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Probably restricting sugar will be a greater challenge for you than fat, since you had a major pop habit. Having a daily plan will probably be helpful, and then you can see how the foods you are surrounded by at work will fit in with that. Even if all the choices seem "unhealthy", some will work better than others in the…
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Both are easy, in my experience. Most fruit isn't very calorie-dense.
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Yes, lentils or other pulses only count once per day (in UK guidelines, at any rate).
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But Australians do poorly in meeting those targets: https://www.heartfoundation.org.au/about-us/what-we-do/heart-disease-in-australia/fruit-and-vegetable-consumption-statistics Their overall consumption is quite similar to the UK's. AUS: On average, men aged 18 years and over consumed 1.6 serves of fruit and 2.3 serves of…
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They mean, what everyone considers fruit. Botanical fruit that are culinary vegetables count as vegetables. The defining nutritional difference is probably sweetness, really. Obviously some veg are quite sweet though. The portion size thing can be confusing. Many apples would be big enough to give two portions of edible…
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60lb by November is slightly over 1lb/week, which is tough but not unreasonable. The rate at which you've lost so far is much faster than that, which will include rookie losses, so I personally wouldn't worry about it being too fast - it would be too fast if it continued. You should be very pleased with your progress, and…
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I track both, but the fibre is inaccurate for me, because UK labels don't have to include it. It is on many labels, but not all. Iron is on far fewer labels. Salt / sodium logging is inaccurate because I add a little to water for boiling or at the table, that is too low to estimate sensibly (and most of it is thrown out…
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The UK rec is 5 overall, and a serving is defined as 80g of fresh, frozen or canned fruit or veg, 30g dried, 150ml fruit juice or smoothie. Pulses and juices or smoothies can only count once each per day, and potatoes don't count. It's based on WHO's recommendation of a 400g/day minimum.
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The UK's NHS sets an RDA of 90g sugar per day on a 2000 calorie diet, with up to 30g of that being added sugar. MFP sets a lower value than this, which I would find unachievable and pointless. So I set my own level based on NHS guidelines. I have a 1600 calorie goal, so I set my goal as (1600/2000)x90 = 72. I don't always…
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I'm taking a visit to the heart attack capital of the UK for Christmas. Hopefully I'll get out alive. More realistically, I'm away for a week, and then New Year festivities when I return. I'll be taking it relatively easy, and regarding it as a diet break before my final push in the New Year. I'm staying with tiny people,…
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1. Carry on with the diet for another ~2 BMI units (From 24-22, which suits me well). 2. Start running and cycling again regularly. Keep walking. 3. Swim (I only really want to do this in the winter months, summer I prefer to be outside all day). 4. Try to find some form of resistance exercise that fits my lifestyle, and…
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Work in progress, but band size is down from 36 to 34, and won't go any lower, I'm pretty sure. I'd love my cup size to reduce to the point where I could buy bras from all the mainstream ranges that only go up to either D or DD. I don't know if it will, though. Despite being smaller, they are now more prominent, due to…
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Right, I'm off to make myself a green tea with lemon and a pack of biltong, with a chaser of a gallon of water, while wrapped in cling film. I don't have vibration plates, but I could sit on the washing machine, if that will help?
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If it aint broke, don't fix it!
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I think that it gets jumped on when people complain that they "can't lose weight" and are logging everything, and eating a minuscule number of calories, but are weighing nothing.
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When I walk at 3mph for a decent length walk in a rolling rural setting, it feels quite fast, and I don't see many people walking faster, unless they are obviously "power walking". I don't think it is a slow "real world" speed at all. I've done very little treadmilling - a small amount of running as part of circuit…
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It's because of your starting size. 22lb off when you are in the "normal" or "overweight" BMI brackets is easy to see, but it's much harder to notice, the further into the "obese" bracket you are. As you keep going, you will find that the differences are more obvious. You say you have lost around your face. That is a nice…
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It gets easier, because once you have used an ingredient, it will be saved in your list, and easier to find again. So it's worth making sure you find an accurate ingredient the first time, for future reference. The bugger is, if you use a huge variety of ingredients, as I do, they fall off the bottom of my list if I…
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I'm not aiming so high, but I get about 40% of my protein from meat, fish and seafood. About 20% from eggs and diary. About 40% from vegetable sources including grains, legumes, nuts and other vegetables.
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I have a BIA scale, use it daily, and have been surprised that it does actually show a strong and consistent trend, though I pretty much disregard the units on it. However, just as with weight, it fluctuates day-to-day, even used at the same time each day under the same conditions. It can show BF% down 1% one day, up 1%…
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Everybody estimates. Even those who weigh every packaged item to be sure the weight is as stated. The values you see are based on a typical item. A given chicken breast might be a bit fattier or a bit more pumped up with water than the average. What you need to do is to use the most honest estimate you can. I don't know…
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4. They don't want to believe it, because it makes it their responsibility for eating too much and doing too little.
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Whatever your family history, there is no doubt at all that the current prevalence of obesity is unprecedented. Look at the graph on the right. The thinnest state today is way fatter than the fattest state of 25 years ago: http://stateofobesity.org/adult-obesity/
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The irony is, in Weightwatchers and other point systems that penalise foods deemed "unhealthy", if you were able to stick with it, you'd lose faster by choosing the "unhealthy" options, because you'd hit your daily budget with fewer calories. It wouldn't be sustainable or good practice, but the scale would move.
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You might find, as I do, that you lose at a different rate than MFP and other calculators say for a given intake. If 1300 feels too little (as a female of the same height and age group, and less active, I would find it unsustainable), massage your inputs (activity level / rate of loss) until you find something that IS…
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Most people stay within their budget by setting a higher budget. Mostly by setting their projected weight loss rate less ambitious, or in my case, just what I know works from past experience. What did you set your activity level as? You don't sound sedentary. Higher activity levels should give you a higher goal. 1000…
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Is that legal where you live? It could lose you your licence in the UK.
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It's not the lying I mind, it's the sheer rudeness.
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You never lose 100% fat, because fat tissue has capillaries etc to support it. But supposing you could, and supposing your starting weight is 170lb, and your starting BF% is 30%. That gives you a lean mass of 119lb. Lose 10lb of pure fat, and your body fat % = (160-119)/160 = 26%. Only a 4% reduction in the BF% number! Of…
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Do you have an approximate guess at your current BF%? I don't understand what the 10 inches means. This article suggests that body fat monitors are likely to underestimate fat loss, and also talks about the general unreliability of their data.
