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Muscle food is cheaper than in store if you’re buying protein bars in bulk - they also do great meat packs (but unfortunately deliver through dpd who are shite in my area and I’ve have issues the last three times I’ve ordered from them with delivery 🙄)

Mini meat balls, chicken wings, boiled eggs, mini quiches, cheese on toast :-)

OP isn’t asking about the numbers as such but just what it’s tracking- if you want to lose 1lb a week you want a 3500cal deficit - if you set your numbers to maintain and eat at 3500cal below the calorie number/week you are just tracking your deficit.

It does make you reset your goals (macros etc if you have those set) each time you change it - I change mine on a fairly regular basis. It maintains progress chart though :-)

If you want to know what your deficit is then set your goals on MfP to maintain weight rather than lose - whatever your balance of calories is at be end of the day is your deficit - I sometimes have mine set like this :)

Do they do sugar free syrups? Sugar free caramel cappuccino or white Americano might work out a fair amount less?

If you’re wearing your fitband all the time it’s likely taking into account your daily movement (which mfp has already accounted for when your chose ‘sedentary, active etc’). You should only be eating back intentional exercise calories - and even then most things over estimate so start by eating back half of your…

I understand the confusion - I moved to the U.K. 2 years ago and still have no idea what it means when someone tells me their weight in stone - is that a lot? A little? (I work in healthcare and still have no idea lol) However you will come to love grams because they make sense ;) I can eyeball most things I eat all the…

The way I work it is to start by pre planning protein portion of my meals (I eat slightly differently to you 1200-1300 calories and with <100gm carb most days (as low as 20-30) because I find carbs the easiest thing to drop to lower calories and still feel satiated (and protein and fat are more important as above) - but…

Black coffee drinker and no I don’t - even the occasional milky coffee (usually when I’m offered one and forget to tell someone no milk). But I’m currently on low low calories 1200-1400/day so figure an extra bit doesn’t matter - if I was maxing out my calories everyday then I would log the milky ones but still not the…

Absolutely increase protein portions - I tend to go 200gm chicken at a time. Prawns are great for low cal high protein. Eggs For non meat options the above and lentils are also great

Salts often a culprit for muscle cramps ;) Pleased to hear you got your dehydration sorted @intrigame23!

Paramedic - 12+ hr rotating shifts like the rest of the emergency service family I tend to take one heat up meal for my meal break (This week has been cauliflower rice packet and chicken and peppers, other meals would be zero noodle pasta meals, meat and veg etc). I pack it with an ice pack as we often end up all over the…

Rather than eating food you don’t enjoy why don’t you work on reducing your portion sizes of food that you love and normally eat? Get a smaller plate, load up with the lower calorie options (more veggies than rice - more rice than curry etc) and see how you get on? Or skip one meal a day if that suits how you like to eat…

Because I asked for ideas I’m willing to be slightly inconvenienced but not to change my diet 🙄 It’s not your life so you don’t have to understand my reasoning in all honesty- thanks so much for your input though!

I’ve already got celiacs so limiting what I can eat even more would make me the most annoying person to feed ever.. However there is no point in using plastic which can be easily replaced so as to not ruin the environment any more... also meat is delicious.

Thanks guys I’ll be looking for some butchers paper this week! Great idea :-)

Why don’t you choose one new meal each week to make - buy the ingredients and give it a go - no need to buy a cookbook as there are millions of recipes online. You can also start easy (for instance making curry with pre bought curry paste) and then the more you enjoy cooking you might want to start making your own…

Do you one rep max based on current weight - the only thing that will happen if you can do it and lose weight is you might be stronger compared to your weight 🤷🏼‍♀️ I like this chart https://strengthlevel.com/strength-standards/female/kg for looking at where I want to be :-) Lifting weights is a poor way to lose weight, as…

I find my depth perception is worse with glasses and better with contact lenses - the peripheral focus seems to make me a bit wonky (particularly when I change glasses) so if you’re eligible for contacts it might be worth a try? However I also agree it’s very strange to be falling so much (are you talking that you trip…

I believe because the saturated fats of 30 is a suggested limit rather than a minimum - and unsaturated fats don’t have a limit outside whatever your macros are :-)

I have friends who rave about huel as a meal replacement shake for satiety (some add things like protein powder and fruit to it and some have it straight). These aren’t friends necessarily trying to lose weight but primarily to get them through a 12 hour shift. The weight loss ones tend to be low calorie so likely won’t…

If you’re wanting to gain muscle you also need to eat more. I’m MUCH shorter than you (almost a foot), weigh less, am the same age and a female and I’m eating around 2000 to lose (slowly).

I second a vote for StrongLifts - I was doing a different selection of exercises before that Arms one day Abs and back one day Legs one day Shoulders and chest one day I’m getting much better improvements with stronglifts with less time in the gym, getting much stronger and can see the muscle development

That’s so sweet of your dad! (And lol at the arguing how long). I need to come up with some treats for the final 10kg!

The only other thing you could do is play with your macros a little - I find if I eat too many carbs I start feeling more hungry, as long as I’m under 100-150/day I’m normal hungry, if I drop it lower I can eat less again - some people find fat doesn’t do it for them and they need more carbs and just the minimum of fat or…

Yep - I tend to get soft and ‘squishy’ before I have a quick drop in size and weight. These pics are two days apart but the day in between was exactly the same as the first pic. There is a theory that emptied fat cells fill with water while the fat is burned and then once your body stops holding that water you get the…

So you have the same problem that I have - you don’t have the wiggle room in the numbers to lose as quickly as you want.. (pretty much we are too short 😦) looking at your stats (assuming you’re sedentary) then unless you’re able to eat 800cal/day you won’t be losing 1kg/week. What I’ve done (I’m 5’3” and currently just…

Just your lifting shoes or all of them? I’m also doing SL and find my lifting shoes feel slightly tight because I’m spreading my feet completely flat as I lift (particularly because the weights are getting heavier so my stance in more important). But my other shoes are fine 😂🤷🏼‍♀️

Same as a few others have said - morning workouts just do not happen. I can occasionally talk myself into getting up early enough for 10-20min of yoga in my pjs and that’s about it. I work out in the evening (after a day shift or before a night shift) - the only exception being if I’m on a 10-2200 or 11-2300 as the gym is…