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Usually a low carb diet has high protein and high fat. It's really hard to feel full when reducing two of the three macros in diet.

Count anyway. Get in the habit of tracking yourself. Get in the habit of checking labels, weighing food, being more active. This will make maintenance easier after you get off the pill. I hope your doc is doing close medical supervision while on the phentermine.

If I were a healthy young man with only 10 pounds remaining to goal and feeling weak from lack of food, my cardio would be walking to a burger joint today, eating, and then I'd be lifting tomorrow. Followed by more food.

Ideally you measure grams of rice prior to cooking, as the different types of rice will absorb different amounts of water and it affects the end weight up or down.

Stats? Height, age, weight, etc...

Did you weigh on the same scale, same time of day, etc?

Height, weight, age?

These were all the questions I was going to ask :)

I don't know how you do it. When I get less than 4 hours of sleep I get incredibly grouchy. As in, I could have been the lady screaming at the grocery clerk over a price increase and then attacking store security with a pen (I wasn't but could have been). I consider sleep very important for my emotional and mental health,…

Not when taken in context with several other posts she's made lately.

Hit goal before dinner :)

Oh you.

Hmm. Have you looked into body building cut and bulk? It really sounds like you want a recomp, not a loss.

The only problem with goals like this is the demotivating factor if you don't lose on track. If you start losing 1 pound a week or end up losing 1 stone only will you be able to keep it up?

And what is your current calorie goal set at? Vanity pounds are tough cookies to lose.

Well what are your stats?

Well would you rather have lost this 8 pounds or sat around gaining 8 pounds more than originally? It's totally worth it, give yourself a chance!

I don't suppose anyone's pointed her towards mybodygallery.com?

I might have to guess but I do my best. Usually when I look at the weekly average it's not actually too bad! Never above maintenance anyway.

Done thank you

Remember that the number may not be what you expect at first, you'll need to trend it out a few days as you "get a feel" for each other.

Can change it about that much :) They didn't even have you remove the shoes? Yeesh. Maybe get a home scale so you can spot check on occasion.

What are your height, age, weight stats? How much do you estimate burning in a workout and how much of that do you eat back? How are you measuring your calories?

Certain foods make me feel that way. Pizza isn't one of them. It's something I eat at least once a week and never have a problem making it fit.

It's actually a pretty good suggestion, I manually set mine based on TDEE though I do a little eat back when I have extra exertion on a day. Steady loss since just after Christmas.

There's a Biggest Loser thing happening in a group right now. Mostly a team thing, the teams are responsible for encouragement of healthy changes. There aren't any bad consequences for people who don't lose, and every loss over a certain % is investigated by the organizers. I've found it to be pleasant encouragement and…

Yesterday I made it easily but today's getting a little tough. :)

The question is why weekends. Are you bored? Is your weekly deficit too low? Tired of the same meals over and over? Or, when you go a bit over on weekends, how much does it actually hurt? Can you absorb the sodium and beers in your weekly deficit?

Great work! One pound? Psh that'll be gone in a BM or two, drink water and don't sweat it.

I did the same! Thought I was eating 1500 but was so off it was closer to 1250. Could have eaten so many things...