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Wake up earlier?

I happy seeing everyone working out at the gym - provided they arent drenched in perfume are lounging around just chatting while taking up the equipment I need to use.

Totally agree. I usually find a comparable chain restaurant when I'm trying to estimate calories for a night out.

OP: Are you open to considering whether juicing may or may not help you with your goals?

Some tips that would be helpful: 1. Plan and pre log your meals 2. Take a "tare" before binging / grazing (if you can't avoid that behavior altogether). If it's chips, weigh the bag before so that you can weigh after and calculate the amount consumed. 3. Allow yourself the freedom to estimate sometimes 4. Overestimate…

I lift 5-6x a week. I recommend lifting before you do cardio on every day that you work out. If you're doing a lot of compound lifts, you may need a little more rest than someone who does more isolation work.

Well I think it's probably specific to those people. Maybe the ONLY thing that's keeping them overweight is junk food or soda or a combination of the two.

I second the high volume comment. I've found that I can eat way fewer calories and feel much fuller on high volume veggies like leafy greens. I just have to make it really flavorful with great variety.

Is it just that you want some low calorie protein shake recipes?

^^^ this. If you want to determine a new maintenance number and still use MFP to track calories and exercise, just reset your goals in MFP. That will recalculate everything for you, and give you a new maintenance number, without all this confusing stuff about BMR, TDEE, and NEAT.

Hmm... how much do you weigh now? How much are you trying to lose? And how quickly?

Either check in with the restaurant website or estimate. If you're really really worried about it, order simple things (like steak and side of veggies) that are easier to estimate.

Just make a smoothie with some spinach, fruit, oatmeal, and protein powder. That's a real meal that you can grab and go. Prep smoothie packs and store them in the fridge or freezer, then just blend and go. You can even blend them the night before and shake them up again in the am.

I guess you could always drop it off at a homeless shelter or give it away to teenagers working the local deli or something...

It's obviously a dinosaur. Duh.

60 seconds for caffeine according to a conference I went to

I think if you truly have good self esteem, you wouldn't have needed to make this thread about it. Maybe look inward? I'm a super nice, very chill individual... but I misread a situation the other day and greatly embarrassed myself with my own bad attitude. These things happen. ETA: I think you're doing us all a disservice…

I think 2700 is a pretty big splurge, and I would adjust it to be less of a splurge if it were me. I try to normalize across the week, keeping track of minor overages and deficits to average out at my target. I would say 2000 is a more reasonable "splurge." This is a very personal thing, but if it were me I would have an…

Meh - some are better than others. I prefer to prepare my own food, but I was in a pinch for lunch and tried some from EVOL. They seem pretty good. I supplemented that meal with a fresh salad though, because they never seem to contain enough FOOD for a MEAL

Your weight loss journey isnt likely to be linear. You should see my weight graphs over the last few months - I'm all over the map, even though my body doesn't look any different. There's nothing wrong with changing it up, though, and you will probably enjoy the variety. I would suggest keeping your nutrition constant and…

^ this

Just to avoid killing yourself... establish a baseline with your workouts and work your way up to doing the exercise below. When you are doing ankles to the bar successfully, you'll know your abs are 'strong enough' and any lack of visual progress is just diet / fat / genetics. I think it's a good indication, anyhow...…

Definitely do both. Dieting will show off your hard work, and the strengthening exercises will improve your posture and prevent injuries.

*sigh* Sure. There are definitely preventive health benefits of cardio. But you're not going to keel over and die because you didnt do enough. And I don't know why you're even arguing this with examples like super athletes and basketball players that obviously get plenty of cardio. Bottom line is that a healthy individual…

Two that I find helpful... The V Up (model in video is actually not that great at it) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iP2fjvG0g3w And Leg Drops (I do mine SLOWLY with a 10lb barbell between my feet) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPdpsvOxMoI

that IS a fantastic song...

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I like to hit BK and get a grilled chicken sandwich with no mayo and an extra chicken breast. It comes in pretty low calorie for all that protein. You can add a plain side salad to get your veggies.

Yea but not because they dont do enough cardio, like you're implying

I dont know about maximizing calorie burn, but I agree with bleachers, hill intervals and HIIT. For me, however, I pick up an advanced running plan from Hal Higdon and book a race. It helps me push myself during my runs and I have something (other than calories) to measure my success against.