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Haha sorry to cause a domestic guys! Really appreciate all of your help.

Cheers guys! If I were to see a doctor, what sorts of things would they likely recommend?

I hope to lower body fat to around 13% and gain a little bit of muscle - thanks and sorry for not saying before as I thought I did!

This seems to go against what everyone else is saying? (I could have misinterprated you). Consuming 'less calories' means I should continue to eat at a deficit to see fat burning results? I'm confused. Again, sorry if I got the wrong idea.

Great - thank you everyone! I'm definitely going to take all of your advice on board. Although I'm going to start eating much more, is it possible to lose BF on a low calorie diet/low carb with weight training/cardio/HIIT training or do I need to eat more to see those benefits as well? It's just I'm going on holiday in two…

Thanks for your advice guys. Badminton is nothing to do with muscle gains - I do it because I like playing it. I'm actually enjoying using the weight machines and planning to do it a lot more times a week, however I'm concerned that I won't see any progress due to not eating enough. Is this true, even for 'beginners…

I eat (on average) around 1400-2000 calories a day. I have incorporated HIIT workouts as I understand they are useful for burning fat, but the whole muscle gaining part confuses me due to the nutritional aspect - I hear so many contrasting reports whether what I'm eating is enough. I don't want to be rambo, just more toned.

So helpful - thank you so much!

Thanks guys. I had 1550 calories in total - 72g Fat, 104 Carbs and 67 Protein. I usually have a bit more protein though.

http://s48.photobucket.com/user/kg00105/library/?sort=3&postlogin=true&page=0 That'll do :)

Wait, how do I post pictures? Haha

Thank you so much. Makes me feel really motivated to achieve my goals! I'll let you know if I have any more questions but thanks for all your help!

Thanks :)

I agree, thank you! I was just making sure eating healthily wasn't completely in vain! How often would you reccomend to do cardio and weight training? Hoping to combine weights with swimming, tennis and cycling!

Hahaha!!! Good point!

Thank you for such a great answer. Much appreciated. Just out of interest, don't worry if you don't know, but say I ate 2200 calories and 100g of protein, or 1400 calories with 100g protein, would there be any difference in the way I hold onto muscle? Is it the calories which are important, or the protein?

I can easily eat 1800 calories if I'm eating junk, but I've really enjoyed eating healthily and it takes quite a lot of food to get enough calories! I dont want to resort to junk for the sake of it as my diet has improved my energy levels, skin, happiness etc. The only thing I'm not satisfied with is my body. It's not…

What I mean is, I can meet what myfitnesspal tells me but I cannot manage the 1800+ as reccomended by some of you

I thought the same. Will swimming (alongside weights) help tone/build a little bit of muscle? I find it really difficult to eat anywhere near the required amount, I'm just starting to cook tonight but I could easily skip dinner if I wanted to, leaving me at around 600 calories. There must be something wrong with me!

Thank you guys again. Definitely going to start lifting weights in the gym. I'm quite a sporty person and have read that cardio (I do swimming and badminton) can turn you into a 'fat storing machine' and therefore best to avoid them? Is this true? Also, I'm entirely satisfied at 1200 calories and scared that if I eat any…

Sorry guys I posted in a rush (thank you all for the tips btw). I lost over 1.5 stone in a year and the 5 lbs I lost in the last 3 weeks, not 3 days. My mistake. I am feeling so much better and going to continue to eat this way and treat myself to the foods I love when I need to, meals out etc. so it's nothing drastic.…

It must make some sort of difference, after all, I do look better than I did a few days ago? Surely if I continued my old diet of cookies, crisps, cola etc. that's not going to help? I've started swimming and cycling but scared to start using weights as I literally have no muscle anymore and my gym is quite intense (i.e.…

Any help would be great!