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I have to be a bit careful with the duration of my workouts because of a neurological condition. I focus on 3 good-quality whole-body weights sessions a week, no more than 40 minutes or so. I get about 12,000-15,000 steps a day as well, but I found that HIIT was a DISASTER for me after the first 3 months or so. I think I…

Yes to mobility issues. I'm still up and walking, but that's thanks to 3 sets of surgery and an ankle brace! My toes don't wiggle, I can't really move my ankles on demand (although they do move when I walk and things), and my range of ankle mobility is hilariously terrible so my squats are barely even half squats. I can't…

It may not be entirely accurate, but it might be worth wearing a heart rate monitor for a whole day, and seeing what that gives your daily calorie burn as. I'd recommend putting in your original height, along with a weight a bit below the 60kg, as I think almost all heart rate monitors worth a damn need those stats to…

I find it more productive to do 3 whole-body workouts a week. Leg day just left me feeling wrecked! :s Now each of my sessions has a leg/glute lift in, plus some upper body and some core. I do 5-6 different exercises per workout, 3-4 sets of each. On the advice of my trainer, I superset so while I'm resting from one…

MyProtein Impact Whey in any of their dessert flavours - Rocky Road is good!

Me too. Macros can be a useful tool for figuring out what foods make you happy on your weight loss journey! Through experimentation, I have found that I notice a deficit less if I mostly take it out of my carbs, and keep up sensible amounts of protein and fats. But if I want to fuel workouts, I need more carbs and less fat…

I'm more about macros than just calories, so being able to input my macro goals by gramme is hugely important to me. I hated how long it took to mess around with the total calories and percentages to get them where I wanted them in the free version. Also different goals for different days - my macros differ between…

Ignoring the ranty-keto-woo, I'm going to try and share some personal experience of surgery and diet. I've been through a number of sets of surgery over the last 20 years, with an increasing awareness of diet and nutrition as time went on. Here's what I learned... - Be as healthy and as happy and relaxed as you can before…

I find this sort of graphic really helpful when I'm staring at the macros I have left at the end of the of the day and wondering what on EARTH I can stick together to fit the random numbers I always end up with. I mean, I know most of it, but when I'm staring at a load of numbers it's easy to forget some of it... (Love the…

Also, it may be muscular. Make sure you're stretching or foam rolling enough, and maybe go for a sports massage. I always find that makes my legs feel way lighter and springier again!

If I'd quoted the whole discussion then I would have been warned for advertising ;) @beaglady is spot on - I was just paraphrasing in this thread in I way I may not have done in some of the more techy macro threads. And no, I know it's not a gramme-for-gramme trade off, and MFP makes it clear it isn't. Obviously you don't…

I did it for years - loved it, but recently moved house (to Oxfordshire rather than London) and can't find a studio near where I live now! :( I tried a number of different studios and really preferred the more dynamic style to traditional. I found that the more traditional classes tend to use the wooden reformers, and many…

The dates on packs are always on the conservative side . Remember that they're really a very modern invention, and the world kept turning and people didn't die (often!) before they existed. ;) A good sniff is normally all you need. I've literally never had a problem with almond milk. Although I do buy the one that's just…

I was told by my trainer that carbs and fats are basically interchangeable. The most important macro is protein, which your body needs as the "building blocks" of cells and basically everything, let along for building new muscle. So as long as you're doing ok on protein and are within your calories, then don't stress too…

If my symptoms are above the neck only (and I feel up to it), then yes. Any symptoms below the neck, then no. (So cough or whatever.) I was taught that years ago by a rowing coach, and it works really well for me.

Focussing on macros rather than calories. Same end result, but doesn't trigger obsessive behavior for me.

Not a lot in mine...!

As others have said, protein is protein regardless of gender. I found that quite a lot of the stuff marketed at women was as "diet shakes" or meal replacements instead of straight supplements, and often included things like caffeine and guarana for their "fat burning properties". And Maximuscle are currently marketing…

The numbers on my Polar heart rate monitor (with chest strap) are as low as I'd expect them to be - anything from below 100 to nearly 200 for a 35-40 min session. I strain and I sweat and I work damn hard, but it's not as heart pumping as cardio, so I wouldn't expect a heart rate monitor to give me too much credit. I track…

I think mine over-estimates. It claims I burn about 2,200 a day on average, and I'm maintaining on 1,900-2,000. I do wear my fitbit on my dominant wrist though, because my watch is on the other one, and it's an old fitbit flex so it's not a watch too. I have it set up that way, but I'm not entirely convinced their…

It gets better, promise! (And gentle exercise through the DOMS. It'll help. Really.)

Ah, but who got the girl? :p

I make up a protein shake/smoothie the night before and put it in the fridge. My normal is chocolate whey protein, unsweetened almond milk and a banana. Other things I've used recently... - vanilla protein - raw cacao - avocado - frozen berries - Greek yogurt - skyr Blend, chill, shake up in the morning, enjoy. (I have…

Oh you couldn't be more wrong. Clotted cream is like the best, naughty, most AMAZING thing ever. Think of the thickest cream you've ever seen, so heavy it's proper yellow rather than that thin white nonsense. Then make it thicker so you can stand a spoon up in it. Mmm... Nom... (It's also low sugar, just the lactose in the…

As someone who's spent the last year recomping down to about 16% body fat, have you had the chat with yourself about what your goals REALLY are? Is it actually some magical weight number, or is it really about looking a certain way, maybe being a certain size? As you get lean(er), you may find you need to let go of the…

If it's a morning workout, I do it fasted or I feel icky. I'd rather feel hungry than like I was about to vom! :s For lunchtime or after work sessions, a decent breakfast/lunch and a snack about 90 mins before (protein bar, yogurt, banana, whatever) gets me through, then a good meal afterwards. It's definitely a reward,…

Always slice before freezing if you can. Always toast when defrosted - bread is NEVER the same after it's been in the freezer. I either leave mine in the fridge for ~24 hours to defrost, or out on the drainer for ~12 hours. Reminds me I haven't had a bagel in AGES!!

This. I don't much care what I weigh if I'm happy with how I look!

I just wanted to add my support, and also to thank @tklivory for an amazing and informative post. There can be a lot of mud slinging on these forums at times, but this has really helped remind me that there are amazing people out there who have relevant experiences and great information to share! (I have a schoolfriend…

Just have a little chocolate and work it in to your macros. I have to buy a single, small bar (like, portion size small) or I eat it all. Otherwise, raw cacao powder works for me, whipped into zero fat greek yogurt/skyr or to turn a vanilla protein shake into a really chocolatey one that's more chocolatey than chocolate…