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How do you go if you don't eat breakfast? I usually skip breakfast as i'm not hungry and the calories are better spent on dinner/lunch for me. If I force myself to eat breakfast, I get hungrier quicker than I would if I didn't eat breakfast.

You either waste it or waist it. What's throwing it out going to do? It's not going to feed starving kids in Africa regardless if you eat it or not. All you really lose is the money you spent on the food. Instead of feeling guilty, look at why you didn't eat it. Did you cook too much? Did you not like the taste? Could you…

Calories for weightloss. Exercise for fitness. Food for nutrition. I've lost most of my weight without much deliberate exercise - what can I say? I'm lazy :P

I would think strengthening your core/working on your abs would help.

It usually is off, especially for items like pizza where they have a machine sprinkle on toppings, but hey - at least it's over and not under!

Frozen.

The expression "you can't outrun a bad diet" exists because for most people, you can't. I would define a "bad diet" as one that is calorie-wise, higher than the individual's needs as well as lacking in multiple nutrients. Most people don't have the time to exercise enough to burn off calories that are excess to their…

1kg (2.2lbs) of carrots is 410 calories. 100g(0.22lbs) of milk chocolate is 535 calories. If you eat the 1kg of carrots, you probably won't be hungry after. You eat the 100g of chocolate, you probably will be hungry. Volume (and how full you feel after a meal) does not dictate calories or if you will lose weight or not.

People want a quick and easy fix so they can lose the weight fast so they can stop the "diet" and get back to their normal lives. Heck, who wouldn't want a quick and easy fix? 12+ months of logging and careful eating? Nah, just drink this magical potion four times a day for two weeks and you'll be bikini beach body ready!…

Learnt about calorie counting and how I could eat foods I liked without needing to guess if I was doing "ok". I never, ever would have started if I had to give up pizza.

If you have cut back on your routine, you are probably retaining less water for muscle repair, and associated with that is less weight on the scale. Even without a change in water retention, 5lbs/2.2kgs is within a lot of peoples normal fluctuations. However, if you were logging and eating fine for before you hurt your…

I liked the Lean Cuisine style frozen meals from the supermarket but here in Australia they were just way, way too expensive (for me anyway) at $5-12 each. They are fantastic for calorie counting, easy for lunchtimes and are generally pretty balanced macro-wise.

Meal prep + counting calories. While I don't have kids, I work two jobs and and have very little spare time leftover. What works for me is preparing meals in advance, knowing the calorie content and all I have to do each day is pull my bags of food out of the freezer. It's like DIY jenny craig/lite N easy etc. except much,…

I'm very close to switching to maintenance, and I have tried setting it at maintenance and just eating a little under each day. But I ended up eating either a) to my old goal or b) to maintenance because I "had" the extra calories. Not the end of the world, but it was an interesting exercise. Mind you, changing your goal…

My biggest issue with the "fat acceptance movement" is that it often tries to push thin/skinny/athletic/petite bodies down to make them feel better. "Only a dog wants a bone", "No one wants to snuggle a stick", "Real women have curves". I want people to like their own bodies, it's not a good feeling to hate yourself. But,…

For me it goes like this (easiest to hardest) 1) Gaining weight (fat) 2) Losing fat 3) Gaining weight (muscle)

The first couple of weeks will be hard to resist, but the longer you work there the less you'll feel like it. Learn to say no, it's hard at first but the more you say it, the easier it will be.

How are you measuring your calorie intake? Are you weighing and logging everything you eat using a food scale?

I'd dare to say 95% of issues with logging is from people: a) estimate what they are eating - Oh I think that's 245g of chicken breast b) forgetting to log everything - Not logging butter or oil which are very calorie dense and a little goes a long way Once I got accurate entries in my recently used, I didn't have to…

Timing of meals doesn't matter. Some days I eat breakfast, some days I don't. Some days i'm up at 4am for job 1, others i'm up till 2am for job 2. I eat when i'm hungry and I eat to my calorie goal.

The calories in the coconut oil alone would be more than the calories needed to fix my sugar fix :lol:

What's your weightloss rate? Lower it until you're satisfied with the calorie range - i'm at about 200g per week loss - it's slow but i'm happy!

You can choose a slower rate of loss which will give you more calories but you won't be losing as much each week. Otherwise, pick low calorie, high bulk items to fill your stomach - generally vegetables, salad, fruit, lean protein. Basically anything you can eat heaps of but for for a low calorie price.

I wish it was possible to earn that many calories from walking, but sorry - you're not losing weight because you're getting a severely overinflated calorie burn. If you're eating back your exercise calories (or even half) - it's going to push you over. Normally you can eat a portion of exercise calories, but if it's…

How often do you weigh yourself? You may have caught your last weigh-in at a low point and this weigh-in on a high point and the 3kg is just normal fluctuations.

1. Yep - Calories in VS calories out is a rule, how you apply that is up to you. 2. I don't really focus too much on my macros anymore - it was stressing me out too much. I eat a balanced diet and generally get things right - but if I want pasta but I really should be having steak to meet my protein goal, I don't worry…

Calorie deficit to get the fat down and then small calorie excess + lifting to gain muscle. The cut/bulk cycle. I would describe my past self as "skinny fat" - as in everyone thinks you look great, can't figure out why you want to lose weight but you know how you look naked and you can see all the fat starting to creep on.

How are you measuring your calories? Are you using a food scale? If you're struggling to eat 1200 calories, you wouldn't be here needing to lose weight in the first place. You're probably eating more than you realise.

I used to have porridge/cereal but now I generally skip it or have a hot chocolate sachet (47 cals). My "breakfast" time changes so much day to day - some days I start job A at 4:30am, sometimes I finish job B at 1am. Generally, I just eat when hungry and that's it.

Pizza and a very large vanilla milkshake. Yum!