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How are you getting that bf% number? I ask because every single body fat measurement method other than postmortem analysis has a +/-3%+ margin of error. Some are up to 8% even.

That's my favorite too. I would not put cheese on them. People put cheese on everything, it seems like, and as a nonmember of the "cheese is life!" club, it gets really old. (I realize that I am not attending your meal and really have no vote on your holiday dinner :blush: .)

This time, don't tell your family that you're working on losing weight.

Yep. It's in the food database. Search "breastfeeding" and you'll get negative calorie entries. The other option that I've seen and I think is a good idea is to eat at maintenance for your weight and allow your nursing calories to create your deficit.

Definitely a big difference! Great work!

Eat in a calorie deficit in order to lose fat. Fill out your MFP profile. Unless you are obese, pick to lose either .5 or 1 lb per week when you set it up. Eat that number of calories daily. This assumes that you truly have fat to lose.

I have no idea what MPG is outside of fuel efficiency. You appear to be describing a diet low in protein. I'd suggest prioritizing protein in order to maintain whatever muscle mass you have in order to avoid long term health issues related to metabolic obesity.

Agreed. For the most part, digital scales are digital scales. A $10-$15 scale is going to be just as good as a model two or three times that cost. Cooking doesn't have to be time consuming or messy. It takes about 15 minutes to grill a hamburger and chop vegetables for a salad and that would dirty, what, a knife, cutting…

I don't track on holidays like Thanksgiving. I usually look at what there is to eat and have what I generally don't get to have the rest of the year and only a bit of the stuff I can get any time. For example. Thanksgiving dinner is the one meal a year when I get fresh roasted turkey so I eat as much as I want (though I…

The absolute only time I go in IG is when someone is showing me a specific link. That's maybe once a week. It's def not my thing.

Go to the USDA Nutrient Database. Search for a food. Once you find it, enter the number that is in the title into the mfp search. Verify that the info on the search results match the USDA numbers. Over time you'll build up a list of items with the right nutrition info by doing this.

My go to breakfasts are: 1 serving (45 g dry) steel cut oats and 2 eggs fried in 7 g coconut oil (eggs go on top of oats), 1 cup 2% or whole Fairlife milk, carafe of coffee, 150-200 g fruit or veg 1-2 slices of toast, 2-3 eggs fried or scrambled in g coconut oil, 1 cup 2% or whole Fairlife milk, carafe of coffee, 150-200 g…

I would really love to go cross country skiing. I've been only one time, when I was around 11. My mom and I decided we wanted to try it so we went to the park and rented skis. We laughed so much because we fell down so much. I'm not even sure if there is a place around where I live now that rents out the equipment like…

Yes, sloooow dooownn. I always joke that when I did C25k my dog would run to the end of his leash and then stand and wait until I caught up, I ran so slowly. It was like running through a field of molasses sometimes but being slow really helped. Also, keep in mind that everybody has a bad workout now and then. That is…

I am more motivated when it's colder outside. I don't like hot weather and think that I have reverse SAD. Give me cold, gray, and cloudy and I'm happy as a lark. I shrink away from warm sunbeams.

There's nothing wrong with coffee. I drink my coffee with milk. I use Fairlife milk as it helps me reach my protein goals. Every single morning I use one cup of either whole or 2% Fairlife as creamer in my coffee. Nothing wrong with that. I'm not really into flavors but I feel like I've seen very low cal syrups online…

Yes, the actual real flu can take quite awhile to recover from. Take it easy for awhile. A few weeks out of a lifetime isn't a bad thing.

I would suggest starting to log but not cut calories right now. Just log from now through the holidays to see what you normally eat while maintaining. Then after the holidays cut back by 100-200 calories per day. By that point you should have a good record of exactly what you eat to maintain and should be able to pick one…

There are dozens and dozens and dozens of threads, posts, mentions of the importance of calorie counting. What exactly are you looking for?

Yes, absolutely.

I do not at all care about abs. I do like having a proportional lower body, butt included, but I don't really specifically focus on that area beyond 3-4 sets of glute bridges each week.

Your weight is dependent on what you've been eating long term, how much food is in your digestive tract, changes in the amount of carbs/sodium you ingest, etc. Skipping a meal isn't going to make a difference if you make up for it at another meal. Don't hyperfocus on such small details. Eat in a deficit and over the long…

Breakfast and dinner are my biggest meals. For breakfast I like 2-3 eggs and either oats or toast, a good sized serving of fruits or veggies, milk, plus coffee. For dinner, it's usually some sort of protein, a bunch of veg, and some kind of starch. My natural tendency is to have light lunches as I get caught up in whatever…

Salad dressing, seeds, nuts, whole milk.

You can do either. In general, if you are going to do them in the same session, whichever one you do second is going to suffer a bit as you'll already be somewhat fatigued. Most people who prioritize lifting would do their lifting first and cardio second if they're doing them in the same session. And then vice versa if…

PCOS does not cause a person to gain 150 lbs in 5 years. Eating too much does that. Averaged out, that's about 300 calories too much per day for 5 years. Before you get all "you don't even know!", keep in mind that I have PCOS. Continue eating low carb if that helps you as it seems to be. Metformin can help with weight…

No, that's not light weight. It's lighter than something you'd generally lift for fewer reps but it's not light weight. OP, you're not going to get a larger butt while shrinking in size (i.e., losing weight) but you can "tone up" (meaning losing fat and showing some muscle.) A program like Strong Curves will give you that…

First, it's normal to have a bit of a lull in weight loss when you initial start lifting. When I switched from bodyweight to true lifting weights, I had a month where I gained 3 pounds, followed by a month where I lost 3 pounds, and then the scale continued downward. During that initial 2 months, my body composition was…

You appear to have a biologically female body. You are proportionate but either leaning to your left a bit or the photo angle is weird.

Oh man, I am so sorry. You have come such a long way and I know that it sucks to have thoughts like this. Truthfully, I try my hardest to keep all of my goals and self-assessments based on health and performance and not on looks. It has been a huge issue for me, one that I didn't expect, but it is what it is. I work around…