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  • Weigh yourself every day and use the weekly...

    Weigh yourself every day and use the weekly average to see the trend. I take it you're bulking in which case you don't really want to gain more than a couple pounds per month, anything more that...
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    Yeah, you really shouldn't be bulking at all.

    Yeah, you really shouldn't be bulking at all.
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    Definitely NOT. You don't have anything to cut...

    Definitely NOT. You don't have anything to cut down to. You need to focus on lifting and building muscle by following a proper strength training program and eating a sufficient amount of protein.
  • You're overthinking it, you can't really account...

    You're overthinking it, you can't really account for lost fat through cooking (you also can't really count on food labels being all that accurate either). Just go with what's on the label and call...
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    1kg in a day? Is that all? My weight fluctuates...

    1kg in a day? Is that all? My weight fluctuates up to 2kg depending on when I weight myself throughout the day.

    Weight loss (and weight gain) isn't linear. Your body holds lots of fluid and...
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    This... OP, without photos of your current...

    This...

    OP, without photos of your current physique we really can't give you proper advice one way or the other. But at such a low weight and such a high bodyfat something seems amiss. I would...
  • Total calories determine weight loss, not...

    Total calories determine weight loss, not specific foods. If the total calories of the foods you eat fit into your calorie goals then yes its ok to have. You can lose weight eating nothing but...
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    All comes down to training, nutrition, but more...

    All comes down to training, nutrition, but more importantly YOUR GENETICS.

    Your lifts do seem a bit low given the amount of muscle you have though, which could indicate a training/programming...
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    At 30 years old and after 5-6 years of consistent...

    At 30 years old and after 5-6 years of consistent working out pretty much the best you can hope for is adding 1-2 lbs of muscle in a year if you're lucky (with optimum training and nutrition).
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    A weight loss plateau is generally when you...

    A weight loss plateau is generally when you haven't lost anything for 3+ consecutive weeks. So as long as the scale keeps trending down you can assume you're in a deficit, even if it stalls for a...
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    We don't typically advise minors to calorie...

    We don't typically advise minors to calorie restrict, if you are overweight and restricting intake you should only be doing so under the direction of a medical professional.

    Just try to eat a...
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    I was going to say 20, but regardless OP you look...

    I was going to say 20, but regardless OP you look over 20% bodyfat still (but numbers are in fact useless), but you should definitely be more lean before you consider bulking.
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    This may sound a bit harsh, but I have no doubt...

    This may sound a bit harsh, but I have no doubt in my mind that you're not really eating a consistent 1800 calories a day, every single day of the week. Whenever someone comes on this forum and...
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    In no way does this mean that you're doing it...

    In no way does this mean that you're doing it correctly and/or you're likely severely overestimating your daily calorie expenditure.

    If you've only lost 16 lbs in 7 months your deficit is too...
  • Thread: Weight cut

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    If we all had a dollar for all the posts that...

    If we all had a dollar for all the posts that started like this over the years. What typically happens in these scenarios is the person gets a few weeks into it and they realize they aren't...
  • Thread: Losing Fat

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    Concur with above, 2200-2300 is where you...

    Concur with above, 2200-2300 is where you probably need to be.
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    6 sets of each exercise is overkill, and really...

    6 sets of each exercise is overkill, and really too much volume, especially for someone your age. Same with training to failure on each set, its completely unnecessary. I would suggest you follow a...
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    Exactly this. And you were doing keto which is...

    Exactly this. And you were doing keto which is the same thing as CICO/IIFYM, except its just done by limiting what foods you can eat. If you did IIFYM and didn't have success then you were eating...
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    Ignore the fads and just focus on eating a well...

    Ignore the fads and just focus on eating a well balanced diet; moderation is key. If I remember correctly its generally recommended that you should get less than 10% of your daily calories from...
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    Meal/nutrient timing in the grand scheme of...

    Meal/nutrient timing in the grand scheme of things is largely irrelevant as long as you're hitting your weekly calorie/macro targets.
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