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What I tend to do is eat at or very close to my calorie goal on lifting days. On cardio days I will eat about 100-200 calories extra so that I can eat a bit more. Both ways I am still at a deficit and continue to lose weight.

GNC gave me a free sample of a "fat burning diet pill" once that you are supposed to take 30 minutes before a meal. I decided what the heck, it was free, and gave it a try. 30 minutes after taking it (when I am supposed to now eat), I felt incredibly nauseous and could not even down half of my meal. The rest of the day was…

Every other day I lift, but every day in between I try to do something else, whether it be jogging, HIIT, walking my dogs- anything to keep me from laying around.

I think for now, just focus on meeting your calorie goal and measuring everything with a food scale. This alone will help you lose weight. Like others have suggested, try taking walks before work or after. But really, all you need to do is manage to create a caloric deficit through diet.

For tracking my lifts, I write down the heaviest amount of weight I was able to lift with proper form for 3/5 of the sets in my "notes" on my iphone.

I can't say for sure, but with my measurements- multiple body fat calculators estimate around 18%

Suffer Well - Follow me to disappointment This song is always my go-to song for bench/squats/deadlifts The pump is so intense lol

I'm technically on a super long cut and have yet to bulk. I started at 230 lbs (5'7") and am now at 144, carrying most of the leftover body fat within my stomach. I did not really strength train until around 165 lbs, and with the 20 or so lbs lost since then- my strength has increased. I am still in a deficit (about 1600…

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Thank you all for your input! I'm definitely going to look into everyone's suggestions.

I just followed the BMI calculator until I was considered "healthy". That was at about 159 lbs, which was my goal weight when I first started at 230 lbs. I got to this point and realized that I still carried a pretty good amount of fat in my belly and chest area, so now I have been just focusing on body fat rather than a…

Thanks for the suggestions!

I'll keep that in mind, thanks!

This. Reevaluate your calorie goal and make sure you are not under eating.

Dumbbells seem to be the hardest thing to add in because of how expensive they are. I just saw the price of that ironmaster dumbbell and immediately added it to my cart. That's an amazing deal! It is about 250 bucks less than what I would have been paying for my 5-55 lb set up, ridiculous! Also, can't believe I left out a…

25 lbs in 2 months is a bit rapid and is over the recommended 0.5-2 lbs per week. If you slow the weight loss down a bit, your body will be able to adjust accordingly and you will be able to avoid loose skin more than if you lose it rapidly.

Squats and Deadlifts alone make my heart race and pound harder than any other lift I do, so I would argue that perhaps my body is working much harder on leg day. But in the end, I do not record my exercise calories for lifting.

I moved on to insanity after t25 and was able to improve my overall cardio endurance. Insanity is a bit longer, some videos actually lasting about an hour. The intensity is also on a whole new level, but its incredibly fun and rewarding. But if you would rather stick to about 25 minutes, you could try out Insanity Max 30,…

About 83-85 lbs lost here and still looking to lose about 15-20 more.

For me personally, my MAIN goal originally was to lose weight and obtain visible abs. Now that I have become 15-20 lbs away from that (85 lbs lost so far), I have changed my main focus to going through Bulk and cut cycling after achieving a low enough body fat (preferably with visible abs and such). So I guess I really do…

I enjoy them, but I get a bit flustered. I'll usually say "thank you" and then worry when they ask HOW I lost the weight, because people will not usually react the same to the answer "I ate less and exercised more".

Ok, I see what you mean. What I have been doing is put the spoon and bowl and tare the scale, then enter the cereal and measure it in grams, then I tare again. Then I put the milk in and keep the measurement in grams just because, like you said, I don't want to have to wash another measuring cup. The MFP entry has the milk…

I've had success with measuring liquid in grams (only with milk in cereal), but would like to know why I should be measuring it differently. Thoughts on this?

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After 2 years and 85 lbs lost and still trying to lose weight, EVERY SINGLE ounce of weight lost within the week (no matter how small) is amazing. You won't lose each week, but when you do- know that you are doing something right.

I assume that every restaurant underestimates by 150-300 calories, so I will usually account for that

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My girlfriend never had time for the gym one semester of college so she'd walk up hill on the treadmill and get her reading done at the same time. She'd work up a good sweat over about an hour and got her work done. Personally, I dislike the judgement of others I'm seeing on this post. No one knows what others are going…

Clothes that I could never get the courage to wear when I was bigger. Slim fit jeans, tank tops, even HATS.

No way in hell should you be losing weight. You need to gain weight. Eat at a reasonable caloric surplus and hit the weights. Good luck!