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If you're eating at maintenance and gain weight, then you're not eating at maintenance, :) You're over-eating. Your metabolism is a moving target, and your body also begins to adapt well to workout routines, so over time, you lose weight, gain muscles, and your body becomes more efficient at using calories for certain…

Oh, and just a note about the 1200 cals thing, thats a hard limit set in most(MFP included) calculators because that is deemed the smallest amount of calories a person should take in during a day. You can most certainly go below that number, especially if you are overweight, but I would consult a physician or maybe even an…

Ok, BMR calculators aren't super accurate, its just a guesstimate. It doesn't take into account your fat to muscle ratio etc etc. For the most part its usually within 10% of what you are really at though. But your metabolism, and BMR, and RMR, all that garbage is a moving target. So you have to dial it in yourself, the…

Well, saturated fat isn't good for you, but with the calorie restrictions you put on yourself, it will be hard to make those fat numbers really bad. Generally speaking, when you deal with macro breakdown, protein is the harder, and more important number to hit. That obviously helps with muscle growth/repair. I personally…

So, I do a leangains hybrid of my own, and long term I'm not sure about the health benefits, but I really thing the whole "IF" thing is a bit of a hoax. Its just like low carb, or don't eat after 6 type setups. Its just a way to cage off calorie intake. If I eat 1000 calories of steak, I'm not going to be hungry anytime…

After you get to a a lower point, generally, your stomach area, and your butt are what will change in size. So, 2 inches above the navel, at the navel, 2 inches below the navel, and then at your hips. Now, if you do lots of squats or lunges, and gals usually go this route, your hips may not shrink. Most peoples last line…

I'm not sure what kind of workouts you do, but carbs are important in your diet, especially if you do any resistance training. Carb intake can really turn into a battle of will, and cutting them out all together is often easier to do, instead of having small amounts and then craving more carbs. If I were you, I might try…

2lbs a week, on average, is too much. At that point, unless you're severely overweight, which you arent, you'll start to cut into muscle. You want to keep muscle, it burns cals just by being there. The scale is kind of the devil, you need to do some waist, tummy measurements. You'll see that your body is changing shape,…

I have one, its got some good points and some bad. Its not going to give you an actual hard/specific data as far as calories, thats all kind of guesstimated. That said, its a wayyyyyyyy more accurate guesstimate than you will come up with on your own. For me its like this: If I have an ideal week nutritionally, fitness…