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130g greek yoghurt (0% fat), scoop of protein powder, 10g psyllium husk, and 30g each frozen fruits: raspberries, mango, pineapple, blueberries, cherries, and a 20g scoop of mix of chia, milled flaxseed, sunflower seed, sesame seeds.

I can't remember. However that despite me "thinking" I ate healthily, and had been successful at a fatclub organisation whose ethos was not to count calories (SW I am looking at you) and to fill with healthy veggies & watch your snacks, I fell off the horse to the point of regaining everything I had lost. (Can you hear the…

Scenario: You start at 200lbs. You lose 1/2lb a week. You set the scale on the y-axis to be 5lb increments starting from zero. You lose 1/2lb a week over the course of 10 weeks. Reality: If you start a graph with in this case the y-axis set to zero, then what you will get is a graph with the line floating in mid air,…

I have only recently (last 6 months) started taking creatine, 3-5g a day in my morning yoghurt. I didn't preload, and I haven't noticed any bloating or scale changes.

homemade spinach pesto, mixed through roasted peppers, broccoli, courgette & mushrooms. Set on linguine & dressed with parmesan.

what @erinlilly77 said - I never add extra liquid, and in recent recipes I've done, I have added a tbsp of cornstarch/cornflour to thicken the sauces at the start of the cooking. The water from the meat and veggies just doesn't evaporate the same way, so if you're adding tinned toms and coconut milk, then you probably will…

another stir fry, but this time garlic, ginger, lotus root, mushrooms, broccoli, bell pepper, oyster sauce, and knife cut noodles. and a generous spoonful of lee kum kee chilli oil .

Thank you @Alatariel75 for this explanation. Very sensible explanation and reassuring. Many moons ago, when I went to a well known weight loss fatclub with the weekly weigh ins, (oh you've had a gain…) I managed to gain 10lbs in one week. Largely down to getting married and doing our own catering at home. We had a tonne of…

Like with many things, weighing using kitchen scales before cooking the rice is probably most helpful. 1/4 cup uncooked basmati is about 50g, and by the way I cook it, this scales up after boiling (IIRC) to about 150g. If I am making for two and decide to make him indoors a double portion, I'd weigh the total cooked rice…

turkey mince stir fried with garlic, bean paste and added mushrooms, water chestnuts, and whatever veggies are in the bottom of the fridge lingering, with konjac noodles. Some fruit.

Hi What he said ^^ It is a sugar-related molecule found in the Stevia plant. It is 200 - 350 times sweeter than sucrose, and as far as I could work out, the gut enzymes we have don't metabolise it, aside from one set of chemical scissor step for excretion, so it isn't one available to our internal gribblies. It looks to be…

Do rather than did: Ability to log and track daily calorie intake wide range of already logged foods ability to add own recipes and log these helpful to look at balance of nutrients Links to Garmin Connect, so can sync my activities Ability to keep a log of my weight, which I have done since 2014 (like a veritable map of…

For me your observation that losing weight is a grind pretty much hits the nail on the head. This certainly isn't my first rodeo when it comes to weight loss, and like one of the posters above, I even paid to do it via one of the 'fatclubs' we have here in the UK. I was by any measure pretty successful and lost over 50lbs…

There's a guy on YouTube called DC Rainmaker who reviews sports gear and tech. If you narrow down the brand you like, you could check out what he has to say if he has reviewed them. I have a Garmin Forerunner 45s which was basic enough for me - run, steps, walking, cycling, cardio and yoga are covered by it. It also does…

Having spent the last 15 months recovering from a high fracture of my right humerus, I'm 3rd, 4thing and 5thing getting some medical advice. Seriously. The more you leave/ignore it, the more you risk staying in the same predicament (and I know it sucks). Like you I initially couldn't do all the things you have described. I…

yes. In Connect on the phone, go to More > Settings > Connected Apps You will see a list of Available Apps and you can choose MFP. In the MFP app go to More > Apps & Devices where you will se a list of available apps and Garmin Connect will be there To get the Connect data to sync, you need to refresh Connect then check in…

These are great starts. For a TLDR: check out some free training programmes online (there are loads around) and use YouTube to get workouts and inspiration. For me Wahoo SYSTM has been helpful paid for add on. For Free: I used stationary bike and a dumb trainer, then a Tacx smart trainer, then Wahoo Kickr (when the Tacx…

First of all well done on the 4.4.kg. That is something to celebrate. So you must have been doing something right. Take some credit for that. I have hypothyroidism, controlled with medication, am approaching 60 and have managed to shed 10kg since last August, just taking it slowly. The way I have done that is by making…

I followed FODMAP myself (because getting a dietician appointment was not offered by the GP) and did my research before I started. It was not easy, but not impossible! My goal of not having gut cramps and pain was well worth it. It helped me narrow down to a few foods to avoid (luckily not garlic or onions) I would…