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44 here and nope it hasn't been harder. In fact I think I'm doing it easier this time around compared to the last time I successfully dropped significant digits in my early 30's. I think I'm a bit wiser now. Well, let me qualify that slightly. Losing weight hasn't been harder that I've noticed but I struggled a little to…

I'll address each 1. 6lb in 2 months is still 6lb and a rate of 3lb per month is fine. Depending on how close you're getting to your goal weight a loss of 1lb-0.5lb per week is expected. 2. The skin is there, losing weight won't give you more of it. You have to decided if you want the skin you have to be full of fat or…

Of course everyone's different so you have to use rough numbers and give examples to illustrate the point. To overcome a 500cal/d surplus introduced by a poor diet, and introduce the 500cal/d deficit required to achieve a 1lb per week loss would require exercising off 1000cal/d which would be roughly a 1-1.5hour run per…

Everything about this process is guesswork, rough numbers and estimations. The key is to try and minimise the margins to a manageable level. The best way (I've found) to minimise those margins and hone in on what's right for you is through trial and error. Do something, check the results and adjust accordingly. With…

Weight loss comes from a calorie deficit. If you're eating in a calorie surplus it doesn't matter how 'healthy' you've decided that food is or which percentage of those calories are split between fat, protein and carbs.

It's possible but maintaining that rate of loss will be very challenging. I lost 100lb over the course of about 18 months so doing it in 12 will require you to be extremely diligent. I do have to ask, why the added pressure of a time limit? What's the rush? Would it be the end of the world if you were "only" 70lb or even…

The phrase is often misunderstood as "exercise can't help you lose weight", when it's more intended to mean that exercise can't undo the damage done by a poor diet. It comes down to two things: 1. The amount of calories burned by exercise usually isn't enough to overcome poor eating habits. Say your maintenance is 2100cals…

Speaking from my own experience it's the slowness of weight gain. I'd go as far as to describe it as insidiously slow. It's the fable of boiling the frog. Which I'm sure everyone is familiar with but just in case. The story goes that if you throw a frog into a boiling pot of water it will jump immediately out, however if…

My advice is to stop looking for 'The Solution' that will give you some hidden answer, besides its sounds like you've tried them all already. You don't need a program or a product to lose weight. It just takes a modest calorie deficit so, keep it simple. Get your calorie goal from MFP Get a food scale to accurately track…

LOL! I don't find myself objecting to the word diet either. But for some reason I really dislike the term 'journey'. Everyone seems to be on a journey these days. I can't really articulate why but just bugs me =)

Good luck with IF. It's an effective tool for some people to make it easier to stick to their calorie targets. One bit of a misconception in your post is that you'll save money on groceries. IF is just an eating pattern and doesn't mean you're eating less food than other methods. It's just that you're eating all, or the…

I didn't really notice changes in the mirror until I'd lost a significant amount of weight. I'd say a good 25-30kg (55 - 65lb). I definitely noticed clothing getting loser and kinda feeling a bit difference but couldn't see any changes in my body. I think that comes down to familiarity. Changes are slow and I see myself…

I've had plenty of people ask me what 'diet' I used to lose weight and my response is always the same. "Same food as before but I just stopped eating like an unsupervised 6 year old" =)

With the limited information provided it's difficult to give a definitive answer but... Generally if the device doesn't have an app that directly syncs with MFP you need to go via a 2 step process. For android that involves, Watch > Google Fit > MFP. For iPhone I imagine it would be Watch > [apple fitness app] > MFP

How often are you weighing yourself? Are you doing it at the same time and same 'situation'? Weight management is messy. The weight you see on the scale is more than just body fat. It's also fluid, waste in your digestive system and other stuff. All that other stuff will fluctuate which can mask a reduction in body fat so…

It's a gimmick and nothing more. The prediction is so inaccurate that it's utterly meaningless and quite frankly I'm not sure why it even exists. There is no benefit to 'completing' your diary each day other than to get that meaningless message. I haven't hit the complete button in forever.

Why do you quit? Be honest. If you're quitting then you're doing something that's not right for you otherwise, as silly as it sounds, you wouldn't quit. So take a moment and honestly ask yourself why you quit. This will tell you what NOT to do this time. For example, every single one of my previous failed attempts had a…

Workouts and exercise don't factor in. Your activity level is the general level of activity in your normal day to day life. - Office workers burn less calories than tradesman - Walking 5 miles each way to take public transport to get too and from work burns more calories than walking to the car and driving to work and home…

Yep, I was the same way and your post really resonated with me. At my heaviest I knew I was overweight but in my head and even in the mirror I just couldn't see how overweight I was. I'd see other guys and think "Wow! At least I'm not that big" when in reality I was easily as if not significantly heavier than they were.…

Something you will see repeatedly on here is that weight loss occurs in the kitchen and the saying 'you can't out run your fork'. Basically, this means you can't really rely on exercise to offset calorie intake enough to have a significant impact. For example, depending on your stats, intensity and other factors your…

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Lessons I've learned in previous failed attempts that have helped me to succeed this time. - Misery doesn't burn any extra calories and there are no prizes for doing things the hard way. It's not a punishment and it's counterproductive to view it as a battle. - It's about weight management, not weight loss. Weight loss has…

I'd never considered getting a scan and this thread prompted me to look into it. I found two places in Sydney (Aust) where I live that do Dexa scans and they're definitely not $20!! Both places offer scans in packages ranging from $110 for a single dexa scan, $225 for a dexa/metabolic test package and upwards for…

I don't think I've ever really paid any attention my sodium intake because (AFAIK) I don't have a condition or situation that would require me to monitor it. So in keeping with my philosophy or only doing what matters and keeping everything as simple as possible it gets ignored.

Wow! I cook myself a frozen pizza for dinner at least 2 or 3 nights a week. I must be doing it wrong because I feel great and am still losing weight.

I work.. a lot (love my job) I live solo I can't, don't and won't cook. Normal for me is: Breakfast: Coffee and maybe something light (yoghurt, piece of toast, etc) when I get to work. Lunch: Skip it. I'm too busy and never hungry during the day. Snack: Maybe cheese and crackers, muesli bar or something as mid afternoon if…

How you go about logging is largely an individual thing as everyone's temperament and situation is different. I subscribe to the notion that you should log as much as you need to in order to achieve results. I still have quite a bit of weight to lose so my margins are pretty generous. I've also been doing this for 15…

I lost the first 30kg or so (about 60lb) with zero exercise. None In fact I consider the fact that I didn't exercise at first to be a key to my ultimate success where I'd failed in the past. - By not exercising I was able to focus fully on getting my eating under control. - I helped me avoid one of my biggest pitfalls.…

Worrying about 4 or 5 calories is definitely sweating the small stuff. The truth of the matter is that listed calories aren't accurate and the calories quoted for foods are just a ballpark average and can differ by up to 20% above or below their quoted values for food labels. This means that even if you meticulously weigh…

Toning up just requires resistance. How you provide this resistance is largely a matter of preference. Some people enjoy compound lifting programs like Strong Lifts, Greyskull or New Rules of Lifting. Others enjoy callisthenics and body-weight programs like You Are Your Own Gym or Convict Conditioning. The key is to find a…