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IF you're just doing cardio (treadmill, bike, swimming etc), 2 times a week would be ok, especially if the goal is just weight loss. If you want to add in resistance training (weight lifting), you'd want to do at least 3 times a week to see any real progress. 2 times a week is better than nothing, so don't feel inadequate…

Holy *kitten* look at them arms

I prelog since that gives me an overview of how much wiggle room I have based on the meals I have during the day. I can't prelog lunch, since that's provided at work and we don't know what we're getting before we go to the buffet to eat.

Remember this: Your body gets stronger during recovery, not during exercise. If you exercise all the time, you're not giving your body time to repair the damage. Unless you're training for the Olympics, there literally is no reason to train every day. Go for a 5/6 day split if it's weight training you're doing in the gym.

You can't target which fat the body loses, unfortunately. By doing abs exercises, you will however make sure that once the fat does go away, your stomach looks good ;) Losing fat is done by consuming fewer calories than you burn - but the body decides which fat goes away when. Sorry!

Chocolate biscuits. I used to eat a few bags a week, but once I started CICO, I realized that one bag was actually a full day's worth of calories - so they're basically gone completely now. Every now and then I buy a bag, but now it lasts ~10 days rather than just one.. Soda. I'm a sucker for soda. When I was a young lad…

Definitely do whatever makes you follow your schedule. If you're going to do weight training, find a proper, useful beginner program and follow it.

Feel free to add me as well. Just started serious training and lifestyle change in order to lose the 30 extra pounds and hopefully gain some strength later on.

That is exactly the way that worked for me as well. Replace "bad" ingredients with smarter, healthier choices without losing the good taste of the meal I love.

Calorie counting is the only real way that works. Diets are all pointless.

I'm still a newbie at the gym, so my primary thought is on myself, my form and "am I doing this right". And then, half way through my second set, my thoughts are all "get this *kitten* moving ONE MORE TIME"...

Sure, fast as possible. But fat that goes away fast also tends to come back fast again. What you REALLY want is slow and steady and permanent, rather than keep doing the yo-yo weight.

2nd day in the gym for real today. Planning for 20 minutes of cardio (indoor bike), then 3 lifting exercises (I can't remember their names yet, following a program. I know one of them is leg press).

3 days a week. Just started, so doing 20-30 min of cardio, then 3 lifting exercises, 3 sets of 8 reps.

Health should ALWAYS be your first priority. Over everything else. Otherwise you will be bouncing up and down again and again. You need to make changes that are permanent. I know, that isn't easy at all, I'm still struggling at it after bouncing back up this year, but any change simply has to be permanent, otherwise it…

Change something every day or week. Just a little bit. For me, for example, I used to cook 160g spaghetti for my dinner, when I was biggest. Over the course of 6 months, I've adjusted the size to my current 95g. I still feel just as full, because the change happened gradually. I still have a bit to go, but eventually I'll…

I'm doing a 3 day BAB program Tue/Fri/Sun, today's recovery day. So all I'm doing is making sure I'm getting the necessary protein without overshooting calories.

If you want an excuse, you can always find one. But schedule it, like you'd schedule work. Get one other person to go with you at the same times, so that you have to call and cancel (actively say no) rather than just not go (passively say no). Basically, figure out a way that makes not going rather than going into the…

If you're rather heavily overweight, you can easily burn 500-1000 calories in an hour of cycling. You'd need to be doing a pretty intense hour on the bike though.

This is pure nonsense. If you eat more than you burn, you will gain weight. You can't "cheat" the body in that way. What you're telling him will not get him to where he wants to be. Also, at 221, he really shouldn't be near any "ideal" weight. It is far more likely that OP has simply not adjusted calorie intake to the new,…