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    A cookie a day...

    ...is not helping my fat loss.

    I've stalled in my weight loss and I think it's because I'm not eating enough during the day. Some days I cave into my cravings (lately its been quite often), while other days I manage through the day without filling up with extra calories.

    This is what my day looks like in a nutshell (without the offending baked goods):

    Breakfast - 2 scrambled eggs, 2 walnut halves, 1 clementine
    Snack - 2 tsp peanut butter with slice of whole wheat bread
    Lunch - 1/2c sweet potato, 3oz chicken, 1c broccoli, 6 whole almonds
    Snack - 1 tbsp hummus, 3oz baby carrots
    Snack - 1 clementine, 1/2c edameme
    Post-Workout: Protein Shake
    Dinner - 4-6 servings protein, 2 servings vegetable, 1-2 servings fat, 1-2 servings bread/starch

    Average daily calorie count = 1300-1500

    What do you guys think? Has anyone else found that they stopped losing weight when calorie count became too low, even without the extra junk food compensation?

    Thanks!
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    Extremely low cal will cause your metabolism to slow. No matter the quality of food.
    And adding processed foods will only make that worse
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    That makes sense, I guess I'm struggling to find my body's median. Any advice on finding the best calorie deficit without going to low?
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    Many times with low cal you'll hold water. Low cal doesn't halt fatloss in your situation.
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    How much are you looking to lose? You're at a good weight so you might need to focus on a recomp or bulk instead of losing weight. If you did have weight to lose, with such little left accuracy plays a much bigger role than if you had a larger amount.
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    Originally Posted by tombraider014 View Post
    ...is not helping my fat loss.

    I've stalled in my weight loss and I think it's because I'm not eating enough during the day. Some days I cave into my cravings (lately its been quite often), while other days I manage through the day without filling up with extra calories.

    This is what my day looks like in a nutshell (without the offending baked goods):

    Breakfast - 2 scrambled eggs, 2 walnut halves, 1 clementine
    Snack - 2 tsp peanut butter with slice of whole wheat bread
    Lunch - 1/2c sweet potato, 3oz chicken, 1c broccoli, 6 whole almonds
    Snack - 1 tbsp hummus, 3oz baby carrots
    Snack - 1 clementine, 1/2c edameme
    Post-Workout: Protein Shake
    Dinner - 4-6 servings protein, 2 servings vegetable, 1-2 servings fat, 1-2 servings bread/starch

    Average daily calorie count = 1300-1500

    What do you guys think? Has anyone else found that they stopped losing weight when calorie count became too low, even without the extra junk food compensation?

    Thanks!
    What does the calorie total look like on a day you do cave to your cravings?

    How much more weight are you trying to lose? You really at 138?
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    From my experience, I've tried low cal. diets and it does make you stall, and low cal diets ruin your metabolism & in result, it can make you rebound pretty badly.

    Have you considered bulking first then leaning down later on?
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    if you're a dude that's too low
    if you're girl 1700 is about right

    eat whatever you want just don't go over that number
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