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Do you mean TDEE and not BMR? Your BMR is your basic metabolic weight...what you burn if you stayed in bed all day. You should subtract from your TDEE (total daily expected expediture). Also do you weigh everything you eat on a food scale (no cups or measuring spoons unless liquids!!!)? You could most definitely be eating…

Well here's the deal for me. When I started lifting my noob gains were great. I gained a lot of strength pretty fast but being in a deficit it eventually stopped and I started feeling more tired and was having trouble lifting which was when I took a break. My plan was to drop another 5 pounds and get down to 125 and then…

Hey I follow IIFYM so I've never felt deprived of foods i love which is nice :) 1200 would probably work for me though it's quite difficult to cut those extra calories so I'm just going to do it through cardio. 2 pounds a week is a lot! How close to your goal are you?

Thanks for the add :)!

No I don't pay attention to bmi. It's because my tdee is lower based on my height and weight so I have much less room for error. For example my taller friend can eat 1700 calories and lose weight whereas that's more calories than my tdee :p

Despite the long haul being annoying lol it is comforting to know that I might be losing without even knowing :) with the added cardio hopefully it'll be a little more prevalent on the scale but ultimately I'm going by how I look, not how I weigh

Yes I second your correction! Muscle takes up less space Sundayt, though a lb of muscle and a pound of fat are the same weight. :)

I'm going to start doing some hiit 3x a week and occasionally steady state and see how the extra calorie burn works. One person on another post said the only way they successfully got down was diet, lifting and cardio (which I mean is obvious) but hopefully that'll work for me too since my cardios been lacking!

Heh I actually do most of what you said for 2-4. Drinking 65 oz water a day but didn't consider drinking right before a meal. I aim for 200-300 calorie meals and on occasion I hit 300-400 but usually cause it wasn't possible in whatever circumstance :p I get between 100-120 grams of protein. I could definitely use more…

String cheese, cottage cheese, protein powder/bars, Special K protein cereal, eggs + egg whites, low fat greek yogurt, kefir, edamame, tuna, enlightened ice cream bars (my treat lol). Just some ideas but I feel your struggle!

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I get frustrated when people don't weigh, at least when they are starting out! I had one person tell me they didn't need to and then a few days later they posted that their weight loss stalled. Hmmmmm

Yes and yes measuring and weighing is definitely not the problem. I'm usually the one telling people that :)

Yeah I thought lifting and just following iifym would do it but it appears cardio is the missing key. Thanks everyone!

Yeah I really wanted to try and get to 125 then do a small clean bulk and then cut again cause I know I could use some more muscle mass so the last bit of fat comes off easier. It's so hard but maybe it's just a lot of cardio I need. I clearly don't have the deficit I need!

I've never had it measured but I'm assuming it's around 23/24%. Can't add muscle in a deficit unless noob gains :)

twice this week I forgot to log one day which is weird but both times I didn't eat them back :p that day with 122 I went over and quickly burned that off.

- Still have a lot of fat and the goal number is just a number. I'm way more focused on overall appearance so no worries there. But not settling for where I'm at :p heh -True. I'm a heavy lifter so I've got the strength training down. I'm thinking I need to up cardio cause I rarely do it. - yes I do. My tdee is apparently…

I always get it there! It's cheaper than buying it in the store too I think! You should try it OP :)

Yeah there's actually no difference in how men and women should train/bulk/cut. It just takes me longer to build any muscle from lack of testosterone lol :) but yeah! To build muscle you either need to be a beginner or eating at a surplus. @lgquinnross‌ @robotfood love your username haha and yes! I used to run a lot and…

@jddicarlo yay! I'd love to help you stay motivated and I love helping out with weight loss!

@lgquinnross‌ thanks! It's very exciting but it's been hard since I really have little room for error! I've been lifting for about a year and I'm at 90lbs bench, 150 deadlift and 135 squat which is a big difference from when I started :) haven't been able to add much in this deficit. I plan to bulk after I lose a little…

Bump!

I've done carb cycling and it seemed to work pretty well but it was because it forced me to lower my calories a little more on low carb days! Are you weighing everything using a scale (not cups unless its a liquid)? I'm on my last 10 pounds and it has been very difficult, but it is because I have to be super meticulous…

Very smart choice! It's just impossible to track anything when you eat out a lot. It was basically the cause of my weight gain. Good luck and you can do it!

Most things you buy will have the amount in cups and then grams usually in parenthesis. For example, the cereal I usually eat says 3/4 cups per serving but then next to that it says 31g.

Do you weigh all of your food on a scale?

All great! Thanks everyone!

Thank you! Yeah, I've just been having a lot of trouble losing fat and I weigh everything I eat. I'm thinking I just have to be overeating somehow so I want to make sure I'm tracking everything as closely as possible.

Oh I love this, thank you!