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I love these examples, they really stick it to the fad nutritionists peddling their snake oil. There's a few other examples of these approaches, check out the Twinkie diet too. I'm tempted to do a pizza, beer, and ice cream diet :-)

As far as the formulas go: :)

I applaud that, just goes to prove you don't have to cut out anything you enjoy in order to stay healthy.

that's interesting, although I always take these newspaper articles with a pinch of salt.

Sports Nutrition - Anita Bean. Quite a dry school text book style book, but gave me some good habits.

Hi, You could try increasing the calories incrementally, so switch to 1300 now, and see how it feels for a week or two (do you feel less sluggish and hungry?), then increase again by another 100. The formulas are very helpful to get a rough idea of where your calories should be at and to give an initial target, but…

The whole detox concept was designed simply to sell books and magazines. Just try to eat healthily most of the time and you'll be fine.

Reminds me of one time in a gym I asked a trainer why my feet needed to be placed at a certain height on the leg press, and all she replied was "so you don't break your feet". I then asked another one the same question and got a decent answer about strain on the knees.

Take a rest day. de-training doesn't start for weeks in most people

I was in a similar position a while back and opted for a bike - which is actually the cardio machine I like least in the gym. The reason I went for the bike was because I didn't have much space for it at home, and bikes seem to have the smallest footprint. It's also very quiet (the one I got anyway you can hardly hear), so…

Spot on! I feel more and more that the best diet is just eating the foods you like, but keeping the calorie intake at the maintenance level for the weight you want to be.

What I don't like about paleo is the basic principle that it's based on, in that what paleolithic man ate must be our ideal diet. I see multiple problems with this. 1. Exactly which paleolithic peoples are we supposed to follow? Humans were spread out across most of the planet, eating what they could find in their area -…

great advice guys, many thanks!

Okay, this has kind of gone off topic, and I'm horrified that this thread has started taking a racial tone. I've already received 6 flags from people for my initial post apparently being abusive. I don't see how politely stating a personal preference in an example (a preference that is opposed to the popular norm of bigger…

I can't see anything wrong with doing that at all, perhaps even just eat what you want when you want, but keep logging - and see where you 'naturally' settle.

Hi Molly, welcome to these forums. You'll find most people are pretty friendly and helpful here.

thanks guys, gotta say though, I was hoping for more of a socio-anthropological analysis in the anwers :)

My Italian friends would use nothing other than a stove-top moka at home. I've tried various myself, but always came back to the stove-top

I think we've actually become conditioned to overweight being the norm for adults, so that anything different looks ill. Look at hollywood movies from 50 years ago - James Stewart would be seen as anorexic by todays standards

well, that's what I call totally getting my question answered thanks! It had been puzzling me. sorry OP for this distraction, my suggestion of eating back all your exercise calories still stands (even if the machines overestimate a bit), but then I'm definitely more into the slow weight loss approach than the rapid one,…

Thanks guys, using chairs for a squat rack - that's an interesting idea, and I do have chairs that I think would be suitable. As to my goals, a bit of everything really. I'd like to get stronger, and particularly be able to do over 10 pull ups would be a nice short-term goal (I've been stuck on 8 for weeks). As far as…

I've been lifting free weights on and off for 20 years. And I am prioritizing upper body as this is where I need it most. I'm much more ecto on my upper body, for some reason my legs (even my calves) have always been fairly big and strong - possibly because I did a lot of running, soccer, and cycling in my hilly town as a…

yep! And it takes me at least 4 days to recover. I make sure I'm fully carbed up before doing it, and it's awesome. I used to do legs on a different day, but found I could nail them on the same session. I have recently dropped it back from 5 sets to 3 though, 5 was a killer when doing all together. I've tried all kinds of…

Good memory. I like the leg press because it isolates the legs (and it's worked for me), squats are better on whole though so if it was one or the other I would do squats. But I think the leg press has a worthwhile place in the gym. What I don't like are the leg curl and extension machines, as I mentioned before.

I don't recommend machines, the leg press is about the only one worth using. I can't think of a single good reason to use the others, all the arguments I've seen for using them have a solid counter-argument. Do free weights, but get someone with experience to get you going and get your form right, even consider having a…

Just remember, Sean Connery never had a sixpack - in fact I don't think any male Hollywood lead actors did until the 80s.

who is going to get '12 points'? - sorry your thread title sounded like it was from the Eurovision song contest :-) Welcome to this site, I find the people here very friendly and helpful!

There are loads more people here doing lchf who can advise you better I'm sure. The only way you'll ruin it is by going over on your calories, so make sure you track those. Good luck

If I was doing LCHF then nuts would definitely be a big part of it. After that cheese. What other diets have you tried before?

This is why I gave up trying to hit fat/carb targets early on. I just focus on hitting calorie and protein targets, and figure that the fat/carbs will take of themselves. It's been working for me so far.