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That just shows you don't know what a control group is, and therefore are scientifically illiterate in this sense and as such cannot correctly argue for anything on this topic as you clearly cannot interpret scientific data and vocabulary. Therefore you are someone I would strongly recommend people don't listen to.

A pint of beer (depending on type/ brand) can pack a lot of calories.Which is why I don't drink much of it now. A typical pint of beer will be 250 calories + so after 4 you've had 1000 calories just in beer that day! I used to have 4 or 5 at the pub with my friends, no wonder I gained so much weight.

Calories, hands down. Only way to lose weight is to be at a caloric deficit. Unless you have a medical condition you don't need to worry about carbs and fats ect. Carbs aren't the enemy, they don't make you fat if you're not eating above your maintenance calories. If you like carbs, eat carbs.

I don't tend to buy/eat dessert at all when trying to lose weight, because the calories just aren't worth it for me. They're a maintenance food for me.

We still quite regularly have pizza in our house trying to lose weight. We'll just have half each of a European sized pizza which is about 12" each. And thankfully we only like thin crust so it's lower calorie :p bbq chicken is my favourite.

BBQs are great :D

I'd feel happier if I didn't feel nauseous as hell :disappointed: haha my own fault really, should have drank more water or something in between beers.

It was at a bbq party so there were many temptations, but it was the cake that got me

Oh how I wish this was true :D

haha I was on beer, if I'd been on spirits I would have intaken less calories but I just wanted some beer. :P Trying to be more active to bank for activity calorie. Gym isn't an option for me for expense reason atm...i also just don't like it because I find it incredibly boring. So trying to get into more hiking. Just…

My mum is on it, it's had no affect on her weight. I think she's on a slightly higher dose too. If anything it's helped with weight loss because she sleeps half the day away so isn't eating during those times hahaha :')

I've never had difficulty to with this and find meals plans easy to follow and make. I'm also cooking for my mum currently for her diet and she doesn't like many spices so don't need any "fancy" stuff as you say. Dinner meals tend to be a meat, salad and veg with varying differing marinades or occasional pasta or pizza. My…

haha very true, thankfully I don't do bad things when drunk.

Banking the calories is something I'd do during maintenance, but when trying to lose weight I can't bank enough to have a proper night and still consistently lose. So I just lose about a week of loss and live with it. So long as I don't gain it's fine by me. I do have a horrid hangover today though :( so having a…

I'm usually more of a savoury foods or ice cream person...but my friend bought a really fancy cake from patisserie valerie and I couldn't say no because it looked SO good. And it was, since I don't usually like chocolate cake that much.

My mum is severely disabled. The only options for her to lose weight is to eat less. Because the amount of exercise she can do not only would burn less than 100 calories for the day, but it completely takes it out of her and leaves her in pain for days. It is not a one size fits all, and you also have to take into account…

You won't have gained any actual weight (as in fat) it's simply not possible in a deficit. So you can calm your panic! :) Just focus on being healthy and happy and reaching your goals and don't obsess too much over the numbers on the scale.

I assume it means 21g total carbs but 6g refined sugar? Or maybe carbs that can be absorbed? As depending on the type of fibre it may not be nutritional fibre. Not sure, never seen anything like that on a packet before. On UK packaging it would say something like "21g carbohydrates, of which sugars 6g"

Depends what you mean by a "bad choice" healthy in terms of specific foods is quite subjective and a lot of people don't agree on the subject. In my opinion so long as you're eating a balanced diet and getting sufficient nutrients and have no health conditions you need to consider then eat whatever you want.

4'9 here. I don't do much of either because I'm a lazy *kitten*. :D Apart from a hike every now and again.

True, we can't know for sure from what little information we have.

To be fair, a lot of that might be water weight loss. My mum has been on a calorie deficit diet for about 18 days now and the scales says she has lost half a stone, when really in terms of calorie deficit vs her maintenance she could have only lost 3lbs of fat in that time.

Have you tried cooking them in different ways? Baked carrots for example taste nothing like boiled carrots. Other than that just keep it eating it, it can take 10+ times of eating something before you develop a taste for it. Some things you may never like. But if you give it a good go I should imagine you'll eventually…

3 days is nothing, it is not normal to see actual weight loss in 3 days. You're being far too impatient.

I don't know what your TDEE is/ how active you are so I can't say whether you should or shouldn't increase your food consumption. But yeah some people can be very rude on here when it comes to individual calorie amounts. I think some people see something different to what they do and think everyone should be doing the…

If you can't discipline yourself then don't have those things in the house. You may also want to try adding some more fats to your regular diet (staying within your calories), it may curb the home time cravings.

how quick you lose weight depends entirely on your caloric deficit. So yeah eating more calories will slow down weight loss, eating less will speed it up. Though bare in wind weightloss often does not occur like clockwork. Some weeks you might not see the scale move, others you might see a big jump. Essentially you're…

Hunger to me is the physical feeling of being hungry. Appetite is wanting to eat food whether hunger is there or not. Not necessarily mutually exclusive.

You can stop. You are choosing not to. The moment you realise your actions are completely in your control is the moment you can change your behaviour. If it helps you then don't have snack foods in the house if you cannot control yourself. Or only reach for lower calorie snacks. To reach for crisps for example instead of…

Intermittent fasting is "working" not because you are fasting but because you are consuming fewer calories. While yes insulin does promote fat storage, fat storage only actually occurs if you are in a calorie surplus. That hormone is going to be in your blood stream in varying concentrations throughout the day regardless…