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You say you haven't seen "much" improvement, which suggests you are seeing SOME improvement. How much do you have to lose overall? How much do you think you should be losing a week? If you have less than 25 or so pounds, right around half a pound a week is a healthy target. If you set your goal to 2 pounds, you're gonna…

I think the perpetuation of "starvation mode" comes down to two things mostly. One it is a convent excuse. It allows you to say "I am doing everything right and to the letter" when in reality you have a couple days a week you don't log, or go "off program" more often than you want to admit. It gives a nice boogie man to…

That is the thing, there is not onslaught for me, this isn't an apocalyptic battle that I fight tooth and nail to get through. This is a sustainable life for me. I have been all or nothing many many times, 10 years of all or nothing, you know what I have to show for it? Nothing. A small percentage of people thrive when…

trust your doctor first. Idea weight is going to change based on different factors that are not always represented in those charts. What size frame you have, muscle mass ect. At 18 years old I was between 200-205 at 6 foot. I had around 10% body fat. According to BMI I was over 20 pounds overweight at that time. The number…

I consider "cutting" weight a different beast, and not really what I am addressing here. If you are cutting more than likely you gained weight on purpose to gain mass. In my mind if you are cycling bulk/cut, you should already have a good handle on nutrition. Although even in the case of cutting I would much rather do a…

While you are unlikely to gain much muscle while in a deficit, lifting can help retain what you already have. Maybe consider body recomposition. If you have never looked into it, do a Google Search, the number on the scale isn't always accurate for how you look.

In theory to a point you could. At my weight I maintain at over 3000 calories,that's a lot of food. If I spent hours in the gym a day I could burn enough to lose some weight. The trouble comes in that I am a binge eater. It is very easy for me to eat thousands and thousands of calories if I am not mindful. And that is the…

Yes because if I want to LOSE weight the logical person to ask for advice is someone who has never lost a pound. I used to practice muay Thai kick boxing, I had 10% body fat and trained for hours a day, until I was injured in the ring. So yeah, not been fat my whole life. Have for many years, but not for the first 18. But…

Almost everyone will lose a huge amount Tue first week,for some even the first couple. it is mostly water weight. You can lose weight too fast, but it will come with very noticeable side effects. If you feel dizzy, weak, very lethargic. Those are signs you are not getting the nourishment your body needs.

I am glad it was helpful for you. It is nice to know my words did something good.

Also keep in mind that muscle has memory. You may lose some while recovering, but it is easier to regain losses than to build fresh. Take care of yourself. Focus on healing, the gym will be there.

Have you done any research on body recomposition? With such a small amount to lose maybe take focusing off the number.

Welcome, and good luck on your journey to a better you. Couple pieces of advice to hopefully help you avoid discouragement and frustration. Number one, buy a food scale, it is the best 10 bucks I have ever spent, get a digital one and weigh everything you eat. Number two, set a realistic goal for you losses. 75+ to lose -…

They have calories so you should track them. I can munch 200 calories of veggies throughout a day.

There really is no such thing as a "bad food" for weight loss.(assuming you don't have to avoid for a real medical condition). There is no such thing as starvation mode as it is portrayed in media. If there were people would never die of starvation, and you would see a bunch of obese people in the pictures at Auschwitz.…

You are killing it, awesome job. I think I know how you feel though. Starting out I had at least 150 pounds to lose, and even after losing that I would still be considered overweight. Losing 3 pounds in a week is amazing, but when you still have another 147 to go thinking about that goal feels impossible. What I have done…

Also another note it really doesn't matter what you eat for weight loss. You could eat 1300 calories of ho-hos and you would lose, you would feel like hot garbage, but you would lose. So the cheese is fine

You have the formula wrong. To lose weight you should be NETTING 1300 calories. That means 966-337=629...you should be eating another 671 calories. When people say eat less than you burn they are not talking about the burn from exercise. You burn calories just being alive. It takes a certain number of calories to make your…

You have about 30 pounds to lose until you are in an idea weight range for your height(if you have a small frame). With that amount to lose 1/2 to 1 pound a week is what you should expect. MFP bottoms out at 1200 calories for women. Let me guess you set it at 2lbs a week because you want to lose super fast right? 2lbs a…

Rarely I think it comes from a place of actual concern. Sometimes we get fixated on a number and a pound more than that is failure. Most of the time it is an issue of skewed perception. At 6 foot 300 pounds people guess I weigh 275 to 250, so when I say my goal is 200 they look at me like I have 3 heads because 100 pounds…

Water weight. In order to gain 4 pounds you would need to go 14000 calories over your maintenance.

Calories seem low to me for what you are doing, but I an near a foot taller and weight almost two of you. I am more concerned about your gym plan. Are you starting from a dead stop (no gym at all) and hitting the gym like that? That's a lot of time in the gym, watch for signs of burnout. It is very easy to over train right…

I don't think any of the scales that measure body fat are accurate at all. The scale I bought measures body fat, and it is different every day, sometimes by a full percent or more. Side note. I got this new scale because my old one was a weight watchers scale, and it was worthless. I could step on it ten times and get 8…

I would say if you are feeling very hungry, it is probably in your best interest to drop to 1 lbs a week to get more fuel. Kudos to you for considering it, most people get hung up on always losing X pounds a week, then crash and burn when that loss becomes unrealistic. Very healthy attitude, and quite rare around here…

Walking and eating at a deficit is a great plan. Exercise is great for your health, but a calories deficit is why you lose weight. In the past the fact that I used to practice muay Thai has made going to the gym very difficult for me. I would always want to jump right into my old routines, and end up getting hurt or…

Is it possible? Sure, likely? Not really. We are overweight because you are naturally not any good at "eyeballing" portions. The bigger you are the more room there is for logging inaccuracies. When you have 100+ to lose then eyeballing and guessing can lead to losses for a while. The trouble comes after losing 20 pounds or…

Lots of VLCD, I have always went from way over restriction to binging. Never been much for Woo, did fall for the "gluten intolerance" for a while. The one thing I did do that I am lucky didn't kill me was working 12 to 16 hour shifts 6 days a week. I was taking probably 10 or more ephedrine gas station diet pills, and…