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Personal preference, whatever fits your personal lifestyle. When I lift in the mornings I like to be fasted, if I'm doing cardio which is rare I like to have something beforehand, primarily because after I lift I am starving, but after a run the last thing I want is food YMMV. Rigger

Yup, this. Your problem is not an abundance of fat, it's a lack of lean mass. You need to date a bar-bell. Rigger

And then read it again. Seriously, stop with the cleanses. Rigger

I don't know how old ya'll are, but it sounds like you both need to grow up. Rigger

Uhh, food? If you're hung up on drinking a meal I'm a fan of Makers Mark. Rigger

I live and train near 5000 feet, so my experience is merely getting a chuckle when someone comes into the gym wearing one. Rigger

The only thing I agree with is the fat free dairy, and that's because the full fat stuff is so much better. And bacon? How exactly does one live without bacon? It's as essential as the blood coursing through my veins. Rigger

Pick up a barbell, and put it down, do this repeatedly, and don't be afraid of carbs, they are not the Devil. Rigger

Congrats on your progress, personally I don't see what you see, but I would cut the cardio back to one day a week, add more protein to your diet and become acquainted with a bar-bell 3-4 days a week. Rigger

IIFYM is more concerned with you maintaining lean mass, hence the protein, MFP is only concerned with you losing weight. Go by what IIFYM states and add more strength training if you want to lose fat, if you just want a lower number on the scale MFP's formula is fine. Rigger

5'5" and just a shade over 100 pounds could be your problem, you don't need to lose weight, you need to add muscle. ETA: 1400 calories a day Is not enough for you, figure out your TDEE and add 10-15% 1400 calories to me indicates that you're cutting. ETA2: IIFYM puts your TDEE at 1765 (Guessing at your age) so 1900-2000 is…

Sunday dinner for me is a family thing, and I typically go over by 2-500 calories depending on the week. In the grand scheme of things it's little more than a rounding error, but I look at that as my day to let go a little. Rigger

Weight loss is free, just sayin. :flowerforyou: Rigger

Your doctor must be one heck of a forensics expert to be able to narrow your cholesterol level down to one specific item in one specific aspect of your life, that's impressive. OR (and more likely) he is simply spouting decades old wives tales about cholesterol in eggs being bad for you. Eggs are fins, and recent studies…

Welcome to adult life, just wait until you add kids on top of that. Rigger

Good call, if you're friend is trying to sell you on that crap, they're not that good of a friend. Rigger

Eggs are awesome, they are a super food. I ate four for dinner tonight. I go through 18-24 per week on my own. I love eggs so much that I have 8 chickens in my back yard. Enjoy the eggs, they are good for you. Rigger

He's a guy, and bigger than you, of course he can eat more. And more importantly, what do you care? Mind your own business, plenty there to keep you busy. Rigger

Because the deficit is built in. If you don't want to eat back exercise calories then switch to TDEE and eat more food daily, or, set your goal to maintenance and create your deficit strictly through exercise. If you're using the NEAT method you need to eat back some of your exercise calories. MFP's database is a little…

Google TDEE, calculate, don't starve, that is all. Rigger

None of this is correct. OP, you have to reduce overall body fat. Men typically store fat primarily on the midsection, it's the first place we put it on, and the last place we take it off. Rigger

You'll need more than 2500, and every day, not just on lifting days, rest days are when muscle is made. Don't be scared to gain, get comfortable with the fact that it's part of the process. Don't skip days in the gym, hit your protein macro every day, and on lifting days, get more carbs. Plenty of water, plenty of rest,…

Are you doing a lot of cardio? After a run the last thing I want to do is eat, but after a good lifting session, I'm starving. My bet is that you're doing cardio, and your bodies response is like most of us, you simply can't stomach the thought of food afterwards. That's why a lot of ultra-marathoners go for beer after a…

Removing the yolk is just blasphemy, I refuse to, my very soul is at stake. Rigger

It's either range of motion, or joints that are not yet up to the task. Stretching and light warm up sets should help. Rigger

It works only in that it reduces the weight of your wallet, outside of that, t's a gimmick. Good rule of thumb, if Dr. Oz promotes it on his show, it's garbage. Rigger

I'm shaking my head at you. What exactly is this "detox" going to accomplish? Oh, and carbs are not the devil. Rigger

Probably a form/stance issue. If your stance is to narrow your knees will push outward, which is bad, if it's too wide they'll dip inward, also bad, you want your knees, hips and ankles to track in line with each other. That's just a guess without actually seeing you perform a squat, but it's a pretty good bet that's the…

Yeah, this, Waldo is the man with body weight exercises. Most important, calorie surplus. I am 31, 5'11" and I am currently doing about 3500 calories a day in a bulk, sometimes it's an unpleasant amount of food, so tell him not to be scared of pizza and cheeseburgers. Rigger

Be wary OP, be wary. Doctors are not the best sources for nutrition information, and if this doctor thinks you can build muscle on 1200 a day then I would take her nutrition advice with a whole shaker full of salt. That's me though, I don't take medical advice from my finance guy, and I wouldn't take dietary advice from a…