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Be prepared for a 1000 daily calorie deficit, which will likely leave you with little to eat and no viable way to get your protein and fats. Also be prepared for the massive weight gain that will ensue. These "gotta lose X by Y" diets are unrealistic at best, and dangerous at worst.

There is no such thing as 'toning' a muscle, it's a figure of speech for losing weight. As you continue to lose fat, your muscles will appear more 'toned' because the skin will be tighter against the muscle. Also, outside of the small muscle growth that occurs when one starts lifting weights, you will be unable to achieve…

Doing this will keep you sane, just make sure you try not to go too high above maintenance, otherwise you'll be reversing your week's effort.

Bulking? That's an easy one, eat all of the food.

DOMS are normal during your first week or two of exercising, but after that there really shouldn't be any discomfort. You may feel "worked" in certain areas after a good workout, but that shouldn't extend to the next day.

I was under the impression the body could grow 2 - 2.5 lbs a month in lean muscle, I don't know where this 5lbs a year came from? That would be utterly ridiculous. Protein is supposed to be 1g / lb of LEAN MASS. To most people, multiplying 0.8 by your total body weight will be close enough. 1.5g/lb is asking for new…

This thread is just what I needed. I did my first cut ever last year, lost around 27lbs, and have been maintaining (or spinning my wheels) for the last few months. I have noticed a very very very small recomp once I reversed my diet into maintenance mode, but have not seen any changes since. I think the mental problem with…

Your protein should generally be more in line with 168 grams (0.8g/lb of bodyweight), fat should be a little higher at 84gs (.4g/lb), and the rest can safely go into carbs. Your overall calorie deficit amount should be absolutely fine.

2 weeks isn't really enough time to tell if you've hit a plateau. Water retention alone can make you think that you're making no progress, and then one day you step on the scale and you're down 4-5 lbs. What is your current deficit, that you are eating so little?

Honestly, I don't know how I would have lost weight without dairy, meat, and some other 'non-whole' foods. I've enjoyed a Snickers almost every day on the side of my diet, and now have these weird "fat chunks" that organize themselves in groups of six on my torso. So strange.

Calculate your maintenance, add in 200 to reflect weight training (you probably burn more than 200 in reality), and then add another 250-300 for the bulk. If you maintain at 1800 calories, eat 2250. Minimum of .8g /lb of protein, .3-.4 g/lb for fats, the rest can be carbs or whatever you'd like.

I really don't think anything on that menu would take you over 800 calories.

And here I've been eating a Snickers almost every day :(

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You can do this if it fits into your macros / daily calories. The thing about nuts is they are higher in fat than protein, and they come out at high calories. They are very good for filling missed fat, if you can fit them into your calorie allotment. I highly recommend shelled pumpkin seeds, as they are much higher in…

Went from a conversation, to me suddenly being a 16 year old emo troll. Looks like this thread is over. Nothing to see here folks.

I've been playing around with a few calculators, including MFP for goals, and either way I change things up I always seem to be told to eat around the same amount of calories. The fact that the excercise levels are so general doesn't help. There's a 400 calories difference between light and moderate activity level. If I…

I'll reduce my deficit by 400 calories starting next week and I'll see how 2000 calories a day feels. To be honest I'm just not a big fan of eating. I love food, cooking is awesome, but eating is meh. Whoever thought you'd run into a person who'd be upset that they had to eat more? :P If it turns out that I am indeed not…

Well, I imagine trying to eat 2500 - 2600 calories a day and I honestly have no idea how I would do it without dense foods. I was actually very surprised to learn that is my maintenance level, as I don't think I've ever really ate at that high of a caloric intake. Except for those days where I would have eaten awful fast…

I'm 5'8 and weight around 150 lbs. I haven't weighed myself in a few months so I could be lower than that, I wanted to give myself some time between weighs. I suppose I'm coming from a weird place, as even before this calorie watching I wasn't eating a lot of food, the food I was eating was unhealthy and high in calories…

The breasts are raw, I'm simply just baking them myself. Should I be using pre cook weight or should I scale my meat after cooking it?