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I think that may be lower back fat ?

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Care to explain more? A physiological or psychological problem?

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Eat carbs? Eating low carb offers no metabolic advantage over traditional carb diets on a per calorie basis.

Well eating late could interfere with an early morning weigh in, but you shouldn't be concerned about it in the big picture. Eat you calories whenever you like.

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Understand the difference between water weight gain and fat gain. Just because the scale went up a pound, does NOT mean you've gained a pound of fat.

What it means is that you are eating close to your TDEE is what it means. You could be gaining a bit of muscle and losing a bit of fat. But you're not doing either very efficiently.

Just keep lifting and dieting. Still looks like some fat is there. Some guys to don't flatten out until they are close to 10% body fat.

Most pictures you see stretch marks are present, but just lost in the picture. Stretch marks fade back to skin tone over time and unless you're in very hard lighting with a quality camera, they are hard to spot.

Well, since a few people here want to poo-poo on my thread. I've decided I was going to wrap up this thread. I will no longer be fielding questions in this thread. I started it in hopes of helping people. Sharing my experience and knowledge I've gained over the past two years about the science of fat loss. I don't believe…

Just pick a number (calorie number) and start there. Adjust up or down as needed after 3 weeks. Carbs are not an issue in the weight loss equation. Good that you eat a lot of protein, but you need to eat less calories than you burn to lose weight.

Muscle doesn't weigh more than fat. It simply takes up less space (volume) per weight. It gives you the appearance that you weigh less than you really do.

Just do it. This article is great. http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/fat-loss/fundamental-principles-versus-minor-details.html Start at: Just Do Something

Two weeks is hardly any time at all. Women suffer from terrible water balance issues. You need to have more patience. You didn't gain weight overnight and you won't lose it overnight. Patience + consistency = success.

Sorry, this is not something I am familiar with.

I have no idea why you are plateauing. You could be eating at a deficit, but holding onto water weight (not likely). You could be under-reporting your calorie intake (likely). You could have a metabolism slower than the models predict. Also see this about under-reporting calorie intake:…

Well, if the numbers don't add up don't go by them. You'll have to meticulously log every calorie and determine what you need to gain or lose weigh the old way - by trial and error. Eat the same calorie intake and macros and do the same types of exercises (types and frequencies). Do this for 3 weeks. Adjust calories up or…

They aren't useless, but there not going to burn belly fat magically. Abs are made in the kitchen.

As long as you're healthy and eating at a calorie deficit, you would lose weight. Protein recommendations are just that. many people eat far more protein than this site sets you up for initially. Protein requirements go up with dieting, not down. See this:…

It's probably a margin of error within your measurements and/or water weight

My guess is it's closer to 50%. (or more) See this on body fat % and the problems trying to predict it: http://weightology.net/weightologyweekly/?page_id=146

Why are you so hung up on your weight? Fat is fat. To lose fat you'll need to burn more calories than you consume. This also has a side effect of lowering your weight. You can try to recomp and balance out muscle building while losing fat, but it's not efficient and your results will be faster if you focus on losing weight…

Don't worry about it assuming you're healthy. It's far more than you could eat in a day on a diet I am sure. :)

20 lbs of fat? Not going to happen. 20 lbs of water and some fat? Look up PMSF -

Eat close to your maintenance and do a recomp. Progress will be slow. You are better off doing one or the other, though.

You don't lift weights while dieting to gain muscle. You lift weights while dieting to maintain muscle and lose fat. You can eat a bit more if you like 1500 is a good goal for many women IMO.

I'd recommend 2300 calories per day. Don't eat back your exercise calories. Don't cheat for 3 weeks straight. You should lose several pounds over that 3 weeks span if I had to guess. 200g of protein 65g of fats Fill rest of calories with carbs.