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pure energetic proud This is so BS. I am none of these.. lol

nice haircut man

... I'm bothered by the grammatical error in the title of this thread.

Unnecessary. Waste of time & money.

Meal timing and frequency are completely irrelevant and unnecessary to weight gain/loss. Example: Two people on 2,000-calorie diets. Person A eats 5 square meals a day. Person B eats 2 square meals a day. This means Person A has five 400-calorie meals while Person B has two 1,000-calorie meals. At the end of the day, the…

The caramel/chocolate syrup and thick & spicy BBQ sauce are good. I use them regularly.

There is no need to feel guilty if you practice fitting certain types of food into your daily caloric allowance. Everything in moderation.

My food on off-days are the same as days I work out. Chicken, veggies, ice cream, donuts, pie, cookies...

It's taken a lot of practice and willpower... and I'll admit, I still struggle with it from time to time. But to be fair, I'm positive that if I can do it, anyone else can.

I wouldn't necessarily say misinformed. Throughout most of my adolescent years, I binged on sweets among other things. I was a junk food junkie. I had family-sized bags of potato chips all to myself. And then I bought into the whole notion of "clean eating" by labeling foods as "good" and "bad" -- and restricting myself…

Debatable. I love me some chocolate chip cookies. ..and forget being skinny. I'd rather be fit.

Do what you feel is important for you, and what makes you happy. That's all that matters. I've lost a few friends along my journey. Not everyone will understand your ambition. And that's okay. It's your life, not theirs. You owe yourself at least that.

Never. But I have, however, lost a few friends when I got increasingly serious about being consistent with my diet. People come and go.

The calories set by MFP are only guidelines. It can in no way account for individual differences such as the intensity of your workouts (if you're weight training) or your occupation (i.e. mailman vs. office job). Be as consistent as you can with a caloric target and monitor the mirror/scale for a few weeks before…

Or you can just set everything to zero.

Sugar isn't your enemy. Or baked goods. Or chocolate. A consistent caloric surplus is. Plan ahead and have your sweets in moderation! Make them fit into your daily caloric allowance. Simple.

+1 If you're going to run after you work out, chances are you're going to be tired. And vice versa. Try to have cardio and weight training sessions during separate times of the day... or on separate days.

1200 calories is too little. You need to be eating more than that. The rate of weight loss predicted by MyFitnessPal is only a rough estimate. Be as accurate as you can when measuring your food when you cook and anything else in between meals, like snacks (they'll add up). Set a higher caloric target and hit it…

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Putting someone on 1200 calories who exercises a couple days out of the week will initially make them lose weight.. but later, that weight loss will stall after a certain point. Your metabolism will adapt and eventually, it is possible that you'll maintain at 1200... But I wouldn't advise this, since 1200 calories is…

You can't spot-reduct fact. Nor can you build muscle in one targeted area. That's why there are compound exercises. Muscles complement each other (i.e. chest and triceps; back and biceps). I never liked veggies either. I used to hate broccoli, but now I have no problem eating it raw. No one said it'd be easy. Do what you…

It's never too late to start again. http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1216925-confessions-of-a-former-yo-yo-dieter ^ I hope that helps.

There's no such thing as eating "bad". There are only bad quantities. You can realistically eat anything (in moderation) provided your diet is balanced with macro and micronutrients.

A guy curling 40s (using momentum of his spine) next to me stopped and picked up 25s after watching me curl 35s with perfect form and time under tension lol.

Set a target amount of calories and hit it consistently. Monitor the scale/mirror after a few weeks and adjust your calories accordingly (i.e. if you're not losing weight as fast as you'd like-->lower your calories or add some cardio). Don't follow any cookie cutter type meal plans. Meal timing and frequency are irrelevant…

Eating before bed isn't bad. I do it all the time. It can, however, lead to weight gain if you aren't monitoring your caloric intake--which is, at the end of the day, all that matters. Try to save some ample amounts of carbs to have before you sleep so you can eat it guilt free.

Take some time off tracking calories and eat in a freestyle manner. It'll do you some good.

A consistent caloric deficit--whether that's accomplished by eating less or moving more. Or both.

I could care less if women like my butt. I like women's butts. That's all that matters.

No problem. The last time I checked, it'll do that on its own if you update your current body weight... but by no means does that imply you should follow it. There's no need to fix what isn't broken. Generally a loss in 1 pound per week is good.