit (HIIT) workouts generally require no equipment and not much room, just a small towel is all you need. This is pretty simple stuff, but a killer workout within 25 min. There are 9 exercises that you repeat for 3 rounds. Each exercise you do for 30 seconds and then you rest for 15 seconds before moving…

eat brown rice, eat wholemeal bread, eat chicken, beef, tuna etc. they are loaded in goodness and pretty high in calories at a reasonable level. Vegetables and salads should be eaten for VITAMIN and NUTRITION values. NOT TO FILL your calories. It just wont cut it.

so you could eat 200g of fat as long as it meets you caloric value? :P

The saying goes.. eat fat to lose fat. I cant say much without seeing your diary and all that but eat protein/fat as those should be what primarily your calories are coming from (doesnt mean you skip out on carbs though, gta eat carbs) Set your macros based on your weight, and then try to meet them.

It is good to see something different then the usual Im going to eat 700 calories to lose weight. GOOD JOB for wanting to do strength training. It is daunting at first to begin weight training for the first time but it is actually quite fun, and people around you at the weight racks are generally friendly and ready to help…

Um thing is, with getting protein from lentil sources and such they are incomplete protein. It doesnt have all the 10 essential amino acids and stuff. If you are a vegetarian then your best option is dairy products and SOY!!! Soy is pretty much the best thing a vegetarian has to a protein source from food unless you would…

^ almost correct. Its actually 1-1.5g per lb. The value of 60-90g of protein are for those who do absolutely NO EXERCISE (sedentary) and sit around all day. That is the value for most people because, you have to be honest, most people dont exercise and sit around all day.

^ except you forgot fish :D Although you need to be very careful with the protein bars you eat. Most of the time they are NOT FILLING so you end up eating something else soon after (which might put you over the limit) and generally contains very high sugar.

^ sorry to hear that, But im assuming when I say this, guys generally have it easier gaining muscles (so bl to you) D: To answer the OP's question, yes you do lose muscles, ESPECIALLY if your doing so much cardio. There are other ways of losing weight without doing so much cardio. Look into afterburn techniques and…

^ this. What you are doing is killing yourself (literally). The value 1200 minimum for women is actually a value that is the BARE MINIMUM required for your body to FUNCTION at 100%. Anything less and your body is not working as it should be and TRUST ME when I say you will have medical issues coming up. Nowadays all you…

Clearly you did not do something right when you were eating above 1200 calories (eg: You ate 1500 calories but you burned off 500-600, hence you are still below your net 1200 calories>?!) Your current "progress" if you can call it that isnt really progress at all, rather your body slowly dying. Any person who eats below…

I think myfitnesspal should utilise stickied topics and put this in GIANT NEON FLASHY THINGS, "EAT MORE TO LOSE MORE!" There are so many people who have the general populace ideals (eat below 800 calories and of course you will lose weight.) which is definitely wrong, and increasingly persistent in so many people. From the…

That question in itself is a paradox lol. Im going to take a guess and assume you mean eat less carb calories but need more calories in general. As some of the people above said.... PROTEIN BABY!!@!@!!!! Protein is gold. I eat about 1.5-3g of protein per kg (64kg = 200g approx) daily. Any lean meats (lean beef, pork,…