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By the time you reach your goal weight you will have a good idea of the amounts of calories different foods have. If counting calories is bothersome (It is to me), then estimate your calories and weight very often and set a small weight range that you shouldn't exceed or go under. What I've learned is that my body needs…

Would it repair or reset a damaged or slowed down metabolism?

Bump. Same problem and I'm afraid that I've lost a lot of muscle mass.

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I just want to gain some decent biceps, shoulder, and chest muscles (Basic body definition). I'm not looking forward to look like The Rock. My legs are already HUGE because of running and daily football practice back in the days. Would that kind of intake work?

Thank you all and especially neandermagnon! So I can see a lot of emphasis on muscles' nutrition needs. Wouldn't a 1300-1500 calorie diet of protein, healthy fats, and complex unrefined carbs be better and satisfy the body needs as much as a 2000 calories diet of the same nutrients + additional refined or "empty" carbs and…

That's a lot of muscle gain on a deficit. I've also learned that cardio DRIVES muscle loss; It doesn't prevent it or help reduce it.

This is probably the best contradiction to the starvation mode arguments and the "not-eating-enough" posts. Well done. However, you've probably lost a lot of muscle mass. Work on increasing your intake and add more protein to your diet. Congratz :drinker:

Thank you so much for taking the time to type all that. Highly appreciated!

I apologize for plugging that "most" in my reply. You never said that. I have been lifting + doing elevated pushups at least 3 times per week and my protein intake has very rarely gone below 60g per day (on the ~1300 calories diet). You seem to be very well informed on this subject and I would like to get an idea of how…

Thanks for the info. To be honest, I got really scared when I read your reply about how most of my loss was muscle mass. I can't see big differences in my posture and build except that I look thinner and my cloth sizes went down significantly but your explanation about my constant loss makes sense. I started at around 33%…

So what's the best thing to do now in terms of food intake and lifting?

My weight loss has been somehow constant, with very small variations. I'm losing the same amount of pounds per week as I used to 4-5 weeks ago. I guess I've maintained or reduced the loss of my muscle mass well. I understand that BMR drops when you lose weight but I was concerned about the effect of a very strict diet on…

Very informative. Thank you all! But, can the deficit be that large? I never thought it'd go above 15-20%

50% How is this even possible :noway: ? I mean if there's so much fat to consume why would the body go for muscles that heavily? But as you said it's wikipedia. Might be true though..

Anyone?

You can find "Fibre 1" in Walmart. It's not meant to be a protein bar, but this 140 calories bar has 7 grams of fibre, 6 grams of protein, 18g carbs. It comes in great flavours like peanut butter too!

Shirt size: 16 --> 14 Pants size: 38 --> 31-32 Tone biceps, triceps, and shoulders. All by eating staying around 1300 calorie intake. In my opinion, It's safe to go that low in the beginning when you have a lot to lose. I'm approaching my goal weight so I'm working on increasing my intake now.

I started at around 220 pounds on May 1st 2013. I've been living on a 1300-1400 calorie diet since then (I've been told it's low but I find it reasonable with 5-7 cheat days in total). I'm a 5'9 19yo male. I weigh a bit more than 180 pounds as of today. that's roughly 40 pounds lost in 69 days. My BMR is between 1900-2100.…

My home is on the other side of earth.

I would try to stay in a deficit but it's hard since foods served in restaurants are generally high in calories. Thanks!

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If you don't feed the baby when it's time to feed it its body will go into starvation mode and hold on to its fat

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Thank you all so much :happy:

Thank you!

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Not really. You can eat before bedtime or just wake up before sunrise for 30-60 minutes to eat.

Salam, A recent Czech study claimed that eating 2 meals a day helps weight loss. Well, we break our fast at sunset, then eat again before sunrise. Perfect! It's not too hard to get the nutrients you need. For instance, if your goal is 1500, you can have 800-900 at sunset and 600-700 at sunrise! Just make sure you're…

FYI, shrimp is the only exception to that.