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Three Months in, I Think it's Working! Pics
Eat fewer calories than you expend. Who would've thunk!? Jesting aside, this app has made keeping track of my calories so easy. If only more people knew losing weight wasn't that complicated of a process. After I shed a few more lbs of fat, I may try to bulk up a little bit.
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I weighed myself every day for 30+ days
http://imgur.com/jKvimGe I ate at a consistent calorie deficit every day, but as you can see, the scale varied by up to two pounds in just 24 hours (due to water weight, etc). My point is not to get discouraged if you're taking just two relatively recent data points. As it may not accurately reflect your true fat loss.
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Why do People Say Losing 2 lbs per Week is Only for Overweight People?
I've read multiple times from community members that one should only try to lose 0.5 - 1 lbs per week as he gets closer to his weight goal. Why is this?
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You can eat at a deficit and not lose weight.
Please correct me if I'm spouting falsehoods anywhere in this post. People always quote that a deficit of 3500 calories will lose you one pound. BUT, this is assuming all that weight loss is fat. If 3500 calories is equivalent to one pound of fat, then one pound of muscle has to be significantly less than that, right?…
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Macro Nutrient Goals for Losing Fat/Gaining Muscle?
I estimate I've got roughly 40 lbs of fat I need to lose, and 10-20 lbs of muscle I want to gain. I realize that at a certain point, you can really only do one or the other (lose fat or gain muscle), but as I've been sedentary for several months I think I should be able to pack on some initial muscle mass, even at a…
