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Have you taken a look at TrainEatGain? They encourage people to use MFP but provide an eating guide (you choose what you eat but it has to fit your macros/calories) and a fitness plan with workouts to build lean muscle. I've not done it myself but I follow them on instragram and FB and the stuff they post is pretty…

So glad you wrote this post, I've often wondered about this too. For example I've had a couple of bad weekends and made some poor diet choices, not to mention massively exceeding my calorie goal, and the first week I was back to my normal weight within a few days. However on the second binge I gained weight that I'd like…

I can't speak for this particular supplement but something I'd recommend if you're working out a lot with weights is BCAAs - they cut down your recovery time but don't do anything for weight loss. Although ultimately if you're fit to train more often you'll be creating a nice calorie deficit and hopefully raising your…

Absolutely horrific. Would not recommend. It'll burn a hole in your pocket, you'll be very hungry, and it's all BS nutritionally! The best solution is to make healthy choices and count calories with MFP. Much more effective and helps build good habits for life :) It is truly awesome and not an 'all or nothing' thing.…

Sounds familiar! I wasn't feeling all that great in the digestive system either when I was on 1200. I checked and my fibre intake was generously over the recommended allowance (thanks veggies!) and I drank water like a fish. My conclusion is that eating 1200, even with the cleanest high volume foods you can find, there…

Hey, I didn't read the entire thread because it sounded like people were getting kind of mean up there so that's just a random quote above. I eat between 60-120g of carbs a day on average depending on if I'm doing any cardio/weights or not. I have increased that recently as I was having the same issue, needed to add more…

I don't think we have these in the UK but I just did a quick google of the nutritionals. Apparently of the 65g of carbs, 45g of that is sugar. Not a great way to start the day at all! I'd recommend a meal replacement protein shake if you prefer just to drink liquids. It'll have a higher protein content and a balanced ratio…

*however having said that, there is an argument to be made for long sessions of super low intensity cardio, like walking for an hour, after something like the cardio finishers mentioned in the article above. Something along the lines of 'high intensity cardio helps to mobilise fat cells, but you need to then employ long…

I'm a big advocate of strength training over long cardio sessions as you may burn more calories but you're also wasting muscle which will up your metabolic rate overall. SO with this in mind I've been tailoring my training over the last few months. I recently came across a relevant article on t-nation that recommends using…

To be honest, just anyone in general needs to prepare! I loved Insanity, but I found doing it was completely reckless. I'm young, fit, I train in other disciplines. And yet out of the 3 rounds of Insanity that I did, twice I was injured. Once was a tear in my rotator cuff, and the second was a tear in my meniscus in my…

Lots of responses here but I thought I'd throw in my two sense: your metabolism doesn't shut down during sleep, however it does lower. You don't put anything into your body for the 8 hours you sleep, and as a response your body goes into a 'fasted' state. Your metabolism slows down so you don't burn as much fat/calories…

Quest is the bomb! IMO they're the best out there content wise. High in fat but there's got to be a trade off somewhere. Favourites so far: cookie dough, raspberry & white choc and the oreo type one. Great supplement but expensive. Need to find an alternative or this Quest habit is going to break the bank :(

Thanks for all the replies, you've knocked some sense into me!!! 1. Chill out 2. Don't avoid all social occasions because that's nuts (and brunch is more exciting than Christmas!) 3. Don't give up. :) than you MFP community, I know what I wrote was borderline insane but I was feeling crumby and really appreciate all the…

Hey! I've been using the IIFYM calculator to help me calculate what my macros should really be. You can find it here - http://iifym.com/iifym-calculator/ Until then I'd just kind of guessed at a 25:30:45 ratio of carbs, fat and protein. Generally speaking I follow a fairly low carb diet. At first it was on purpose and now…

This happened to me too, I absolutely loved insanity but unfortunately became obsessed and did too much exercise AS WELL as the programme so it got a bit silly. Anyway, I've finally accepted that my knee isn't maybe ever going to be back to normal (it's been a good 6 months now) and so I've started training 'around' it. My…