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Two fried eggs, over hard, with 20g of cheese and 7g of precooked bacon bits.

Eat it if you want. For me, I would crash by 10 am and need a snack if I had it for breakfast. It's just not enough protein and fiber for me. Then again, I did have a bowl of refried beans for breakfast today. I'm probably not the "norm" as far a breakfast foods go.

This. Please consider going to an GYN for your routine screenings. It sounds like you need to get a better handle on your overall health.

A deficit is a deficit. I think all the variables aside, it is easy to tell when you are in a deficit. To me, saying I want to lose 1 lb per week is just an arbitrary race we put ourselves up to. This doesn't have to be a race.

You told us what your doctor thinks. That BMI puts you just inside the bottom end of a healthy weight range, so I'm inclined to question this doctor's knowledge. As someone with multiple doctors in my family, most of them really know little about nutrition and exercise. The real question is do YOU think you need to change?…

How much did you select for your goal loss/week? 1 lb? Are you really sedentary? Most people aren't. In reality, without paying for metabolic testing, the only way you will know your calorie goal "sweet spot" is to experiment. Log your food accurately, weighing everything with a food scale. After a week or two, see how…

I can easily gain 3-4 lbs in water weight when I have even slightly sore legs from a long run or lifting. How are your clothes fitting? Maybe try measurements instead of obsessing over the scale.

I found the Jillian DVDs very hard on my knees. Do you have mats at your house? If not, I'd recommend getting some.

If the scale isn't moving, you probably don't have a deficit. Are you weighing all your food with a scale? If there are gram measurements on the label, always use those. How are you calculating your exercise calories burned? If you are just logging them here, you are likely over estimating.

Red wine vinegar or dijon mustard.

I am just a touch under 5'7" and my goal is 135...but a muscular 135.

My favorite band for running is Foo Fighters.

This is what I do, if necessary. It's no different than making a casserole/soup/dish, adding all the calories up in the recipe builder, and saying you had 1/8th of it. Calorie counting is not an exact science. The numbers on the back of a package/box/whatever aren't even exact. Do the best you can with the resources…

On the rare occasion I choose a salad, I want it to be somewhat different, and I want to feel like I'm not being royally ripped off. Ceasar Salad doesn't meet those criteria for me. I always have lettuce, a bottle of Ceasar dressing, and chicken in my fridge.

This? http://www.myfitnesspal.com/food/calories/generic-grilled-chicken-leg-medium-size-with-skin-69666604

I'm not sure your definition of clean, so maybe these aren't your style. Maybe you can get inspiration regardless. I'm having black bean chili tonight. In the past week I've had: -Spinach/cottage cheese/egg casserole -Buffalo chicken strips (grilled chicken, Franks Red Hot, ranch dressing) -Beef and blue salad (thinly…