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Just bigger portions. My partner and my son can't be satisfied by the amount I eat. That's just normal. (They are not overweight)

Very rude. Do you go to these anniversaries every day or were these people not important to you or what? You could have had 1 or 2 small bites surely instead of making a matter out of it! Wasn't going to ruin your whole progress!

Prickly chest? Mmmmm .... nnno.

Were the ribs sold raw or cooked? If raw - the given weight would be for the raw meat which has more water.

Great advice. The same helped me too.

That is not necessarily true. I'm in the UK and shop at Sainsbury's and I've found that even items that you don't expect to be the correct weight per item in a package (like veg) are exactly the correct weight. I've been amazed more than once. I think those cheddar sticks if there is any variance it will be 1gr at most and…

I actually would do pretty badly in an accountability group. I hate being accountable for my actions in front of other people. I can do it on my own because I just want to look good (like I used to) more than I want that [insert any food] that would get me above my calories today. Also I don't do deficit every day. Just…

To jump start a diet is a marketing catch phrase (for selling weight loss snake oil). You've clearly been caught.

Myprotein. Has like 30 flavours. Super tasty!

2100 per day or 2100 total? 1lbs fat = 3500cal.

I'm sure the OP knows fat doesn't make you fat.

I have. Have you? After all these comments you intend to up your calories. This is not the correct understanding.

Depends how much you do. I don't do much and if I add at all I add 50cals. This does make a difference for me though because my total deficit is 150-200.

I eat the way I would eat after I finish losing. Just a bit less (in my case about 200cal less which makes very little difference from maintanance). I've lost 30lbs. I just had pizza with ham, cheese, mushrooms and mascarpone and for dessert tiramisu. I'm going to have a tin of tapioca later. I eat everything I like.

It makes no difference. Whichever makes it easier for you to plan.

Hun, do you want to lose weight more or do you want to be right more? If the first - eat less. If the second - wrong website.

For your arms to look smaller you need to lose fat from there. You can replace its weight with muscle weight if you want but the fat has to go one way or another. If the fat stays as is now, gaining muscle under it will not make your arms look smaller. Quite the opposite. The only way to lose fat in your arms is to burn it…

You can try jumping naked in front of the mirror :wink: That does it for me!

1. Not giving up whatever happens. Need a two week break? Sure, so long as I get back after it. 2. Never stay hungry. If I'm genuinely hungry, I eat. 3. If I want to eat more - move more! Couch potato = no calories for desserts :( 4. No "all or nothing" thoughts or ideas. They are a sure recipe for failure. 5. No arbitrary…

If your setting is 1lbs per week then, assuming you're using a food scale, you should be losing 1lbs per week on average after several weeks. Not 1lbs every week but 1lbs on average per week.

maimtanance = TDEE You said yourself it is 1600 up there Everyone's weight fluctuates like this. Nothing to do with fat gain or fat loss. It's just water. You are made mostly of water and the body desides how much of it to retain a given day to optimise its functions. If you keep weighing everyday like most of us you will…

Are you sure it is not 2013.30? Sorry. Had to ask. What I mean is that the error is much larger than 0.1cal so makes no sense to report such a number. With the help of your trainer you estimated your maintanance. Round to the nearest 50 at most. So 2000 in your case. Why do you plan to create the deficit from carbs? Asking…

By gaining if you eat above 1200 did you mean from one day to the next? These are just normal weight fluctuations. You are not gaining fat at 1300. Or 1400. Or 1500. Especially if you exercise as you seem to. You need to be persistent over a long period of time and be accurate measuring your food with a scale every day in…

If you're not losing for a month it is very likely you are eating as much as you are burning. So you need to eat less. Do you use a food scale? What deficit are you aiming for?

I have added a category in my diary "before bed meal". I've had it since I started 2.5 years ago. I always leave around 250cal for this particular meal. I sleep best if I eat right before that. Why not try to do the same/similar? I should add I prelog my meals from the day before. So that makes it easier to plan.

I think you might have the wrong impression that there are certain foods that you need to eat to lose weight. I can assure you that this is not the case. Your body stores fat for times when there is insufficient food. At such times the body burns fat for energy to survive. This is how you lose fat - eat insufficient amount…

Listing to the other members telling stories about eating huge amounts of the zero point foods and expecting to lose would annoy me to no end.

For me it is the no go way. I love carbs, I live off carbs and I could pull off your arm if you try to take them off me. I've lost the 30lbs I had to lose eating fewer calories than I burn and eating 50% or more carbs. Other people prefer low carb for some unknown to me reason. For the second part of your question - for me…

I don't understand how he could want to drink something that you bought specifically for some purpose for yourself. I find this incredibly inconsiderate. :neutral: Just tell him to buy one for himself (or that you'll buy one for him next time).

Yes, I'm doing the bw bridges. The reason I started this post is that from what I've read in this forum I've got the impression that if it isn't progressive lifting one shouldn't bother at all. I find your suggestion for the belt and resistance bends very crafty. I'll try it.