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It really does make that much of a difference, especially at a small deficit. Underestimating a spoonful of peanut butter and guessing the oil you use to cook puts you at maintenance already. Overestimating your exercise will also put you over quickly.

You're 18 years old, 6 feet tall and 140 pounds. Why are you still trying to lose weight? You lost 20 pounds. Try switching your view to fitness goals - that will help you get your eating under control, because you need to eat properly throughout the day in order to fuel yourself. You might be binging because you're not…

You're doing the right thing by increasing your calories a little bit. Personally, I don't think 1200 calories is any way to live. Make sure you are logging accurately by weighing and measuring your food - the effort put into that may help to ease your anxiety about the amount of food you're putting in your mouth. Also,…

I'm sorry that you are so upset with your weight. You have been making great strides toward a healthier lifestyle, and it can be extremely frustrating to not see results. No kind of fast weight loss will be sustainable in the long run, including juicing and cleansing. Perhaps especially juicing and cleansing. Perseverance…

Let's start from scratch. You are 20 years old, 5'8" and 182 pounds. You have a Basal Metabolic Rate of 1672. If you were in a coma, your body would be burning 1672 calories every day. You say you are sedentary, but you are 20 years old and you go to the gym every - day? Every weekday? Assuming you go to the gym 3 times a…

You're only taking in 1375 calories... maximum, assuming that full cup of milk. I think you should be losing weight less aggressively, because you are small. If you continue to do difficult workouts at large deficits, your energy will be sapped quickly. You need the energy to work out so you can burn more energy. I promise…

Some of these topics are sad. You don't need our permission to take a break. Please listen to your body and give it rest. Pounds are not what's important. The scale only tells you what your relationship is with gravity. Losing inches in only 10 days is amazing progress! Focus on losing inches, making your clothes looser,…

It can be quite a bit! This is assuming you don't use the bathroom, but just think about the weight of the stuff you put into your body every day. If you're getting that 8 cups of water you need a day, that's 4 pounds of water. If you're weighing your food, you'll see how much of that goes in too.

There is nothing I have eliminated from my diet for the sake of fitness or weight loss, there are simply more factors than just taste and convenience going into my eating decisions. However, some of you are very misguided... a caloric deficit is the ONLY thing necessary for weight loss. You can eat all your calories in…

It's been two years... this hasn't happened over weeks or months but years... sounds like a recomp to me.

OP meant 1 pound per week. Clearly a mistake. Also math mistakes - that doesn't add up to 900. OP, I know you said you are sedentary, but your multiplier still seems really low to me as well. x1.2 (20%) is what people normally use for a sedentary lifestyle - unless you are bedridden or otherwise disabled. So 1280 x 1.2 =…

That is actually SUPER cute. What kind of dye do you use? I imagine regular hair dye won't work. OP, bleaching the hair might be a suitable solution for you - I have blonde body hair on my arms/legs and that's why I rarely feel the need to shave.

Personally, I think people are afraid of how amazing carbs are. They're afraid they will eat too many if they have any at all.

Regularly, I only shave for hygiene reasons: armpits and nether region. Otherwise I basically only shave for events, in the midst of doing other things like painting my nails and using a facial mask. I shave with oil, not shaving cream or anything - I don't have to moisturize after because it makes my skin super smooth,…

How many calories are you taking in? Your meal plan seems... small. But! Barring that, I do have some advice on not being hungry. Are you tracking your water intake? I find that water is really the key to getting over that "hump" of hunger when your calorie intake drops, because it fills you with volume instead of…

Maybe you really don't need to drop pounds. You can do a recomp instead, where you would eat just about maintenance (during this period you can figure out exactly what your maintenance number is, and if you do so slowly you may lose another few pounds) and lift heavy. It's slow, very slow, but you'll start to build muscle…

Eat the egg eat the whole thing and never look back.

Fiber helps, especially fibrous vegetables with very few calories. Anything that is not calorie-dense and has more volume will make you feel more full. Protein is also satisfying, so get some of that every time you eat too. And WATER. Drink more water. When you think you're drinking a lot, drink more. Have a glass of water…

Weight loss is almost never purely fat. Muscle mass is lost (hopefully in small quantities) and water is lost.

Wow, um... must've been the switch to diet soda, when Coke Zero became a thing.

Yell at people who wouldn't like you for this. Birth control isn't just for the controlling of pregnancy, and is often prescribed to help with exactly this kind of problem. It's a medical issue and you suggested a medical solution. You are right.

Unfortunately, there's no good way to determine how much you're burning, because traditional methods - HRM, accelerometer, etc - simply do not measure that kind of burn well. I imagine it would depend on the intensity of your session and low long it takes your body to recover. In general, though, lifting increases your…

Salted dark chocolate. Bitter, sweet, salty. Fills all the cravings and isn't terrible for you. Eat the whole bar. Yummmm.

For two or three days? It won't. Metabolic damage doesn't happen overnight. You'll be okay, just rest up, get healthy, and try to feed yourself normally when you can eat again.

Never frozen a Rolo, but I really like frozen grapes. I think it makes them sweeter and it takes way longer to eat them.

When you indulge in your "unclean" foods, are you eating them all at once? Maybe it would be easier on your body to have a corn dog one day and a taco salad whatever a few days later? I feel like this is a "cheat day" problem where you're loading yourself up with unhealthy food all at once and it's hurting you... Maybe it…

You're making a big change, and it's probably quite different from the way you used to be. You're somehow not the same "you" that they always loved, so they say you're obsessed with your new life... but you've made a lifestyle change, and you have conviction. They'll get used to it. You've got your head on straight, OP.…

Are you weighing and measuring all your food? As a person who eats ~2000 calories a day, I find it hard to believe you genuinely have a hard time getting above 1200. Perhaps you're underestimating? Assuming you are counting properly... Make sure there is protein and/or fat in your snacks. When you have an hour of free…

Yes. Your body gets used to just about anything with time. It will get easier. In the meantime, make sure you're getting enough protein and fiber. Those will keep you fuller longer. Drink more water - actually log your water to make sure you're doing it - because often people confuse the feelings of hunger and thirst.…

I'm pretty sure I had a dream about pizza last night.