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up til recently i have always been against tattoos but i sense this may be a mid life thing lol--my dieting was started back in January on my birthday when i drew up a list of goals for the coming year--that in its-self was a first --i am looking to see if i can have my eye sight corrected next! there is a long list lol

i eat a small tin of low calorie tuna for direct protein and convience-a small plastc spoon and it can all be disposed of

thats another thing that worries me--when does this elasticity go? i am 47 so no spring chicken for getting my first tattoo

thats another thing that worries me--when does this elasticity go? i am 47 so no spring chicken for getting my first tattoo

sounds like a thumbs up then--my wife's are mid dark green with blue outline--anyone got any favourite combinations suitable for a man

would it be possible to say the place you have them?? and where are the trouble places--i am off putting them on my legs because they are hairy but my upper arm or bi-cep seem favourite and discreet--

i am contemplating having a tatoo now i am at my goal weight as a reward--i am worried if i ever put on weight how they distort? -any of the contributors tell me

thanks--i think sense tells me you are right about fruit--its processed sugar that should be avoided. İ read up about almonds though and they have very good health qualities unlike lot of other nuts and using the same logic as fruit being healthy could i take the same stance?--its not saturated fat in almonds

i will only up my protein if i am doing the necessary work to build muscles--otherwise i will stay on the daily recommended allowance here as the site has seen me right so far--my gym technition and dietition say i must up to 100mg but only iif i am serious about building muscle and want to work hard

im sure i should eat 60g of protein as the harvard report--im 154lbs now -but because i was dieting meant i knew i had to reduce my intakes and it set me 46g--i think the settings on the site are right because i have lost all my excess at a steady weight with no muscle waste--now i have to ramp up my protein to build up…

im sure i made my 5lbs because i have now hit me goal weight of 154lbs--was there ever a table for this thread?

i just met one of the beefcake instructors who is laden with muscle in the changing rooms-he said i looked normal in my proportions without my shirt on-thats good enough for me at my age--my wife i think is used to the inflated me and the fact all my gym gear is large and i am now medium is why they see me as too small--i…

i do strength training 3 times a week but on this diet with its reduced intakes i sense that muscle gain would be impossible--i have a qualified coach who sets my programs but i want to resist the continual chase for that perfect body--i had that when i was younger but without excessive dedication and actually increasing…

i am about body lean mass plus 17pc fat--i would need to lose a further 5lbs to get to the lowest recommended target--this should happen by just losing very moderately by keeping on my enjoyable healthy diet. i could keep chasing it and then be asking the same question when i get to that level. i maintain happily a steady…

i think i will have mine altered but in a way where they cant be re-jigged again!--my daughter bought me my first correct sized shorts and for the first time in 7 years i am back to medium from large(and bulging)-a great fathers day gift!

i trained better today- i followed your tips about not doing cardio before the weights and slowing the rests between sets down-i also reduced the cardio to 50 minutes total and feel much less 'stressed after-i have upped my protein with regular almonds or yoghurt and cutting my carbs down as a opposite to the protein- i…

a fine year 1963--year i was born--like you i have leg problems and have to be careful with exercise--i do what i can at moderate pace -i belong to a gym and walk on the treadmill but with hill settings--just keep your heart rate as high as possible and let those lbs drop off--i have been here 3 weeks and have lost 8lbs…

this type of thing isnt only a female phenomena!! i had a botched appendisectomy and resulted in 3 follow up ops on my abdomen and until i read this i never realised it was the reason for my 'mis-shapeness on my lower abdomen--i just grew up from thin to middleage accepting it as natural thing--just it has now become…

i look back at my diet in the uk cant remember a meal without at least half the meal being a protein. i am lucky i see protein twice a week now from animal source- i get plenty of healthy stuff like spinache and chick beans abd feel a throw back to the hippies. so taking your pcentages my diet cal rate now is 1490 so to…

when you say 25 to 30pc of protein---what does this relate to--pc of what? i dont want to gain masses of muscle i just dont want to be skinny looking--my wife likes a bit of meat and misses my broad shoulders!!--i will cut down on the cardio i think because that leads to calories i cant physically hope to eat--in heat like…

those things just about sum my diet up---espeicially beans--red meat is very limited because of the heat and latent fat--nuts are a very usual product in every day consumption and i love almonds!! --i want lots of lean muscle to be honest because of the heat --i came here 4 years ago as an over weight person and didnt shed…

apart from the supplements i am following that regime of weights--i do 12 reps x 3 but only rest for a minute between them---i just cant lift much due to the lack of muscle i now find myself with!! İ will have to scout the supplements because i live in Turkey where superflous things like exercise seems very low key--i…

the problem is i am like a moth drawn to the light--its become an addictive habit to churn out the calories on the machines-i need to somehow refocus what i do at the gym--is swimming just changing the treadmill for another cardio?-- i also live in a country now where protein is not a high part of the diet because of the…

i tend to do fast bike rides and hill walking or 10kph jogs--i could go for hours at a normal speed and when i started this diet i was doing twice as much but cut it back when i tried eating the exercise calories here--i do it 3 or 4 times now but was 6 times a week at the outset Youve talked me out of the gym today--i…

the problem is that i am just not building muscle--just getting thinner--i do 45 mins of weights and about 90 minutes of cardio --i am getting more like seb coe not lynford christie!-thin and lean not muscled! Thanks Dz --my mail crossed---that says it all.-i am a carbs person and dont really like too much protein in my…

i belong to other forums as well as here and seem to end up weighing myself for them--i need a diary to keep up with it all!! it has tended to lead me to watching it every day and for some reason i weigh lightest around lunch time which tends to stop me doing any naughties in the morning but leads me to ubder using my…

no sign of those things but thank you for the info--i will be wary!---i lived on 1000 calories a day for 2 months and exercised 6 days a week and never exeprienced them--i wonder what the sign of an increased bmr is now??

i can keep within my base calories easily but never get near my exercise calories because it is just not possible within my normal eating habits--i upped my calorie allowance recently because i was nearing my target weight and read what it said about upping the intake as you got lower. i am losing regularly and have heard…

yep ceisius --hot;! i cant imagine running in it though--takecare.

i drink lots of fluids as it seems to fill me up--water has no calories!