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I always vote for additional exercise if you feel bad about what you consumed the day before. If you calorie deficit too much the next day, you might feel lethargic, sick to your stomach, have a headache, or any other number of not so healthy feeling physiological responses. Just realize that you cannot ruin a diet with…

I too love wine....so now that I've joined MFP, I try to work it into my caloric intake for the day so I don't go over too far or over at all. B/c the wine I really enjoy is Carlo Rossi Sangria wine and it has 140 calories in only 6 ounces!!!! So, I've cut it out to only having it on one of my days off. Frowny face.

Looked at your food diary for yesterday, so not sure where people are getting the 1200 calories from. You consumed over 2000 calories yesterday and at 169 grams of protein. You ate almost 100% of your body weight in protein. This is a great way to pack on muscle. Agreed that it happened really quickly, so it may be water…

By volume, muscle is more dense than fat. You are packing on muscle, so you will most definitely weigh more, have a lower body fat percentage, and be completely healthier. The scale for muscular people is pretty much useless for tracking weight loss, b/c you don't lose weight when you gain muscle. BUT, you are most…

I looked at your information and I calculated your BMR to also be really close to what MFP gave you, I got 1574. To actually lose pounds of fat you need to understand their make-up. One pound of fat is equivalent to 3500 calories. When you hear that losing one pound per week is healthy weight loss, which is true, it means…

I think either one, or neither one will be fine. You can always calll this a cheat day. Unless you plan on eating 3500 calories of coney dogs (which is what comprises one pound of real fat), then you are not going to do hardly any damage whatsoever eating some coney dogs! I wouldn't borrow calories from another meal, b/c…

Honestly, weigh in when you want, just make sure you do it naked (hopefully you have a scale at home for this!) and at the same time every day. In the mornings after you wake up and go to the bathroom, and before you eat breakfast. That way, if you want to weigh every day, you'll be completely consistent. And if you are…

Depends on what your BMR is. You would have to tell us your stats, age, weight, and height.

My goal every day is to create a 500 calorie deficit one way or the other. Currently, My BMR is 1525, so I almost always consume at least that much .But I also work out twice a day, rowing on my indoor rowing machine before work, then circuit weight training after work, and I almost always burn a minimum of 600 calories…

Yeah, that 1200 calories minimum does seem to be the magic number. It's tough to find the time to work out when you have kids I'm sure, so exercising to help create a deficit may be difficult, so you might only be able to just cut calories from your diet. After you lost those 35 pounds, do you know what your body fat…

Yes, it would be okay. If you are feeling that hungry your body is either telling you to feed or and/or you are actually dehydrated. So, maybe before you start to snack or eat a bar, try drinking 8-12 ounces of water, wait a few minutes and see if you aren't hungry any more. That may help the snacking issue, plus being…

It all depends on what you are hoping to do. If you were heavy weightlifting, you'd want to consume a lot of protein. If you are just wanting to lose weight with normal exercises, cardio, etc. then MFP gives you a number to shoot for. On the My Home page, there is a tab at the top called Goals. If you click on this you can…

= 655 + (9.6 x weight(kg)) weight / 2.2 = kg + (1.8 x height(cm)) height x 2.54 = cm - (4.7 x age(yrs)) Here is the equation I used to calculate my own basal metabolic rate, and when I plugged my info into MFP, I got the exact same number. So, that's how many calories you can consume per day that your body burns naturally…

Well, I have some pretty righteous-sized thighs which I have cleverly left out of my profile pic, so I have this concern as well. It sounds like you are on the right track with the stuff you have already researched. How old are you? I ask b/c the younger you are, the more quickly your skin rebounds back and regains it…

So, I took your numbers and plugged them into the equation as well. I came back with 1636 calories. The equation I used to calculate your BMR is either identical or off by a few calories only to what MFP is using. I used it to calculate my own BMR, then compared it to MFP's output and got the exact same number. Here's what…

If you BMR is 1450, for the month that you cannot exercise, you cannot go over 1450 calories a day with no exercise. If you are trying to lose weight while not being able to exercise, you could probably safely cut about 250 calories a day from the 1450 which would result in a half-pound loss per week and take you down to a…

When you start working out, you also convert fat to muscle. Muscle weighs more than fat. The number on the scale can be frustrating, but it's only a guideline, not the absolute for feeling healthy! I weigh 172 pounds, but most people think I weigh about 140. It's the muscle. This is a good thing, and you are on track for…

Use the one at home, continue to weigh yourself without clothes, and do it at the same time of day each time you weigh yourself. Best results early in the morning after you've gone to the bathroom.

When you signed up you put in all your current height, weight and age. This is used to calculate your resting or basal metabolic rate which is the amount of calories you can consume in one day (that your body burns just by being alive) without putting on weight. Then it has you select what you do for a job, whether it's…

Yes, you would still lose weight. HOWEVER, you will be healthier if you consume the right amounts of the things you listed. You can still lose weight eating nothing but Krispy Kremes as long as you stay under your caloric intake for the day. BUT, you will probably straight up feel like crap if you did that!

I see where you are coming from. I'm big on fitness and health, have been my whole life. I understand what it means to be an athlete, I played volleyball for 15 years, including 4 years in college, track for four years, rowing for one in college. I've been the MVP of every sport I played, I went to college on a full ride,…

Nope, you are good to go. Tis the season anyways!! Now, if you consumed an extra 3500 calories in one day, which is how many calories in one pound of fat, then that may inhibit you for one day. But, I think you'll be perfectly fine!!

Initially, high protein-low carb diets work great to bust fat, but eventually you hit a plateau. And if you want to stay active and exercise, you will feel fatigued without having carbs in your diet. Carboyhydrates are converted into ATP (adenosine tri-phosphate), which in not so scientific terms is your body's energy. If…

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I'm 5'10" and shooting for 160. I also want to keep all the muscle I've amassed, so that weight may not be as attainable as I'm hopinng for even if my body fat percentage hits less than 15%. I have a pretty big frame, extremely wide shoulders, and some pretty righteous hips, so even if I cut fat from all of these places, I…

When done correctly, absolutely everything. It is the number one full body workout you can get. I haven't found a nutrition website that doesn't rank running as number 1.

You gotta get it through your head that weight is not a permanent thing. It changes every year, and it changes every day. You are making the right strides by exercising. The problem for impatient people like myself is that it's not happening overnight like I'd like it to. I work hard every day, but I won't see any more…

Yes, it happens to people who don't normally get migraines or headaches on a regular basis. Couple of reasons.....you are dehydrated, so make sure you drink PLENTY of water. Yes, your body needs to adjust to consuming less calories. Fight this by eating more foods that make you actually feel full like veggies and proteins.…

If you are still cutting approx. 500 calories a day, 7 days later you should still be losing one pound of real fat a week. Have you adjusted your information for determining your daily caloric intakej for what you weigh now, not what you weighed when you started? B/c that number should be different now.

Your best bet (and this goes for belly fat too b/c these are the two hardest places for women to lose fat) is sprinting, or the equivalent of sprinting in the weightroom. You have to get your heart rate into the fat-burning zone. Running sprints or doing circuit training in the weight room is the best way to achieve the…