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Thanks for the help. I'll use some of your hint's and just not eat so much so that if I am off, it won't affect my overall dieting goals. Thanks again.

Also this is an estimate for cake that I did not make. If I made it myself I could measure what I put into it and calculate a more exact result.

It could be bloating. I just had a 3 day binge fest and gained 10 lb's. Ate back at my normal diet for 3 days and I am now only 1 lb over where I was before the binge.

Also if you are cutting 350 calories a day, it becomes crucial not to binge or go out drinking. A 1-2000 calorie binge night with the ladies on the weekend can kill the results you are trying to make, so be wary of such things.

You normally have elevated heart rate while sick, which means you are processing more fluids than normal(which is why people tell you to drink lots of fluids). Even if I am drinking tons of water and eating soup I tend to loose a few lbs while sick.

I first lose fat on my arms chest and then abdominal. My fat tends to stay on my *kitten* and thighs, it's kind of a notorious thing on my fathers side of the family that we all have particularly large thighs.

Those ratios are consistent with my own. It's normally 1g protein per lb of lean body mass. Arnold was doing 1g protein per lb when he was Mr. Olympia so I consider it a high end for protein intake although some people do more.

There was a guy a while back who thought he needed to loose more weight after having lost 150 or so lb's and when he showed us pictures it was just excess skin. We pretty much unanimously told him that he should not loose more weight, but really focus on bulking up to fill in the skin a bit.

I'm cutting it for my first hundred days(currently day 31). Partially about physical health, and partially mental. I want to prove to myself that I don't need to be intoxicated to be social so the last 3 times I've gone out with friends I haven't had a lick to drink. The first time sucked, but slowly I've gotten used to…

This is the truth. There are hundreds of diets that work, if you can stick to them.

You have a great opportunity right now to reach a better level of self-knowledge. If I were you I would try to understand the circumstances and environment that led me to make a bad choice, what was different about today that made it easy to make a choice that you now regret. With that knowledge you can avoid repeating…

Can't you just eat a handful of nuts, I mean that's 3-500 calories right there.

I remember going to Palm Springs for vacation and waking up and doing an hour of body weight exercises every other day. My friends thought I was crazy, but in reality I was trying to maintain my sanity. It's also a good idea to make plans to do active things when you are on vacation like swimming at the beach or going bike…

Perhaps look at the pictures of you 18 lb's heavier and ask yourself if you want to go back there. I lost 90 lb's to gain back 40 and now I've lost 12, so overall I'm down 62 lb's. Sure I a bit miffed that I back tracked, but moving forward is the only direction I can go. The good thing is that I have the confidence to…

I look at the mirror and stare right at it every single day.

Lentils, can't beat the fiber + protein.

Being healthy is a choice you make every moment of the day. Even when chewing a piece of tasty pizza, you have the capability to choose to spit it out, and start eating the right things. Any time you realize you are making a bad choice you have the ability to make the right one.

You also might consider switching up your routine and just going heavier, but doing fewer reps for 4 weeks or try a pyramid. The plateaus experienced by normal people tend to be mental. Our minds and bodies get used to doing 10 reps at X amount of weight so we imagine that we are getting exhausted when in reality we can…

I wouldn't recommend doing anything intense in the morning before eating. You are basically working out on a fast, which means your body is already metabolizing fat stores for energy at that point. If you do an intense workout in that state you will end up metabolizing muscle at a faster rate. A simple medium pace walk in…

Your variance in the ability to lift likely has to do with glycogen stores. For example if I do push ups in the morning when I wake up(basically on a fast) I might be able to do around 25-30 in a min. If I eat a bit of carbohydrate and get a pre-workout I will a little above 40 in a min. Rest is also key. If I have a good…

People make too big of a deal about "slowing down your metabolism." The most your metabolism will slow is by about 20% without you experiencing a severe medical condition. What does happen when you eat all of your calories at once is that you train your body to efficiently metabolize the food you eat into fat since your…

I drink water because I don't feel that soda hydrates me that well. I have drank a few sodas in the past week because I am trying to get rid of them from my graduation party. I normally chase it with a bottle of water.

Not sure what your goal body is, but I know some skinny girls who look at "flabby" parts of their body and think its fat, when it's just untoned muscle.

I second that, if anything she needs to put on 3-5 lb's of lean mass.

I wouldn't say that loosing slower is better. I would agree that there are certain risks that come with loosing a lot of weight quickly that one should recognize. For example loss of muscle mass while on a severely restricted diet is certainly a possibility. Part of it has to do with how efficient one's body is at…

As long as you can deal with any hunger surges sure.

I agree. If you can't maintain the simple discipline of logging your food, how can you expect to maintain the more difficult task of monitoring what you eat?

http://i.imgur.com/BbsXgfp.jpg This bad boy filled me up beyond my limit. It has 27 grams of protein and 405 calories or 325 calories without the Sriracha and Teriyaki sauce(I normally don't add teriyaki sauce but I wanted to change things up and I had some spare calories). It's fairly simple to make, grilled up 3 oz of…

1. Don't reduce water intake. 2. If your sodium is at or below your the recommended daily value then don't worry about it. 3. Creatine retains water(to aid in muscle synthesis). It is often found in protein supplements and pre-workout drinks. 4. If you drink coffee or drinks with caffeine regularly there is a good…

I don't argue with success. If it's working for you why stop? I kept going when all the nay sayers said that my metabolism would stop and i would loose muscle and here I am 60 lbs lighter with 40% more strength than when I started.