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I'm english so used to these - that one I'd eyeball at around 900 calories, but I'd log at least 1000 calories for a full english as things are often cooked in a lot more oil than you'd think. We have calories on a lot of menus now and breakfasts are usually around the 1000 to 1200 mark although often a bit bigger than the…

One thing I've noticed is that when I do more weights vs cardio, I'm A LOT more hungry. I had to stop doing pure lifting programs because I would literally wake up in the night starving. When I do more cardio, I burn more calories overall but I also don't feel as hungry, so if I'm not logging it's way easier to overeat…

Your target calories are calculated including the energy you use staying alive (your BMR). The 5 week weight prediction is based on your deficit/surplus each day. So if your target is 1500 calories a day with a goal to lose a pound a week, and you eat 1500, it will tell you you should lose 5 pounds in 5 weeks. The target…

I think people misunderstand the concept of eating little and often 'increasing your metabolism'. It isn't like an engine that you rev up by eating - all it is is that, your metabolism (or the energy you expend) is made up of many things, one of which is the energy used to digest your food. In theory eating more often…

I might feel a bit peckish between mealtimes on 1200 but it's hardly 'miserable' or 'starving' and I have plenty of energy, and silky long hair. I lose about half a pound a week on 1200 and I'm perfectly happy doing so. Breakfast: eggs, only thing that keeps me full. Boiled, scrambled, whatever, but eggs eggs eggs. Snack:…

Oh man, I absolutely find it easier to do more exercise than eat less - I am a chronically hungry person. You can't outrun the fork, but I run to get more fork.

I can't really eat big portions and don't like to snack, so if I did it it would essentially mean skipping a meal. So I guess it would work, but it's hardly some fancy diet.

How far were you trying to run? Side stitch means your breathing is off which might mean your pace was too fast. Personally before my long runs I always down a Lucozade sport, definitely helps me go further. Avoiding alcohol near runs, helps too. Other than that, some days are hard some are easy, but I've never noticed it…

You should double check that it's not being caused by low oestrogen levels as that can lead to osteoporosis - us women need all the bone strength we can get. I don't have experience myself to tell you whether they would do tests, but I do have a friend with an eating disorder whose periods stopped and her Dr did…

I've found I sweat more as I get older. I used to be that annoying person, barely flushed and glowing, now I'm the drippy tomato.

I'm going to need a list of what's in that mixing bowl salad!

You have IBS but the only things you ate in a day were coffee, ice cream and sprouts? Three well known triggers of stomach issues?

A typical week at the moment looks like: Day 1: Lower body strength circuits - squats, deadlifts, lunges, bridges, some pilates moves added Day 2: Upper body strength circuits - presses, raises, rows, biceps, triceps, some bodyweight exercises like push ups Day 3: HIIT cardio and core Day 4: Running Day 5: stretch Day 6:…

By other workouts I mean, workout videos.

Not following a lifting program as such, no. I do shoulder presses as part of other workouts, which might be upper body lifting, HIIT/strength combinations. Workouts usually a combination of strength exercises and cardio exercises, but impossible to post a log as the workouts change.

Are you bored while exercising? I get very irritated when I'm bored and running and cycling, for me, are dull and tend to get me in that edgy mood.

Linda McCartney mozzarella veggie burgers. I feel sick thinking about them, they were so revolting.

I hate this sort of thinking and I think it leads to orthorexia. I know someone who won't eat a banana because of it's sugar content. Who won't eat fat unless it came from an avocado. Who thinks olive oil has 'too many carcinogens'. This clean eating has gone mental. Food is for energy, for protein and for essential…

This! Your body can't tell while you're eating whether or not you've eaten too many calories.

Is there a difference between lifting dumbells and bar? Just because I can only complete a set of squats with 36 lbs using my dumbells at home.

Sugar free jelly!

I know my lowest weight was when I was walking 40 minutes to and 40 minutes from work everyday. I wouldn't say I was consciously counting cals at the time, but I was also doing some exercise in the evenings and had a job that kept me on my feet all day. Even then, it was one eye on the scale. Have a pizza if I wanted it,…

Short answers are good - thanks!

Honestly, I weigh myself twice a day and I like doing it that way. You can celebrate each little decrease, no matter how small, you learn to see the fluctuations as just that and not get disheartened. You learn what you eat and drink that makes your weight go up. I know if I have a takeaway pizza I'll be a few pounds up on…

Yeah I'm 5'2", 106 pounds, 27 inch waist, 32 bust, 34 hips. My waist hasn't gone down a single inch after losing 20 pounds so I think genetically I just have a bit more of a wide boxy shape.

Possibly interesting association (and backed up with a possible mechanism by which it occurs, which is often lacking in these correlation based observational studies) Problems: Mechanism proposed only studied in mice Studying rare events in small sample size Drawing morbidity and mortality conclusions from a single dietary…

I think it's quite right to take issue with a retailer based on one of their products - here in the UK i no longer shop at Tesco due to them refusing to engage in any meaningful dialogue with skeptics regarding stocking of 'What Doctors Don't Tell You' magazine. However, sadly, so many shops have their dark side - I would…

I think porridge is a great breakfast! Although, I often switch between porridge and eggs for breakfast and the porridge definitely fills me up more to begin with, but then leaves me hungry very soon after. Any effect of 'upping carbs' will disappear quickly.

But what people are saying is that just because something is a 'manmade chemical' doesn't necessarily make it harmful or worse for you than a 'natural' chemical.

Indeed, going the other way and scaremongering about 'antioxidants causing cancer' is also useless and wrong! I just really hate these faddish terms bandied around by people who don't even understand what 'oxidative stress' actually is.