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There are people that do that, they are called hardgainers

http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6823/5/10.

It is possible for people with thyroid/hormone issues to stall out on fat loss and lose muscle alone even when they have a high BF%. They will literally die before their bodies will burn fat. This is an extreme example though and this does not happen to normal people(AKA the people on MFP).

What happened is self-reported calorie intake is worthless data. Put her in a controlled environment where we KNOW how many calories she is consuming and watch what happens.

Why would it stop? 500 calories a day will turn anyone male or female into an emaciated bean pole if they do it long enough. You aren't saying people are immune to energy balance I'm sure so I don't know why you'd think it would stop.

It will not, but at 500-900 calories a day, 90% of that intake should be protein. The other your essential fats. I hope you're doing some resistance training to maintain your muscle mass. I presume most of your calories are not protein since you said vegan, this means you will lose a lot of muscle in the process of losing…

They say that cause they don't know what they are talking about basically. Very few folks on here are already very lean individuals and as such should not be worrying about muscle loss from eating too few calories. Presuming you are lifting and consuming adequate protein, you can easily lose more than 2lbs/week and keep…

Hmmm. This makes me think I should just make a profile on pof that says I eat paleo and let them flock to me...

Wow it surprises me you guys are having a hard time doing 1200! My diet is pretty unappetizing though so I suppose it makes sense. I have a hard time getting to 1200 and I am trying to eat around 1300 now....... I will often go until maybe 7pm at night and realize I still need to eat 700-800 calories for the day and have…

You can just work up with sets of 5 until you slow a la the first workout in starting strength, calculate 1RM from that number and move forward :) You will progress nearly as fast as starting strength if you do not wait entire weeks between each lift(unnecessary for a beginner imo). For example I squat twice a week on…

I'm at 14% now, I have revised my goal to 8% instead of 9!

I vote for 5/3/1. Slow and steady, fun, hard to screw it up.

Tell me what you think about how I see 5/3/1...... Because a beginner is doing it, it IS linear progression, just the rep amounts change every week. For example if I use wendler's method for calculating my 1RM, and week 1 I get 5 reps, well week 2 I should only be able to get 3..... but somehow instead I get 5, then on…

teehee

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if insanity is getting easier you are probably adding muscle

You have the right idea

I prefer 5/3/1 to SS as a beginner. Instead of having to hit 3x5, you just have to hit the prescribed and then hopefully go over a bit. I found missing reps on SS to be very demotivating.

Do you eat anything you do not log

The reason you would use a woman's is if your hands are too small or if you are training with a weight that is under 45lbs

Not usually a good idea, consider that it's basically free muscle gains if you maintain it while losing fat. You can get pretty buff if you just become obese and then diet it off without losing the muscle. Of course your skin will need some work afterwards, but you will be very strong and lean. It makes me sad seeing obese…

He was trolling you because the claim is nonsense

white rice. No nutritional value really, but as long as you get that from other sources, it is very cheap additional calories. Also milk is something I like.

14-15% currently, goal is 9%

This man knows wtf he's talking about here.

hell no!

I ate a chocolate bar :(

casein shake in water..... ugh

vitamin D and cod liver oil is all I take when I am not on a cut.