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To keep on track I kind of have to pre-log. Otherwise I would run the risk of getting to 4pm and having no more calories left for dinner. But I do leave it a bit flexible and make changes later, but I will know for example if I'm going to have a glass of wine with dinner or not.

Totally not for me. I hate the teamy atmosphere, I really don't need strangers to clap or cheer for me - I am not a 'woohoo' kind of person. I also hate having to get into groups as an adult, and the Crossfit gym I went to always had group activities (sharing the bar for deadlifts in groups of three etc). Plus the…

No it's not, and the original post was in relation to waist to height, as was mine. There have been plenty of studies on it.

Studies have been done which show waist to height as being a more accurate indicator of obesity than BMI, so I think it could be considered fairly accurate. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0177175

They are oca! Thank you all, I now know they aren't a common vege so recipe searches unlikely to give results.

Those are both sweet potatoes to me, just orange and white ones, I'm also familiar with red and purple sweet potatoes. The yams I originally posted are totally different, when I get home I'll cut one up and put up a picture. But I think the person who said Oca might be what I'm after so I'll try looking those up. Thank you!

I like Strongcurves, and I use the Workit app (free) because it has the first 8 weeks of the program already there for you. After 8 weeks I get less lazy and I can add my own workout to the app. It was the first app I liked the format of - there are a number of pre-programmed workouts on it, and it's easy to see graphs etc…

I eat Kumara skin - which I think is called a sweet potato in the US - I get a bit confused by what Americans call yams, vs sweet potatoes etc. But I eat the skin of all of them, and I eat Kumara almost every day. Not Kiwi fruit though, they are a bit fuzzy and being a New Zealander I don't think the best ones are…

My favourite is carrot, apple and celery.

I would be interested to see similar statistics on fat distribution, and if types of fat (subcutaneous vs visceral) have changed. I find it interesting because it can lend weight (pun not intended) to the arguments around changing eating habits and lifestyles impact on obesity - external of calorie increases.

I don't understand how the average waist measurement can be so big. I'm only comparing to myself, but I'm over that average weight (approx 180lbs), and my waist is 80cm. The average in the article is 170lbs but with a waist of 98cm. Are body shapes changing drastically as well as weight? Moving to more weight being carried…

Do you do net carbs? Avocado is 1.8 gm net carbs per 100 gm (approx), and I'd venture much tastier than psyllium husks or fibre powder.

I haven't done it, but I think it sounds like a really good idea. It is an efficient use of time, you use the experts for their advice, just like using a personal trainer - I can't see how it would do anything other than help. I definitely can't see it hindering progress.

I use the app WorkIt, it has some pre-programmed workouts like starting strength, stronglifts, PHUL and PHAT. I personally use it for Strong Curves, although it only has the first 8 weeks I just create the next workout after that from my book. I like Strong Curves because it is aesthetics based and I struggle with correct…

It wasn't for me, but I know a lot of people who love it. Pros: Good atmosphere, emphasis on heavy weights, variety. I really enjoyed the onramp training where they took us through technique and concentrated on any weaknesses we might have. Cons: Emphasis on heavy weights at the expense of all else, I didn't really get the…

I found it a bit low. I lose between 1800-2000 calories a day (averaged over a week). MFP gives me 1560 calories.

If you don't think that you can stick to Keto, I would probably skip it. I tried Keto, but I missed veges, beans and legumes and whole grains too much to stick to it. It made me feel gluggy. Some people do really well on it, and find it satiating - but that was definitely not me. To lose weight it's just about calories,…

My question is more around why that is? What is the actual mechanism that burns the calories? I read the wiki on METS (thank you for that), and it basically states that a MET is a measure of exercise intensity, but what is defining intensity? I would have thought that would come back to heart rate, in which case my…

This might be a stupid question (highly likely), but when people say that you burn less calories weight lifting than cardio, what is that based on? My heart rate gets to the same doing both - I wear a heart rate monitor, and I thought that the calorific burn would be mostly based on heart rate? Or is it actually based on…

I would stay away from heavy squats and deadlifts, I wouldn't go to failure on those. You can't spot reduce, but you can definitely shape different body parts in different ways, for example I tend to look blocky if I work my obliques too much so I hold back on those. If you have a lot of fat covering your thighs it likely…

I can see how it would be useful, most people are trying to do more than just lose weight - they are concerned about health as well. The daily recommendation is I think no more than 25 gms of added sugar (for women) per day. I just look down my food list and it's pretty easy to see what is added and what is naturally…

So that to me is more about there being more to life than food. Nothing to do with the calories, or the treats or how you approach CICO or there being anything wrong with eating whatever you want. It's just something which makes me put food in it's place - it's not the most important thing in my life (figuratively that is…

Mine is 'no-one said on their deathbed "I wish I ate another pie"'.

Between 100-200. I love carbs, I eat a decent amount of legumes, sweet potato, yams and potatoes. I can't survive happily on too few carbs.

I eat three meals a day, it gives more quantity (obviously) in each meal and stops me feeling hungry. I can't do the constant grazing of eating every three hours because they never feel like more than a snack to me. Is there a reason you want to eat every three hours?

Mushroom wellington. I love this dish, I've served it to meat eaters too and they have also rated it highly. You would need to bake it but you could just put it on another shelf to the ham if that isn't an issue for you.

Crossfit wasn't for me. I appreciate that a lot of people really love it though, so I think you have to give it a go to know whether or not it's the right fit for you. What I didn't like: - random progressions, the programs don't seem to be designed well over a time period - too much 'teaminess' for my liking, I hate the…

Thanks for the responses, I've checked my settings and it's definitely set to 'sedentary', so I thought I'd change it to 'lightly active'. Theoretically that would mean the negative adjustment would be even greater - so I will have a good comparison.

I'm 42, and the only thing I notice when training is that I take a bit longer to warm up, and that I need to be more aware of injuries because I don't want to be out of action as it takes longer now to recover. I have a very similar body shape to in my 20's - carrying a bit much fat but as I start to lose I can see that…

Based very unscientifically on how my abs feel the next day, I would say the best ab exercise is hanging knee raises followed by plank and plank variations. Very few sit-up type exercises seem to target the area as well, although you could probably do leg lifts? I don't think they would put any pressure on your tailbone…