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I've had the same thing with coffee (also it tastes like hot trash). Have you tried energy drinks or preworkout? I've found that different ones affect me differently.

All calories ARE the same. Eating clean doesn't matter. Your calories, macronutrients, and micronutrients matter. Meal timing and frequency doesn't matter. It sounds like you're going off of broscience from magazines.

A calorie deficit is what creates weightloss. It’s that simple. There are several different eating styles that may help in sustaining that calorie deficit: IIFYM/Flexible Dieting, Low Carb, Clean Eating, etc. I’d recomend IIFYM/Flexable Dieting (as it’s the easiest I’ve found). Google them and see which seems good to you.…

You’re overcomplicating it. A calorie deficit will help you lose weight (fat and muscle). It doesn’t matter how that deficit is created, intermittent fasting/iifym/flexible dieting/clean eating, etc. It’s the calorie deficit that is causing the weight loss not the eating style. Cardio (any cardio) will burn calories,…

You can maintain weight, if your calories are at maintenance. Meaning you eat the same amount of calories as your body burns per day. No cardio needed. But cardio has benefits for cardiovascular health and burns calories, giving you more available calories to eat. I'd recommend that you keep looking into lifting as it can…

Sorry that's not what I was asking.

So sorry you're having a rough time. Don't worry though you're in the right place to successfully lose weight. "Eating clean" won't keep you from gaining weight if you're in a caloric surplus. The only way to know how many calories you're really eating is with a digital food scale. Weigh all solids, only use measuring cups…

Thanks, basically what I was thinking.

I guess it might depend on if your body can matabolize enough bodyfat to make up the deficit, plus the energy needed to build the muscle.

Thanks, bookmarked to read when I get a chance.

My question being, if your macros are on point, meaning you have enough dietary protein, would your fat stores count as a caloric surplus? Technically as we cut our bodies are still using the same amount of calories per day. While we may be at a food created deficit, our bodies have available energy from our fat. So if our…

LMAO :D

Haha, do we get gold stars if we got the answer right!?

Lol, I was hoping you'd explain it to me.

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arditarose as always, you're impressive AND awesome!! Thanks!! If I'm reading it right, it seems to say it is possible?

Yeah, I've read that before. It doesn't really address anything other than general knowledge. I’m more curious about a detailed answer as to what's going on.

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Awesome attitude!!

About the "no support" part, why not add a picture, and add some friends on here? Food and fitness focused friends can help. Also I'm pretty sure I've seen quite a few ballet dancers on here over the years.

Google says a healthy range for your height is 125-163lbs. It sounds like you may be hyper focussed on your body image. But that is common in ballet as far as I know. Is your diet overly restrictive? Only “clean” food? Being too restrictive is hard to maintain, which might be why you’re re-gaining weight. Have you thought…

Eating healthy is about hitting your macronutrient goals (protein, fat, carbs), micronutrients (vitmains) and fiber. A couple things that’ll make it easier are peanut butter and protein powder. Peanut butter is an easy way to get healthy fats (adding honey makes it tastier). Protein powder, well that’s obvious, lol. Bran…

As you lose wieght your deficit gets smaller and smaller, so at a heavier weight you have more room for error and still be able to lose. You've managed to still stay at a deficit. Closer to your goal weight you'll find that you have to be very accurate.

I gained as much knowledge as I could, so I really understood what I was doing and why. I read all of the stickied posts at the top of each forum section, learned about macros, micros, flexible dieting/iifym. There is so much bad information put out by the diet and fitness industry. I read the forums, there’re so many…

It's a math equation, calories in vs calories out (cico). It doesn't matter where the calories come from. I'd guess you're doing some dancing while out, which would burn some calories. It also takes time for your body to process everything, plus dehydration, so it won't necessarily show the next day.

Protein and fat are minimums not maximums. It's fine to go over as long as you're within your calorie goals. Also "clean food" is not %100 necessary. If you can fit treats within your calorie and macro goals feel free to do so (it will make dieting much easier to sustain).

I’d say weight lifting is generally low impact, and has the added bonus of allowing you to sculpt your body. Look for "New rules of lifting for women". Also biking/recumbent biking are low impact.

Ah ok, well that is a good move eliminating trigger foods (sorry to hear about the binge eating disorder. I know it can be rough). Like I said, the BBG diet is unnecessarily restrictive (old school “broscience” clean eating) so I wouldn’t worry about it. Progressive overload is, lifting progressively heavier and heavier…

Body type shouldn’t really matter. It just depends on body composition (muscle to fat ratio). Carbs get a bad wrap, they are just fuel for your workouts. As long as you’re within your calories they aren’t going to become fat. From what I’ve seen of BBG, it seems to be high reps with low weight. It’d be quicker to lift…