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For what length of time did you try eating more?

This is exactly what I was going to tell you, but there were so many posts already. 1700 should be a good number for you at your exercise level. Eat that daily for a month then re-evaluate and adjust if needed.

I second this. Before you ask for help, you need to get serious about this. Log every day. Set a goal and stick to it. Follow that link to the In Place of a Roadmap post and read.....

This is similar to metabolic resistance training. I alternate between cycles of heavy lifting and metabolic training. Each has their place and I love both. I would NOT recommend trying to turn a heavy lifting program like 5x5's into metabolic though. Once you progress in this program, you will NEED the rest between sets…

Start out with a light weight that you can do comfortably and do 5 sets of 5 of each exercise. This will teach you good form. Be sure to look up the proper form if you need to as it is key to lifting. There are 3 exercises. Every workout, increase the amount of weight by 5 pounds. Since you will be squatting every workout…

Santa leaves candy in my kids stockings, but he also leaves beef jerky, small toys or coloring/puzzle books as well as plenty of fruit and nuts.

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My apologies then. ^^^This is right.....if you want to do both, more power to you! Just give yourself plenty of time to recover.

No it's not possible to gain that much muscle in a week. To gain that much in a month would be good. How do you know how much you are burning? You could be over-estimating. What have you been doing at the gym? Lifting will cause you to retain water as your muscles repair themselves. The scale can be really wacky when…

This is ABOLUTELY wrong. Please don't listen to it. If you want to know why, read about EPOC or the "afterburn" effect. Yes, the initial calorie burn with cardio is more, but with resistance trainging, that calorie burn will continue for up to 48 hours AFTER your workout. Cardio may last for 2 to 3 hours after on a good…

5x5's start out VERY light and increase as your body adapts. I certainly wasn't telling the OP to start lifting heavy right off the bat..,,, Also the higher rep lighter weight thing is a myth. Burning fat is what tones your body and heavy lifting at lower reps is going to torch the fat. A ton of reps with the little pink…

One day my digital scale was 5 pounds heavier than the day before. I didn't think anything about it as I figured this could be water weight or whatever. So I used my old mechanical scale and it was right on what the scale at the gym is and BOTH the gym scale and my mechanical are 5 pounds lighter than my digital. This was…

Lift heavy....big compound lifts like squats, bench press, dead lift, etc. I would suggest you consider doing 5x5 Stronglifts. It's a great way to progress fairly rapidly and it will help teach you good form initially, which is key to getting the most out of lifting without getting injured. You may also want to look up…

Don't apologize for what you eat. Eat what you want. Just make sure to hit those macro-nutrients and stay under your calorie goal. How did you figure your calorie goal, by the way?

So you are wondering if those Whoppers, etc. in your diet are screwing up your progress? Hehe. Understandable. I am a supporter of the IIFYM philosophy, which is what I think you experimenting with or trying to follow. The big thing I notice about your diary is that your protein is REALLY low. I basically eat anything I…

yeah, I'm a little confused on what you are asking too. Your weight loss rate depends on a lot of things, including how much you have to lose. The more you have to lose, the faster it can come off and the less chance you are losing lean body mass rather than fat. Just be prepared for the loss to slow down as your near a…

That's awesome, and good for you! Just don't get discouraged if you should plateau as you get closer to your goal weight. I don't know any of your stats other than weight but I assume you may have quite a bit to lose if you are seeing a .75 pound a day loss. As you get close to your goal weight, that amount will become…

Do you know your body fat before you started and now? That's the only way to tell how much weight lost was fat. Anyway, here is a link to a calculator http://www.fitnessfrog.com/calculators/tdee-calculator.html There are different ones out there, if you are concerned, try several and take an average. The most important…

Noooooo.......bring it to me so that I can properly dispose of it. Dulce De Leche flavor if they have it, please.

HAHAHAHAHAHA! *SNORTS*

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Just had my body fat and rmr measured at the doctor's office last week and this formula is within 25 calories of what my RMR was. Pretty cool.

No ****.....lol

You have smoked yourself retarded......

Thats exactly what you need to do. I have been at the same weight for 3 1/2 weeks. I'm not going to worry about it until I hit about 6 weeks. I know it gets frustrating, but sometimes we have to hang in there and tough it out. Sometimes we have to make small adjustments and then wait them out. That sucks, but that is the…

What are you doing wrong? You don't haver a plan. Use mfp or some other website to get a starting point then log everything and stick to it.

This is wrong. Doing it won't hurt you, but it's wrong.

You could have eaten junk. It really doesn't make any difference as far as loss.

Nice. I have experienced the same thing. That's why I asked. Right now I am experiencing the opposite. I went from metabolic resistance training to heavy lifting using the 5x5 program and loss has pretty much stopped for 6 weeks now. Not sweating it though, I kind of expected it.

^^^^^^This. And don't be afraid of the number it gives you. You will probably be surprised at how much you can eat. Eat about 15% to 20% below the TDEE it gives you. You will still lose weight if you eat too low, but you wil eventually lower your metabolism and have to eat more to repair it and gain weight in the process.…