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Exactly!!! Your rate of loss you should aim for is determined by the amount of weight you have to lose and has nothing to do with how proficient you are at dieting. Granted achieving that appropriate rate of loss will get easier with experience.

The right one is the one you enjoy, that you find natural and effortless and allows you to feel happy and satisfied while eating an appropriate amount of calories. Finding the right one is easy: Step 1. Try one of the plans Step 2. Assess eating plan (what did you like? what did you dislike? Is it easy? etc) Step 3. Stop…

I don't think I have any one particular food that will see me to go overboard. I think the biggest risk factor for me is deprivation. As soon as I decide that something is off limits it becomes so much more enticing. And the longer that deprivation goes the more enticing it becomes. I start hearing the internal dialogue…

I drink very infrequently but when I do my choice changes depending on the situation. In the summer at the end of a long day there is nothing better than an ice cold apple cider or two. Usually Orchard Thieves. For a late night-cap. my choice is a good rum, neat. But a nice top-shelf rum. Faves are Ron Zacapa XO and El…

I tend to have the same reaction to those sort of statements too. I'm a big believer in taking responsibility and accountability. You can't change what you don't control so saying (or worse believing) things like "I couldn't help myself" and "X person is sabotaging me" come across to me as little more than someone trying…

While I remain overweight, my immediate goal has always just been 'less'. As long as I continue to weight less more often than not then I'm achieving my goal. As far as end goal is concerned I've always set this goal as what I currently see as achievable. The thing is this end goal keeps moving as I gain in confidence.…

Thanks everyone. I often make posts along the lines of 'holidays don't count, enjoy your leisure time' and similar so wanted to make this post to show that it's philosophy that I live not just something I post on this forum that I think sounds good. And yes I had an amazing time. Particularly since this is the first trip…

I kind of went against the grain here and specifically didn't exercise when I first started out for a number of reasons 1. I wasn't getting any benefit. When I first started to manage my weight I was so heavy that I wasn't able to exercise effectively. I'd bust my backside for weeks on end but since I was too heavy to…

And thank you for communicating to everyone that you just don't seem to grasp the concept of 'burden of proof'

For me? never. Fast food is awesome because it's fast and I have to dedicate a bare minimum of time, effort and skill to preparing it. Fast food is perfect for me.

I have a Fitbit Aria which does the job. If I had to replace them I wouldn't spend anywhere near as much on a pair of bathroom scales as the WiFi connectivity, the profiles and all the other metrics turned out to be either unnecessary, gimmicky or completely useless.

Something that I've noticed is that I tend to find '1 serving' equally satisfying regardless of the actual size of that serving... By this I mean, I tend to get a pretty similar level of satisfaction out of finishing 1 Fun Size Snickers (about 80cal) as I would from finishing a normal size Snickers (230cal). I'm not sure…

Wight loss is weird, unpredictable and odd. The danger comes from sustained excessive weight loss. One offs like this can be discarded as anomalies and that goes for weird unexplained one off weight gains as well.

Years ago I was given a tub of this stuff called 'Purple Wraath' which I was told was a pre-workout supplement. I used it a few times. Not sure which ingredient would have caused it but it made my skin feel all tingly and weird. Don't recall it really doing anything (except the tingles) and didn't use it very long.

Whenever I start lifting I always get the MAD DOMS in my quad muscles at first and find that powering through the next workout sucks in the moment but seems to reduce the intensity and duration of the soreness overall. Key thing is to correctly identify the pain as DOMS and not an injury, if in doubt err on the side of…

Just to clarify I'm not saying that muscle confusion is a real thing. More that people have misunderstood the quick progress gained from neuromuscular adaptation (thanks for that term) they experience when they 'change things up' and perform new movements and labelled it 'body confusion'. They tell someone, who tells…

Not sure if there's a limit on the number you can but you can set up your own 'meals' and call them whatever you like. As long as it's possible to set up enough of them you could create 24 'meals' and name them '12am-1am', 1am-2am', 2am-3am'.......etc....... '11pm-12am') and log your food into the corresponding time slot.

Do you mean devices to run MyFitnessPal the app? It's not a very demanding application so would run I imagine on even the most modest of hardware running a reasonably recent version of iOS or Android. The device doesn't even need to be a phone necessarily as long as it has someway of connecting to the internet (via Wifi…

While the scale might not be accurate beyond the first 23st rotation doesn't necessarily mean it's not useful. As you lose weight the needle will begin to move backwards towards the zero. So while you might not know exactly how much you currently weigh you and won't be 100% certain exactly how much weight has been lost for…

My completely layman, entirely non-scientific and utterly amateurish thoughts on 'body confusion' is that the initial gains in strength from training a particular movement come from improvements in the brain and nervous system. Rather than your muscles getting stronger leading to better performance it's more that your…

You start will a ballpark figure which can be worked out from your stats (age, height, weight, sex, etc). This will give you a rough starting point. From there it's a trial and error. You use your results to hone in on a more accurate figure that is suitable for you as an individual. Eat to your calorie target for 3-4…

Never paid more than a glance at my macro split. It's just not important to me in the overall scheme of things. I'm losing weight. I'm feeling good, my health markers and test results are the bet they've ever been. I tend to just let them fall where they fall but looking back they seem to naturally fall into 'normal'…

I don't 'incorporate' fasting as such. I do however eat my calories at a time when I'm naturally most hungry which for me is at night. No matter how much I eat during the day I am inevitably hungry at night. Conversely I am rarely if ever hungry during the day, particularly when I'm at work and busy so I rarely ever (like…

It's also possible to decrease calories and not lose weight if the decrease isn't large enough to enter a calorie deficit. Or the decrease isn't actually a decrease because calories aren't being logged properly The point is that it's not possible (regardless of medical conditions) to eat in a calorie deficit and not lose…

Nope. I'm keeping my money

The only way, well the most reliable way, to ensure that you remain in a deficit is to pre-log. Before any calories pass your lips they're logged in your diary. This way you can ensure that you're not accidentally overeating. It also helps you plan and budget your calories so that you don't find yourself at 1pm having…

Have you considered a bicycle and turbo trainer? This gives you the option of riding indoors like a stationary bike with the added benefit of having a real bike that you can ride outside should the mood take you.

I'm picturing a dumbell with a gun robbing a bank... "Man that's a real bad weight!!"

It was more important when I started than it is now. I used to very closely track my daily steps in the early days but as I've gotten more experienced at managing my weight it's kind of fallen off the radar somewhat and is something that I only glance at in passing now. In the end step tracking is just another arrow in…

I don't see the 'making up for it afterwards' thing as penance or having done anything wrong. It's just simple accounting. For example; I get invited to an event, last minute, and the ticket is $100. I haven't budget for this so if the option to 'make it up afterwards' is off the table the only thing I can do is decline…