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I don't crave chips or anything with salt. It's actually bad because I need more salt in my diet (I faint otherwise, I think it has to do spiking blood pressure? My doc suggested adding salt and it worked magically.). I love pizza, bacon, and ice cream but I don't crave them. I can go months without them and not notice.…

My first goal weight was 125 at 5'3". I got down to it, was happy about the weight loss but still wasn't happy with how I looked. I was probably about 25% body fat by then. I'm now about 115 with a goal of 110, and I'll reevaluate then. I'm pretty happy right now with my body, and think 110 will be pretty awesome.

This is like asking chicken or beef. Eat the one you want. Buy both and switch it up. Mix them. Whatever. People generally prefer peanut butter because it is higher protein.

700-1000 sounds way too high to me. I think a lot of these monitors overestimate how much we burn during cardio. The idea of being able to workout for just one hour and be able to eat a whole extra 1000 calories seems too good to be true. Over time you'll get a feel for how much your body really burns, and until then just…

What is your goal? Maintenance? You're in a deficit for 6 days, a total of 600-1200. Then you take one day to eat above maintenance for a weekly loss of 0-700. More likely than not, yep, seems like you're still in a deficit, assuming you want to lose weight, so that's fine. :)

Why did you up your calories? I've done insanity too, and guess that during a workout I burn maybe 200-300 calories by results I'm getting. So if I took in an extra 300 calories (1500 to 1800) on top of eating back exercise calories (another 300) if I added insanity as a weight loss tool, I wouldn't lose weight, since I'd…

I'm doing the final weight loss push I think (it's been three years!). I'm aiming for 110 pounds, then reevaluating if that's it and it's time to bulk, or if I should do more. My last weigh in was 114, so I'm getting there!

That doesn't sound like a BMR, but more TDEE. BMR is what you need to sustain if you're literally doing nothing, and TDEE is how much energy you actually burn a day. If you're active enough, that actually sounds about right. A lot of us ate way more than 2500 calories/day to get overweight. Overall, you need to get rid of…

You should definitely strength train while losing weight. It'll help preserve your muscle. If you're in a deficit and your body realizes it has muscles it never uses, it'll use that as a resource rather than the fat you want to lose. Though, I'd switch up your routine: strength train then do cardio. Cardio just burns…

There's a bunch of ways to figure it out. This is how I figured out mine, and is more accurate than using calculators to guess your maintenance and guess how much you burn. While on a workout program, record how much you eat and weight. After a week or two, check your weight again. Did it go up? Decrease it. Did it go…

Honestly sounds like you have a waist. It's smaller than both your bust and hips, which is the idea. At my heaviest (145 pounds at 5'3"), my measurement was 36-37-42. Not good. Losing weight definitely helped. For the first time ever I have a waist. I'm now about 32-28-38.

Cardio is awesome for building endurance and increasing daily caloric need, and that's it. No muscle gain. There are people who complain they just got big, but it's really not by muscle. As a woman, we can only get 1 lb/month if we're doing everything correctly. If you're in a deficit, even by lifting you won't gain…

I'd recommend 5x5 or New Rules of Lifting For Women honestly above Jamie's program. Her program uses a lot of isolation exercises (using only one muscle). Compound (multiple muscles at once) exercises should be at the core of any program unless if you have very specific goals. If you want to keep on her program though or…

I've heard both 2500 and 2000 for limits. As much as everyone says less is better, there is also a minimum so keep that in mind as well. I'm not really a fan of salt so I need to consciously add it to everything. If I don't get enough sodium, within less than 24 hours I'll have health issues.

I'm 5'3", 115-120 pounds, and low 20% body fat. I maintain on 1800. I just started my cut at 1500 two weeks ago so we'll see how that goes! Lost 3 pounds first week, gained one the second week, so so far it's 1lb/week. I do three full body workouts a week. Since my cut I've added two 15 minutes cardio intervals. This week…

I'm so jealous of all you ladies! I'm 5'3", 115 pounds, and can squat 6 reps of 85 pounds at most, and I've been working at this for a year now. My excuse is I've been in a caloric deficit the whole time. ;) Just wish I could stronger faster!

I change mine because I'd rather go by grams rather than percent. Right now I'm at 25/30/45, but that changes as my calories change, because I keep my protein and fat constant. I have it this way for personal preference, and playing around with what works best for me. Under My Home, go to Goals, Change Goals, Custom, and…

Everyone's already given their opinion on diet pills, so: find out why you're overeating. Are you restricting yourself too much to the point you're binging? It may be worthwhile to up your daily calories. If you can prevent yourself from binging, overall you'll be at lower calories. For some people (myself included),…

There's nothing magical about a weight loss shake. They typically work by being low calorie and very filling, so overall you eat less. I'd avoid buying any prepackaged shake, but you can make your own if you like them. Or, just eat a more nutritious breakfast. Cereal is basically a multivitamin with sugar and loaded…

My priority is weight loss, but I have a lot of strength related goals. Growing up my knees were terrible. There were days I couldn't walk. Having been preparing to be a competitive skiier, it eventually became too much for my knees. Etc etc. Then I got heavy and it just made it worse. So anyway, my first goal was a…

You can always buy a few things to work out at home. Personally I have a squat stand, Oly barbell, plates, adjustable dumbbells, a bench, and one of those pull up bars. For cardio I go outside, run up and down the stairs, or follow one of those fun cardio DVDs. Compared to a gym membership it's cheaper within the first…

That'd explain my confusion, thanks! It's only on MFP that I've seen people talking about eating back calories. I don't use MFP's calorie suggestion because it was really low, and this also explains why it's low. It doesn't take working out into consideration. :)

Milk, toast, salad, chocolate, yogurt ice cream, protein shake, etc. Basically, anything.

I don't understand the concept behind eating back calories to be honest. I know my maintenance with exercise, and eat a bit less than that. I feel like trying to figure out how many to eat back is overcomplicated. You'd have to know what your maintenance is without the exercise, which there really isn't any well to tell…

Use that cardio to put you in a deficit. What's your maintainence calories with the exercise? Eat less than that.

It seems people sanitize the cardio machines like mad. Sometimes people will sanitize the weights, but not as often. I personally don't care if people clean them. I touch door handles after others do, whatever. If there's a puddle of sweat, I'll clean it just for the visual ew factor.

You need to make your caloric intake more consistent. 1400-2000 is a huge window. Personally at 1400 I'll lose weight. At 2000 I'll gain. Narrow that down. You can vary day by day, but at least have a weekly average that's consistent. Your workouts seem pretty excessive to me. Unless if you love it, you don't need to do…

If she's used to working out, no, she doesn't have to work. The less you exercise, the more your body will be sore. Eventually you get used to the routine. Switching it up to something new may make her sore, but it's not a requirement for progress.

Calculators are good for a starting point, and that's it. The same applies to your Body Bugg. Neither of them are really accurate. Calculators were definitely off with me. After playing around with my diet some, I've learned my maintenance is about 1800 calories/day, despite calculators saying it's 2200-2300.

If you exercise, your maintenance calories is higher, so your dieting calories is also higher. Let's say without working out your maintenance is 1700, so you decide to diet at 1500. But now you work out, so your actual maintenance is now 2000 calories, meaning you can make the same weight loss dieting more than before,…