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Protein shakes can not replace meals, they are good for supplementing your diet with protein should it be lacking. There are specific MRPs, meal replacements that are protein based with a legal requirement to contain a minimum number of vitamins and nutrients, I suggest you look into these as opposed to a protein shake to…

Reflex has one of, if not the best protein profiles. Phd does have more carbohydrates than Reflex, Reflex's instant whey is 80%! Echo Supplements do great deals on Reflex and it tastes great too, they do choc mint that tastes like an Aero!

Get your heart rate up high enough and you'll burn calories.

With a diet that is absolutely perfect and exercise that promotes muscle growth you will gain half pound at the most in muscle mass per week, the limits for both male and female are mentioned in the above post. Could be water retention if you've increased your carbohydrates which is possible if you have added muscle mass.

Garmin Forerunner 450CX. Fantastic monitor, I use the reading from mine to replace those estimated by MFP and they are accurate in comparison. Guess MFP values are more a generalisation, anyone monioring weight and exercising needs to invest in a heart rate monitor to give a better indication of fat loss.

Does your diet require it and have you not met your protein requirement through good, honest food? Don't supplement unless you need to. No need to chug down protein shakes because everyone else does. If you diet has your protein covered then adjust it to eat after exercise. Unless the whey is quickly consumed then there is…

Carbs 13 * 4 = 52 + protein 3 * 4 = 64 kcals per serving not 40.

You're wrong. Catabolism will be the first port of call as it takes time to oxygenate the body before it starts to tap into fat cells for energy. If you've eaten a healthy breakfast, such as oats then the body will use that first, giving energy and assisting in the fat burning. Don't need to quote references, this is fact…

Roughly how long does it take to enter a catabolic state?

Won't hinder anything as stated on countless threads in this forum.

Too much of anything is bad, regardless of going over calories or not. So if you ate fruit all day and nothing else, you'd be perfect? A lot of natural sugar in fruit which is much better than refined sugar but in excess, what you don't burn off is metabolised and stored. Cut the fruit back or limit it to a single banana…

You should always eat breakfast before exercising, fasted cardio etc. is a waste of time as you need food to fuel your routine. After sleep you are carbohydrate depleted, this is what your body uses to maintain itself through the 6-8 hours fast it endures and you want to add exercise to this without eating first? Good luck…

Always have and always will use Reflex Nutrition (for those in the UK) as their protein content is 100% accurate, tastes great and it British made, helps the economy!

This is a joke thread, yes? Pizza and healthy? Just because it is discounted you want to buy it? Really?

Garmin Forerunner 405CX for general exercise, heart rate monitor is the best I've seen and the functions are superb.

1) Exercising doesn't Lose weight 2) Bump 3) How do I turn fat to muscle 4) Muscle weighs more than fat 5) Do the calories in <name of food> count? 6) Do I need a protein shake? 7) Does it matter where your calories come from as long as you're under your allowance? 8) Do I eat back the calories lost through exercise 9)…

Is your diet lacking protein to necessitate protein power? If not, why use the supplement? Don't just chug one down because everyone else thinks it's the right thing to do. Where possible get your macronutrients from food then supplement your shortcomings.

It's called try posting in the exercise forum.

But never obese like teenages of today. Only in America.

Hamburgers and high fat content help lose weight now then do they? Why are you buying them? And as for "Moderate to high amounts of fat are necessary for proper body function all the way down to the cellular level." this is true but HDLs not LDLs, fat from meat is the same consititution as your own body fat. How on earth…

I interpreted nothing incorrectly. I know the binding of water to glycogen (not carbohydrates if you want to get technical) consuming a greater amount of protein will yield results as it is the last of the three macronutrients used as fuel, subsequently last stored by the body as it is very inefficient as a fuel source…

Then why ask what people think about them? You already made your mind up before posting the question in that case. Diet pills never have and never will work. As countless posts on here state, eat less and take regular exercise. Works for most people.

And in other ground breaking news, beer gets you drunk and that big, yellow thing in the sky is the sun. High protein diets have always yielded better weight loss results than high carbohydrates due to the nature of the macronutrients.

Couldn't agree more. As the site name and app states, My fitness pal. Don't get me wrong, fitness and weight loss is encouraged but most are obsessed with weight loss instead of losing excess fat and post about binge eating, eating junk and no self control. No wonder they don't lose and body fat. I do watch what I eat but…

Had you bothered to read the forum before posting.

Depends on the intensity, if you are breating heavy then knock yourself out (so to speak) abs won't need 15 minutes dedicated to them, rowing will help in that department.

If you know your calorie intake is too low then adjust it. Do you all have to be spoon fed? Can you not think for yourself? You criticise the site for not warning you but you know yourself it is too low, take responsibility and do something about it. If you use a single forum as your sole source of information about diet…

Did you get the links between Facebook and here confused? Have you posted your daily calorie intake on your facebook update by mistake? This is pathetic, no wonder people see this as a joke.

And this has what to do with food and nutrition?

These are all excuses, if you as a person are not happy and do not have the commitment or motivation yourself to make a better person, improve your fitness and wellbeing which colours every aspect of your life then all the reasons in the original post don't mean a thing. Why do you need support from others to make the…