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@janejellyroll prayers for you and your city, btw. Awful times x

@janejellyroll just generalising of course, but I’d never recommend shakes as a primary protein source. They can lack other nutrients too, and the lack of fat if not replaced elsewhere can lead to rabbit starvation. The bioavailability of nutrients varies massively depending on how you’re consuming them - which is why…

Please do!

Good luck! Once you find something that works for you, progress should be swift! Things go slow until you’ve cracked what works best for your body, then whoosh it all comes together.

Years of my husband training and telling me all about it. At length 😂. He did loads of research and got really good advice off the bodybuilding.com forums (I know you don’t want to body build but there’s a wealth of knowledge on there and people are really helpful when it comes to muscle gain, but you need to be quite…

If I want to snack, I do some sewing (the baby now has a LOT of felt play food!) with a big bowl of popcorn. 150 calories of popcorn is a lot of popcorn, and if your hands are busy you can only have a few bits at a time so it lasts all evening!

And aim for “real food” protein sources before reaching for the protein shake. You’re likely to end up needing shakes anyway in addition to meat etc (cause meeting those macros with meat is EXPENSIVE!!) but prioritise the meat - shakes won’t provide a complete amino acid profile.

@jordanconroy23 maybe start at around 3000? Then work up, just to be sure you don’t end up fat! A 1500 increase straight off the bat may mess you up if you’re doing okay now. Husband may be taller than you, and is obviously burning more calories over the day due to high muscle mass. Also good to stretch your stomach a bit…

@amymoreorless HA! Bet that felt great! My ex split up with me quite literally because he thought I’d got too fat. I was heartbroken, thought I’d never get over him. When I lost weight before though, he came crawling back literally begging for forgiveness and I had possibly the most satisfying experience of my life when I…

@jrowden0711 I feel this SO much. I lost 110lbs, got with my ridiculously attractive husband, maintained for 10 years, then gained 100lbs this last year with baby number 2. When I showed him my “before” pictures when we first got together, he was speechless at how big I was. We’d been at school together, and I was fairly…

Oops I started on the 19th not 17th - copy and pasted my original typo 🙈. So a whole stone in 16 days! That’s insane, I must have been really dehydrated before!

A whoosh over here too 😃 Height - 5’4 SW (17th May) - 233lbs (31st May) - 224lbs CW (4th June) - 219lbs End of month GW - 216lbs May have to lower this months goal!

Also I think it’s totally the right thing to avoid steroids. But you may have unrealistic expectations as to the natural limits of muscle gain if you’re looking at pictures of body builders and wanting to look like that (I don’t know if you are!). Look up natty lifters for a more realistic view of what a fit and muscular…

You’ll probably get better advice on the gaining weight board, but I can help a bit! If you’re confident with form, go for free weights rather than machines so you train more muscles at once. Machines are great at tweaking individual muscles once you’re almost where you want to be. Also remember to increase the weight…

@jordanconroy23 how many calories are you consuming at the moment? Do you understand macros? What kind of weight training are you doing? Can share things my husband did/does, but need to know how much you know/where you’re at

@dandamelvin WTF you look like 2 different people! That’s insane. The only thing my brain can link between those 2 different pictures is your on point brows!

@changeforeverlj you’ve no business being humble - that’s an incredible loss. I think your new priorities sound great though, it’s common to start this journey for aesthetic reasons and end up realising that all the other benefits overshadow the visual change. Although I’d have been raging if that was me 😂. I love that…

@Ldenzel WOW! Keep on at it, you’ve done amazingly so far. Your new hair and glasses look great, they make you look like a different person! You’ve got such a pretty smile, but I can see that in the “after” photos it’s so much wider!

@Zodiacsmom ahh that old chestnut! I used to be the same, all my drunken mistakes were edible 😂

@Zodiacsmom if you like a weekend treat, is there a way you can make it work for you? If you have the patience to do the maths (or the ability to set up an excel sheet that does it for you!) I’m a huge advocate of averaging calories over the week, or even month once you’re in the swing of logging. I find it can be helpful…

@sharpdust I’m glad my blabbering is of help! You can certainly achieve great results without perfection. It held me back for so long and my God, it feels incredible to have let go of the unrealistic expectations I was holding myself to. Because losing weight isn’t the unrealistic expectation at all, that’s easy once you…

@Go_Deskercise I’ve never seen that flow chart before, it sums it up fantastically! @christr3077 if you’re comfortable sharing more info, someone will come along with great advice. @harper16 has asked some good questions which should help everyone get sleuthing to find the root of your disappointment!

@KristenLCook2 what makes it hard for you to drink water? Finding the issue means finding the solution! No flavour? Or just hard to drink and get down for some reason? The former is easily solved with a squeeze of lemon or lime. The latter is something I struggled with myself. I found sparkling water - and weirdly room…

@smithmns414 May sounds like it was a very unkind month to you - I bet you’re thrilled to kick it to the curb and move into June! Dual factor infertility sounds horrendous, I can imagine that would be daunting news at any time even without everything else you’ve got going on. I lost a child very late in pregnancy, and can…

@finngirl61 I’m awful at typing essays and losing them too! I’m about to write one so let’s hope it stays with us! I’ve found that a plateau usually comes before a big loss, so long as I’m eating the same way as I have been whilst losing. Don’t let them discourage you, so long as you’re logging accurately and weighing food…

I should probably also add finishing off the home gym to the list too! It’s coming along and could be at least usable very quickly, however I’m prone to procrastination and the kids mean I have to work on it when I have spare time, rather than just collapsing on the sofa. Having it as a goal should give me a push if it’s…

Hello everyone! Been lurking since I got back on the wagon 2 weeks ago, but have waited for a new month to post. I previously lost 110lbs after being overweight most of my life, and kept it off successfully for 10 years. However baby number 2 has now left me almost back at square 1 with 100lbs to lose again! I’ve realised…

Hi - I previously lost 110lbs (took 10 months) and kept it off for 10 years! Now I’ve got married, had 2 babies and have developed a sweet tooth and am almost back at square 1 with 100lbs to lose. I started again a week ago on 1200cals a day, and am feeling pretty confident so far. Will start working out soon I promise! I…