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"Healthy food" doesn't necessarily mean weight loss. Oats, fruits and veg are healthy, in the sense they have a lot of nutrients in, but it's still a case of calories in vs calories out, not to mention that by the sounds of it, you're eating a shed load of carbs and a lot of sugar from fruit. In terms of FAT loss, some…

You could try whey or soy protein cakes or muffins Pretty self explanatory, eggs, butter, some cream (in the mixture) whey protein, baking powder + any flavourings you want (vanilla extract, few choc chips etc) in the oven for 20 mins and done. A quick google will find a proper recipe

Cream - if you're eating high protein you can use it to make garlic / pepper / wine / whatever flavour sauce you want Nuts - Peanuts are pretty low carb, others are slightly higher but not too significant. I'm on a high protein / low carb diet and i eat lots of nuts!

you need to lose fat, doing weights will just build the muscle up behind them. you can't choose where you burn off fat, unfortunately.

I haven't read every reply to this, so sorry if someones already said the same as me. Don't worry about the daily ups and downs and also remember if you're quite overweight, weight will fall off quicker at the beginning. It doesn't sound like you're eating very much, i'd recommend eating more otherwise when you've shifted…

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I ride, well not at the moment. Started out on a 50cc Gilera DNA, Passed my test and had a Yamaha FZR 400 3TJ for a while, sold that and buggering off to uni in a week or so but hope to be back on a bike for summer!

I personally try to eat more protein than MFP tells me too and less carbs as i do quite a lot of weight training at the gym. Even if you're not doing that, it's one of the best to go over on as it will still help with recovery from any other type of excercise, it also uses most energy and takes a while to digest.

I was in the same boat! Lost most of it now but if i can get to my goal weight it'll be around 90lbs in total! Still got a way to go, so much harder when most of its gone. Happy to support you and others though

Sorry to say you can't choose where you burn fat, you can exercise your arms and build the muscle underneath the fat but you can't control where the fat that's burned up comes from unfortunately!

Thanks whyflysouth, i have been doing weight training from the very beginning though and as i've been losing fat have begun slowly increasing the amount i do to a point now where i spend more time strength training than doing cardio. I've definitely built muscle over the process, strengths improved and it is visible in…

I weigh every day, but i don't really take any notice of it - it's just habit. I only log my weight loss once it's stayed off for a week or close too it.

It's a supplement to help boost your protein intake, most commonly used by (but not limited too!) body builders. i personally use this: http://www.myprotein.co.uk/products/true_whey but there are other slightly cheaper alternatives on that site, try the Impact whey, although true whey is one of the best they offer.

Thanks again everyone and yea still more to go unfortunately, can't tell much from the pics but still got a belly on me and the old double chin (just) if i look down. I intend to go down the muscle building / body building route so want to get my fat percentage way down first!

Tuna's a good one, low fat, low cal and low carb. Suppose beans may have too many carbs in for you? Cottage cheese maybe? Whey protein, mine has about 1g of carbs per 25g serving.

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The body doesn't know what 'day' it is. Generally speaking i give myself around 3 days to correct over eating binges or mistakes, whether this is correct or not i don't know. But hey, it's worked.

I eat whenever i am hungry, i don't do 'meals' as such, if i'm hungry i eat. That way i end up coming under / around my calorie goal everyday, i get less cravings and end up eating small amounts every 3 or so hours.

Feel free to look at mine, i aim for around 100g a day.

Egg white omelette? 17 ish cals per large egg white, teaspoon of oil (40 odd depending on type) and vegetables to taste? One i had earlier had mushrooms, red pepper, onions, tomatoes, cheese and came in at about 250!

Rubbish! :p your paying for the brand name. The stuff i use has just as good of an amino acid profile and amount of protein in per serving as some of the branded products, tastes nicer and is half of the price

I take mine pretty much everyday, don't forget you build your muscle out of the gym so when your resting is when your body needs protein the most. Also, as long as your not going overboard with it, it's fine to take it as a 'snack' (it is very filling after all!) but as everyone else says, most important after workout…

Not been to the gym yet, but will be shortly. 20 mins of cycling to burn off some calories and warm up Stretches Working chest and triceps today so... Flat bench press Incline dumb bell press Pec Dec Tricep pushdown Seated Tricep extension

Tuna? one can, about 30g of protein. Peanut butter as mentioned. Cottage cheese Whey protein supplement Chicken breast if you eat poultry?

Well done so far first of all! As for protein snacks here's a few things i use to boost my protein intake Tuna - 30g of protein in one tin, i personally eat mine with chopped onions, light mayo and a few spices. Beans - Most types have a lot of protein, but your typical tin of baked beans in sauce will have 15 - 20g of…

Interesting read this as i'm in a similar position, i can't recommend this site enough though: www.musclehack.com One of the few genuine sites out there, interesting articles and arguements.

Anything with water in is water as far as i'm concerned. Remember watching an interesting program about it a while ago, they took two twins, gave one just water and one no water at all, only things like fizzy, juice, tea etc and ran lots of tests on them and there was no difference.

I don't and have never ate mine (intentionally) I say intentionally as i don't make a habbit of it but every now and again if you end up going out drinking, having a takeaway with friends etc and you think s**t i've eaten WAY too much you then think hang on a minute, i burned 1000 calories off today, it doesn't matter. For…

Yea beans etc are good too, a tin of your average baked beans will pack about 15-20g of protein in. If you were to replace a few things with say a tin of beans on toast and a tin of tuna (I mix mine with half a chopped onion and some spices) that's 50g of protein from under 500 (probably less) calories.

Protein powders won't make you put on weight, protein is used as a weight loss tool by a lot of people. What about a tin of tuna? 1 can will have approx 130 calories and up to 30g of protein! That's a massive chunk out of your daily goal.