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Calories in homemade sauces???
Hello everyone! I was just wondering how you count calories in sauces when you’re just throwing a bit of this and that into a pan and going with it. For example: tonight I cooked some chicken in a pan and made a sauce from the drippings with chicken broth, lemon juice, some flour, and bunch of various spices. Obviously…
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Too High of a Deficit?
So I was totally on track for my weigh loss goals for almost a year until I got the Nexplanon implant in my arm, and something about the hormones made me gain almost 10lbs in a month which was SUPER FRUSTRATING (I didn't think my diet changed but I hadn't been counting calories for a few months and there's a good chance…
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Nexplanon Implant Weight Gain???
I got my Nexplanon birth control implant in about 3 months ago, and once my body adjusted I gained almost 10lbs in a month without any change in diet/increase in food intake. I hadn't been exercising, but for the past 6 months have been steadily losing weight on a moderate diet and lots of sleep. I'm going to take 3 weeks…
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Saddlebags and different fat consistencies???
Ever since puberty, I've had that typical "hips are the widest point/saddlebag" look. It flattens and widens out my butt, which would look great if not for the saddlebags pushing it outwards. I'm mostly okay with this, since sometimes it even looks GOOD in the right clothes (hello curves) and I've lost 20lbs slowly but…
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Two diligent weeks and nothing????
I'm 19, 5'5", and 171 lbs. I'm trying to lose that freshman 15 plus some, and a little over two weeks ago, I started being really diligent about diet and exercise. Working out 3 times a week to start and logging everything I eat (keeping it at or under 1200). I try to lose weight at some point just about every year, and…