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If 2100 is accurate, that should be enough to keep dropping weight. I lost most of my weight, 60 lbs, eating 2200 with 3x per week of strength training.

First, congrats on the weight loss! Highly lightly that you're stuck because you are eating at maintenance. Do you know how many calories you are eating? Before I started tracking calories I would get stuck at 200-205.

Are you tracking calories? How many calories are you eating daily? Whether the food is fast and processed or homemade and "clean" isn't really relevant if you're eating more than you're burning.

I would up the protein to 115-120g, leave the fats the same and the remainder in carbs.

Agree with the above. Don't over complicate it, start a recomp by eating at maintenance (TDEE) everyday and adjust from there.

Save yourself some time and pick an established program. Building your own will lead nowhere. http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10332083/which-lifting-program-is-the-best-for-you/p1

SL 5x5 is an excellent program. I like AllPro Beginner's routine (http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=169172473). It's a 3 day full body plan. Agree with Piper, follow the program as written, no additions. Start slow and focus on form over how much you are lifting. For cardio, do what you enjoy, walk, run, etc.

This is why you're hungry and why you binge. Eat more, lose slower and don't make yourself miserable.

Agree with the last 2 post. For many the last place to go is the midsection. You'll need to reduce your body fat in order to get rid of it. Doesn't sound like you're tracking calories. If you are, cut you intake by about 200-250 calories and follow a full body, progressive overload lifting routine, which focuses on the…

Yes, way overkill on the exercise. We're about the same height, I started at 250 and lost consistently lost at 2250 with little exercise; 2 to 3 hours of lifting per week and a lightly active job. Definitely check your intake, sounds like you're estimating. Weigh what you eat, you may be surprised. And stop killing…

Seems over complicated. If you're a beginners, keep it simple. Pick a program developed by a professional that incorporates progressive load compound lifts. Something like SL 5x5 or All Pros.

100% this. Your issue is probably your programming, don't worry about supplements. If you're lean enough run a a beginners program in a slight surplus to start. If you still have fat to lose, run the program at maintenance or slight deficit.

No & no. You're young and primed for muscle growth, use that to your advantage. Also too aggressive of a deficit will likely lead to more muscle loss.

Why are you cutting? Sounds like you should be bulking or recomping. 1000 calorie deficit for your size is too aggressive. For macro: Protein: .85 to 1 gram of protein per pound of body-weight. Fat: .35 to .45 grams per pound and the reminder in carbs.

Assuming you between 5' 10" - 6' then you are definitely under-eating; not a good plan at all.

Is your deficit 1200-1300 calories a day or are you only eating 1200-1300 calories a day? If it's your deficit, than it may be too high (aggressive) if you only need to lose 25 lbs. If you're truly eating 1200-1300 calories a day, then you should consider increasing it.

Either change (increase) your activity level or create an activity under "my exercise".

Great start. For weight loss the key is calorie deficit. How you achieve that deficit is totally up to you. If IF works for you, great! But don't get discouraged if you decide it's not sustainable long term. Best of luck.

Why on earth were you only eating 1600 and working out 6 days a week. I suspect you were using MFP's calculator to lose 1.5-2 lbs a week and not eating any of your exercise calories back. This is wrong, especially in only 2 weeks. He's correct here. You can easily lose weight at 2100. I'm 6' 2" and lost most of my weight…

If you are using TDEE, you should not be eating your exercise calories back. The allowance of eating exercise calories back is only used with NEAT calculators, like the one used on MFP.

You increased your calories from 1500 to 2100, highly likely what you're experiencing is your glycogen stores being replenished, and extra food in your system, this is perfectly normal. Trust the system and keep tracking for 3-4 weeks before making any changes, otherwise you will constantly be changing you calories. At…

It's definitely a pain in the as# :s. Have been dealing with it for 5-6 months. Ibuprofen, stretching, form rolling, lacrosse ball rolling, heating pad and icy hot ointment, all seem to help. Ibuprofen is the most effective. I tried resting for 2 weeks, but didn't seem to make much of a difference. Have been considering a…

Yes, double check your entry. And don't use measuring tablespoons, use a scale to weigh, otherwise you're probably eating more than you think. I miss the days when I would eat PB straight out of the jar and not even consider the number of calories. :'(

Add weight training under Exercise Dairy>Cardio>Strength Training. Calorie burn is small. Do not use a HRM to estimate calorie burns for weight training.

I don't perform well when fasted, so no for me.

Yes, you can definitely eat more. MFP gave you 1500 calories because you set it to lose 2 lbs/week. MFP is designed to work without exercise, therefore when you do exercise it expects you to eat those calories back. Otherwise you will potentially be under-eating or under-fueling. I'm also 6'2" and easily lost 1 lb/week on…

First off you've done a great job so far. Have you calculated you body-fat %? I agree with usmcmp and ninerbuff regarding low lean mass and higher body fat, though your bmi is good. Recomp is definitely an option, but I personally found the changes to bf% too slow. I suspect you will also. Keep lifting and losing and…

Since you need to have a deficit of 3500 calories to lose 1 lbs and in bwog's example the actual weekly deficit was 1250 calories, 1250/3500 = 0.36 lbs.

If you're using MFP as intended, you should be eating earned calories back.

When calculating activity level MFP does not include exercise. However, based on work and home activity, you are probably lightly active to active. You seem to have a good plan, set to lightly active, monitor for 3-4 weeks and adjust accordingly.