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You're right, my protein is far too low. I have tried to increase protein but that's something I really struggle with. I just eat what I want and make sure I count every calorie. It seems most of the food I like is carb-heavy and has little protein. It's something I'm very aware of and there have been weeks over the course…

Thanks, that makes a lot of sense. I'm short and have a very small frame so it's inevitable that I need fewer calories than others. However, the last time I lost weight I managed to lose a fair bit of it eating around 1300-1350 calories per day, without exercise. Again, I lost around 2 lbs a month - although I was a lot…

I don't eat back exercise calories. That's why I increased my calories from 1200 to take into account exercise calories. I also track my cheat day. That's what I mean by average per month - that includes my cheat day calories which are usually around 3000.

Definitely not pregnant. I do look quite bloated but before I would get bloated in the evenings or at least after breakfast, now it's constant. I look huge. I have a lot of fat around my middle anyway but it's just looking far worse lately. My clothes as well are so much tighter so it isn't just me measuring incorrectly. I…

I agree, averaging 1000 calories wasn't enough but as is clear, I cannot seem to lose weight on higher amounts and at the time I was feeling okay eating lower - I wasn't exercising at all back then. I'm 5'1 and currently 118 lbs but I reckon I have a much higher body fat % than most people. I'd say it's around 35% at…

It's something I have struggled with for many years. Since I was a child. I know that it usually happens when I have been restricting for a long time. When the hunger sets in. I think the best thing would be to stop restricting for a while and maintain your weight, even if you're not at your goal weight. That's what I'm…

Thank you. I will make sure to look into those.

Thanks for your response. You're right. I do have very low muscle mass. No wonder my weight loss is extremely slow compared to others. I rarely exercise. Guess I need to start seriously thinking about my diet and begin following a proper exercise plan. I'm eating low calories but my food is very high-carb and very low in…

This is a depressing thread. I've always known that I look much bigger than I weigh but it's quite shocking just how much bigger I am compared to others my weight. My measurements are huge in comparison to most people's on here. I'm 5'2 and weigh 138 lbs. Most of my weight is on my stomach. I wonder if it's because of all…

Just put less food on your plate. I never leave food, but even now, eating 1250 calories a day, I still manage to stick to my calories. I lived in a little village in Kashmir for half a year and it really made me appreciate everything we're given. Whether that's food, water, clothes, anything. If everyone lived thinking,…

Throwing out food on purpose when there are starving people out there? Disgusting. Couldn't you just have said no, I won't eating it and I'm not taking it? People are pathetic. I think people are just far too easily offended nowadays.

I've seen it happen to others, thankfully, nobody does it to me anymore, not for many years. I guess they know I will just say no thanks, so they don't offer me anything or comment on what I'm having. Having said that, ultimately we are responsible for whatever food we eat. You cannot blame others for forcing you to eat…

I include all the time it takes from getting up to go to the gym to coming back home. Take Sunday for example. I headed to the gym at 4pm and returned home at 7pm. I do cardio for around an hour and then another 45-60 minutes on weights. I don't drive and so heading out to the countryside whenever I fancy isn't exactly…

I lost almost 60 lbs a few years ago just by sorting my diet out. Ate 1200 calories for 1.5 years, got down to 107 lbs and kept it off for a couple of years. I then gained 35 back. Very quickly. Within a matter of a few months. I just got tired of eating such a low amount and the weight shot back up. I'd love to exercise…

That's what I was hoping. That even if I don't love it, I'll still do it because of the results. However, I don't stick with it long enough to see any. Maybe I should try a class. I've never been to one before because I'm not as fit as I would like to be and would hate to be the only one not able to keep up.

I've been a little stressed over the last year but I think exercise makes me depressed. I know, apparently, it's meant to have the opposite effect but not in my case. I can't think of doing it long-term. I'm okay once I'm there and working out. Usually, I spend a good while exercising to make the most of my visit but then…

I dislike all forms of exercise. I wish I didn't. Maybe I'm just lazy. As for why I hate walking there. That's 30 minutes there and back in a busy area. I hate crowds of people. I work during the day and I'm also writing my dissertation in the evenings and weekends. I would much rather be studying than working out. I…

I have far too many carbs and nowhere near enough protein. I've tried limiting my carbs, especially bread, but I just don't last very long. I don't think I could cut them out long term, I'd just end up binge eating all the stuff I've stopped having. I stick to my calories and I know I can lose weight doing that. Too many…

I'm in. Level 3: SW 142 GW 127

This is why I have decided to stay off the scale for a couple of months. My fluctuations last weeks on end and then I just give up.

I am planning on going to the gym for around 5 days per week. Doing 45 minutes of cardio 5 days and additionally, around 20-30 minutes on strength machines/free weights on 3 days. According to most TDEE calculators, I should lose on 1400, fingers crossed! Think I'll stick to that for now and adjust later if needed. Thanks.

That's disappointing. I hope I can lose 1 lb a week. I gained the 35 lbs very quickly, from November to March and I'd like to get the weight back to what I was beginning of November. I've been around the same weight since March. I'm staying off the scale, as I said, for the first few months because the fluctuations are…

Thanks for your reply. I've been using a food scale for years and the recipe builder so that's not a problem. I have absolutely no idea about calorie burn and I don't like that on non-exercise days I'll only get 1200 calories. I just feel very hungry at that amount now. I think I'll stick to around 1400 for now.

'You used to be sooo scarily fat! Never return to that weight.' Sadly, I regained most of the weight and now feel even more miserable knowing what people must be thinking.

I only shop for myself, thank god.