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🙋‍♀️ recent omad follower here! It’s been over two weeks and I am loving it so far. Great results with more food freedom during that one meal.

Also- youtube has lots of tutorials on how to calculate your macros as well. It'll take some trial and error, but stick with a set of macros for at least a couple weeks before making modifications.

There's lots of online macro-calculators. Here's one I like: https://www.katyhearnfit.com/macro-calculator.html

lemonade (water, lemon juice, splenda)

Hey girl! First of all, congratulations for coming so far on your fitness journey! You should be proud of all your accomplishments to date :) After reading your story maybe I can offer this advice from my own personal experiences. "Am I trying to do too much?" Well the answer to this is up to you. Some people spend 3 hours…

clean eating is when you wash all your food with soap and water before eating it. Super clean!

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Eat a lot of white meat. Chicken, seafood, and turkey are low in fat. Quest bars are tasty, packed with protein and fiber as well. You can buy them on many online stores (vitacost, the quest bar website, others..)

I've read this too. However when someone is down to the last 10-15lbs to lose it's the most stubborn fat that's left, and Yohimbine would aid in making those fat stores available to use as energy.

Yohimbine worked for me, it's a natural derivative from tree bark. However it has stimulant-like side effects, even though it's not necessarily considered a stimulant. I know a lot of bikini competitors like cellucor super HD but this has caffeine. Cellucor makes a stimulant free fat-burner called CLK which you could try.…

Started week 10 yesterday :D it's tough but so worth it!!

Youtube offers what I would think are the best free beginner workouts for people starting out (blogilates, BeFIT, BikiniModelFitness, POPSUGAR Fitness are all great for under 25 min workouts). There are also many apps that you can download that have workout programs, nike training club was my favorite when I started.…

alcohol vaporizers. They allow you to breathe in the alcohol vapor, making you drunk but for zero calories Basically there isn't any "light" booze choices because alcohol is defined as being 7 calories per gram of alcohol. If you want to ingest alcohol, and a lot of it, you're going to ingest a lot of calories. Drinking…

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It's definitely strange getting used to grams vs. percentages, at first I was boggled, but really it makes a LOT of sense. Say for instance you did a bunch of cardio one day- you would maybe want to eat more carbs but not necessarily more fat or protein as a typical day because while carbs are the main fuel, fat and…

The beauty of calorie counting is there's no such thing as cheating!!!! Sounds like your first goal should be changing some of the ideas you have surrounding food. For me it was changing how I looked at food, it was definitely a thing I connected with love and pleasure, and still to do at times be honest! But I've worked…

Diet pop drinker here! It is goooooood. Lost 20 lbs in 3 months while drinking a can of diet pop everyday. Still have about 10 to lose to get to my goal, but right now still drinking diet pop and losing. I also load my coffee and baked goods with splenda. I drink 4 L of water a day, not sure if there's any correlation…

Hi! - Do you use specific things like protein powders or supplements to help meet macros, or do you solely rely on food intake? I use protein powder, a fiber powder, and protein bars pretty often. Some days I definitely get by on everyday grocery stuffs but I like using these things out of convenience and efficiency…

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That I'm a civil engineer working in the heavy construction field!! I get a lot of suprised responses when people ask what I do for a living, not many women are engineers (unfortunatly!!)

I went through this same thing- not seeing the scale move significantly for over two months (5'7", 160lbs, 45min lifting or cardio per day, 1450 C allowance per day). Things that helped me get out of it: - Eating HIGH protein, 160 grams per day - Lowering carbs - Lowering fats - Increasing fibre to at least 30 grams per…

MrM27, I think I like your approach. Can I just ask whether you agree with those who have said that the reason I am losing 4.7 lb per week rather than the 2.2 lb that would be indicated by simple application of the 3500 figure is muscle loss and to some extent also fluid loss. Please assume I am tracking calories consumed…

I respecfully disagree. The type of results is highly dependent on many factors, so I wouldn't call it simple. It's not over complication, it's appropriate. Were he to understand that his TDEE is higher he would be eating more. So that would solve the issue of barely eating.

From the rate of weight loss it should be clear that your actual TDEE is in fact higher. The calculations you have shown are not very applicable as well. The science of weight loss is not as simplified as perhaps you have thought. SO many factors come into play. Metabolism, genetics, activity, body composition, and diet…

If you continue strength training and eat a considerable amount of protein you should not lose your muslce mass (gathered from research). I would recommend doing your own research or hiring a coach/trainer to decide how much protein is right for you.

Currently at 45% protein. Protein shakes and protein smoothies are a must. If you google or youtube protein recipes you'll get good ideas. Protein pancakes made with protein powder and egg whites are awesome and delicious. Try egg white scrambles and sandwhiches (with high fibre breads). Lean cuts of meat like chicken…

The shivering thing is true- but I'm not sure if exercise in cold temperature burns more calories. Wouldn't the body have to work less hard by way of sweating in order to actually cool the body down? No need to shiver because the exercise warms up the body on its own. So- in my admittedly unresearched opinion- I believe it…

Time wise, it's very possible you'll reach your goals at the same end-date via waiting until after summer to heavy bulk and cut, as would doing a slow bulk/recomp.. although you're not really describing a recomp since you are planning on gaining 10-15lbs and looking to cut zero fat. To me a recomp means taking off the…

*adds friends* time to make a secret club of IIFYM lovers.

All this talk about micros I think stems from the macro focus (macro... micro.. sounds kinda the same.. let's spotlight both!). What about all those other diets mentioned (Atkins, anti-Atkins.. w/e) that MOST DEFINITLY have no attention paid to micro nutrients? No one is all like "ERMAGERD MICROS" whenever they get brought…