/adv/ isn't responding to my post so I wonder if you guys

>>42563263
>burning out
Completely subjective. You should be losing a bit over a pound a week at your current deficit. Is that not enough?
>losing muscle mass
Unless you lift you probably don't have much muscle mass to lose anyway
>suffering a slowed metabolism
Mom science

>>42563263
Read the fucking sticky

>>42563292
FPBP

Also

http://scoobysworkshop.com/weight-loss-meal-planner/

>>42563292
>Mom science
Can we use that more? So many pill-popping, biologically misinformed housewives thinking that they're the new Mrs. Clean because they "eat paleo"

>I've never really dieted before so forgive any ignorance.
READ THE STICKY BEFORE STARTING A THREAD

>>42563263
you have no muscle to lose, continue that deficit.
your metabolism will adjust a bit to your lower energy intake but it will get back up once you're done shedding fat.
use the qtddtot if you have quesitons in the future

>>42563331
Woops. My bad. I'll check it out now.
To be fair there is a lot of crap fucking posts in /fit/... Let me have my thread and i'll be on my way.

>>42563263

caloric deficit. exercise.

>I've never really dieted before

you're not dieting, you're making lifelong changes starting now. stop drinking soda and stop eating sugary processed shit/fast food.

vegetables and lean meat (chicken, fish)

also,

READ THE FUCKING STICKY

>>42563403
>>42563403
>To be fair there is a lot of crap fucking posts
One man's trash is another man's treasure

>>42563263
BMR calculators assume your weight is lean mass (muscle not fat) so your BMR should actually be lower than 2300.

>>42563263
>25 years old, 6" and 195 lbs
Read the fucking sticky. You need to eat more (>2500 for the gains) and start lifting weights.