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Most people tell you to weigh in once a week or something, but if you can learn to ignore the fluctuations, weigh in more often for a few weeks (for example every morning before you eat or drink anything, and then a few times throughout the day when your in the bathroom). You'll see your weight fluctuates a ton and it…

"During the week I cut out rice, bread, pastas, dairy and pretty much anything processed if I can avoid it. Thanks in advance guys!" Based on your post it seems to be these are the things you are craving that you are cutting out of your diet during the week... In my opinion, don't cut these things out if they are what you…

Hi All! I'm Jeremy on the northside in Fishers (for now)

Thanks everyone! Sounds like I need to up my protein while I continue to lose, and start thinking about cycling calories for weight training days (surplus) and cut days (deficit) while implementing a more serious weight training program (at least moving to dumbbells and freeweights instead of weight machines, although…

@AnabolicKyle I've started on weight machines in my gym (Pec Machine, Lat Pulldown, Shoulder Press, Ab machine, Seated Row, Chest Press, Leg press, Leg Extension, and Leg Curl), slowly transitioning over to free weights, but all I have at my gym is dumbbells. I'm currently recording my weight lifting via an iphone app that…

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M/F: M Age: 25 Height: 5'-10" Start weight: 255+ Current weight: 186 Goal weight: 180 (for now) - Real goal is 10-12% BF Time it took: 6-7 months (still in progress) Aloted daily calories: Currently 1820, but started higher Did your aloted calories change with loss: Yes, started above 2200 Did/do you eat back your…

Your activity level should be your average activity including all these little things that you do. Maybe you don't clean daily, but you also probably don't walk around your office daily, or you don't go shopping daily, but you do something else on the other days. You should log EXERCISE, as in going to the gym or going for…

This... 100% this. To get on this journey I had to finally stop worrying about making other people happy and focus on making myself happy. Since then, I've spent every free minute doing things that I enjoy, getting into shape, and working to be a better me. I haven't felt better about how I look since high school, I have…

This is a journey, keep doing the right things and the weight will come off. Your body weigh fluctuates a large amount depending on when you weight in, what you ate, how much water you are retaining, not to mention added muscle mass you may be getting from working out. Sometimes a scale with a bodyfat % will help with some…

You need to start eating more... You need to actually eat your 1200 calories and then eat back at least some of your workout calories (didn't really think about that your probably on a very aggressive weight loss goal setting and probably don't need any additional deficit). Right now you seem to be eating at a pretty…

I use mine daily as well. Go digital, with options for what units it reports back in. Should be able to get one online for $25 if I remember what I paid for mine. I will even bring mine with me when am away from home for a few days.

2 tbps of PB2 is only 45 calories! http://www.bellplantation.com/nutrition

I'll let someone else address if 6 tablespoons of peanut butter is bad for your diet, but if it is you might look into trying PB2 which is a lower calorie, lower fat peanut butter. I bought some recently and its actually pretty good! Its made by taking roasted peanuts and pressing out all the oil and fat and then its…

I have a Fitbit as well. They are great little devices that are basically pedometers. They will track all your steps throughout the day, and your workout as well (a button allows you to tell it when to start an "activity" that it will give you data on separately. I use it to adjust my calories based on my activity level (I…

25, 215 lbs @ 5'11 now, but have lost 40+ lbs (guessed starting weight before I got really serious and bought a scale) in 6 months or so, and it keeps falling off. Goal for right now at 200 which seemed unobtainable when I set it, but really want to get down to my lean weight after that (which is about 170-180) now that I…

Car0lynnM has some good advice if you're looking to run a 5k. You said you were going to do a 5k walk though. The 5k distance is only 3.1 miles, and you seem to be able to walk that already, so you should be ok! Just continue walking, making your walks longer and longer as you can, and pick up the pace occasionally as…