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i have worked nightsfor years, I too prefer it I agree with what everyone else has mentioned. I count my calories midnight to midnight. My biggest tip,do not "reward" yourself for working nights. It is just work

i shall look forward to that then @dani_doing_it !

@KudraM , I was watching a youtube interview the other night with Jillian M, she herself said that 1200 is too low, and you should only do that if are completely sedentary 1400 was the lowest she said you should go to. As I said, I know nowt, but the weight didnt start coming off until i went up to 1400, and I was…

I am not following the meal plan, I dont know if it is because I am in the UK, but it looks a bit of a faff to me! and also as 108victorian says, the recipe's are for 4 in the main, not suited to my household. Today I have done my week 2 workout 1 plus cardio in my "catch up" efforts. Felt pretty good, then went for a walk…

Thanks for your concern dmegan012 . I managed to do both dvd's and felt better for it after. I couldnt have done it yesterday. I will try again tomorrow to double up. I know it is daft but I really want to catch up and start week 3 fresh on Monday. You keep going, it will soon become a habit in my experience.

I have been ill this week too, very very frustrating, especially as i am only on week 2, and i dont want to break the momentum. I managed workout 1 on monday. so today i am going to do workout 2 plus cardio. tomorrow workout 1 plus cardio, then workout 2 on sunday, so i feel i will have caught up !. Start 3 next week as…

i dont follow her eating plan either, i count calories, but just with normal every day food. i weigh and measure etc. i eat back half of my exercise calories and find this works for me. i am looking forward to the Bodyshred challenge, but will feel an achievement also by completing BR to the end. should be starting…

I have only looked at Bodyshred. It has not been out for long in the UK. I viewed it on youtube. It looks a lot harder than BR. I am on week 2 of BR, enjoying it and using as heavy weights as i can , depending on the exercise. Re the Burpees, I find them slightly easier if i put my hands onto a step. I am building up to…

i work permanent nights, I just count calories midnight to midnight. It doesn't really matter when you eat them ??. when i come on to rest days, i am still counting midnight to midnight. whether food is entered under the correct time or not doesn't matter does it, as long as you keep within your count. if all food eaten…

i started on january 4th. doing JM Body revolution before moving onto Bodyshred. I am counting calories on here, but joining with lots and lots of people doing BR on Jillian Michaels Workout Junkies facebook page. Maybe see you on there. Lots of people supporting each other doing various JM programmes

Thank you for the replies. It makes more sense now. so if i make sure that i only eat up to half my exercise calories back, i wont go far wrong I am thinking . When I walk, I walk as fast as i can, which is quite fast. It is quicker than 3 miles an hour working on distance and how long i takes me.

Bob Harper has a good kettlebell dvd, and there are any other around. cheap enough on amazon.

I believe then, as my activity is steady state that it could be a decent guide then ? I am fast pace walking over a couple of hours and cardio with weights, kettlebells etc, not weightlifting in the traditional sense. It is not a big issue, I am just curious, and still learning.

Bob Harper. available on Amazon.

I work nights, and I also switch back and forth. I find the easiest way is always to count your calories midnight to midnight no matter if you are working or not. try it, it works. you just keep within your count during those hours, re set at midnight, no matter when you are sleeping.

I have not done this programme in particular. I have been doing the dvd's, Cardio Rev and Pure Burn Super Strength and others. They are excellent. As soon as I started doing them the weight started to shred off and my shape is changing a lot in a short amount of time. I think as a trainer he is excellent. I have viewed the…

its ok, i got my answer along the way !

no problem

That is all really helpful. Thank you.

That clears things up for me. I understand about not going over the calorie in v calorie out, I also understand that the body treats all sugar the same, but within the calorie count I wanted to stick to the 27 grammes per day, so I will count the hidden sugar, but if it is contained within an apple for example I wont count…

I understand the calorie in, calorie out equation, I was trying to be healthy within that.

Added sugars shouldn't make up more than 5% of the energy (calorie intake) you get from food and drink each day. This is about 30g of sugar a day for those aged 11 and over. I just found this on the NHS website, so I am thinking that the sugar in fruit doesnt count as it refers to "added sugar" ?

i dont have a medical condition, but anything i have read recently points to sugar and not fat being a problem with weight issues. I am in the UK and the latest advice is to half the previous advice of equivalent 14 teaspoons to 7.

if the garmin underestimates by so much, what is the best thing to do. I enter on mfp the calories from garmin based on my average speed. Because garmin is under the calories that mfp gives me I overtype it with the calories from garmin as it is less.

thanks for all your help most appreciated

garmin on my bike so it depends how far i ride. the very least i do is 8 miles so that is the 300, i did 17 yesterday, 13 today

karintally, i think banking them might work better for me too. good suggestion

I am 5'4, weigh 193 lbs and want to lose 42 lbs

I just went with the calories I was set by mfp. I work nights so i count midnight to midnight for ease. I sit down for 9 hours overnight then go to bed for 5 hours, then exercise, then sit down before i go to work, so I am extremely sedentary to say the least !. (apart from normal housework) I am also doing les mills pump…

I will follow your advice starting today, thank you, I really appreciate it. I will eat my 1200 plus half the exercise calories.