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Nope. I'm sorry but that's just not true and I'm not going to own that. My words were just simple advice and insight and I can't be held responsible if you decide to take my (and everyone elses) words and twist them into a weapon to use against yourself. That's on you. I don't think you came here for advice. You say you…

I don't need to know you to think you have value. I just assume that everyone is worthy and has value. Well unless you're a child murderer or someone who fires up their smartphone screen in a cinema during a movie.

Because. It's true... No matter how physically attractive you may find someone, it's nigh on impossible to love someone who doesn't love (or at least like) themselves. How can you value someone who doesn't value themselves? Just to clarify something. At no stage did I say that you weren't good enough. In fact quite the…

Who said you had to be perfect? and who's 'bashing' you? The entire crux of my post was to point out that no one is or expects anyone to be perfect. That being an inch here and an inch there off some idealised proportion equating to attractiveness is demanding a level of perfection beyond what any guy (or I'm guessing girl…

If I may presume to speak on behalf of men here and offer a word of advice/insight... A few extra inches here and a few less inches there isn't going to turn a guy off. In fact, I'd go as far as to say that this isn't something that is even going to get even a passing consideration. No guy is gonna look at a girl and think…

I've found my watch (Skagen Hybrid) to be super accurate over the course of the day. I tested it while on a walk by counting out 500 steps and checking the count and it would always come in almost spot on, between 490 and 495. But on the flip side it picks up a few phantom steps here and there while I'm on the train or at…

100-140km a week. That's pretty much running a half marathon every day of the week no rest or days off?? I can't imagine doing 100-140 of anything a week!

Meal timing is largely irrelevant beyond personal preference. Some people sleep better on a full stomach, some find eating too close to bedtime interrupts/disturbs their sleep. Some people are hungry during the day, others are hungry at night. To maintain weight you need to be eating at maintenance so as long as 2000cal/d…

Firstly, eat less than 1000cals per day and you will absolutely lose fat and weight. But you'll also lose muscle, health, fitness, hair, organ function, cognitive ability, energy and so much more. That's called starving, you don't want that so you have to eat. Some medication can definitely suppress your appetite but you…

If your weight loss stalls again you may need to tighten up your food logging so that you're getting an accurate record of the actual number of calories you're consuming. A few 'red flags' I noticed that you might want to keep an eye on. - Volume/serving entries. "1 medium" this, "0.5 a container" of that and "1 serving"…

The first thing I would say is to focus exclusively on your calorie intake for now. I and many many others here have lost significant amounts of weight with absolutely zero 'working out' or exercise so it definitely can be done. In my case, at my heaviest exercising was completely counterproductive. It left me miserable…

You have 2 options. Say no, or say yes and make it work. Free food at work. Don't eat it or, eat it and factor it into your calorie target Lunch with the SO, Go to lunch and don't eat, or eat the salad (or cheeseburger) and factor it in to your calorie target. Well, technically you have 3 options and you can yes and not…

All the pushing through and having hope isn't going to do a thing if you're not eating in a calorie deficit and unless you're weighing and logging accurately you can't be sure that's happening. While a plateau isn't a reason to panic it's definitely a reason to take stock and see if something needs adjusting particularly…

Sounds to me like for the last 70lbs guessing has been good enough but, now good enough isn't good enough anymore. Since you don't actually know how much you're eating you can't know if you're eating in a calorie deficit.. Your guesses aren't accurate enough anymore to ensure you're in a calorie deficit or perhaps the…

Stopping the behaviour first requires knowing why the behaviour exists so the first step to stopping binge eating is working out why you're doing it. Unfortunately no one here can answer that question for you and getting to the reason behind the behaviour can take some serious self-reflection, being brutally honest and…

Not sure if this will help but there's a thing I started doing years ago when I was losing my mind with stress at work. There was this big tree right out the front of where I lived that I'd walk past each morning on the way to work and then again on the way home and I designated this tree as my 'Worry Tree'. Then each day…

Lets take a look at your post bit by bit. You've been running and trying to stay active and on your feet during the day. That's great for your health but your progress from this will be measured in your fitness, not weight loss. You can be as active and run as much as you want but if you're not eating fewer calories than…

I got on the scale this morning and I've gained 3.1kg (6.8lbs) over the past 2 days for absolutely no logical reason whatsoever. Body weight is weird. It happens so there's no use stressing about it. Isolated individual weigh in results don't mean a thing. There are way to many factors influencing that number to pay it…

I weigh in every morning when I get up, immediately after "using the facilities". The goal is to eliminate (pun only partially intended) all possible factors that might skew the scale result and create as consistent a circumstance as possible.

Not even close. Not in a million years. I have friends whose idea of a 'holiday' is to trail the TdF and ride the stages a week behind, others who regularly participate in running festivals and their holiday destination is dictated on which cities marathon have accepted their application, and still others who are either in…

Welcome, In regards to the 2 bits I've bolded. You don't need to do this quick. rather you need to do it sustainability. Small, simple changes that you find easy and effortless will yield far better results in the long run than drastic changes that can't be maintained. Don't wait to be the person who 'made it'. You need to…

The only advice fitness instagrammers are qualified to give are photoshop tips and tricks.

I used to write off BMI as unrealistic. I'd tell myself the healthy range for my height was ridiculously low and I'd be an emaciated walking skeleton if I tried to get down to that weight. I'd hear people say 'oh there are athletes who are 'overweight' by BMI so it's totally flawed' and I'd cling to it.. Then, when I…

Having a smoothie (or shake) for a meal is perfectly fine and can 100% be as much a part of a long term approach as any other meal choice. but, it isn't the same as a meal replacement. A meal replacement is where you temporarily 'replace' 1 meal (or more) as a temporary measure. It's an artificial approach which…

99% of the time, diets only need names if someone is trying to market them as a magic bullet or miracle fix, all designed to lighten your wallet rather than your waste line.

I was using extreme examples to illustrate the point that different people have different caloric needs and that an arbitrary number, no matter how high it seems constitutes a 'safe for everyone' level. A point that holds true regardless and a point you seem to concede in your last paragraph. Someone consuming 1800 cals…

I'm no expert but I don't think that's the way keto works. Being fat adapted just means that you've provided your body with a diet restricted in carbs but rich in fat so you body has changed (adapted) to be better at burning fat you consume as fuel. Those calories we're "literally wearing" are just as available to everyone…

I have to admit I don't get what an IF app could offer. Surely the only 'app' needed is a clock or a watch

The very fact that someone is losing weight 'too fast' indicates that they're eating in a dangerously large deficit so one of the criteria you've mentioned is out of whack. That they're losing 'too fast' is an indication that their calorie intake, regardless of how large it is, isn't sufficient to meet the minimum…

I'm very hungry at night, not so much during the day so I don't eat during the day and eat at night. I guess you could label what I'm doing as IF but it's not like I made a conscious choice or decided that I was gonna "do" IF. I also don't think I'd fit the IF mould as I have no problem whatsoever eating at during the day…