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If you want to lose fat, you need to be in a caloric deficit. It doesn't matter if you get that through eating what your body requires and creating the deficit by working out, or simply eating less calories to create the deficit. Not losing fat? Then you're probably not in a caloric deficit.

All you need is a caloric deficit. How you want to achieve that deficit, that's up to you.

Does everyone have to find everything sexy? I'm not a big fan of ANY visual muscle on women. I just don't find it attractive. Luckily there are plenty of people that do, but that doesn't mean I have to have the same opinion. Personal taste, it separates us from one another. No need to be offended by anyone's opinion.

Tracking protein intake, and somewhat tracking my overall caloric intake so I never go crazy low or crazy high.

Since we're talking about a hypothetical situation that'll never happen to me, I'll have 3 pizzas, 15 pancakes, 6 beers and 2 glasses of wine to top it off. To hell with only 750 calories.

I make my own ham and cheese grilled sandwiches: 2 slices of lightly toasted bread, with 15g of 30+ cheese and 20g of grilled ham in between. ~225 kcal, 30g carbs, 6g fat, 24g protein. One or two of those with 250ml of 0% fat milk. Love it.

Perhaps if it was a response to: "I really get hungry right before bedtime and I like to eat 500kcal worth of food before I take a nap".

Thirst and hunger are signs of our body telling us to get out of our extreme deficits. Just because you're not thirsty, doesn't mean you can't be dehydrated. While some dehydration won't ring your body's alarm bells, it doesn't mean you shouldn't optimally hydrate.

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Sadly fat loss work as 'last in, first out', and belly fat is what's stored first. So... your last fatties will (for most people) be at the belly. It's never impossible to get rid of them, it'll just take time. How much time it takes depends on the belly, but everything's possible.

You really live on the edge bro. I'm kind of jealous!

Both over 6' and 6", but I'm still wondering why that'd be relevant to answer fitness questions.

Wait, you perfectly know what's wrong. Do you want us to repeat it? Here it goes: I think you overestimate the calories you eat. Happy?

Let me start out by saying that I will never give anyone advice that doesn't approach me. Personally anyone can bother me and give me pointers or ask anything about my training, but I'm well aware a lot of egos don't allow discussions. I'll give a full lecture to whoever requests the slightest bit of information. Even…

There's a huge difference between cleaning up your diet to put yourself in a safe caloric deficit and 'depriving yourself'. Just saying...

I think it's cute that you think that having easy access to water(-based products) automatically means people consume them.

I never workout in a fasted state. Not because I think it's better, but because it would make me uncomfortable. I don't like to set myself up for skipping future workouts. Do whatever works for yourself though.

Depends. If you are already on a deficit and exercise for the health benefits, do eat them back if it would put you into a too big deficit. However, if you exercise to create a deficit, then eating the calories back isn't the most logical option.

For pure fat loss, no, cardio is not necessary for people who are able to create a caloric deficit by adjusting their diet. That being said, cardio does offer a variety of health benefits. If the benefits cardio offers you is worth it to you, keep doing it. If it doesn't don't do it. Welcome to the circle-jerk of lifters…

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It's probably still on the high end if you take the gains of 3 guys combined :P

You can even lift and do cardio on the same day if you want. Just don't do cardio and lifting right after each other, unless you really need to. On separate days is always good.

^this. And log your calories. Snacks are a lot less lovable when you see they destroy your goals.

There is no such thing as 'spot fat removal', sadly enough. What you can do is do some strength training to give yourself some shape. And no, it won't make you look like a bodybuilder.

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Eat a lean as possible dinner, acknowledge you made a small mistake in planning and learn from it :) Plan ahead. Personally I log my food right before I'm about to eat it, so I can correct myself in advance. I never overeat unless I chose to do so in advance. Just make sure you've got enough food choices in your house the…

The computer being down is no reason not to log. Should have written down what you are on paper, and planned on logging it digitally as soon as the computer was up and running again. Well, a bit too late now, but perhaps something for the next time ;)

A. I would save some extra calories for the meal, but by far not 'all' the calories of the day. B. No. C.Rough estimates. D. No, but I do chose what to eat with some care. I'll try to grab something that forms a 'normal' meal. E. I'll even drink two glasses, no problem, but I'll fit them in my calories. F. A cheat DAY?…

No cheat days here. I do have one cheat meal, like pizza, per week and always fit it roughly in my macros. Worst I'll do while cutting is hit my TDEE and thus have a day I break even. Normally I still hit my daily goals. Overeating is something that happens when you plan poorly, or perhaps don't plan at all.

I weigh myself every day, but I never compare my weight with the day before. I always compare my weight with the data from the same day of the previous week. Every day of the week is my 'once a week' measurement like that ;)