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Great if it works for you, but poor blanket advice overall.

This. If you're accurately eating only 1400 total calories and working out that much, you're really close to eating at TDEE -40-50%. That's not good for where you're at, and definitely won't help you get to the aesthetics you're after. No matter how much protein and lifting you do, you're going to lose a fair amount of…

How often do you work out, duration, and are you eating back exercise cals? That will give us an idea of your deficit.

How large of a defict are you at? With your stats, losing 10lbs at too much of a deficit still may not give you the asthetics you're after. At an ideal BMI it's usually not about losing "more weight" but lowering your BF%. If your deficit is too steep, even with the lifting you may still lose muscle which won't help lower…

You're doing this wrong.... You're supposed to HIT the number that MFP gives you, not stay 500-800 under it. It's quite possible that being under your goal by 500-800 cals per day, if logged accurately, your deficit is well over 1000 cals per day and far too steep for long term success. Would it be possible to get your ht…

I do remember where we left off in that thread. We could use some stats to help you further. Ht/wt/calorie goal. Do you do any exercise and if you do, do you eat those calories back. This would be helpful as it seems you were/are being overly restrictive.

Wait...wut? You made some crazy claims about dairy, people said wait...no, that's not right and here's why. Now that compares them to obese individuals with failing health and, from other posts, shills for big milk... Wow.

Would love to awesome this twice.

OK...if you really like to yo-yo, but...I love those things too, I just prefer to fit them into my goals. I actually got Mc Donald's in last night and still had some left over cals. You don't need to be a body-builder to supplement. Many do it, the protein of choice is up to you.

You're moving the goalposts a little bit here from eating back additional calories to ALL the calories, even though your position is really not to eat back any at all. Is it odd to eat back 50% or 75%?

Do you honestly not know how MFP works? It's just TDEE, but you don't add the exercise to the day until you actually do it.

MFP didn't suggest anything, it's just a calculator. To lose 2lbs per week (guessing that's what you entered) it would give you right around 1200 cals. That's about a 1000 calorie deficit from your tree. If you're struggling to stick with it, you should start eating back at least 50% and adjust from there. You really are…

^^This. I took a quick peek at your diary. The only full day you logged was just over 1200 cals. That low of intake is already setting you up to yo-yo.

I'm going to look really stupid now, but...... What is TDEE?? [/quote] Total Daily Energy Expenditure. Basically an estimate of how many calories you burn per day that would maintain your weight. According to the calculator, a person with your stats that does 1-3 hours of light exercise per week would maintain their weight…

Isn't purposefull? I guess I need to fully disagree. Depending on how much weight you have to lose, those exercise calories are incredibly purposeful. I'd struggle though the day if I didn't eat back at least 75% of mine. For some people, that's like saying "it isn't purposeful to fill up the tank on your car" even though…

^^This. When I recomped in my mid 20's, that took almost a year and we were talking a change of less than 10lbs. You're already at a healthy weight, so making changes takes time. Honestly, at your ht/wt, you may want to research what a recomp can do for you.

What's funny is: I had a completely different group of posters in mind until point C. I could absolutely change point C to that group as well and the shoe would fit just the same, if not better. ;)

This gives me the sadz. At your ht/wt/age you should be looking at a recomp to more efficiently lower your BF%, not cutting at a ridiculously low number. You may lose weight, but you'll just be a smaller version of yourself due to the LBM you're sacrificing. I'm 3 inches shorter than you and hit the best shape of my life…

We can't answer that 100% without more information like ht/wt/age and what you have your goal set to (2lbs per week)?

Exactly, she's from the Philippines. Looks like a fried spring roll.

Maybe... The ones that we get from the neighbor are usually long and skinny.

Lumpia must be different in different regions. The Lumpia I get from our neighbors isn't in that picture, or I'm blind. Both of which are completely possible.

Dexi is probably the best if you can. Like everyone said, you don't necessarily want/need to "lose weight" more than you're looking to drop BF%. I did the same thing. As a 5'7" male, I cut down to my goal weight of 163. When I got there I didn't like the results. I started eating more, and took my lifting more seriously…

We must have two different definitions of patronizing. OP: Halp, I'm eating 1200 cals and not losing weight. Users: Are you weighing and logging your food. OP: I log religiously. Users: Ya, but do you weigh it? If you don't it's quite possible that your eating more than you think. Why do I not see the patronizing in that…

Yep, almost word for word what I was about to type.

You hopefully continue to lose weight, while maintaining muscle. When we eat at a deficit and lose weight we lose water, fat, and muscle. Lifting in that deficit helps to maintain the muscle so most of our weight loss comes from fat and water. In doing so, the scale may not move as fast as it did before but you'll notice…

I was thinking the same thing.

Seriously, where are you getting your research from?

Can you supply some of the studies you've looked at?