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I think that you can *kinda* estimate if you know your body fat percentage and goal body fat percentage. For example, I'm about 215 lbs. with a BF% of around 30%, and let's say I want to initially get down to 20%. 215 * (1 - 0.3) = 151 lbs of lean body mass 151 / (1 - 0.2) = goal weight of 189 lbs Of course, the flaw is…

Yeah, I don't peel apples, just bananas and oranges. Looking for a more definitive answer to my weighing question, however.

I don't think obesity should be as acceptable as it is right now, but, at the same time, being shamed could do a lot more harm than good to a lot of people.

1) 2% milk 2) Instant oatmeal 3) Banana 4) Whey protein 5) Carrots 6) Chicken breast 7) KC Masterpiece 8) Whole wheat bread 9) Natural peanut butter 10) Apple

Carrots are awesome; they're my go-to vegetable. I used to eat Green Giant baby-cut carrots, but they tasted... chemicular? So I switched to whole carrots (Green Giant as well; I'm not brand-hating) and peel them and eat 'em raw.

An entire $10 Dinner Box from Pizza Hut. Came with a medium pepperoni pizza, 5 cheesesticks, and 10 cinnamon sticks with icing. I couldn't finished it off in one sitting, but I ate the rest later that day.

Honey-glazed ham. I eat chicken breast just about every day, though.

Yes, you are very lucky, OP. Pizza is my Achilles' heel... No food comes close to pizza for me.

27 lbs. down. Started at men's size 42, and am now size 38.

Nobody ever said calories in vs. calories out alone is the key to a healthy lifestyle, only the key to WEIGHT LOSS.

Keeping everything logged on the same day before you go to sleep makes things much, much easier.

My scale's BF measurement varies up to about 12% any given day, saying I have 32-44% BF, while online calculators put me at 25%, and visually I appear about 25-30%. So yeah, I'd wager they aren't very accurately (or mine at least). I'm probably going to buy a pair of calipers soon.

It's a common question, so if it is stupid, then at least you aren't alone. There is already a caloric deficit built into your daily calorie goal. Exercise calories are just bonus calories, although MFP supposedly wildly overestimates how many calories are burned from exercise, so perhaps eat back only 75% of them. It…

Breakfast because I like for it to keep me going for a while.

Just make sure you weight them. I estimated mine to be "medium" bananas (about 100 calories), but it turns out that I've been eating medium-large or large bananas (150-200 calories).

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I used to down entire large pepperoni Papa John's pizzas in one sitting. And I still do. :) I just make sure I don't eat anything else all day and, with some exercise, I don't go over on calories. Of course, my macros are still flubbed up for the day, and I retain 2 lbs. of water due to the 6,000 mg of sodium, but it's…

Better for what? It's not better for weight loss or health, only for personal comfort.

Same. I like to have the occasional large pizza, which is like 6,000 mg of sodium (insane!!!), and I can feel my heart thumping like a drum for the rest of the night. Also, before I started eating healthily, I had hypertension when I had a checkup; after I started eating healthily, my hypertension was gone when I had…

Amen, brotha.

Similarly, if you DO exercise, then your TDEE will be higher for that day. Point being, you should eat the same calories every day because it averages out at the end of the week (assuming your activity level is accurate).

Yes, it is necessary to eat the full 1625 on days you don't exercise because that number is based on a weekly average, not daily, meaning that you won't reach your weekly calorie goal. You said that you're mostly sedentary when you don't exercise, so in my opinion you should set your activity level to "sedentary" (or…

The "listen to your body" stuff makes little sense. Satiety is mostly determined by the volume of food, which has little, if any, significance in influencing weight loss. If you can't reach your goals, then eat more calorie-dense foods. Along the lines of what somebody else suggested, if you eat nothing but carrots all…

My appetite (not hunger, necessarily) is never higher than after I finish a long bike ride. Sometimes it's hard to control.

It tastes worse, but it's still great, I think.

Every morning. I've learned not to do it more than once per day, as it leads to... bad feelings, although I wish I had the control to weigh myself only once per week, or even once per month.

2% milk to squeeze in some extra protein and fat.

Military calculator says 25%. Scale gives me readings of anywhere from 32 - 42%. Based on pictures, I find myself comparable to people who are 30 - 35% bodyfat. Who knows?

Summer is a helluva lot easier for me because I don't eat socially.

I'm 24. I've been overweight since I was, like, 7. I was obese by the time I was in high school, and I still am, although I am at my lowest weight of my adult life (215 lbs.; highest was 260). I cannot even imagine what it will be like to be thin... Being overweight is just part of who I am; it's like I'll be a new person.…