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Very interesting... this would be my curiosity as well...

80. Being too excited about making your own post that you fail to notice important details in previous comments that could effect your response (the numbering) lol... my bad.

85. Using the toilet = 1 squat rep.

This is the second best news I heard all day!

*wants lasagna*

This is the best news I heard all day! I hadn't looked at it like this. Hooray! XD

Also, sounds like you're doing everything right, so you just have to be patient while your deficit/efforts work away the fat, and your strength regimen builds the muscle.

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Looks good to me! How much do you weigh? With that large of a deficit, you'll want to keep protein high/adequate to minimize lean body mass loss... although over a 100g is a great start! If you are weight lifting, you may want to consider up to 1g per lb of body weight, but really, getting over 100g a day is really good. I…

Squats without weight (air squats) until they're too easy.. then squats with an empty bar until it's too easy... then load 5lbs more everyday onto the bar. Front squats first (holding bar at your chest, just below collar bones), until balance is built, then back squats with the loaded bar on your shoulders. Get your…

I'm a vodka gal too.... I stock up on all the various flavors of seltzer for at home drinking (they're 0 cal) but in a bar, I go Vodka with Club Soda, extra limes (and juice the limes really good into the drink).

What's the alternative? Place the burden of stopping her on the shoulders of the strangers from the internet? I don't think the OP should do it, Clearly no one does... But OP's original statement is in the active sense.. as in "This is what I'm doing"... she never asks if she "should"... she's just a goin' for it...…

I am right there with you! I just think people are gonna do what they want to do... Maybe because of how stubborn I am myself... I only have this one perspective though. Hopefully, OP is more open to the logic and reasoning of others :)

I wouldn't say worst... most realistic maybe.

Upping water intake to match activity and help flush sodium is important to me, too... as I go over my sodium RDA all the time. I have no clue if there's any truth/science to it, but I read somewhere that going over sodium RDA (recommended daily allowance) by just 400mg can cause an up to 4lb fluctuation in weight over the…

I agree. @cortesr425's response to the OP's question describes how he/she achieved his/her deficit - ultimately answering the OP's question "What really helped you to lose weight fast?" I would guess OP was looking for what routes others specifically followed to achieve their losses, rather than a vague answer of "CICO"...…

In the beginning, I didn't weigh anything... I'd just find entries that seemed right, often choosing the option that had the highest calories, to help make a buffer. I'd overestimate my intake, underestimate my calorie burns, and figured that would help keep a deficit despite (surely) inaccurate logging... weighing my food…

The OP asked for what helped people personally... this seems to be @cortesr425's answer to that question. Not sure why you're questioning someone on what personally helped them...

Things that help me stave off hunger: 1. Protein rather than carbs for breakfast (a whey isolate + casein protein shake does the trick and is tasty to boot) 2. Eat breakfast after 9am (if I eat before then, I'm cyclically hungry sooner and more frequently throughout the day) 3. Coffee with milk prior to 9am helps to make…

I really enjoy thoroughly chewing my vegetables, though it's kind of exhausting sometimes and I have to take breaks. That's my dorky confession of the day. Thanks everyone!

Neat site! Thanks much! :*

Since I am close to my goal (5-10lbs away) I think I could be ok with a crawly loss... though my boozing on the weekends (and ok, sometimes weeknights) would possibly sabotage me... Then again, I don't intend on cutting alcohol from my consumption when I'm at goal/maintenance anyways, so it would do me well to work out how…

It's appealing to me, because then I could set right in on determining how I'm going to eat for good, rather than "for weight loss"... (though really, how I've been eating is pretty much how I intend to eat, +/- whatever)

If your goal is weight loss, then your current plan should work fine. As I got closer to my goal weight (5-10 lbs away now) Focusing on nutrition and protein has become more important to me. So that's why I semi-keep tabs on them.

I'm not sure what you're asking...

Very true. I am not the most active person on weekdays, due to long hours at a desk job - I often just do some chores and go to bed after work, so in my own typical day, I'm seeking satiety from my few meals (to keep me from mindlessly snacking) rather than fuel for vigorous activity. Weekends are a different story... *I…

I've been hovering around my goal weight(s)* for weeks now... just recommitted to tightening up my consumption this week... I just readjusted my calorie goal to 500 under the average between my sedentary and semi-active TDEE... before I think I set my goal based on the semi-active only... but I've not been making it to the…

Protein and Fat are also more satiating, as they take longer to digest, so trying to get good amounts of those in there should help make you feel fuller throughout the day, even on a deficit.

I am not stringent about them... for example, I go over my fat goal all the time... but I eat a lot of nuts and avocados, so I anticipate that and don't mind. However, when eating at a deficit, it becomes more important to hit close to your protein macro to help minimize loss of lean muscle mass... (I've been crap at…

I'll add that, once I found a combination of foods that 1.) I thoroughly enjoy, 2.) I could eat in good quantity and still stay within my CALORIE goal and 3.) filled out my macros how I liked - I basically have stuck with those options, mixing it up a bit here and there, but for the most part, during the week, I eat a lot…