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I feel for you, facing a cold without the comfort of ice cream is a tough one. I would try to eat your maintenance intake, lots of tea, and take it easy. Hope you feel better soon!

I would eat back the full amount. 1200 sounds low to me (why is it so many women on this forum seem to come up with 1200 as their target?), so don't risk going lower.

Totally understand. The routine of work keeps me stable. At the weekend the lure of the kitchen is always there. I find it best to keep myself as busy and distracted as possible at the weekend.

sounds like the low carb/high fat diet is the right choice for you then! I couldn't, but I can easily demolish a packet of marsh mallows, jelly babies, skittles.,,, I guess that's why I prefer high carb/low fat.

Good question, I'll be keeping an eye on this thread. I do a slightly modified version of SL, and find I need to add extra rest days to make is sustainable, but seeing steady gains.

Absolutely. I often go two weeks without losing, but am on a diet that I can stick too, so I can be patient.

Every morning exactly as above, bf% too. I also get an appreciation for natural fluctuations in my weight, and the scales inaccuracies. If I've not lost 0.5 kg after two weeks I start logging my diet and adjusting calories if necessary.

13-18% is considered the healthy range for men. Most people don't get much of a six pack until they hit 10% or lower. Below 10% might feel like a full-time job to maintain. Let me give you some advice I wish someone had given me when I was 18: Focus on listening to girls rather than trying to impress them. Don't try to be…

Tuna I find to be the easiest and most cost effective way of getting to my protein goal. Feels a bit like eating cat food sometimes though. Really I find I still depend on protein shakes a lot.

you don't need to do low carb, nor exercise insanely. Since you're a newbie, I would suggest using the calorie calculator on this site to work out the maintenance calorie intake for the weight you WANT to be (not what you are now). Then eat the same foods you eat now, but keep a food diary and try to keep as close to that…

Alcohol itself has calories, so there are no calorie-free alcoholic drinks. There's some god information here: https://www.drinkaware.co.uk/check-the-facts/health-effects-of-alcohol/appearance/calories-in-alcohol

Usually 500 calories, usually my biggest single intake in the day. I find I can't properly function in the morning without a decent meal.

That's a tough one, I do sympathize. If possible I would try to address the source of the anxiety. Is this a recent problem? If your doctor is recommending medication I would consider it - not ideal, but better than the current situation if avoiding caffeine, evening stimulation, and doing relaxation techniques haven't…

that fleck of blond hair hanging over the left eye, very cute!

I know how you feel Chelsea, and you don't have to give up wine, just include it in your daily calories. You might need to cut back a bit in order to save calorie space for actual nutritious foods - I dropped from 550ml to 330ml of beer - but I got used to it, and now I don't feel like I'm on a diet at all. As to the…

I guess the question is not whether the '6 pack' muscles are visible, rather how big they are. And to make these muscles significantly bigger I question whether stronglifts is enough.

yep, 330ml of beer most days, no problems, able to lose weight still

I have a 330ml beer at least every other day when I get home (had a pint at lunchtime today too). I log the calories and as long as I'm in my deficit I continue to lose weight. So no, I don't have that problem thankfully - and actually the gassy beer fills me up and I don't feel hungry for a while after.

yes, at least with no noticeable increase in muscle anyway, but it does depend on your starting point. If you're a newbie then absolutely 100% you can.

yep, lots of brits still use stones, I grew up using them, but they are a terribly coarse unit for our purposes

A friend of mine did weight watchers and it worked wonders for him. It does seem to suit a lot of people better than straight calorie counting

sit ups aren't usually enough, you'll need to do weighted abs work, and hanging leg raises - things where you'll hit failure around 10 reps.

congratulations! I think you might have added muscle and lost fat - the holy grail for many people on this site! My advice is to keep it up, watch out for symptoms of overtraining, and review where you're at in 4 weeks. 1200 calories does sound a bit low, what is your height?

so you've maintained your weight for July, August, September on 1200-1500 calories a day? It does sound a bit low for someone your height, were you logging this diligently through the summer - with no other calories sneaking through? It surprisingly easy to underestimate.

"at least as toned", as the top photo? wow. Personally I think she could do with a little more body fat.

have you tried shorter faster runs? I built my calves doing lots of hills and short fast runs < 5km always.

her awesome curves

but I've read in more than a few places that vitamin pills are useless

I don't for a minute think this behavior is based on anything other than jealousy, but one thing that I've noticed makes overweight people look worse when they lose weight, is when they still wear the same clothes (which are then really baggy).

It sounds good in theory, and I think a lot of us do this anyway with cheat meals, and eating less the following day etc. If it were me doing this I'd aim for a 2500 calorie weekly deficit.