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They're always much more noticeable at first, and then become less so as your muscles become used to doing more work. So no, it's not laziness.

US sizes run larger than UK sizes. According to this https://www.asknumbers.com/ClothingWomensConversion.aspx your UK size 28 is equivalent to a US size 24. You should be mostly OK. I have to say, it was in taking my kid to Disneyland a few years ago that the magnitude of the US obesity problem hit me. When standing in…

When it comes to fat, you can expect first on, last off. The places you tended to accumulate fat when you first started putting on weight will be the last place it tends to disappear from. With me, there are these pads of fat on each side of my lower back, right over my kidneys, that showed up even when I was in college.…

Warm-up with a brisk walk before. Stretch, if at all, after.

It depends on what you mean by "totally derail". It also depends on what you were trying to make progress toward: You say you're in a happy place with your body, so I don't know if you were trying to lose, gain, or were in maintenance mode. But in general, when we're ill is not the time to be worrying too much about weight…

Orthorexia won't fix anything. See a professional.

Weight loss isn't about what or when you eat, it's about how much. I'm very hypo, and have had no trouble losing as long as I ate no more than my daily calorie goal.

Not just the shrinking tummy, but look at that jawline pop right out! Great work!

Just gonna leave this here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nk8agwWigww

If it's better than you've done before, it's good. If you hadn't been doing anything before and this is you just starting out, it's excellent. Never mind your time or speed compared to a standard set by other people. You're DOING IT. That's the most important thing. For the time being, I'd suggest you just set yourself a…

Hey, some people like the Popeye look.

With your friends that's to be expected, particularly if they're not living at home. But for anyone who's still immersed in a traditional culture, food and visiting/hospitality are intimately linked. Whenever you're visiting, food will therefore always be offered. Usually you can satisfy the demands of hospitality by…

It's common in many cultures for an initial offer of food to be declined as a matter of etiquette. But I know of no culture where you're obliged to accept all of what's offered. Typically you need to decline multiple times, or claim a very recent meal or mild illness, to be understood that you're actually declining. At the…

This is utter and complete bullkitten.

54 year old man, hypothyroid, lost 35 lbs by eating fewer calories, setting goals and tracking calories with MFP, and exercising. I also take my Synthroid daily without fail, on an empty stomach and at least a half hour (usually longer) before eating.

Consignment stores, thrift stores, and Ross. Just sayin'.

What I've done is to keep logging during my workweek, aiming for a small 0.5 lb/week-sized deficit. It's easy then. My work days are very structured and it's easy to control the amount of food I eat. That allows me to forget about logging on the weekends, so if I'm eating out or doing something else fun I don't need to…

Besides what @RoxieDawn and @festerw told you, take it nice and slow. Don't try to "push through" the pain. It won't work, and you risk making it much worse. Revert to walking for awhile, but not a nice, easy stroll. Make it a good, brisk walk, and for at least a mile, or as far as you can go short of that. When I took up…

That works out to an average of 1/6 of a Lindt ball per day. Yeah, sounds pretty moderate to me!

Unless you're Iranian or Russian, in which case it's "shashlik".

Coincidentally, this is on the MFP homepage today: http://blog.myfitnesspal.com/5-brussels-sprouts-recipes-make-tonight/

Burning stored fat -- which is exactly what you'd expect to happen if you're not eating enough to provide energy to meet your needs -- isn't the same thing as "increasing metabolism". It's in fact exactly what happens with a CICO approach to weight loss. When we "constantly snack", it ought to be pretty obvious that we're…

Think about some of these. Reducing calories slows your metabolism... but if you reduce them all the way to zero it does the opposite? If you're overweight chances are you have an insulin problem... so since we have an obesity epidemic in this country, we actually have some kind of pandemic insulin problem that's never…

What he should have is chemistry envy. If he'd ever done any kind of lab work with a bomb calorimeter, he'd know perfectly well that different substances have different energy content. If he honestly thinks a pound of white sugar and a pound of lettuce provide the same amount of energy, he needs to stay away from keyboards.

Indeed. I started weight lifting a couple of weeks ago, after doing nothing but running for about a year, and immediately put on 5 lbs. Now, I'm in maintenance. I keep to a smallish deficit throughout the week so I can enjoy my weekends without tracking my intake. I find it very unlikely I went on such a bender a few…

3 lbs is pretty meaningless in the grand scheme of things. Don't sweat it, no pun intended. My weight fluctuates by that much or more over the course of a week, or even over a couple of days. It's counterintuitive, but if you're retaining water because of excess sodium consumption, the best way to get rid of it is to drink…

Well. That was quite a lot of blither for just one idiot.

I agreed that a couple of times a week is not a problem, so I have no idea where "give up completely" comes from here. Really, if you have to ignore half of what someone says in order to make a snappy comeback, perhaps you should be putting a bit more effort into it. I will, however, admit that since I despise those drinks…

Of course, but this is a shorter person with not that much weight to lose, and it's an obvious (and relatively easy) cut to make.

There's nothing wrong with a once or twice a week treat, but if a sugary Starbucks confection is the daily pick-me-up, it's certainly not helping.