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Well that was just my breakfast and lunch. 521 cals so far. Breakfast Cereal bar 1 of, 2.1g protein, 138 cal Lunch All bran cereal 26g, 2.3g protein, 70 cal Natural yogurt 35g, 1.5g protein, 21 cal Babybel 1 of, 4g protein, 75cal Apple 103g, 0.4g protein, 55cal Ham 34g, 7.7g protein, 39 cal Cheese string 25g, 7.1g protein,…

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I got the fitbit wifi scales. They were about £100 in UK money and log your weight, bmi and body fat % to the fitbit app and can connect directly to mfp. The weight is usually accurate but for body fat... You can't really rely on home scales for that. They aren't accurate. It varies a lot depending on hydration levels,…

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Yep same here, must be totally normal. Wouldn't worry about it.

Wait, what? How did your old analogue kitchen scales know whether it was weighing "yummy" foods or not?!

What happenes if you eat at maintenance calories and do weights?

Everyday. On my WiFi fitbit scales. First thing in the morning, before eating or drinking anything. And always naked. Its no necessary to do it every day tho. In fact it can be pretty discouraging. But its just become a habit for me to jump on before I get in the shower.

Exactly this. I don't mean to sound harsh but if counting calories, down to 1200 doesn't cause you to lose weigh then you're eating more than 1200. Its as simple as that. Inaccurate logging most likely.

If you literally have nowhere that doesn't have a hard floor then just use an old tray or similar as a barrier between the carpet and scales

Thank you vismal for that, its really kind of you to help out other people like you are :) So you think I should go on a bulk up for 6 months, lift weights to get muscle. And after that try to lose the fat afterwards. That seems to make good sense to me. The only concern I would have is putting on extra fat during the…

The home body fat scales are just not that accurate I'm afraid. That's all it'll be!

cool thanks for the extra info! I was really only having a bit of a joke around with all the above, but now I know the difference between calories, Calories, and Kcal!

Agghhh dammit my head is already shaven so I won't be able to try that one out! Lol

Yes it has been coming off again now. Thanks for the reply. Now I must increase calories again! Repeat the process again!

Neither am I! Lol Definitely agree on the undertrained low muscle look! I do still think I have a small roll of belly fat just below my belly button (my main bone of contention at the minute), which has been reducing because I've been at a deficit.... Problem being that so is muscle mass probably Yeah it probably would…

So I guess its just a case of finding your true tdee then... Which is obviously gonna vary slightly each day depending on activity level. Yeah, I'm sure I have a normal metabolism and always did! I can already tell my strength has improved a bit in the few weeks I've been doing bodyweight exercises. Eg, I can do more…

It isn't flabby! You just think it is. But it isn't. Honestly..

OK... so I might try to work this out.... when you drink "ice cold water" you're not really drinking ICE lets just say the water is about 5˚C one calorie is the amount of energy used to heat up 1 gram of water by 1 degree body temperature is 37˚C..... a pint of water weighs about 568g (apparently) sooo.... 37 - 5 x 568 =…

sorry to hear about your mum being the way she is. I couldn't read all your post because omg paragraphs!! but the thing is you can't make people change their ways unless they really want to do it for themselves. Keep trying tho, maybe try to incorporate small changes at a time. Get an air popcorn machine and make your own…

I don't know where your from, but I assume most places sell vapes now, have you tried one?

IYeah machines and mfp really overestimate calories burned. That's why most people only eat back 50 to 75 % of calories burned. 1000 is very high for what you did in the gym. I've heard people say that the most accurate way is a heart rate monitor, but even then, there is some margin of error involved.

Yeah its kinda hard to tell, you're right. But like the other person said, you're more like 15%. Yep... 2 stone would be way too much for me to lose... Its also way too much for you to lose! Are you still planning to lose 2 stone?

It turns out I was losing weight at 1560, (not as fast as I did on 1200 - but that has to be a good thing!) ... It just took a while to show up! So guess you guys were right, my metabolism is fine! Now I feel confident to increase my calories... But I can't decide whether to go for tdee - 10%, tdee -5%, or eat at my new…

I was on SSRIs for a while (citaloprap) andit really made no difference to my weight, I wasn't watching what I was eating at the time.

In for this one. I'm pretty much the same (or worse) - its generally gone 4 by the time I'm asleep, and I'm very rarely awake before noon. I've found its a whole lot worse now that I'm on summer break... But when I have to be up for lectures, etc, I'll be asleep by 2 and up by 8 when I need to be. So basically,having…

If you're toning muscle and presumably getting slimmer then it does not matter what the scales say. Forget about weight. You're already doing a great job. As for calories, your personal trainer should be able to advise you on diet. Other than that, have you calculated your tdee? 1300 is probably too low... But it sounds…