badmojo108

I can completely relate, I was 245 at my highest and down to 186 now, still a bit to go for me but I have made good progress. If I look in the mirror I feel just as fat as I did when I was at my heaviest. What I do is I keep a pair of my old jeans and an old shirt in the closet and try them on when I am feeling down about…

I think the "Don't eat below your BMR" is a general rule to prevent people from making diet plans with massive caloric deficits. I think eating at you BMR and burning 1500 calories is just as bad as doing nothing but laying in bed and eating at 1500 calories below your BMR. In both cases the deficit is too large, and that…

If your TDEE is 2048 and you are eating 1650 a day you should be on pace to lose a just little under 1 lbs a week if you eat back your exercise calories. With only 15-20 lbs to go that sounds just about the perfect pace to me.

If you have been dieting for 12 weeks or more, you may have a hit a legitimate plateau. You could try boosting your calories to maintenance or just below for a full two weeks. Then get back to you old routine and see that jump starts your weight loss again.

If I am reading your post correctly you started on the 7th then stopped losing weight on the 21st? That's just a period of 2 weeks, there is absolutely no reason to think your diet isn't working. Weight loss is neither consistant or immediate, everyone's advice is great, but you really need to give it more time. Losing…

My official weigh in is Monday mornings, but I weigh myself every morning and every evening and sometimes during the day. I find that by seeing how much my weight fluctuates on a daily basis an official weigh in where I am up or haven't lost a lot doesn't phase me as long as I know my general trend is downward.

One more vote for Optimum Nutrition.

I am also convinced that the nutritional info posted for many fast food items are lower than the food you actually get.

The chips from Chipolte. I never get them for myself, but last night they gave me an extra bag so I ate them before checking, big mistake :( 570 calories! Almost as much as my burrito bowl.

It's a personal judgement call, I don't think your wrong either way. However if you are questioning if its wrong then there is a part of you that thinks it is wrong. So I think it's best to play it safe and put he FWB on hold. If he is really a FWB and a good friend he will understand, if he isn't ok with it then maybe you…

If you are spending that much time together, enjoying yourselves, and he has introduced you to important people in his life, just tell him you aren't interested in seeing any other people. I can almost guarantee he will respond by saying he feels the same way, on the off chance he doesn't at least it will start the…

Immediately after a workout you tend to weight less, since you probably sweated more than you hydrated during your workout. The following morning however you tend to weight more, since a lot of the water you drank after your workout is now being stored by your body for muscle repair. So if Thursday is you most intense…

It all depends on the food you are eating. Look for foods that aren't as calorie dense as the food you currently eat. Lean cuts of meat and lots of veggies will go a long way towards filling you up and not taking up all you calories. On days I focus on that, like last night, I was so full I couldn't hit my daily calorie…

So you went over by 600 calories for one day, don't worry it's not a big deal. It takes about 3500 calories to get a lbs of fat, so 600 calories is between 1/5 and 1/6 of that. If my math is right, at worst you set your weight loss goal back 3 ounces? I don't even know if my scale would register that. I think if you look…

As far as cheat meals, I never give myself a green light to eat whatever I want without limit even if its one meal. On the other hand, nothing is off limits either, I ate pretty crappy food this weekend but I was craving a Big Mac so I made sure it hits my macros. In a few weeks I'll be raising my calories to maintenance…

It's been a bit of a moving target for me. When I 245, I was sure 200 would the weight I would be happy with. Obviously I underestimated how unhealthy I was, so when I got there I was not happy with it, still way to much fat. So moved the goal posts again to 190 and the same thing happened. Most recently, since I have been…

Reminds me of an old friend who quit smoking. We used to car pool to work and we stopped to buy some smokes on the way to work. This was the day they just increased the tax on a pack of smokes another quarter. When the the clerk told him $2.25 he looking him dead in the eye and yelled "Two and a Quarter!!!! F@#% you I…

If normal push-ups are too easy, you can increase the difficulty by elevating your feet, and pull-ups. Pull ups are like the upper body squat. Between those two compound exercises you can pretty much work your entire upper body and core.

I have asthma which is one of the reasons I picked up running when I was in junior high. It helped me go from from not being allowed to participate in gym to playing two varsity sports. I stopped running after high school, just didn't make time for it, work, GF, the usual excuses, and over the last few years I really…

Ha ha, I was 200 lbs when I was able to do my first pull-up since high school. Since then I've been adding the weight I lose to a weight belt for when I do them. It is a real reminder of the weight I've lost.

I'd cut my calories by 100-200 a day during the week, to build up a little buffer, then day of the game I wouldn't start snacking/eating til half time and stop at the end of the game. With a little moderation (I wouldn't compete in a wing eating contest) I think it's doubtful I would do too much, if any damage to my weekly…

I use both since I don't trust either. My weigh in day is on Mondays, but I generally weight myself 2-3 times day. I have found that by seeing how much my weight can fluctuate over the course of a day. For example Friday night, after a big meal I weighed in at 188.7 and woke up Saturday at 183.5. I find I am desensitized…

Absolutely works for me, primarily because it is so insanely easy for me to adhere to. If I get up at 7 am I naturally don't get hungry til 4-5 in the afternoon/evening. Forcing myself to eat breakfast and lunch never made me less hungry in the evening, if anything it made me constantly ravenous. I was never satisfied…

Since September I have lost close to 60lbs, from 245 to to the 186 I am at currently. I've gone from a 40 inch waist to a 33 inch waist, I've gone from XL shirts being a bit snug to L shirts now being a bit too big on me. In spite of that though, truthfully when I look in a mirror I still feel like a fat guy, just as much…

Leaving my Fiance, is what really started the ball rolling for me. I have always been slightly overweight, but I was pretty active so I was a still a highly functional fat guy. Over the years with my ex I ballooned up to 245. The majority of it had to do with my diet, while I did all the cooking but my ex HATED veggies and…

Male 36 5' 10" SW: 240 CW: 186 GW: 160

You said It's only been a couple of days, I'd wait a bit longer before making any changes.

I don't think it matters when you eat your meals as long as you are hitting your macros for the day. Break your meals up however is easiest for you to stick to, hit your macros and that would be the best setup for you. Personally, I eat one meal a day at 7 or 8 o'clock then usually have a healthy snack around 10 or 11 and…

I keep a jump rope in the garage for just such a situation.

If I was in your shoes, I would keep your caloric intake the same on rest days, 800-1200 sounds a bit low. Rest days are really recovery days, you want you body to have to calories and nutrients to repair the muscles you damaged while working out. You get stronger on rest/recovery days. I'd also use high resistance…