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Hey, I'm looking for some advice about my diet. I'm a female climber, who is trying to lose a bit of weight/ get leaner. At the moment I'm not overweight, but I'm at the high end of healthy for my bmi, and would ideally like to be about a stone lighter. I weigh about 137 pounds (I am about 5''4), and I work out for about an hour 5/6 days a week. This is a mix of climbing (at a high intensity) and weights. Sometimes I do HIIT. I don't want to lose muscle, although I guess some loss is probably inevitable. When I'm not working out I am completely sedentary haha (I am a student- I sit down and revise/ netflix). Does anyone have any guidance as to how many calories I should be eating, roughly? I am confused by all the different advice on the internet, I've found everything from 1200 to 2000 calories recommended for me per day. I've been following the every other day diet for the past few weeks, but got fed up as I started getting light-headed whilst bouldering (not a great combo). Thanks v. much for any advice : )

Day 1: From this day forward, in a total of 60 days, I will limit my calorie intake. Every day I will post how it is going and what I struggle with. One major concern for me is hunger, to not being fully satisfied after eating. My hope is that this log will help me to stay on track even when the hunger is almost unbearable. This is the promise I make to myself and to you: To eat maximum 1800 kcal per day with a protein intake of 140 g and to stay away from alcohol, sugar and sweets. Thank you for helping me through this! //Gerowyn

I MET MY CALORIE GOAL TODAY! For those of you who don't know, I've been having trouble eating ENOUGH to get the amount of calories, protein, and carbs I need daily for my strength goals. In other words, I calorie count because I need to eat MOAR, not because I need to eat less. Admittedly, my day hasn't been totally healthy, but even so...it's not at all UNhealthy. Baby steps! I even more or less met my macros! Also, my housemates ordered pizza and I DID NOT CRAVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!