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Are you on a low carb diet by any chance? And if you went from a much larger calorie surplus straight to 1500 you might feel the side affects, hope this helps! Jesse Short ISSA Certified Personal Trainer

Tip on toning: you can't tone. Muscles either grow or shrink, they don't know how to tone. Growing muscles make them look better if that's what you mean, hope this helps!

Go look in a mirror and tell yourself to quit. See if you can do it..

BMI means nothing, I'm 5'6" and weigh 175lbs and I'm considered obese yet I am at 14%bf. Go by bodyfat percentage, and for women, anywhere from 20-25% is considered healthy. To get abs and definition going a little lower would be your best bet, hope this helps! Jesse Short ISSA Certified Personal Trainer

85% should be perfectly fine unless you have heart related or respiratory problems. Jesse Short ISSA Certified Personal Trainer

Everyone has abs, just depends if they're hidden or not. A good diet is the biggest way to see your abs. Going on youtube and finding ab exercises will define them more for a fraction (free!) of the price ;) hope this helps! Jesse Short ISSA Certified Personal Trainer

HIIT on your biking and keep on your dieting!!

Extra fiber and water and protein do that, also when your working out you have a stronger core so its easier to pass stool.

I never said she ate only those foods, that was a generalization with if you eat a larger amount of junk foods? Feel free to put in a different type of junk food into that rather than just chips or chocolate.

*kitten* is better. Fact.

High impact aerobics might do the trick.

P.S. Don't stretch before you workout unless you had a warmup first, thats like pulling a rubber band thats been in a freezer. Don't chase the soreness, sometimes you just don't have it and that happens when lifting sometimes. If you miss the soreness then id put more weight into your exercises and take shorter break…

Unless your doing low carb for over 3 or 4 months its not worth it, you will feel sluggish, irritable, and hungry for a long time. Whats worse is you will probably gain that weight back if you eat carbs after you reach your weight goal. Low carb also has health risks, so just a heads up.. Otherwise go with low fat cottage…

Overlooked but try Spinach, hope this helps! Jesse Short ISSA Certified Personal Trainer

That is why BMI is bs, but do use body fat percentage calipers. I tell my clients all the time, would you rather lose 20lbs and look the same or lose 4 inches and lose 3lbs. All go with the latter.

Great question! The biggest thing with eating healthier is that it keeps you full for longer. Along with also getting in proper micro nutrients and vitamins in good foods that you would not find in other processed foods, it helps you stay healthy and not sick! It also builds good eating habits, what do you train yourself…

AGREE!

Don't waste your time with 5 smaller meals, there is no metabolic increase or any other benefits to them, I'd stick with the 3 meals a day and keep yourself satisfied with a nice big dinner rather than it being your last meal with few calories left! Hope this helps! Jesse Short ISSA Certified Personal Trainer

I took a quick look and watch your splurges, that's where your having the problems. Excess carbs, fats, and sugars are no bueno when trying to lose weight. Try limiting yourself to one "free meal" every 7-10 days where you can eat whatever you want (not buffet or till you explode, only until your full) and see how that…

Spot reducing is a myth, just like toning. HOWEVER, you can work certain areas with different exercises to grow the muscle, this growth in muscle gives the appearance that you are reducing the fat or even "toning" the muscle. Hope this helps clarify a little bit! Jesse Short ISSA Certifed Personal Trainer

Our powerlifters are always talking with the 65 year olds on the treadmills haha

You may be feeling a little odd because you're not used to the fiber you are getting a lot more of in your veggies and fruits. As long as your at a caloric deficit compared to how much exercise you are getting you will be in great shape. If you have any questions or comments just let me know, hope this helps! Jesse Short…

Don't worry about BMI as much, you could be 5'6" and weigh 175lbs like me and be considered obese even though your body fat percentage is 14%. Just concentrate on the mirror for now, hope this helps! Jesse Short ISSA Certifed Personal Trainer

Obese people feel better knowing they can eat more after they workout and as long as they're still in a caloric deficit it works but it just makes people feel better about eating more for the most part.

Crunches hurt many peoples backs, I'd avoid them. Go into the captains chair and do knee raises or leg lifts and as you progress I'd go to hanging from a pullup bar and doing the same motion. Hope this helps! Jesse Short ISSA Certifed Personal Trainer

Usually rigorous weightlifting for an hour uses anywhere from 200 to 350 calories during the workout itself not including afterburn so my advice would be to get a little extra carbs in about an hour or so prior to lifting for energy and your protein really doesn't need to change if your still taking in .8 grams per pound…

If your over 25% bf then I wouldn't worry about it slowing down your metabolism at all

Congrats on the weightloss and keep it up!

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The problem with low carb diets are that although you lose an insane amount of weight, you gain it back as soon as you eat carbs again. If you maintain low carb for a period of months then you go into ketosis and burn fat but that takes a lot longer and you have no energy during it. There have also been links to heart…