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I have a Salter scale which you enter in age and m/f once and does weight, bmi, fat, water each time. I've tracked with it from when I started MFP each week and its tracked from: 168.4 lbs 26.4 bmi 25% body fat 57% water to now (this morning) 134.2 lbs 21.1 bmi 13.5 % body fat 65.3 % water

For a girl who's 158 / 5.2 and has a light activity level it what I would expect. If you look at it this way you'll have to be consuming greater than your TDEE of 2125 to actually gain. If you measure and it looks like you've gained it'll be water weight not fat. Paradoxically by eating more you might actually lose more.

There are no junk or clean food that's just labels we've given them, its just that some food has more nutrional than others. It's all just fuel for your body, and all about the calories. Whilst you could live off soley fast food and lose weight, you'll A. Be very hunger as it tends to be high calorie so you won't have much…

If 1200 is a large deficit from your TDEE then your body is most likely storing energy (fat) each time you eat as it doesn't know when you'll next get a good meal. It's clever like that and wants to keep you alive. The ideal deficit is TDEE-20% which is plenty to see weekly loss and enough for your body to let go of. When…

If you had 2 mths then it would make a difference as you could lose half a stone safely and see a small improvement in you body shape, 2 weeks isn't going to give a visual difference in your body at all so its kinda pointless and potentially will have negative repercussions from doing what you suggest. Also weight loss…

That seems completely fine and about right for your body fat %, in the athletic range 14-20% bf for women I would expect it to be around 60%+. Im a bloke but for ref mine is: 13.9 % body fat 65 % water From my past records I had 60% water at 20% BF, and 57% water at 25% BF which is about the average for a man. Women…

Its going to be under estimating food calories which is the most likely reason for not losing. You don't need to exercise at all to lose weight, its all about calories in. If you take exercise out of the equation for a couple of weeks, and eat what you think is your TDEE is. If you are gaining weight then your TDEE is…

Well you need to know roughly what you are taking in to maintain to then be able to eat more or less of this amount to either gain or lose weight. Your BMR is based on a few simple calculations using weight height, age and if you're m or f. Your TDEE is simply a multiplier of your BMR in reality. The only thing is picking…

There is some truth in this definitely, the term is NEAT (non-exercise activity thermogenesis), there's been many recent breakthroughs in determining that just general moving around throughout the day is far better than spending an hour in the gym after work.

Chances are he'll be losing (or maintaining) muscle rather than gaining muscle on a deficit. The body doesn't have muscle building as a priority when you are taking less than your TDEE. When you lose fat your muscles are more defined giving the impression they are bigger though. It'll probably just be down to what you ate…

BMR = how many calories your body uses to keep you living ie breathing, organs functioning etc. Think of it as how many calories your body would use if you slept for 24hrs. Your TDEE is the same as BMR but also includes your daily activity of moving about. The more active you are the more calories you would obviously burn…

QFT For me personally it took 3mths to lose 10% going from 26% to 16%, this took no effort tbh. It's then taken another 6mths to get into 13% which has taken dedication. It'll probably take me a year to then get to 10% BF

If you factored in that gym activity into your avg TDEE then that's accounted for. As an example if you set yourself as no/little activity your TDEE might be 1600 (and a goal of say 1350 to lose 1/2 lb a week). In this case you would log any additional exercise you wouldn't normally class as part of your avg day. So if you…

TDEE stands for Total Daily Energy Expenditure, basically its how much calories you burn in an average day by living, moving about, breathing etc Here's a link to a calculator, by putting in your stats its saying you use roughly around 1859 calories a day on avg if you class yourself as light exercise (you mentioned you do…

So you are currently a healthy weight and have 15 lbs to lose but also want to lose weight eating normally. I'd suggest working out your current TDEE and then eating 250 cals less each day which will work out roughly 1/2 lb loss each week and it'll still feel like your eating well. If everything is logged accurately then…

Everyone's waist is different there's no correct size. Measuring should really be done on the skin so its probably a little less but I don't see any problems. I would agree with it being linked to body fat %. Im 5.7 and at 26% BF I was a mens uk 36" and at 13% BF I'm now 28". My actual waist is probably 4" bigger than than…

You don't need to exercise at all to lose weight so dont worry about it too much. You could lose weight if you sat in a chair all day. You just need to stick to eating a deficit. If you're taking in less than you expend in a day you'll be losing. This doesn't mean you need to be eating clean either (though you'll feel…

Sure thats possible. 2 months = ~8.7 weeks. 1 stone = 14 lbs So 14 / 8.7 is ~1.6 lb loss a week on avg to lose a stone in 2 mths. To lose 1 lb a week you need a 500 cal a day deficit, so 500 * 1.6 = 800 deficit to lose 1.6 lb. If your TDEE is usually around 2000 (1200+800) then I'd say you are do it. :)

I'd say it's definitely achievable if you stick to your deficit and log everything accurately. I was in the same situation and I did the same thing last year going from ~170 lbs to 140lbs over 3-4 months, and I was on 1200 a day (1000 cal deficit) at the time to do it. The only negative factor is you'll probably be losing…

Well it's not really a question of how long, that's impossible to say. It's what BF% you are at that really changes your appearance. I personally went from 27 to 16% quickly in just a few months, it was dramatically different entering a healthy BF% but I still had a good deal of fat around my belly. It then took another…

Unless organs have started telling time its a joke. They are just given a task to do, they work the same regardless of "time". The concept of time is just something we have invented to keep track of things.

Yep and in terms of actually gaining a pound you would need to be eating 3500 extra calories a week on top of your weekly TDEE to do so.

As you can't have negative activity :D I assume your TDEE is actually 2043 and the goal is 1554 cals. Your goal (step 6) would only be higher than TDEE if you were trying to gain weight. (1554/2043)*100 = 76% of your TDEE, so I'm guessing you chose 'Lose - fat 25%'. It takes a deficit of 500 calories a day to lose 1b over…

Uncontrolled shivers that have occurred as a result of exercising? That sounds like muscle spasms, its either one or both of two things: you either aren't getting enough water (take a water bottle with you) or you have pushed them too far and overloaded them. The good news is the shakes/spasms are harmless. If you've…

It won't matter. Nutrition and weight loss are two different things. As long as you stick to your deficit you'll lose weight, its really all about calories. You could potentially just eat chocolate bars sitting on a sofa all day as long as its total is less than your TDEE you would lose weight. Eating nutritionally good…

Are you eating healthy to lose weight or eating healthy because you want to? Losing weight is just about eating all kinds of food but the key is in moderation. There are no good or bad foods, just that some are nutritionally better for you. When it comes to losing weight its all fuel for your body, doesn't matter if you…

The term "starvation mode" is not at all applicable in this situation (and rarely is with 99.9% of people's threads) Eating above your BMR is advisable as when you eat below it your more likely losing muscle along with fat. The recommended deficit is your TDEE - 20-30%. That all said I lost 30 lbs on 1200 cals last year,…

Personally ive found it's 95% about losing the fat and 5% about sit-ups. I'm at a deficit of TDEE-200 and although I do daily crunches, pressups, flutter kicks, bicycle crunches, reverse crunches, side oblique crunches and planks it isn't really needed. I've never lift heavy either. I'm at ~13-14% body fat atm, I'm looking…

It sounds like you are actually still losing and just need to stick at it, however heres my advice: (for ref Im 5.7 was 170ish now 137) To lose weight you don't need to cut any food out, its just eating in moderation and sticking to the goal deficit. You dont need to eat "healthy" either, its all fuel for your body - just…

1 lb = 3500. So 10 lbs = 35,000 cals. 2 months = 60.873 days That's means 35000 / 61 = 574 cal deficit a day to lose 10 lbs in 2 months. I'd recommended a period of 4mths instead on a deficit of 287 cals. this