JonMacFit Member

I'm always up for more friends. Lost nearly 60lbs and have the same left to go.

I'm going through the same thing. My weight loss has been quick to this point and I lost 3lbs muscle mass in the process. This was before I started hitting the gym and it seems concentrating on weights instead of cardio is preventing the loss. I also changed my food target to contain 200g protein which is 1g for each lb of…

MFP says 1780 calories per day at present to lose 2lbs per week and most days I am hitting very close to that number and also had a few cheat days where I have been closer to 2500-3000 calories. My job has me sitting at my desk for 8 hours a day and apart from the walk to and from work (2km each way) I only get my exercise…

Any source of protein will have calories (on average protein contains 4 calories per gram but you do burn some digesting it). Shakes can be a nice choice as they can feel like a sweet treat while usually not being too high in calories but they are all different so I would suggest looking for one with over 20g per serving…

Dorset here.

I started off at the same weight just over a month ago and found I could drop to 1400-1800 calories per day just by increasing my protein intake and filling up on veggies later in the day with my evening meal. It might not be the same for you but I was never at the point of being hungry as I could use protein shakes to…

Hey everyone, This was the first post I ever created in MFP and the response and discussion is awesome. With helpful people like all of you around, I should have no problem making the right informed decisions about my diet. Thank you all

Thanks folks. Been missing carbs so nice to know it's okay to add a little more :)

Thanks for the advice. Any advice on things I can have to increase the calories without too much additional fat/carbs?

Not many lifestyle changes as I have 2 young children so always being kept active unless at work where I sit on my *kitten* most of the day. My target weight is 210 and MFP says I should be doing around 2000 calories per day to lose 2 lbs per week. However I have been consuming around 1500 recently as my new diet has left…