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When you eat your meals is not very important at all actually, your body takes a long time to repair and protein takes a long time to digest and be distributed. Just get that protein in your body :P

It's a very common formula actually. You can get away with less because you are heavy (no offense) and especially if you aren't doing strength training, but protein has the least calories of all the macro nutrients and 30% is expended just digesting it, and is overall great for health and weight loss. I'd definitely try to…

My Home > Goals > Change Goals > Custom Settings From there you can change the ratio of carbs to fat to protein. I recommend 40/30/30 for starters, and slowly increase protein as you get used to it! It's not the same for everyone, but most people benefit from a high protein diet.

If you are eating maintenance calories it will be very, very difficult to put on new muscle even if you tried

Nope! I can GUARANTEE almost no one on MFP gets too much protein. How many grams do you eat a day? 1x your bodyweight in grams = good for weight loss, 2x = good for body building but not necessary, anything more will just be peed out. HUGE amounts over this can cause protein sweats and damage to your kidney. Edit, yes, MFP…

It's VERY possible. Losing weight is mostly diet. Cardio just speeds up the process or allows you to eat more, and improves your cardiovascular health. Weight lifting increases my BMR and preserves your lean body mass as you lose weight so you'll look better. But if you just want to reduce the number on the scale, eat less…

You weight in grams in protein a day is recommended for weight loss! Eg, a 120 lb girl would benefit from eating 100-140 grams per day (around 120). You should try :-)

I used to jump rope at a moderate-fast pace for 20-30 min a day, but right now I'm doing the 30 day shred and don't have time. To anyone starting, you will suck at first but you will improve REALLY fast! It's freaky and very noticeable.

Yes! Tonight I'm making avocado fries and cream cheese-stuffed chicken breast. Low fat cream cheese with herbs & garlic. So excited hahaha. I have come to looove cooking.

Cooked food does not change its nutritional value unless you cook it in things, like oil or butter. Also sometimes its tricky with water, ie when I bake tofu it loses ~1/4 of its weight from dehydration. The nutrition label should specify with these kinds of foods (and the opposite with pasta) whether the calorie value is…

I almost skipped the shred today but I'm so glad I didn't :-)

1 tbsp in my protein shake most days :} and sometimes on wholegrain toast for breakfast. I highly recommend every gets natural peanut butter, where the only ingredient is peanuts! So much better for you and still delicious as heck.

I love weight lifting, it's super good for you too! If you can, get into free weights and real big boy weights, women get just as much benefit. 3 proud things: 1) I log my food in detail every single day 2) 90% of the time I meet my high protein goal 3) I have not skipped a day of the shred yet! 3 things to work on: 1) I…

Hm, I was 121 up from 119.4. I'm not sure why :S I ate well all week. Hopefully it's water weight and I see an improvement next week!

I'll be interested to see how many people actually gained/lost, due to water weight from starting a new fitness routine vs. calories burned and eating right. Wish I had a tape measure to take measurements!

cooking food in olive oil, adding some peanut butter (or other natural nut butters) anything that has good fats will be high calorie. You just gotta sneak in them snacks and extra things when you're cooking, eg when I wasn't used to it I'd come home and have a plate scrambled eggs - I wasn't hungry, but I'd still have room…

Those challenges look fun. :-) I had an excellent food week except for today, where I hit maintainence calories and not weight loss calories. But oh well. I haven't missed a day of the shred yet at least! I'm worried I will weigh in with a gain tomorrow because when you start a new fitness program you retain water weight…

that's because 2 lbs a week is a lot for someone who doesnt have a lot of weight to lose. sorry :-) I was disappointed when the lowest number I got was .9 lbs a week too, but it's healthier and more sustainable in the end.

I loooove halloumi!

Cardio CAN build muscle, but not at the rate dedicated strength exercises do. If the cardio is strenuous and you can feel the burn in your muscles during and after, you're probably strengthening them. Remember, though. You can't BUILD muscles unless you are eating a calorie surplus. You can only strengthen them but they…

I try to only have 1 a day because the way I make them, 2 scoops with milk and pb, is not that low cal and I'd like to fit some real meals in! lol. But the new flavour I got is so great it's just like having a chocolate milkshake @.@

I eat a high protein diet and am never hungry between meals. Problem solved. Take a look at your goals page and turn your protein up to at least 30%!

For women? I'm pretty men and women lift weights the same way :S and have for a long time.

I'm definately a little prejudiced against obese people, if they are very obviously indulging in lazy behaviour or WAY too much food. The phrase "fatties are gonna fat" always comes to mind. I'm sure they are nice people but they are hurting themselves and being a drain on the health system because of lethargy and lack of…

I'm not on a "diet", I am changing the way I eat for the better forever. This means if I want a treat, I have it! I just keep it reasonable and fit it into my calorie and macro goals. This might mean skipping juice in my smoothie on a day I want frozen yogurt to save sugar, or having more tuna in my lunch wrap to cover a…

Just think, today is the biggest you'll ever be, and tomorrow you'll be smaller! Get back on that horse

yay!! even if I don't find bicycle crunches the hardest exercise by themselves (darn you lunges...) right at the end it's like urgh, I'm gonna die! Day 5 complete for me, which burned enough cals to allow for half a toasted bagel with cream cheese :-) oh bliss.

I love this site, it's helped me lose weight steadily. Before I never knew what was going in my body, if eating another piece of bread would make me gain weight, if I should just fast that day to make up for bingeing. I'm also lifting weights now so it helps me track my macros, something I consider more important than…

Windy Wellington! :)

"Toning" is not a real thing. It's just a word thrown around to mean looking like you have definition - ie low bodyfat percentage will make you look more toned than muscle, usually. Doing strength exercises can "slow down" your weight loss because it is preserving your muscle and you will lose less muscle that week - but…