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Thanks for this, only had a quick look at the thread but the spreadsheet is an awesome tool :-)

The only pattern I need to follow is really timings of food typically along following lines with target of 1800 to lose a pound a week which I generally hit. Breakfast 200-300 cals Morning Snack 100 - 200 cals Lunch 500-800 cals Afternoon snack 100- 200 cals Dinner - 500-800 cals I tend to use fruit for snacking as it is…

In written form that is correct but digital scales don't have that ability, mine say 14.2 for 14 st 2lbs even though that is not correct based on decimal system

Confusion is only because it's not what you are used to. I have to convert pounds into Stones in order to visualize how much someone weighs although I have a general idea from 200 onwards. It's no different than Feet and Inches just that no one goes around saying they are 70 inches rather than 5' 10"

Me too

My ex wife was exactly the same, she would say things like "I can't eat that it's fattening" she couldn't understand 200 cals of cream is no worse than 200 cals of fruit and veg

It will also give the OP a better idea of what size portions he needs and perhaps realize if the chain food portions are actually larger than what he was previously logging.

You go to the toilet whilst you are showering :p

I'm male and haven't been 170 since I was about 16.......if you looked at me then you would probably say I was underweight, my mum was always embarrassed if I took my top off in public as i was so skinny.

My 14yo son was talking about this earlier, I'm 5'10" and around 210 which puts me just into the obese range. I don't feel obese but would say I'm overweight, when I said to him even if I lost 30 pounds I would still be overweight he said that would be crazy as he thought i would look unhealthy if I lost more than that.

Half of what you put there goes towards substantiating the point I was making. The examples you give of food options are not great in terms of cost either.In UK a bag of Crisps has less calories than a bag of carrots but is more expensive same with a bunch of bananas. At end of the day it is amount you eat not what you eat…

If in poverty then the scarcity of food should make eating to excess less likely...........At end of the day it's not what you eat that makes you overweight it's how much of it you eat. Eating rubbish food will obviously have an impact on health but that is another matter.

I'm sorry but poverty is not an excuse for being overweight or eating unhealthily if anything it should make them less likely. Fruit and veg are all cheaper than chocolates, biscuits, fast food etc. If you are that poor then you should be seeking out the cheaper options and staying away from expensive convenience options.…

Added benefit of exercise is that it will increase your metabolism as well so you will burn more calories throughout the day as well as what you burnt exercising.

It's been a while since i was keeping myself informed but from memory the general advice was not to do cardio at the same time as weights as it resulted in fewer muscle gains. I'd also be wary of over estimating calorie burn and perhaps only eat back 50-75%.

Thanks for everyone's comments, starting to feel better after a couple of days over target but not quite maintenance level. Added some higher calorie snacks to help get numbers up.

Yeah and it's not so much about getting back to exercise just having that energy back.

Yeah it wasn't intentional and only realised how bad it had been a couple of days ago

1800 About a week prior to yesterday Average of about 400 although Sunday and Monday were over 500 and a couple of the first days I did some exercise as well. Loss of sleep is another of the side affects unfortunately

My target is 1800 which I would normally be a challenge to stay under without exercise. The reason why I was under the last week is I am suffering with IBS type symptoms due to side effects of tablets I'm taking meaning I feel bloated and nauseaus.

Thanks, and yes when I said binge that was the sort of amount I was looking at. I struggled to force myself to eat more than 100 calories more than target but will try to up the amount again today.

Yeah I get that I need to fuel workouts, it's about how to get back to a point I feel I can exercise again rather than fueling workouts as I was still felt able to exercise until yesterday. I went over my target yesterday but still feel the same today, should I just binge until I feel recovered?