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I'm trying to help fellow members as much as everyone else, yes my information might be wrong as I'm now learning, but rather than just telling me that could you be more helpful and explain what is correct? Much obliged.

http://blog.myfitnesspal.com/why-undereating-wont-actually-help-you-lose-weight/ This is the best link I could find to sort of support what I'm trying to say, and it led me back to MFP, so I'd like to think it's fairly reliable. My knowledge in terms of the science is fairly outdated as I've learnt, so I apologise for…

Okay I admit my example isn't the best and yes the 'starvation mode' thing has been debunked as I'm just reading, however the body does massively slow your metabolism

You starve because the body is not consuming enough to function. The body gains weight because unlike a regular day of say 2000 calories, where the body absorbs the nutrients it needs and gets rid of the rest; instead the body is not consuming enough and therefore whatever you put in is stored as fat in an attempt to keep…

It's a rather long winded way of explaining it I will admit, but what the trainer said is most definitely true. :smile:

It is most definitely true, if you don't eat enough then the body goes into an emergency mode so to speak. Because it cannot guarantee when the next meal will be, it will store all the nutrients as fat from what you eat to ensure it has enough energy stored to make it to the next meal. Hence not eating enough can cause…

Admittedly I always want to eat more than once a day, but I do sometimes find after a late gym session that I need to eat dinner but really don't want to.. I think part of it is a mentality, and if you tell yourself regardless of being hungry that you do need to eat then you can push yourself to do it.

I generally eat what I want and keep it within my macros, but nearly always healthy. Then once nearly every week I'll have a single meal that I don't count and don't restrict (most likely a huge KFC or takeaway pizza) which really brings the edge off of having cravings. But tbf depending how you plan your diet you can…

You've got the right idea but I would recommend a couple things. You're only eating ~1600 calories daily and going to the gym, this is way too low and the body weight you lose will shoot back on as soon as you have any kind of mildly cheat meal. If you starve the body it will store any fats you eat so the first point would…

I have two eggs every morning with breakfast, sometimes 3. On some days I may then make a 4 eggs omelette for lunch/dinner as well. The only thing is that the amount of sat fat in them that consideration in your other meals should be taken into account, however you need fat in your diet anyway so that shouldn't be a reason…

I'd recommend getting a bulk on first to gain some muscle mass, that also benefits as the more muscle mass you have the easier it will then be to cut down again. Just make sure either way you get plenty of protein in your diet to ensure you maintain any muscle growth, diet can make or break any bulking or cutting. Good…

Tuna, tomato pasta sauce, sweetcorn and olives. Sounds strange but it makes a change to a boring tuna pasta mayo and tastes amazing IMO.

Slow cooked beef stew Beef (Asda do packets of beef chunks, or buy a piece and cut it up) - 200g per person (ish) White onion - 1 large will do Potatoes (optional but super tasty) - 1 large per 2 people Stock (I use Knorr stock cubes but its personal preference) - 1 Vegetables (I use mixed frozen veg, but again personal…

Scrambled eggs in the fry pan, whisk them up and throw them in on a medium-high heat, keep turning them with a wooden spoon/other utensil, it takes the same sort of time as the microwave but serve them up before drying them out to get the best results (slightly wet). Result? Fast and tasty breakfast full of protein and…

I tried to do a PT sesh at 7am without food and when I had to stop for fear of throwing up the instructor said training without food has no benefits to the body, and infant eating before the gym wakes your body up and kick starts your metabolism.

There's no set diet to follow but I would say that what you eat definitely affects it. For example you could have grilled chicken and a salad for around 350-400 calories (all chicken basically) or you could have a mcdonald's for the same amounts of calories (maybe), and whilst the calorific content is similar, the…

I'm 5ft 9" and on 1600 calories a day, to begin with I was always starving but as my stomach has shrunk (eat less stomach shrinks eat more it expands) I've noticed I can't eat as much as I used to! It could just be a conditioning thing where your body needs a few days to adjust and then you won't feel it as much. Also an…

What Tom said! Also depending on how much you have to lose the first few weeks can see a drastic loss and then it will wain after 3-4 weeks. From what I understand this is just the body adjusting to the diet. It's well known that our fat stores are used for energy when we haven't consumed enough, so this could mean that…

Water, coffee (black like my soul :P), green tea, regular tea (just milk)

Could have been mentioned but as far as protein for eating vegetarian try quorn, as long as you put loads of seasoning and flavours into it it tastes almost like meat (and have half the calories)

I haven't read through all the comments as I only have a moment, but looking at what you have said with everything you do that if clothes are fitting looser I wouldn't worry too much, where you exercising so much you are probably gaining the weight back in muscle that you burn in fat at these stages. I sometimes have the…

Also just to add to everyone else, I've lost two inches off my waist this first month and although I haven't weighed myself for over a week, I sure don't feel lighter ;)

As much as wieght loss seems to be the goal, it needs to be remembered that especially when exercising (depending on what exercise you do) you're also building muscle, so it's entirely possibly to lose 'weight' (size) without losing any physical weight if the exercise you're doing will put on muscle

I struggle with nibbling all the time... I live in a flat with my uni mates and they constantly tease me with all the delicious (and unhealthy) snacks they eat. I've found it really hard and occasionally slip if I've had a really good few days, but it's just a lot of restraint and especially when I'm bored and want to eat…

Thank you all for your input and advice, I would reply to them all individually but it would take me forever

If you're putting 3 hours of exercise in a day then 1500 calories is needed!

Hi! I'm in the same boat asthma since I was born, but I will admit mine doesn't sound quite as severe. For running I used to really struggle (and still do on a bad day), what I found was running in the cold was better, I just find it easier to breath. Aswell as that I would push myself when I started to struggle breathing,…

Wooooo! Originally from Lincoln (and still there out of term time) but in Kingston, London for uni!

London living over here :D