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Okay. ATM I'm shooting for 100g of protein/day. I weigh 158 right now. That may not be enough but I'm working on it. Thanks for the info!

Thank God. An answer. I heart you. :) Thanks for the info.

So it has to be one at a time... But if I were to get some muscle, then go back to cutting back calories to lose fat...won't I also lose the muscle...?

Well, what I'm really looking for here is: the idea is you can't build in a deficit (just to be general about it, I get your points) BUT that also the muscle doesn't show until the fat reduces...how exactly is the muscle reducing if there is no deficit? I am really just asking how to do this, LOL. Build some muscle...and…

I missed one big one and therefore didn't really read the rest. Well, hypothetically big.

Okay, got it. Thanks. But then...how am I losing fat as you say, without a deficit?

Thanks much. Yes, it's hard to clarify. I am going to 1600 and keeping up the workouts. I do like that part (working out heavier). Thanks again and happy holidays. :)

I think the snarkiness connected with this is odd. Same thing on the FB group. If you ARE happy then why the snark? Not every method works for everyone, and if this clearly is the way to go I don't see the need for defensiveness at any challenge to the method. Just odd. As I said, I do wish you well and am glad for you. If…

Yet weirdly, before this, I lost 60 lbs. I am stuck now, too, except stuck and fatter. I don't begrudge anyone anything and frankly am thrilled for those for whom this works. Life is hard. Any way to make it easier is a plus in my book. For me, eating more but getting back to the obese category is not making things easier.…

I don't get it, if that is the case then how did I lose 60 pounds under extreme stress, being very hungry? I just don't feel this is working. Good luck and happy holidays to one and all.

I really am an outlier. Sux. Oh well, there are worse things. I am just so tired of fighting with food. I have been fighting with food since 1978.

Yes. LOL. "Abort! Abort! Pull for shore! For the love of God, man...save yourself!!" And yes to the last paragraph. My feelings on it, too.

Thanks, heybales. Yes, I've been pretty stressed out, TBH. A high-carb day sounds delightful. Well, measurements were the same 5 days after the first measurement...next measurement day is Tuesday; I plan on making that my weekly measure-in. :) I guess what I'm saying is...I'm not actually measuring more.

Thank you. I have worked out but much less intensively for two years. I just started the strength training three weeks ago. I would like not to worry about the scale but with this gain, am teetering on the edge of obese.

I will give it a month. Thanks so much for the help!

Yep, and my next measurement will be Tuesday. I am doing curls, squats and the usual suspects with hand held weights, circuit training, mostly to Hasfit on YouTube.

Thank you so much. Yes, believe it or not - this is so embarrassing to admit, I started with just five pounds per hand and as soon as that got easier I went up to 8. 8 are my heaviest so I am going to need to get heavier ones. I also have bands coming in for Christmas, supposedly can go up to 40 pounds resistance or…

Oh, fantastic. Yes, circuit training with squats, curls and the like.

Ugh, that all sounded snotty. I should just say...thank you for the replies.

Thanks. I understand the deficit principle...have lost 50 lbs. I am now doing Eat More 2 Weigh Less. Unfortunately the group really is not active. And no, exercise for health isn't the full story. Exercise can indeed change the way a person looks. I don't want to be dismissive but the question was specific to rest between…

Right, I mean if he NEVER wanted to see you that way again I was picturing one of those terrible pics you see floating around for mean people to make fun of, of the severely overweight person in a half-shirt stuffing her mouth with cake hunched over quadruple-rolls and looking up in guilty terror at the camera. Instead…

Are these the pics you also sent to that guy? I can see your great progress but holy hell, you already had a banging' body! I mean what on earth...? This is just weird. P.s. I love your friend. Awesome, LOL.

These pics are truly inspirational.

Thank you. It has been two and a half weeks.

I do eat sweet although even then the water should be leveling off at some point...I mean water/fluid moves, you are always getting rid of some even as you're bringing in more. For protein I find my protein goal hard too, so I eat lots of chicken which seems to really amp the protein count.

Oh my God, so funny. I don't mean it's funny that you got hurt, that part is awful but I am just imagining his "I did NOT say that" look that surely must have followed. Oh dear goodness. My otherwise sensitive, appreciative and (you won't believe this after reading the following) intelligent ex-husband once said to me,…

I love carbs but if for whatever reason you're trying to control yours to a certain amount, the place they're probably adding up is in the fruits (depending upon the fruit) and higher-carb veggies, often potatoes and the like. You should be able to see where the higher-carb costly foods are on your Food diary.

The thing is, when someone is negging you, you're SUPPOSED to doubt yourself. Run, Forest.

Just...all of this. JMO.

Do you mean the exact foods or do you mean how much? 1800 calories a day going up to about 2100 on off days, workouts or walking 6-7 days a week, try to get 100g protein and my other macros are pretty much falling off into line with that by themselves...it's never exact but always in the ballpark.