marty_smith Member

Good luck!

Hi Vismal, you're a legend for answering everybodys questions. Great work. Mine are... 1. I have lost 17 pounds in 6 weeks (from 15.5 stone to 14 stone 3 pounds. Being 6ft tall male i still have lots of fat to lose. I would like to end up with a flat stomach and a chest and no masses of fat on my hips like i have. Do you…

Women, seriously, if you get to the point where you're in a position to have rudies in the bedroom - i can guarentee the bloke isn't worried about what you look like with your clothes off, if anything hes probably desperate for you to take them off. Chances are hes thinking exactly the same thing about himself aswell. Be…

Thanks everybody

My younger brother got this done a few months ago, its an option but i would rather not obviously. My only worry is as i have had them for so long im not sure they will be that easy to get rid of. Its still early days, I'll give it at least a year or untill im at an ideal weight.

Cool. Thanks for that. I always assumed that was the case which is why i have been in no rush to do pressups in the hope it would tone up my chest. I will do them anyway for exercise purposes soon but it just reaffirmed what i already knew.

The only way is to plan your meals the night before. Weigh out cereal or oats with yoghurt, take an apple and a banana to work to tide you over til lunch, have a sandwich at lunch time and then eat dinner early as soon as you're home as you will be hungry. After a week or two your body will be used to smaller portions and…

Thats awesome. Well done. I love this thread, makes being starving in bed at night feel like its worth doing, haha. Im even over my calorie goal today aswell after snacking at the cinema! Can't wait to post my before and after one day, hopefully in time for summer.

What is you calorie deficit? Maybe you should lower it 250 calories?

I feel sorry for you because your husband is a wanker, plain and simple. Going to strip clubs? You married the wrong guy. He'll be cheating on you next blaming it on you, he can't appreciate the fact is wife is trying to stay as healthy as possible, prolonging her life, and ultimately gaining huge confidence in herself…

Look, so what if you miss a week or two of Zumba? Try and eat healthily throughout the day anyway. Im 29, i weighed 217 pounds a month ago and have done most of my adult life apart from the one or two times i lost weight for a very short while (2-3 months before resorting to my old ways). But this time is difference…

Listen. You are never gonna lose the weight if you are not prepared to be patient. After 15 years of being over weight and yo-yoing between dieting and eating rubbish i have finally realised that. That's what happened to me. One day, i found this app and I thought "lets commit to this idea of calorie counting and see where…

Thanks guys. I had an apple as a snack trying to resist the urge to eat my favourite butter short bread buiscits but i ended up caving in and had 4 of them! :o However, i ate half the amount i was gonna have for my dinner so saved myself there. I wasn't that hungry anyway, haha.

Ive added you :)

Completed week 2, weighed myself for the first time since i started and lost 7 pounds (3.5 pounds a week). Whilst i understand that speed of weight gain isn't healthy, i feel more comitted then ever to finally get in good shape so will be aiming to settle into a steady 2 pound a week weight loss eventually. Don't want to…

Yeah I appreciate the insight buddy, thanks. Im currently 15.5 stone and want to get to at least 13.5 stone or ideally 13 stone to be happy with my weight, ie 35 pounds to lose. Once i get to, say, 14 stone... My concern would be that despite sticking to a lowish calorie diet as i have said previously that my weight gain…

Yeah, my TDEE is 2685 actually. The 1685 is minus 1000 calories for the 2 pound fat burn. I think im gonna try and stick to 1685 a day and not be overly bothered if i go 100/200 calories over every now and then.

Keep going. I've just finished week one and started with a similar mentality to you. Stay under your calorie goal each day, log your weight loss so the app can adjust the calories you need again and reset your goals. This will ensure you continue to loae weight... Hopefully! My cheat night was saturday night, i had two…

Week 2 started today so I'm with you guys :D only i decided not to weigh myself. Don't want to worry about it too much yet, i just want to concentrate on the diet and what i eat for 2 weeks. Should see a bigger gain and less likely to get annoyed with it early on, haha.

Out of interest, what do people think is better for me. To stick with the MFP calorie suggestion for 'active' activity level or the TDEE suggested calorie level? I know the two are different and to vary my plan based on my own results etc but is there a rule of thumb where people have noticed MFP goals a little to relaxed?

http://www.iifym.com/tdee-calculator/ This is the site i used. Also can't find on MFP what classifications their activity levels suggest. Edit: just seen a mail man should be classed as Active so if i do use the MFP goals then thats the one for me.

My fitness pal - active, 2 pounds a week = 2180 calories. I work six day weeks, so sunday is the only day I wouldn't be classed as active i guess. TDEE - 1685 And what do you mean by "the smaller your deficit should be"? If i can continue on a low calorie diet aiming for 2 pounds a week, even after adjusting my goals after…

Yeah im aiming for 2 pounds a week, but I'm also expecting the progress to slow at some point. It will be hard to maintain 2 pound a week even if i am sticking to the goal set. I just assume this will happen once my body gets used to what I'm doing. Similar to when you go to the gym and you have to increase your workout as…

I used one site (that I've forgotten) to calculate my TDEE and it said i use 2685 calories a day for highly active lifestyle - it even lists my job as an example next to the option. Im 29 years old, weight 15.5 stone, 6ft tall and active because of work (today i walked 11 miles in total, including in the office and walking…

Because you ate more calories then the day before?

Needing to go for a wee 1 minute into your run.

Goodluck. I am new but completed day 3. No dips so far apart from some sweet popcorn at the cinema today but i have accurately added it to my diary and im still 800 calories under today so im happy. ;)

Why am i here, I'm 29

I actually managed to do it once before and got in good shape, though that was with running 5 times a week, 4 miles a day, and when i had time. Now i have a 2 year old and i am already too tired after work to start that routine again! Maybe soon though.

Thanks guys, i think im getting the hang of the app. It actually says I haven't done any exercise today despite walking for 3 hours non-stop for work and i am waaay under my suggested calorie intake for today so im confident i have it working properly. Starving hungry going bed. Day one finished. It says in 5 weeks time i…