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Thanks, both responses are both super helpful. I was just a bit alarmed by how much I was over-stepping or going under my macros by! It's difficult enough going through the transition of anything I want, whenever I want it to a set amount of calories. Couldn't be dealing with breaking it down further! Changed my salt…

I'd put your activity level as sedentry, then log your exercises seperately. That's the most accurate way, that way if you miss a day of the shred or whatever, you can account for it! :)

Oh, I'm sorry if I've offended anyone! I was under the impression that forums were here to give and recieve advice/chat/share information ;) There are my examples, I would like to know if hormones do have a role to play, if they could slow down or prohibit a deficit from working effectively. Probably not, but hey, I like…

They got me with talk of hormones that are not produced if you eat too little, hormones that regulate insulin and cause the body to store fat and slow the metabolism down. Not so much that it would make you fat as such, just that it's not the best way to go about denting. Hence why I wanted to get the opinion of people who…

Thanks for all the replies. I know that on MFP calorie counting is integral to the system, it is just frustrating when other sites completely contradict this. Something also about how a deficit, even a healthy one, stunts the growth of the hormone that breaks down fat, making calorie counting counter productive. However,…