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The current legal drugs labeled as fat burners are no more effective than caffeine. The ones that do better, are illegal or at best quasi-legal. Take 200-600mg of caffeine with l-theanine in a 2:1 ratio. Use a scale that can weight mgs so you don't kill yourself. Accept that this may add a 2-5% daily increase in calorie…

For accuracy weigh every day, take weekly averages, use trend weight to see trends over time. More importantly, weight in whatever fashion that you can adhere to best and gives you useful data. Usually no longer than once per week, but being consistent and staying on habit is more vital than being perfect.

This concern is a major reason why the scale should not be your sole means of tracking changes. Trend weight is very helpful to see progress, but on top of what was already said about taking a month is do not change your start date. I did and it wiped 3 months of my data. What is helpful is to take tape measure in…

I have a Fitbit HR Charge and chose it because I find it the best option in its price range. If you have a large budget, the top end Polar and Garmin are more accurate. But as far as I know, the fitbit has a 10% error margin and I can work with that.

Look at this: Set your calories first. Then pay attention to macros. The only macro you should set by gram is protein where it is often helpful to have a higher intake as opposed to lower. Once you set protein, how you weigh out carbs and fats depends on what works best for you. Low fat, low carb, equal distribution, all…

For accuracy, weigh every day and use the weekly average to measure progress matched with a chart/trend display. Adherence is more important than accuracy, so as below, do what works for you that is enough to track progress:

This, and essentially anything marketed in this way, is a scam. A standard caffeine pill will be as powerful a fat loss supplement or more, and cheaper.

Complete your recomposition goals first. The added muscle may help the skin retract further, and it does take a long time for the skin to retract as far as it will. Get to your goals, and then maintain them for six months. After that evaluate how if you want to go through with surgery and if you can accept the scars…

Have either of you ever read a study on the impact of significant muscle gain on sagging/loose skin, particularly long term? I imagine that in the 2-3 year time frame enough muscle growth would fill the skin as effectively as the fat had, if not more so. But has it been observed that getting very lean and very muscular…

With such a small number to lose, I would suggest downgrading the importance of the scale and start using tape measure and possibly calipers. As middle has stated, if you are not already, now is the time to start weight lifting/resistance training. This could also be stubborn fat time where you have a few deposits on…

Name: Steven Age: 28 Height: 6' 1" Start Weight (1st March): 105.7kg/232.96lbs Goal Weight (1st April): 104kg/229.22lbs Weigh ins (week of...): March 4: 105.3kg/232.08lbs March 11: 105kg/231.42 March 18: March 25: April 1: Weight lost/gained this week: 0.3kg/0.66lbs Weight lost/gained this month: 0.7kg/1.54lbs…

Name: Steven Age: 28 Height: 6' 1" Start Weight (1st March): 105.7kg/232.96lbs Goal Weight (1st April): 104kg/229.22lbs Weigh ins (week of...): March 4: March 11: March 18: March 25: April 1: Weight lost/gained this week: 0kg/0lbs Weight lost/gained this month: 0kg/0lbs Successes/struggles this week:

Name: Steven Age: 28 Height: 6' 1" Start Weight (1st February): 109kg/240.2lbs Goal Weight (1st March): 106kg/234lbs 5th February: 108.5kg/239.1lbs 12th February: 108.5kg/2391lbs 19th February: 106.4kg/234.5lbs 26th February: 106kg/233.6lbs 1st March: 105.7kg/232.9 Weight lost/gained this week: 0kg/0lbs Weight lost/gained…

Name: Steven Age: 28 Height: 6' 1" Start Weight (1st February): 109kg/240.2lbs Goal Weight (1st March): 106kg/234lbs 5th February: 108.5kg/239.1lbs 12th February: 108.5kg/2391lbs 19th February: 26th February: 1st March: Weight lost/gained this week: 0kg/0lbs Weight lost/gained this month: 0.5kg/1.1lbs Successes/struggles…

The short answer is no. It does exist, but does not apply to dieting in general.

Have a look at this: This applies to any sort of training or exercise. When you are starting out, adherence is your dominant concern. I don't care what it is that you do, do it consistently. Once you are doing it regularly, then raise your concern to the details of volume, intensity, and frequency. That is what sets and…

As a rule, no human should eat less than 1,200kcal a day. There are exceptions to this such as children and people with medical issues but unless you are being treated by a dietitian, this is not you. As you are a man, you should really not be under 1,600kcal a day. It is also very difficult to believe that with exercise,…

As a rule do not go below 1,200 kcal. To keep things simple, enter your stats into MFP and set a weight loss goal as it prompts you. I suggest that you start with a lower goal first, and then when you begin losing weight increase your deficit and see how you adapt to it. With MFP, you can set it up and then aim for what it…

It is good to keep a positive and forward looking mindset. I find it helpful as well to remember that your weekly trend is more important than daily fluctuations. Providing that you are correcting for days where you have too much or too little. Best of luck.

If you share my situation where you cannot get a weight set, you can try my solution. I use resistance bands. There are door anchors and various handles as accessories. With these you can do a surprising amount of typical movements. Pull downs, shoulder presses, rows, deadlift variants and more are doable. If you are in…

Name: Steven Age: 28 Height: 6' 1" Start Weight (1st February): 109kg/240.2lbs Goal Weight (1st March): 106kg/234lbs 5th February: 108.5kg/239.1 12th February: 19th February: 26th February: 1st March: Weight lost/gained this week: 0.5kg/1.1lbs Weight lost/gained this month: 0.5kg/1.1lbs Successes/struggles this week: Not…

To add another voice; You can live quite well on 0g carbs. You cannot live on 0g fat or protein. Trying to do exercise, let alone significant exercise such as weight lifting, sprints, or other high value and high cost activity, without any carbs is usually a recipe for a bad time. For a diet, the most important thing is…

Name: Steven Age: 28 Height: 6' 1" Start Weight (1st February): 109kg/240.2lbs Goal Weight (1st March): 106kg/234lbs 5th February: 12th February: 19th February: 26th February: 1st March: Weight lost/gained this week: Weight lost/gained this month: Successes/struggles this week:

The one banana short of a bunch aside, there is some research suggesting that drinking water is associated with weight loss in overweight women regardless of diet or activity. To be specific, these were women who drank less than 1 litre per day and this may be due to improved fat mobilisation via a hydrated state vs a…

Avoid cardio, especially high intensity work as on a ketogenic diet, you do not have the glycogen stores to fuel this sort of exercise. Even lifting is impacted as while carbohydrates are not necessary for life, they definitely are for intense and especially maximum effort work such as heavy lifting or sprinting. You may…

A lot of good recommendations here, especially using a food scale and use only one scale as your personal reference point. It is less important that the scale you use is extremely accurate, and more important that it is consistent. I switch from using cheaper digital scales to a slightly more expensive analogue one for…

See a physio who can take you through both a check to determine the current health of your back, and through various exercises for your abdomen. Otherwise you have guessing and experimenting to do to figure out if you need a stronger back and would benefit from planks or static supplementary holds, if your back is okay but…

With those numbers it sounds like you have a good lifting programme in place. If you don't have a spotter, you can do a military press out of the squat rack if your gym has one for variety and greater shoulder development. What you want now is as little muscle loss as possible with the weight loss. Middle has the protein…

I enjoy this occasionally and add a teaspoon of unsalted Kerrygold to my black coffee. I find it gives it a similar froth and richness as cream. As I dislike milk with coffee, this works for me. A word of warning for anyone trying this is never use salted butter.

I am trialing intermittent fasting for the next two weeks to see how I take to it. For me, this means I eat between 12:00 and 20:00 only, and yesterday that was two meals.