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That's 4000 calories in carbs alone. :tongue:

Congrats on the weight loss so far. As Iron pointed out , eat more. 1200 calories is considered quite low. Have you run your tdee? Keep in mind that MFP already has a calorie deficit built in so you need to eat back your calories burned so the deficit doesn't become too big which will likely cause muscle loss. You've done…

I've had good success by cooking 1-2 pieces of cut up bacon, sauté the greens with onion in the bacon fat until nicely wilted, add 2 cups chicken stock and boil until the stock reduces almost fully.

Yikes. You're starving yourself! You need to eat back the burned calories so your net is 1200 if that's what your eating.

1/2 cup Greek Yogurt, plain, vanilla or bb 2 TBS Peanut butter or Flax seeds , but I like the PB taste 1/2 cup blueberries, strawberries or raspberries 1/2 cup oatmeal, sometimes cooked, sometimes not 1-2 scoops protein powder Enough milk of choice to get desired consistency ** if you use flax seeds or strawberries make…

This topic get brought up almost daily. MFP has a built in caloric deficit already....so when you exercise and log it, MFP adds those calories back so that at the end of the day your net calories is the same.

Cucumber tomato onion bell peppers Jalapeno Cauliflower sprouts All good with sour cream (to me anyhow). I like it add some vinegar and pepper to the mix.

Do you have easy access to a pool?

Seen someone say a fried egg. I have not tried that, but have tried an over easy egg. It adds a lot of richness and that oozy fat drips down the sides. Yum!

I use a lot of that type of chicken too. Precook it, pick it off the bone, toss the skin and use it all week. There is an entry in the food database of chicken dark meat only stewed...so yeah measure it cooked as you dish it out. That's the one I use.

That could be rough sending his meals to daycare with all the other kids eating one thing and he has something totally different. Maybe incorporate shapes and colors to make it more interesting for him. Like cutting up carrots to look like little French fries or spirals, arrange the food on the plate in smiley faces,…

If it's not in the house you cant eat it. Replace some of the more carb heavy foods with more veggies.

When you set your goals on MFP it gives a calorie deficit to achieve your goal. With the deficit already being built in, when you do exercise you're increasing that deficit by how ever many calories you burned doing your exercise. Usually you will want to eat those calories back so you're not going into too much of a…

Lifting is very good as it helps to increase muscle mass, raise your metabolism and when you do lose the weight what is finally revealed will look excellent. You might want to consider strength training with all compound exercises. You wont focus on a certain muscle but groups of muscle. A decent routine would be something…

I have a similar course that is 1/4 mile, 100 yards of which is about a 30 degree uphill slope. I jog moderate up to that then sprint up the hill, jog to hill and sprint again. Repeat for 20 minutes. More of a HIIT and the hill part is extremely brutal, my heart rate gets up to 160s on the hill.

That makes it much simpler, thanks!

You can cook it, but not just toss it in the pan and cook it. Add it to things. I've used it to add to a quiche like mixture to up the protein and make great little cupcake size quiche on the go snacks. Use it instead of.......in recipes.

Trim the fat, cut it up and use it as you would any other protein to add to meals. Just because it's a roast doesn't mean you have to treat it as a roast.

Are you weighing yourself at the same time each weigh in? Are you fasted every time? Most people say do it in the morning as soon as you get up. Don't even drink water or coffee, just hit the scale in your undies.

Tuna Chicken Salmon Steak cottage cheese - might sound gross, but it's not bad.

Two 5" Buckwheat pancakes, 2 eggs layered in the cakes, Pure maple syrup 3 links turkey sausage. Its higher carb meal than my other meals to get me through the workout. Nice mix of simple and complex carbs, fat and protein.

One of my personal favorites is all compound exercises. Equipment needed Dumbbells and a pull up bar. Deadlifts - hits a lot of different muscles, including core. Top it off with a shoulder press if the weight allows. Squats - Again hits a lot of muscles and core, top this off with calf raises Pull ups - gives your biceps…

There is some equipment necessary. As I recall you would need a pull up bar or bands, dumbbells and a mat for yoga day which was the worst for me.

Great transformation! How long did it take you?

I carry a box of plastic spoons and a can opener in my car for situations just like that. I typically hit the grocery store and grab a can of tuna or sardines and a small apple. Works for me.

The protein mostly. People are always looking for good quick sources of protein.

When do you weigh in? If you stop eating at 1pm and weigh yourself the following morning then you should be lighter since your body has used up all the stored food energy and your belly is empty.

Grats! Sounds like you're really motivated. The mental challenge can be the toughest barrier and it seems like you got that one out of the way. Use that energy to eat right, drink lots of water, keep hitting the gym and never look back.

Check out postal scales at a local office supply store.

To me it is. That doesn't mean its my biggest meal by any means, just the one I make sure to not skip. Your energy supplies are on empty, need to put some fuel in your body. If your car had no gas in it would you drive it anyway? :laugh: Just my 2 cents and personal preference.