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Firstly, the calorie thing: It's really quite simple. A calorie is a unit of energy. Your body uses a number of calories per day and you eat a number of calories per day. If you eat more calories than you use your body stores those extra calories as fat, if you eat fewer calories than your body uses it will start to draw…

Scanning the bar code just finds a corresponding database entry. It's just a different way to search without having to type into the search bar. Keep in mind that the entry that comes up when you scan a bar code is still a user created entry like all the others and isn't guaranteed to be accurate so still double check the…

Firstly perspective. Say you're attempting to achieve a VERY modest 250cal/day deficit. Over the course of a year you'll be accumulating an overall deficit of 91,250 calories. Do you really think an extra couple of hundred calories every now and then really matters? Assume you 'let your self go' to the tune of 1000…

Stop thinking of it as 'Weight Loss' and start thinking of it as 'Weight Management'. None of us came here looking to lose weight because we deliberately and purposefully gained weight. It's uncontrolled, unconscious and unnoticed weight gain that's the problem. - Upward weight fluctuations mean a weight loss failure,…

Here's the definitive Pros and Cons list for IF when it comes to weight loss Pro: I find a particular restricted eating schedule easiest and it helps me to stick to my calorie target Con: I find it difficult to stick to a restricted eating schedule and I don't enjoy it. It doesn't help me stick to my calorie target

Denial and deprivation is for suckers. If I want something I'll find a way to have it, make it work, and be happy.

I used to call myself a serial starter too, which was just a nicer way of calling myself a serial quitter. I then realised that the only reason I was a serial starter/quitter was that I kept trying to do things in a way that weren't right for me and just to bullishly push through via shear will power. Then I realised that…

That's absolutely one part of it and probably the most important aspect. But there are other aspects or meanings I take from this saying. Firstly that increased physical activity comes with a corresponding increase in calorie intake in order to fuel that activity and, for the most part satisfy the corresponding increase in…

It's important to do and focus on what matters so you're not wasting your time and efforts on things that won't get you what you want Drinking 1 gallon of water: Water keeps you hydrated but doesn't directly impact weight loss and drinking X amount of water per day isn't required. Everything you drink (soft drinks/soda,…

1200 calories is the bare minimum for survival and unless you're female, elderly, very short and petite, and sedentary then more than likely it's not anywhere near enough food so it's no wonder you're feeling 'crabby'. People tend to get irritable when they're starving themselves. Put your details into MFP, pick a sensible…

Food first was the strategy that ultimately worked for me. I lost the significant first portion of my weight with zero dedicated working out. In fact I think working out was probably one of the biggest reason I'd failed at every previous attempt. Previously when I would attempt to lose weight I would change my eating…

Based on my own experience and (previous) behaviours the fact that you don't see her eat is probably a really bad sign. When I was at my heaviest I would for the most part *NEVER* eat in front of people if I could avoid it. If I was out to dinner with family or friends and couldn't manufacture an excuse to not eat, I'd…

I haven't experienced an unexplained plateau in my 2 years of managing my weight. Something for which I am truly thankful. My rate of loss has naturally fluctuated during this time with the amount lost each week being slightly larger or smaller than expected but on the whole and excluding perhaps 2 or 3 anomalies where my…

There's no right or wrong way, just what works for you. I personally use Libra to track my daily weigh in for trending purposes but don't use that information when recording weight in MFP. I enter my weekly weight into MFP each Sunday. This MFP weight is a calculation based on the daily weigh ins which I record in a…

Weighing dry then estimating the % that makes up your serving is going to be more accurate than trying to guess at how much the weight has changed. For example its easier to weight 200g of dry rice then guess that your serving is a third of the total, then logging 0.33 servings than looking at the cooked rice and trying to…

My health has significantly improved and I'm in the best and healthiest shape of my life only doing one of those things, eating animal products that come almost exclusively from 'processed' foods. It's almost as if the single most defining factor in improving health is losing weight regardless of how it's achieved. Crazy…

The problem with consistency is that it's no good if you're consistently inaccurate! Aiming for such small (but sensible) calorie deficit it becomes very important to be accurate with your calorie in take which means weighing everything (to the gram) which you indicate you are doing. It also means you're going to be more…

Talking specifically to the bold statement. What most often happens is that you never get to the 'slowly' phase because the 'quickly' phase is so unsustainable that it fails before it completes. The value of a weight loss approach isn't measured in lbs or speed, but in ease and longevity. The slow, easy, effortless program…

While I was fortunate enough to not experience ED problems while at my heaviest the one slightly related thing I have noticed since dropping over 100lbs is a definite increase in libido. Not that I was blindly celibate before but I've found I'm far more keen, far more often these days.

Dry, always dry. 100g of dry pasta/rice is always gong to be 100g and have 100g worth of calories. After cooking you have no idea how much of that weight is made up of water. 100g of pasta cooked one way might double in weight to 200g where as 150g of pasta cooked another way might only only increase by 75% to weigh 200g.…

I think the most likely scenario is that you manage to eat 900 calories a day for about 3 days. Then break and binge on about 3500 calories, then 'get back on the wagon' for a day and eat 900 calories followed by a 2 day binge of 3500 calories each day before deciding to be 'REALLY motivated this time; and stick to 900…

During one of my previous weight loss attempts I was convinced by someone I met that if I went vegan the weight would just fall off. So I decided to try it for a while. Not only was I miserable because I couldn't eat all the foods I liked but I don't think I've ever stacked on as much weight as quickly. Turns out that my…

This can't be stressed enough. I knew someone (through work) who left to be a contestant on the Australian Show and he did lose massive amounts of weight. I just so happened to pass him on the street a week or so ago and he was as big if not bigger than he was when we worked together. The Biggest Loser has, I think, done…

If Maurice Moss and Douglas Reynholm from the IT crowd can gain confidence by wearing women's slacks then I see no reason a secure guy can't pull on a pair of women's yoga pants if that's what he needs to do =)

Expand your breakfast options by doing away with the idea of 'breakfast foods' since any food can be eaten for breakfast.

I have some good news for you. Weight loss almost entirely happens due to what you eat and doesn't require exercise. Weight loss happens when you're in a calorie deficit. If you eat fewer calories than you use you'll lose weight and if you eat more calories than you use you'll gain. It's really as simple as that. Now…

My scales are the Aria from Fitbit but my recommendation would be to skip the whole smart scale thing entirely, save your money. The wifi connectivity thing has pretty limited utility and all the other measurements (BF%, etc) are so inaccurate that they're essentially useless and really just serve as a justification for…

Firstly, I never give unsolicited advice, but when asked I relate my personal experiences only. So all my statements are "I have found..." or "What I did was..." or "In my experience..." and let them draw their own conclusions and decide what to do with what I've said.

which is exactly my point. That you shouldn't base your decision hence; "Or you can take advice from someone who Actually knows what they're doing rather than just going be irrelevant appearances." You should base your decision on their abilities and knowledge rather than their appearance.

Or you can take advice from someone who Actually knows what they're doing rather than just going be irrelevant appearances. You'll get some seriously stupid advice from knuckle-headed who 'look the part' but have absolutely no idea what they're talking about. On the other hand there are likely to be plenty of "skinny/fat…