JustinHastings

If you're 1200 below on some days, then are you significantly higher on other days? Do you know what your average daily intake is, judging from a week or two of your numbers? If you give me a little bit more information, I'd be happy to help you out and offer some advice.

MFP estimates are just that - estimates. Actual caloric needs can vary tremendously from person to person. If you've been maintaining your weight for 20 years, then it's pretty safe to say that you have your maintenance diet right :) To improve nutrition, just ignore MFP's recommendations and use it as a log. Then you can…

Comments about my age at 29: "You're so young." "You're such a baby." "You have your whole life ahead of you." Comments about my age at 30: "How does it feel to be an old man?" "Have you started feeling it in the gym yet?" "When did we get so old?" I swear, it was like a day and night change after my 30th birthday lol.…

I always plan in advance for social events so I can make sure to really enjoy them. The last thing I want to do at a barbecue or holiday dinner is worry about how many calories I'm eating. Here are a few of the tips I use to make sure I don't do much, if any, damage: - If an event is at night, I'll create a calorie sink…

Strength training absolutely burns calories, as does any physical activity, but I don't believe MFP adds calories to your daily allowance from strength training. I imagine this is because it's too difficult to properly estimate calories burned with weight training, but that's just speculation. Weight training helps you…

I have to agree with pretty much all of this. Instead of doing 30-60 cals per week, try increasing by 10% a week. This should increase your caloric intake a lot faster while still giving your body a chance to adapt to the higher calories.

Ah OK, if you're lifting weights 3x a week and doing HIIT, then you could definitely be doing a slow body recomposition. This would explain why you're the same weight, but looking better in progress photos. Glad to hear you feel great and are so active! Keep up the good work!

For both myself and people I work with, I think it's best NOT to eat your active calories back. Just set a daily calorie goal and stick to it. It keeps things simple and you can get into more of a routine with your diet. Then, if you're not seeing progress, make adjustments to your caloric intake as necessary. For the vast…

One of my clients has lost over 20 lbs in just over 2 months, drinking 1-2 glasses of red wine every night of the week. It's definitely possible! The challenge is that you have to fit the wine into your daily calories, and if you're trying to lose weight, you're already going to be eating less than you normally would be.…

Sorry to tell you this, but it's very doubtful that you've been losing fat slowly, even over several months, if your scale weight hasn't changed at all. Are you doing any weight training? If so, you may have lost a little bit of fat and gained a little bit of muscle, which could be a reason why your body appears smaller to…

Welcome to MFP and best of luck to you! In my experience, logging your diet is the best way to guarantee consistent progress, so you're definitely in the right place! I'm a certified trainer so feel free to add me and ask me any questions if you have them, I'd be happy to help.

After the 2-3 minute warmup, go right into your warmup sets for lifting. 5x5 is a great program, just make sure you warm up properly for your lifts. I do 4 warm up sets with 60 seconds rest in between each one before starting my real sets.

First of all, congratulations on the weight you've lost already. Sounds like you've been doing a great job! 1. I don't see a problem with you both doing the same workout for now, as long as you're both getting results. As you're still trying to lose weight, your goal should be to maintain strength while losing fat.…

This is one of the warm ups I regularly use: 10 calf raises 10 knee circles in each direction 10 leg swings (10 per leg) 5 torso circles in each direction 5 toe touches (bending your knees and looking forward) Do all of this without any rest and you won't even need to do light cardio to start, because it will be enough to…