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If someone has something they can do that is fairly easy and likely to work, I'm going to tell them to try that before scaring someone into thinking they have an incredibly rare medical problem. If you want to call that victim blaming, have at it. The OP is obviously doing a lot right. She's been working out and keeping to…

It seems like you're genuinely putting effort into your dietary choices, but you might not understand what foods you need to increase for insulin resistance. Try to eat less sugars, but more fiber and complex carbohydrates. Under carbohydrates on the nutritional facts, you'll see the sugars and dietary fiber listed. You…

You're gaining over a pound a week on average, so you're definitely underestimating the amount of calories you consume. Even if you had massively overestimated your exercise calories burned, it still wouldn't cover your weight gain. So I'd recommend weighing and measuring everything that enters your mouth for a month.…

Your diary is not open for people to view. Since you have insulin resistance, I can only say to learn about the glycemic index and how to properly use that in deciding what foods to eat. It's pretty important to see what someone is actually eating before giving more specific advice when dealing with something like insulin…

If you're hungry while running a large calorie deficit (even if not "hunger pains") I strongly recommend eating more. Once your body has adjusted (a few weeks at most), you should not be hungry, you should not have muscle pain for more than an hour or two after your normal exercise routine, you should not constantly feel…

A lot of people eat all of their exercise calories back, a lot eat half, and a lot don't eat any of their exercise calories back. What is right for you is a personal choice, but MFP assumes you'll eat them all back. If you don't, you'll lose weight faster. Before and after an intense workout (where you push your muscles,…

If you are eating large amounts of protein in your diet, you will not have to worry much since you'll get enough of all essential amino acids. But if you are restricting calories or not eating a protein-heavy diet, you should learn about how to make sure you're getting all of your essential amino acids. Most vegetarian…

You didn't provide any information or open your diary for others to see, so here's some completely generic information that may or may not be related to your specific concern. If you've been eating back 100% of your exercise calories, try eating back only 50% of them for a couple weeks. MFP may be overestimating the amount…

If you're doing TDEE-20, that number is your goal calories every day. You won't eat back exercise calories, just the same 1740 regardless of exercise done that day. That should result in losing just under a pound a week. Your BMR almost definitely did not go down by eating 1200 calories for a single month. If you want to…

Yes, hunger causes people to have a harder time controlling their anger. It's due to serotonin, at least according to a study from Cambridge a few years back. The press release for the study is at http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/serotonin-levels-affect-the-brain%E2%80%99s-response-to-anger

If you want, try eating back only 50% of your exercise calories as long as you're not hungry. MFP might be overestimating how many calories you are burning. But always eat over your BMR even if you do no exercise. And readjust if you find you're losing weight too fast doing that. Your metabolism will slowly increase as…

Ask if he set a goal for himself for the week. Not a weight loss goal, but a goal like "eat veggies at least 3 times this week" or "exercise at least 2 hours this week" or whatever. If he says no, just share a mini-goal you set for yourself and maybe ask him to support you in reaching it. From then on, just share your own…

Even in your own explanation, (a) is adding muscle mass. (b) is the maximum limit of your existing strength. The harder you push your muscles, the more often the neurons fire and cause your muscle to twitch until they reach tetanic contraction. Once at tetanic contraction, that's it. The related muscle motor unit is in a…

When I tried to deny myself the foods I like, the temptation would just build and build until I'd eventually just decide to let it go one day and eat tons of terrible stuff. Then sometimes the next day I'd feel bad and turn it into two days, etc. The trigger was almost always something not directly under my control,…

1610 sounds kind of low as a daily goal. If you're not exercising and just doing diet, 1.5 pounds a week is probably too aggressive. If you are exercising, maybe try setting your goal to 1 pound a week and just don't eat your exercise calories back or eat 50% of them back. Just make sure you're not hungry longer than a…

The stomach bacteria is normal. Obese people often have more of them than non-obese people. The way you avoid those bacteria producing fat is by not feeding them refined sugar, alcohol, etc. If you want, you can even take a probiotic. You can absolutely lose fat while these stomach bacteria exist. They don't even impact…

It seems like you're happy with the rate you've been losing weight since resuming your diet and exercise plan, so I wouldn't lower your activity level setting while also increasing your actual activity level in that situation. Just congratulate yourself and keep up the awesome progress. If I'm wrong and you're just happy…

Unless you are starving yourself by eating too little, the headache is something else. It's quite often dehydration when people are trying to lose weight, so make sure you're drinking tons of water.

1. It's included in MFP's calculations. You should have filled out a question about activity level when signing up with choices like Sedentary, Lightly Active, etc. which is where it estimates the calories you burn that aren't logged. 2. A well-designed 30 day challenge should already have rest days. The workouts may also…

If you are frequently eating only 900 calories a day, yes you are messing with your long-term goals. You can't get the nutrients you need long-term out of 900 calories a day.

You lost 3 pounds (3500 x 3 = 10500 calories) more than expected in the first two weeks, or 750 calories per day. So to lose only 1.5 pounds a week if you were eating 1730 before, you'd have to eat 2480 calories a day. To lose only 1 pound a week, you'd have to eat 2730 calories a day. TDEE would be 3230 calories a day, so…

Insanity tells you to eat a lot because it is focusing on increasing your metabolism rather than focusing on weight loss. If you want to prioritize weight loss, that's fine. You'll still increase your metabolism, but perhaps not as much. For eating during Insanity, you should make sure you eat enough protein that your…

Yes. You'll need to update TDEE once in a while anyways, as it will change as your weight changes. I think people recommend to update at least every 10 pounds.

BMR is definitely the lowest amount of calories you should consume for any extended period of time. Intermittent fasting and some other plans might have you under BMR for a couple days at a time, but you shouldn't stay under for weeks at a time or anything. If you make relatively minor changes (like 500 calories a day) you…

Most likely 1664 is safe. BMRs are usually overestimated online. I suspect you're underestimating your TDEE though. If you lose weight faster than just over half a pound a week, you underestimated your TDEE by setting your activity level too low.

You generally should not eat under your BMR. BMR (Basal Metabolic Rate) is how many calories you need just to keep your internal organs running. If you eat below your BMR for too long, you risk your body trying to protect those organs by lowering your metabolism. If the site shows you a TDEE number, that is how many…

When you're doing weights or anything that strains your muscles, you're going to gain muscle if you're eating enough amino acids (protein) and have the rest of the nutrients required. You will tear your muscles during the workouts, and then your body repairs those tears and builds new strands of muscle to reduce the…

You can very easily gain muscle while running a calorie deficit. Muscle is a little over 600 calories per pound, but fat is about 3500 calories per pound.

From what you said, you'd be losing 403 calories a day or ~0.8 lbs a week. You should either eat less than your exercise calories back or properly calculate TDEE to include your exercise. For 1.5 lbs a week, you need to average a 750 calorie deficit each day.

Show yourself instead of "him" that: 1. You can do really hard things, and losing weight was just one of the really hard things you decided to do. 2. You are one of the lucky ones. You can make what is hard appear easy to others. You make others jealous of what you can accomplish. And you know this because you were once on…