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I follow/ed no prescribed diet at all. All I worried about was keeping within my calorie goal. I suppose it would be IIFYM if it had to be labelled. Very quickly what I found was that healthier, less processed foods were "cheaper" on calories and made sticking to that limit much easier. And so instead of picking…

The only thing I weigh is cereal, I cant judge it at all. Otherwise everything is by eye/guesstimate/whatever the packet says. I do tend to go for the higher calorie option when I search for things in the database. Im sure this is blasphemy for many, but Ive lost 2 stone and maintained for 2 months now this way so either…

Fair enough, its not something I had considered. The surgery seems so extreme to me I can never imagine wanting to do it, especially if I had been successful in weight loss prior to the op. I would also have hoped that in changing my habits to the degree of losing so much weight, maintenance would be quite achieveable. Im…

This is what makes me wonder why surgery is preferable to a more healthy eating style. Either way it seems people have to chaneg their relationship with food and/or their lifestyle. Yet one requires life endangering surgery, the effects of which (I believe) can never be reversed, and the other requires no such thing.…

You lost 40 pounds before the op, and 50 pounds afterwards? I cant help wondering why you didnt see the amazing loss before the operation (seriously, well done!) and think "Why not carry on like this instead of having life changing surgery?" What made you go ahead?

In a similar vein: My wife buys little snack bars of chocolate for the kids packed lunches. When I help put the shopping away I usually grab 2 or 3 bars and put them in a cupboard as my own stash. Then I forget I did this. Hidden all over my kitchen are random little bars of chocolate. Occasionally I find one and its like…

Ive never dealt with Diabetes or that sort of surgery myself, so my opinion may not be worth mcuh here. However, it sounds like you are doing fantastically well by yourself (congratulations!) and to lose as you have in a healthy way would be my preference over major (life altering) surgery. What is the benefit of having…

This is the point I was going to make. In my opinion the best advice on this forum is that in the vein of looking at diet as a long term thing. You need to be able to eat some treats/junk NOW while losing. While on a defecit. Its a fantastic tool to teach you moderation. If you can "afford" treats in moderation as part of…

Actually just laughed out loud in the office, getting strange looks now....

On the cold thing, things Ive noticed: - Cold drinks make me shiver. They never used to effect me at all, now they actively make me cold. - I find myself washing my hands randomly just to warm them up. - I find Ill get a cup of hot water even though Im not thirsty just to hold it for a while. - Im always tucking my shirt…

I had a go at mfp toward the end of 2012, plateaud at 12st 5lbs and figured that was my natural weight. Im a short and stocky build, so while bmi said that was overweight I looked well proportioned and healthy so I didnt care. Over 2013 my eating habits got really bad, without me realising. I started a new role at the end…

With me it became all about logging honestly everyday, everything else came from there. I didnt focus on weight loss as such, just trying to hit my calorie target for the day. I only weighed myself when I felt I should (once every 3 or 4 weeks), rather than focusing on it. What I found was as a consequence of logging my…

Id say it depends on the person. Right now Im doing T25 and do not feel the need to suppliment aside from the occasional shake on days I dont get much protein naturally. I feel I get plenty in my everyday diet as you suggest. However, when I start 5x5 I think it may benefit me a lot, at least at first, and particularly…

As an extension on this - my wife puts EVERYTHING into the sauce that she and I like, Peppers, Mushrooms, Courgette.... She then portions some out for the kids and blends it with the hand blender. So far as they are concerned its just pasta sauce, and they eat it very happily. Amazing how the sight of a vegetable can put a…

Ive never used protein powders but am beginning to become interested. Im looking to start Stronglifts 5x5 later in the year so will probably look into it more then. Anyway, I was in Sports Direct earlier for something completely unrelated and saw all their proteins and suppliments were heavily reduced. There was a huge tub…

If you like the look of Insanity but feel it is 'too much' then I would recommend T25. In many ways it is "Insanity Lite" and so a great way to get started. Its exactly what Ive done. I had a look at Insanity and tried for a few weeks and it just beat me down day after day. With T25 Im finding pretty rapid improvement and…

I think the idea is that if you repeat the same action enough your body becomes very economical/efficient with that process and so burns less calories. In the case of weightlifting this is countered by increasing the weight and therefore workload. In the case of running I would suggest perhaps intervals of higher…

I have that to look forward too tomorrow - and by "look forward to" I mean "Dread"! One of the more rewarding ones though

I did it for 3 weeks last year, and it certainly did get easier - but I never found it "easy"! I stopped that time because I was getting too fatigued, I think this was as I was on a pretty high calorie defecit. This time round Im at maintenance and just looking to get fit rather than lose weight. I started Monday and…

I couldnt do day 2! Did Cardio Monday, yesterday my inner thighs and butt were killing me, sitting down was painful so I didnt do Speed 1.0 yesterday. Managed it today and really enjoyed it, hoping I wont be aching so bad I have to skip tomorrow as well. I really want to push on with it, but need to be mindful of overdoing…

I know that feeling, the hoping lunges were just too much for me - I have a total lack of coordination!

I started this morning. My legs are like Jelly! My base fitness is terrible, no stamina at all so while this was "only" 25 minutes it beat the hell out of me!