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Fantastic work!!

What do you do for climbing? Rock climbing with weights seems to help me a lot blast through stalls :)

How many calories were you eating on your diet if you felt that badly malnourished!! That is what I would be concerned about! Pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and get back on this ride. Remember, you're doing a lifestyle change, not a quick fix.

Under cardio, enter strength training.

Yup!! Time to pick heavy things up and put them back down. Congrats on your weight loss!

Dang it. I thought you got to drink 7lbs of juice in 7 days... :(

I don't think netting above your BMR is unnecessary....

...Instead you should calculate your TDEE - 15% here : http://iifym.com/iifym-calculator/ and eat that. You won't lose fat with diet alone ("abs are made in the kitchen") I've lost 13lbs in 3.5 months (I lost 10lbs in 2 months, and have been fighting this last month with personal problems and not eating as well).

Yes, I mean net

Aside from being fully confused about what you're doing with exercise calories, if you are eating 1500/day as your diary says, you are not eating enough to not eat up your muscle stores. Your BMR is probably more like 1700-1800 and you really shouldn't eat less than that if you want to not lose muscle.

I'm confused. Do you just mean you eat your TDEE?

Wait, you do TDEE and you eat back exercise calories? That means you're double counting...

Your TDEE is your total daily energy expenditure, that is, the total amount of energy it takes for you to do all the things you do in a day (walk, cook, work, work out, etc).That means, if you eat exactly your TDEE you will maintain. Your BMR is your basal metabolic rate, this is the amount of energy your body needs JUST…

This post breaks my heart a little bit. You seem like such a motivated/determined person yet all you post is negative things about yourself. I know that I am guilty of the same things, often, which is why I think this post struck a nerve, but please, in addition to seeking help, PLEASE try to say one nice thing about…

What the what?! RECIPE!?!?!!!!!??????!!

Can you get your work to pay for a hotel with a kitchenette or even a microwave? If yes, you could pack food you make at home and microwave. Otherwise, you could pack yogurt and granola for breakfast and grab those pre-packaged grocery store salads for lunch. That at least gets you 2/3 or the way there!

You should go see a doctor.

This. 1L is not close to enough. Otherwise, I too love coffee. *cheers* :drinker:

Not trying to be a jerk, but do you maybe think you're dizzy because you're underweight? My boyfriend is 6 ft 150 and a STICK!! I can't imagine if he was 20lbs lighter, I think he'd have to lose a kidney or two.... Maybe you should try to go up a touch?

Just wondering, could you do: vodka diet Water vodka diet diet water diet water (repeat) Cutting the vodka after a few drinks will save you 120 calories per drink, but having a few will still allow you to have fun and get a little loose. Also, less booze will (at least with me) lead to less snacking.

The guidelines on sugar are Women 30g Men 40g per day. You seem to be hitting that just fine. So I guess my next question is how big are you? It seems like you're eating a fair bit of protein, but I don't know how big you are. Also, how much water are you drinking? THAT could easily be making you dizzy, especially with the…

Open your diary. I can't imagine you need MORE sugar. Sugar is one of those energy sources that you burn up quickly, you eat it, and assuming you need energy, your body burns it quickly and then you're out of energy. I'm not sure how much of stuff you're eating, but I would guess more protein and fat. Those take longer to…

I take MediLyte tablets for my migraines, that might help? A box of 100 for $9.

It is shaped like "riblets" (aka veggie ribs)

Grams measure weight, cups, tbsps measure volume. There wont be ONE conversion as different foods have different weights (per unit volume) google has some common conversions, but you should probably just get a scale.

I never understand why people feel the right to tell give you unsolicited dietary advise. (or question your ability to make choices about what to feed yourself). If you question a meat eater, you're a militant vegan. But its okay to question a vegan. And god forbid, the opposite of the ice cream skinny fat girl! If you…

Your body keeps extra water around for a variety of reasons including too much salt, you don't drink enough water, and I think there are others. So when you go on a diet, if you cut sodium or start drinking lots of water, your body flushes out all the extra water it had been holding on to, and woosh! You lose weight.…

This is amazing! I'm gonna save this!

I fit all of your criteria but I'm under 30 (just turned 26) and with no children. If you'd like to be freeends :flowerforyou:

Amazing!! I just give the death glare. I'm pretty sure if I glared any harder I would be able to summon the force and choke them from across the room. I don't understand why people feel like they have the right to even ask!!