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Thanks- yeah I"ll increase my normal days a bit. I definitely find I have a better workout with a higher carb lunch/dinner the day before. I need to work out whether to do my fast days on workout days or rest days. I have 1-2 rest days per week, the rest of the week I'm either doing weights/cardio at the gym or running.

Yeah I don't think I could survive on just water all day...I get very nauseous and feel awful if I don't eat for a long time, but could probably survive till lunchtime, then have something light, then a 400'ish calorie dinner. Will try it out for a couple of months and see how i go. I did start to look forard to the…

Thanks heaps, have friend requested you so I can take a squiz at your diary and get some ideas cheers ! :blush: Sarah

Sorry people I can't work out how to reply to certain posts LOL (call me blonde), but thanks for all your tips and advice! :) @_SKIM_ I do weights too 3 x a week plus running, I've been doing weights for 20+ years, and LOVE it, and i always work out in the morning too, I have 1-2 rest days per week. I do find though that…

Thanks everyone for your advice. Normally I try to stick to around the 1200calorie mark, but I do a lot of high intensity exercise, so sometimes I do eat back some of my exercise calories as I do get hungry. When I was doing the 5:2 diet for those few weeks I was sticking to that, and then going around 500-600 calories on…

Thank you ALL for your great ideas !!!!!!!!! I will be doing my fortnightly shop tomorrow, and am going to go and get some new snacking foods thanks to your advice :) CHEERS !!! xxx

Hi guys and girls...I watched an interesting documentary on the BBC Knowledge channel last night called The Truth about...Fat and Sugar. There were two doctors who were twins, one went on a high fat diet (with no sugar), and the other went on a high sugar diet( with no fat). All sorts of tests/experiemtns were carried out…

Thanks everyone for your posts. I'm not wanting to cut out all sugar or monitor it super closely, after the programme I watched I went onto MFP to see what my "daily goal" was set at, just out of curiosity. I do have fruit in my diet with my daily morning protein shake with frozen berries and banana, so that alone has a…

[/quote] Do you use the phone app? Since I'm with my phone all the time, it takes very little time definitely less than ten or even five minutes a day to log. Even when I'm super tired I can do it while laying in bed. You can scan foods in easily, copy them from one day to the next if you really do eat the same things all…

hey there :) I will check those links out - thanks! I haven't been doing that for 8 months...I have been previously eating all my exercise calories, so around 1500-1600 cal per day, I went off MFP for 2 months as had been logging every single day for 3-4 years and just thought I'd be OK without logging as I thought I knew…

Yeah that does sound exactly like me!! I also looked back on my food diary when I was down at 61-62kg and was eating way more !! chocolate every day !! around 1500-1600 cal !! (eating back exercise cals), I also prefer being around the 62.5-64kg mark but for some reason NOTHING is happening now ??? It's like my body is…

yeah..that was 10yrs ago! I was 25yrs old, in a bad relationship so being so controlled with my diet was OK as it gave me some control in my life ...living on protein powder/shakes/tuna/rolled oats/steamed fish/chicken and steamed veges for 8 months....I just can't do that now - can't afford all the protein shakes/bars…

What's the point of logging ? Well as I mentioned, I DID lose 7kg originally by doing it this way, getting 3kg below my original goal weight - so it DOES work - I have done a body sculpting competition many years ago and did the hardcore diet then measuring and weighing everything as I had to be on stage at 10% body fat -…

Thanks for all that - yes I do log honestly with my "treats" (the biscuit/chocolate in snack field) - but I do take calories from the exercise machines at the gym and just what it says on here. I have been eating back my exercise calories, but am going to stop doing that, and stick to the 1200 calories per day regardless…

Thanks for that :) Yes, I do log consistently and very honestly. I did have two months off logging a little while ago, as I had been logging daily for around 3/4 years ?? and thought I could do it on my own (NO!!!) ha h aha Which foods did you mean have high sodium? I haven't got that tab on my food diary - I will see if I…

Sounds like me - can I ask what drastic measures you've taken to begin weight loss ?? was it just being extra strict, not eating exercise calories etc ?

Yes, I have been eating back my exercise calories but am going to stop that and see if it makes a difference - am also going to cut out my "treat" per day (usually have couple of rows of chocolate or a biscuit or something as I have a sweet tooth, and considering all the exercise I do felt I "deserved" it, but will cut…

Sorry new to this blog thing, not sure if I'm doing it right - have just changed settings so hopefully you can see now ?? - I have been doing weights since I was 14 yrs old, do them 2-3 times per week, I did a body sculpting competition back in 2004, my nutritionist back then said I had approx. 6 kg more muscle mass than a…

Yeah, I've just started adding baby kale mix to my smoothies, can barely taste it but good iron boost !!! :) I have calcitrim milk, rolled oats, frozen berries, banana, pineapple, cinnamon, nuts and flaxseed oil in mine (have been trying different things for about a year and that's what I"ve ended up with !) :) YUM great…