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Personally, I think if you want to do it for religious reasons go for it, but if it's more about health/calorie reasons I wouldn't do it. Being in a deficit is hard enough (also depends on how long you've been at it), willpower is a finite resource so why stress yourself out more. If you simply feel that you have too much…

I have PCOS. Started my weight loss last April and have dropped 45 pounds so far with just a couple to go to goal weight. It's been slow, but it works just the same for us, although I've found that I have to go lower in calories than what's expected for my height to lose. When I started I just counted calories and nothing…

So, would you rather your clothes fit the same but the scale showed you a different number? I'm confused, you're clearly making progress. Isn't that the goal?

Thanks for all the insights. I think my main thought is that I clearly need to build a lot of muscle mass, and I'm wondering if the lean bulk route would let me take advantage being a new lifter and pack on some muscle before going back into a deficit rather than the slow recomp process. I've been in a deficit (with a…

I'd say mainly a lack of education. I would lose 5 pounds on this diet, 10 pounds on that one and then go back to my old eating habits and guess what happened. Put it all back on and then some. I simply didn't know any better. Not sure what clicked this time, but I spent some time educating myself and I've lost 45 pounds…

For sure! I loved lifting from the beginning and I think a large part of that was actually seeing progress so quickly. Yup, female. Awesome! Thanks again

Thanks for your reply! Ok, every few months sounds doable. I'm sure I'll be wishing for faster results but the weight didn't come off overnight so I think I can be patient. I'm looking to hire a trainer to make a program so hopefully that'll be on point. I spent a lot of time learning about nutrition and weight loss, now…

Hey guys, first time posting here. :) I'm 5'11 and 159 pounds. Initially I wanted to get down to 150 but I'm just tired of being in a deficit. I've lost 45 pounds since last March. Been lifting since August. I still carry a fair amount of fat on my thighs bit have leaned out in my midsection especially and weight loss has…

As someone who didn't get the logging of wine when I first started out, I just wanted to clarify what people are telling you. Say your target is 1400 calories a day, put your wine glass on a kitchen scale, measure the amount your pouring and find the appropriate entry. Two glasses for me are about 12 oz usually which is…

If it's a one off, I'd have a small meal with a good amount of protein and deduct the calories off the next few days. I refuse to go to bed starving, so if I'm truly hungry I'll eat and average out the week to my calorie goal.

Full-time student here with a part-time job. It's definitely not easy but I've managed to drop 40 pounds since April with about 12 to go. Juggling the time is tough, but then it's really what grad school is about in my opinion. It's all about managing your time effectively and spending the on important stuff. I weigh…

Same here, except no kids. The weight just slowly crept up. Made some half hearted or crash diet attempts and always gained it all back. This is the first time I'm actually able to lose in a healthy and sustainable way. I've always been in that mindset that this extra weight needs to come off in a week and if there's no…

Why not just use what mfp gives you and readjust in a month if needed?

More or less same here, I've been at it since April and have taken 40lbs off. I've set my target for April this year, but I'm not going to stress about it. To be honest I may reevaluate my goal weight too when I'm there as well. I just sort of arbitrarily set the middle of my BMI range as my goal weight. I don't actually…

I'm with you! As of this morning 13.6 lbs to go. So close! I'm just going to keep going as I have until now. One day at a time, not getting discouraged with weight fluctuations and not trying to compete with anyone else losing weight. I'll get there when I get there.

Jan 8: 164.8 Jan 11: 163.8 Overall I'm super stoked with the holidays. Turns out about a month was more or less maintenance,@ and now I'm going for the last push to get to my GW of 150.

I always ask myself the same question when I'm in situations like that 'is it worth it?'. I can have a burger now but it's going to use to this many of my daily calories which means eating the burger will result no more snacks for the rest of day, a very light dinner and definitely no dessert. Some days I really want that…

You could do a boxing/ufc weigh-in dehydration protocol and might get the scale to display the number. Of course none of it will be fast loss and you'll start gaining it back with the very next glass of water. Not to mention dangerous. So yeah impossible

You should get an MRI to look at the ligaments. I've dealt with impingement/bursitis and later managed to tear the long head of the biceps. Shoulders are tough joints to heal because of the range of motion. I'd want to make sure nothing is torn before doing a ton of PT and potentially more steroid shots.

So wait, you've lost 8 lbs in less than a week and now you're worried because you're up 2 pounds? All in less than a week? If so you need to seriously adjust your expectations. With only 25 pounds to lose, 1 pound a week overall would be amazing progress. Weight loss is not linear, some days you lose, some you gain. Use a…

You answered your own question. You're constipated (it weighs something) and you started a new exercise routine (water retention). I echo the other people who have said that you make this much harder on yourself than it needs to be. Don't stress, don't make massive changes that are not sustainable, slow and steady is the…

I love this thread! Thanks for sharing everyone. Here are my stats so far Lowest weight: Dec 14: 164lbs Dec 22: 164.9 Family visit overseas Jan 3: 171 Jan 4: 169.3 Jan 5: 168.7 Jan 6: 166.8 I think a pound or so will end up being actual fat gain. I had a great time! ;)

You should weigh yourself with your mouthful and then after you spit it all out and deduct the difference. Gotta weigh ever gram

This video by Paul Revelia might be helpful, he's talking about helping a client https://youtu.be/0iS0n4z6-w8

Thanks ladies! I’ve paid more attention to my grip when deadlifting today, definitely room for improvement.

Suffering by eating bacon. Yep, life sure is tough. Look, I fully get that not everybody enjoys fattier foods, but these sort of judgmental posts don’t help anyone.

Yeah, absolutely go slow. Habit changes take time. When I started I only tried to hit my calorie goal, nothing else. I didn't exercise at all because I wanted to focus on eating. I ate everything but kept it within my goals. You'll probably find over time that you'll automatically eat more veggies and less fries because it…

Go to the keto/lc specific forums. The pile on posts are inevitable here.

I've been where you are too and like many have said already, at the end of the day you just have to want it bad enough. Weight loss in theory is not hard, eat less than you burn is all that it comes down to. But weight loss in real life is not easy at all. You have to restrict yourself and you have to say no to stuff that…