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I use a fitbit Charge HR and I've found that the TDEE it gives me is pretty accurate. It's not perfect but I find it really helpful!

How far are you from your goal weight? The closer you are the slower will/should lose. Only really overweight people will loose ~2lb a week. A healthy, sustainable loss is .5 lb. per week for every 25 lbs. you're overweight Also 1 week is far too soon to see yourself 'transform', give it a few more weeks and take progress…

What do you do for work? Is there a way you could add body weight exercises into your day? Where I work we have a really big ladies toilet/changing room thing and throughout the day I'll do some bodyweight stuff. Could you go on your days off? Do you have the money to have some personal training sessions? As if you train…

Sounds like you need to recomp, there is a good thread about it here: Recomposition Thread You sound like you have a lot of fat and not much muscle (sometimes called skinnyfat but the term is pretty board). Your ticker says you need to loose 3kg, I think best to forget about dropping weight and focus on building muscle.…

As others have mentioned bananas are pretty high in sugar, but as long as you're under calories that shouldn't matter. I used to have one before I went to the the gym but I ended up swapping it out for a protein shake which I've found helps me get closer to my macros!

Is it like condensed milk? It doesn't sound very appealing! I nth the suggestions to just use regular milk/soy milk instead. Or drink hot tea with milk!

I like going to the gym most of the time, but I do have days where I would like to do anything but. I go after work and get changed at work, then my gym is on my walk home which means it's easy for me to go in rather than blow it off. Then I usually bargain with myself eg 'Okay I need to go, but I'll just do my Chest press…

If you get some at home scales then weight daily, I'd recommend using something like https://trendweight.com/ as it creates a trend for you that cancels out the 'noise' of fluctuations from water weight. So I ignore my daily scale reading and just look at what the trend is!

Ooo I hadn't worked out the numbers precisely, but I do love prawns as a snack. M&S do some really nice ones in various sauces which are ready to eat.

I took a quick peek in your diary and saw on wed there was some high cal food logged and missing meals. Was this a cheat day? As if you're overeating on your cheat days then you could be reducing your weekly deficit to much lower than you think. Try and log your cheat days accurately so your weekly deficit will be more…

Thank you for your responses ^^ I had a fair bit drop off in the first few weeks and very little has happened the most recent weeks, and I was getting frustrated nothing was happening. So it's reassuring to know that actually I'm on track (even if I've not gone down the last two weeks lol). Oh well I guess if it was easy…

Is it definitely pain? Or the soreness after a new regime? After my first few PT sessions I was so sore I could barely get up the stairs, but it was an aching soreness not a sharp pain. Generally pain isn't a good sign and can be from poor form etc. Also as Chesirecat says, the leg press forces you into one range of motion…

Do you have access to a gym? As at my gym there is a cardio machine that just uses your arms. I don't know what it's called though. Or if you're just at home get some dumbells and just do arm exercises, it won't be the same burn as cardio, but it would be a little bit extra plus you'd be building some muscle.

I'd been feeling down about my current weight for a while as I was finding it harder to fit things to fit in my favourite stores. Then my partner had planned to get me a photoshoot for my birthday, I didn't know so asked for hints, and he said (jokingly) that I might want to cut back on the pizza. He meant it as a joke but…

Due to my current living situation I've been having to have a fair few ready meals. I find that they aren't as tasty as stuff I cook myself, but they are okay. I find I don't go over my salt either as long as my other meals are fairly low. Although I like the Marks and Spencers balanced for you range, the carbs/protein are…

I've only lost 3kg and about 2% bodyfat and I can see some small differences visually and I've lost a bit on my measurements. I was getting stressed about it till I compared current progress pics to my starting pics and saw changes. Like I had a 'pooch' of back fat under my shoulders which has gone, and I'm down a notch on…

When I first started I didn't really know what I was doing, then I got a PT but focused on form, so only in the last few months have I been trying to go heavier. Which has been pretty patchy. It's only the last month or so where I've really had the kick up the bum to take my programme seriously. I dunno if it matters much,…

nth what others have said, you need to be weighing what you are eating. Those salads look massive! Honestly I'd say that even if you absolutely refuse to weight food, try having just one of the bowls for lunch! Also watch how much oil you are using to cook, it mounts up quickly. I either use 1 cal spray or nothing and…

I have it as I find it hard to reach my protein goal without it. I find if I have it with milk it makes me feel a bit full, but with water I feel just like I've had a drink. The stuff I have is only 115 cals with water (How I usually have it) or 230 cals with milk, which I find easy to fit into my calories for the day.…

I think the whole 'people are more focused on themselves' is true in a gym where people are serious about being in shape. I have the misfortune of going to a small and cheap gym (will be changing when I move yay!) and because it's £5 a month it attracts loads of people who are newbs/not that focused on getting ripped. I…

I can get on board with cutting out/restricting an item because it's too easy to go overboard/binge eg I avoid doritos as I find it hard to only have a portion. However, the trying to make yourself not like something you clearly like seems somewhat disordered. Have you thought about talking to someone about your…

Haha, I've always thought that too! Anyway, like others I balance my intake to allow for some more unhealthy stuff. Like I adore nandos, and my fav meal is about 1000cals, so on that day I have less and I eat less in the week so that my weekly deficit hits my target, even though nandos day is usually way over. Then I play…

I adore my PT, and would have quit lifting a long time ago if I didn't have my sessions with him. He corrects form/teachs my exercises, never upsells stuff and gives good variety to my programme. My favourite bit though is the encouragement and positivity I get from him. Like when I'm working really hard to get a new PR he…

I hate having to deal with straps slipping and also pulling sports bras over my head. I love the Marks and Spencers Extra High Impact bra which has front closure. It goes on like a jacket and has no straps to adjust/fall down. Although I don't do running, only biking/lifting so I'm not sure how well it would support…

Get you gait/running style get checked out, from that you can pick the best shoes for you. Or in my case I got told not to run as my gait was so bad I would end up with a perm injury if I kept at it. So now I nike instead :D

Weekly for me, at least till I've made some good progress, then I'll swap to daily and use https://trendweight.com/ so that I can see the overall trend and ignore the fluctuations!

I would like some friends ^^

For general sweet I go for fruit. If I need a chocolate hit then 1-2 hersheys kisses, or a kinder chocolate bar (sooo yummy). Also hot chocolate, I have the Options brand and it's really nice with just water and hits the spot. Plus because it's hot takes longer to eat!

Haha gotta love dilbert

I think you need to check your privilege. A lot of those those things don't seem like choices to me. Living so far away might be because she can't afford to live closer. If the area is rural with no public transport she would need a car to work rather than choose it for convenience. Then if she has bad credit she might not…