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what are your goals? At first glance I noticed high carb meals without protein intake. High carbs should be eaten with protein. Quest bars are good to go. only bars i really approve

How many calories are you eating now? Do you put on weight easily? It takes time to know whats best for someone. But with a iittle trial and error you should be able to achieve your goal in 3-4 months. Without knowing much about you I would prob start you off on 140g protein, 200g carbs, 45g fat and see how you react

everyone is very different. I put some people on about 35% carbs and some on 5%. 50% from protein though is pretty standard for me. If youre doing 50% from protein then how you fill out carbs and fat won't make a big difference as long as youre getting a bit of both

Your post makes it sound that you might stop lifting after 3 months. You need to commit to it. Lifting is very metabolic, you will be burning more calories than normal. Lift hard, eat 200g of protein a day and get around 2000 calories and there is no reason you should not gain muscle while appearing to lean out

are you talking about after a portioned meal and you still feel like eating something? This happens to me all the time when i'm dieting down. I usually like chugging a bunch of diet pop like root beer, which is pretty satisfying and fills you up. I also like to eat a ton of lettuce with seasoning and vinegar or calorie…

low carb tortilla wrap(i like turmano's), couple slices of 96 or 97% lean ham and a tbs of dannon oikos greek yogurt dip. 100 calories with high fiber and protein and if you live by a kroger there is no competition for their carbmaster yogurt

I usually don't recommend changing two variables at once as it is hard to determine what's causing weight changes. I would keep your calories the same for the first week and check the weight loss a the the end of the week. If you lose more weight than you normally would you will get an idea of work impacts your metabolism.…

Don't be in a hurry and rush into your main diet. MFP has no way to know what your maintanence is, it can only guess. 2600 is too high, thats just a little under mine. I start everyone at 2000 and tell them to be very diligent in logging and hitting about 2000 calories from good sources. If after about 10 days there is no…

I would definately change your diet to achieve what you want. Your body type seems like it stores fat pretty easily and your age will not be conducive to high carb intake as insulin sensitivity is decreased. You will want a diet that supports natural hormone production. I would recommend something more like 225g protein,…

right now on a normal day I break down my 2300 cals to about 325g protein, 150g carbs and 35g fat which is pretty close to what you do. It works pretty well. I do like a healthy balance of fats so on non workout days twice a week I fat load and go to about 120g of fat and drop protein and carbs. once a week i go to about…

What is your age, gender, height and weight? Were you gaining or losing weight at 2200? Have you changed your exercise patterns recently? How would you describe your build throughout your life? How much protein are you eating a day? People are too different to just make a blanket statement. I Train someone who would lose…

good post. thank you.

unfortunately green is good. things that are fairly tasty but still could fit into diet I would approve of would be rice cakes, certain protein bars, almonds, greek yogurt, cottage cheese with fruit. the ultimate food for filling out a diet though is chicken breast. easy to cook, cheap, very healthy and you can make it…

trutein is pretty amazing and high quality. the cinnabon is fabulous

how are you working out? my guess is its not optimal for weight loss. also your food choices are not the best. the good news is between the exercise and the mess of a diet improvement will be easy

under normal circumstances you would be losing a little weight on that diet but your activity levels and metabolic hormones are off right now. you are eating 6 insulin releasing meals a day which means you are constantly secreting a fat storing hormone and theres a good chance you are either very insulin resistant or even…

it all depends on your goals and your training. without knowing the details my rec is get about 30g of low glycemic carbs at night, take in bcaa's in the morning and eat about 30-40g of carbs after your workout.

need a better picture. generally upper abs start showing at about 12%. I would guess 14 no less

It sounds like an all out refeed for you would not be ideal. Refeed on complex, low glycemic carbs and you should be ok or even help restart metabolism. Maybe double your recent carb intake using smart choices.

No. Just get a variety of different fat sources from saturated and unsaturated sources. 50g of fat a day is a healthy amount. Try to get some from nuts, cage free eggs, olive oils, avacados, and a little bit from pork or beef will not hurt you.

Not sure what you're asking. On rest days, keep protein the same as training days and reduce your carb intake.

add in grass fed beef and organic cage free eggs to your diet and I would most certainly expect your problems to be reduced. Great sources of vitamin D in a perfect delivery mechanism

its about as good as any other decent fat burner out there. Your body will adjust eventually and you won't notice the effects as much. To really maximize it take it with 25mg of ephedra(bronkaid) from walgreens pharmacy and then you have an awesome weight loss tool.

reduced guilt greek yogurt guacamole without question.

you should train every muscle group to failure once a week. since it seems you only do each once then you should train to failure. I would suggest one exercise to failure and beyond and then one or two more exercises to near failure

i would avoid doing a "bulk". unless you have a raging metabolism or are very disciplined it will end up in lots of extra fat. It did for me when i was younger. I would eat about 2500 calories for a while. you should shoot for about a .5lb-1lb gain a week. a good split without getting too detailed is legs/chest and…

yes. week days i basicly do an adkins diet with healthy fats. I keep protein between 220-260g a day on my weight loss cycle

If you want to drink diet pop, drink diet pop. It has no calories and will not effect your weight loss. Extra fat on the body is much more harmful than any of the chemicals in diet pop. We're living in the golden age of diet pop. enjoy it. I do(bout to drink some cherry coke zero)

I workout early but have the drive too. I really do rec the pre-workout, dont worry about "natural". Its an overused term and the word gets misused a lot. There are a lot of them that are relatively "natural". white flood from controlled labs is good. Optimum nutrition Pre or amino energy are good and light on filler.

I am low on carbs during the week right now and load up on the weekends to fuel my workouts. It does help maintain good blood sugar levels and help stay lean. I would recommond something like 20% carbs, 35-40% protein, 40-45% fats. Have a few high carb days in there as well. Keep carbs before and after workouts to use them…