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You're afraid of falling off the wagon because you are too hungry. You are too hungry because you are in close to a 50% calorie deficit. (25% is considered very aggressive, especially for someone who is not very overweight at all.) Not sure what you want to hear, but the only answer is to eat more. You would probably lose…

I'll stick my neck out and say you don't need 200 grams of protein. Examine.com notes that the high end for athletes is 2 gm/kg. That's 121 grams for your weight. If you enjoyed eating 200g of protein, it would be fine, but seeing as you don't, I'd ask your trainer and dietician how they came up with that number. Examine…

You might want to look into reverse dieting. Layne Norton has written a book on it, (The Complete Reverse Dieting Guide) but there's plenty of information available free on line. Here is a reasonable introduction to it from a RD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7DmwYkkpiE Reverse dieting is no magic panacea. It doesn't…

I think you mean BF%, not BMI. (Pointing it out because many people confuse them.) Your initial BMI was 34.9. Your BMI at 137 lbs is 21.5. (BF% is loosely correlated in most people, but measurements and pictures are the best way to estimate.)

Great advice you've gotten so far, so I'll just make a point on the water. Unless you have special circumstances or are on certain meds, there is no need for you to be forcing water down, just to meet some arbitrary number. You get water from food and any other beverage (yes, coffee DOES count), and it seems that…

Layne Norton destroys the BS in this article. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS7SQKXCyM0

LOL, yes Coach Greg can be annoying as hell sometimes, but he's not wrong. The laser vision thing is just his way of saying that with experience, it is possible to evaluate someone's BF% visually with consistency and repeatability. As someone above said, repeat measurements on a DEXA can be useful to see a trend, but…

You look like mid to high 20s to me. No way you're 36%. Dexas aren't the miracles of accuracy that some make them out to be. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Gg4Jm5KS1Y

Totally, completely normal. This article can shed a little light on why. https://physiqonomics.com/the-weird-and-highly-annoying-world-of-scale-weight-and-fluctuations/

All the entries have a drop down menu on the right. Find an entry for item, click the DD menu and select grams. If it doesn't have grams as an option, search for another entry for the item until you find one that does.

This part is concerning. Your BMI is, for example, someone 5'5" weighing 104 pounds. It's not that you have a high BF%, it's that you have a low LBM. That's not fat in your abdomen, that's your internal organs. It would be optimal for you to reconnect with a therapist, but also with a registered dietician. And of course,…

Here's a good place to start: https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10332083/which-lifting-program-is-the-best-for-you/p1

My ancient Fitbit One does 1 and 3 brilliantly. (No HRM, so cycling would be entered manually.) Unfortunately, the geniuses at Fitbit discontinued it, and did not replace it with any non watch option. They do sell a clip for the Inspire 2, so you could see if that one meets your needs -- I don't know much about it.

That article struck me as odd. (Clarification: The BMJ article, not the OP article) Of course energy is created as the fat molecules are broken down into H2O and CO2 in a series of chemical reactions! So in that sense, it is not wrong to say that. Nor does that imply a violation of conservation of mass. But no, singing…

I think the drawings on the built lean page are more accurate than the photos, tbh. Look at the 25% and 30% female photos, for example. Frankly, they look like they are reversed. But the drawings above the photos seem about right. Greg Doucette on YT has a series of videos where he analyzes photos and estimates body fat…

This may be a zombie thread record...10 years. LOL

I'm sure the more experienced folk here will have good advice, but a couple things jumped out at me. Unless you're on anabolic steroids, it's highly unlikely you're gaining ½ - 1 pound of muscle a week. Not impossible, but highly unlikely, especially eating in a deficit. And there is no way of measuring .6lbs of muscle…

Here is a YT playlist of Eric Helms explaining it in depth. Well worth the time investment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAvW6xBZjSk&list=PL1CtAU2-DctSzI4JMGFq-sEwh7KExKpyb

Anecdotally, I've known quite a few migraineurs who swear by Excedrin Migraine, which is tylenol, aspirin, and caffeine. The warnings about the risk of rebound headaches with regular use still apply, but for occasional use it might be worth seeing if you're a responder.

I would like to like this entire post once for every paragraph.

@zagadee -- you need to start your own thread. Be sure to include your height, weight, activity and weight history so people can help you better. Good luck.

I put the caramel syrup on my protein fluff and in my coffee. The Balsamic salad dressing isn't bad either. Would I eat either of them with a spoon and not be able to tell the difference from the real thing? Nope. But they serve their purpose.

I'm a little bit shorter and a little bit heavier than you, and the largest fluctuation I've ever seen was less than a kilo. (That's weighing myself at the same time with the same clothing every day.) Smaller people will have smaller fluctuations, in general.

It's because you're thinking of calories per mile, not calories per hour. As you note, calories/mile are nearly identical. However, in the walking case 347 Cal / 36.5 minutes * 60 minutes/hour = 570 Cal/hour but when running the same distance 318 Cal / 26.5 minutes * 60 minutes/hour = 720 Cal/hour. So yeah, running does…

That sounds a lot worse than mere glycogen depletion. It sounds more like heat exhaustion or severe hyponatremia. Scary story and glad she's OK!

Sugar-free Jello is my go-to. I keep a bowl in the fridge and a few bites usually satisfies the sweet craving. Even if I were to binge on the entire bowl, it would only be 80 calories.

This topic reminds me of an old dinner blessing I learned from a friend of the family (who was a Roman Catholic priest, btw :)) : In the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, he who eats the fastest gets the most!

Another thing (which may or may not make a difference for you, but helps me) is to do reverse lunges (i.e. step backwards, not forward).

The real value of a calculator like the USN one is not so much the number it gives, but to take serial measurements and use it to compare current you to past you. I like it because it's simple and repeatable.

Exactly this! I have my own home-brew spreadsheet too with CI, CO, Net Calories, Weight, Predicted Weight, BF%, Fat Mass, Fat-free Mass, BMR & BMI. Seeing the numbers work out also lets me know that my calories-in are being measured with reasonable accuracy. It also keeps me from getting discouraged when the scale isn't…