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I avoid buying anything I'm prone to binge-eating in the first place unless I've planned for it. And if I've planned for it, even if it works out cheaper to buy a larger pack, I'll only buy what I've planned for. So if I've decided I want to have 1 doughnut, I will buy 1 doughnut only. Even if it's "cheaper" on a per…

You are not a doctor therefore you cannot say if even a week would be safe for anyone (even yourself) to try a VLCD.

This post is pretty vile. "taking it out on some poor girl's back". nah. into the bin you go. anyway, at the OP. The absolute easiest way is to try and cut back what you do drink when go out. If you're already limiting yourself to 2-3 drinks on your night out, you should be fine. If you're not, try that first. alcohol,…

the side of the pack should tell you what constitutes a serving. For mine (Maximuscle) it seems to be 1 scoop to the line on the side = 1/2 a serving and that lines up with when I weigh it. But I always weigh it just to be sure so when I make a smoothie, it looks a bit odd in my diary because I'll put, perhaps, 34g of…

CICO as a concept literally isn't a fad. It's based on science. The "diets" that spring up as a way for you to achieve CICO - some of them are fads, some of them are reasonable enough for people who're not keen on calorie counting. The diet you're on about is 100% a starvation diet. You are eating way too little for your…

also it says OP is 18 years old? I'd just like to point out that if you're aiming for the body you had aged 15, it's not gonna happen.

I third this. You can't "forget" to exercise, you can only avoid it. If you're not exercising, you're making excuses.

Oh I didn't think a calculator could do it. That'll be a good start. How accurate do you think that'll be?

I would go for the protein if my intake for the day was particularly low (like, under 50% probably) but just make sure that I stayed underneath my maintenance calories for the day. If you hit maintenance, all you're doing is not having a deficit one day but you won't gain any weight from that.

If I still have the videos on my phone, I'll perhaps post them. So in summary, would the tweaks I was considering be reasonable enough? Less reps, higher weight, adding in squats, bicep curls and core-focused exercises?

I asked about progression and all she really said was to add more weight but ideally come back and see her and she would tweak it. Which I think is personal trainer speak for "you will have to pay me more money to get this updated to progress properly". The lack of squats is a bit of a mystery too - that was one exercise I…

I have a question about adapting the routine. I saw my trainer again today because she said she'd come up with something better for me. The gist of it is that she wants me to do the following: * Warm-up on the rower for 5 minutes * 3 supersets of 15 reps of dumbell chest press on a bench with 2 x 5kg weights, and 15 reps…

I've never really eaten breakfast explicitly. Some days I will start eating my lunch a bit earlier than lunchtime at work but I still count that as my lunch. I've never found any difficulty in not eating breakfast - I'd say I feel probaby about as hungry by the time I reach lunch as I am without breakfast. I prefer to have…

A calorie in chocolate is the same as a calorie in broccoli which is the same as one in potato, etc. etc. The main differences between a calorie of one thing vs a calorie of another are the volume and the nutritional content. 100 calories of broccoli is more filling than 100 calories of chocolate by far because you get a…

Maximuscle Promax Lean in Vanilla. I find that it tastes a hell of a lot better if you put it in milk (if you can afford the calories). I use it essentially as flavouring for fruit smoothies too.

I have the negative adjustments disabled too, though for slightly different reasons. I don't like the red at all and I would rather sacrifice a little bit of weight loss for being to eat at a consistent level. I pre-log all of my food to fit in with my base calorie goal. When I get positive adjustments, I do one of two…

My first tip would be to avoid thinking of it as a "cheat". When you refer to it as "cheating", you're more likely to overeat. Instead, just view it as a normal day that you just so happen to be consuming something different that you need to fit into your calories. If you know for an absolute fact that eating sufficient…

You can set silent alarms for certain times to prompt you to get up so you can pick times that are practical for you to get up for a wander. Anyway, on topic: I have the Charge (not the Charge HR). I think it's great. It really motivates me to move more than I ever have because I feel a bit bad if I get home after work to…

Also, just realised I didn't answer another part of your question. The FitBit has your step goal set automatically at 10k steps but you can adjust that according to what you want to achieve. If you're just starting out and don't walk very much as it is, it might be worth adjusting the goal to something you can reach and…

When you link MFP and FitBit, they sync between each other. So when you sync your tracker to the FitBit app/website, it automatically sends that information over to MFP. You'll see on your FitBit dashboard that there's a section for "Calories Burned". When MFP gets that information, it compares it with what MFP thinks you…

Sizes are so skewed, I don't personally go by my clothes sizes. When I was lighter, I was a 10 up top and a 12 down bottom in Primark, but in other places I was a 10, 12, 14, depending on the brand and the fit. I'll be happy when I hit my goal and I fit into my old clothes, regardless of what size the label claims they are.

Just a word about negative calorie adjustments. It is true that they're not critical but if you opt to turn them off, what that means is that on days you do very little movement/exercise, your overall deficit will be lower. This is because with negative adjustments, Fitbit would take calories off of you to account for the…

made me think of Tom Morrello.

My question centers mainly on timing. I've just started a proper lifting routine (somewhat along the lines of 5x5 but adapted by my trainer) and I'm starting on relatively low weights (for most lifters at least, but they are challenging enough for me - my highest weight starting out is for deadlifting and its 20kg). I've…

Is it really a plateau though? It's not uncommon to not lose weight for a couple of weeks then start losing again. Are you tracking any measurements? You might be losing size but not weight.

I worked out roughly when the gym I use is quietest and would go then until I felt a bit more confident in myself. It takes a bit of time, but yeah, if you just stick your headphones in and ignore everyone else, eventually you'll feel okay about it!

It depends really where you buy a can of "mixed beans". So to recreate it, you could pretty much just throw in whatever beans you feel would fit with the recipe.

I really do not get threads like this.

I eat a whooooole bunch of pasta and I've been losing, on average, about 1.2lbs a week (I only aim for 0.5-1lb). Certainly pasta is more calorie dense so it's easy to go over if you're not careful when you log it and so on, but it's not the fault of the pasta if someone isn't losing weight. Anyway, back on topic. Buy in…

The closest thing I have to a "cheat" day is when I deliberately skip breakfast and eat a light lunch (usually 300 calories or so) in order to have a really big dinner or a big portion of ice cream or lots of Doritos. Or reduce my calories on previous days to account for going over one day. It still comes in under my daily…