Matt_Wild Member

The friend was rude. No need for that. But there is an "Obesity Epidemic" and people are getting bigger and have more health related issues as a result (heart disease and reported cases of diabetes are up many times what they once were). You cannot stick your head in the sand and ignore it. HOWEVER the governments may not…

Sweet potatoes glazed with coconut oil, sprinkled with rosemary and cooked with a full clove of garlic. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and then cook. Delish.

There is no exact science i'm afraid beyond hydrostatic measurements to see what is going (e.g. fat or muscle) - which trust me, cost.... a lot LOL

Body fat calipers are the best you can use at home - bioimpedance scales can be effected by water levels, if you've just exercised etc etc. If in general everything is going down well excluding lean body mass, you are fine. A good way of measuring whether you are losing muscle is crashing in strength compared to your…

I eat the odd meal of whatever I fricking want. One meal won't make or break a diet, once.

Are you losing just fat or lean body mass? If you are losing just fat, where is the problem? If you are losing lean body mass, try upping your calories a couple of hundred a week until you stop losing fat and then drop it by 100-200. There you have your tipping point.... where you lose the fat you want without losing lean…

Personally I diet on a minimum of 5000mg omega 3, 3000mg primrose oil, 3000mg CLA and 5000mg of Acetyl-L-carnitine to help the fat into the cells. Thats daily. I split them across the first three meals typically.

Your thoughts on Metabolic Damage and what it is? This is what I see and what I agree with: OK - this isn't a study as I know any study I post will be picked apart and not seen for what it is. I start with a chap I consider very highly, he's always to the point and honest. He trains normal every day folk and also IFBB…

I've never said anything such as starvation mode whatsoever. Get those words and take them out of my mouth and back on your keyboard please. Ta. As for references, of course I can get some, but like your post, there is none included. Heck I posted a few weeks ago with a referenced study on diets around 1000 calories,…

If you read what I wrote again... ...I wrote 4-6 sets. 3-4 exercises. So one can do as little as 12 sets, the last exercise is always down to energy levels. And yes, its fine for most, I train men and women worldwide on it and they all do very well on the system. You won't grow if you don't push yourself and a vast…

Biomechanically, impossible. To tiny degree you can hit the sternum area of the pec, but overall you are working all the pec as you bench or fly.

Absolute crock of panda poo. Taken to failure, hypertrophy has shown to be the same between approx 8 reps and and 25. Clearly diet need to be completely sorted - you won't grow, regardless of the lifting. IMO, too much emphasis on pressing movements, not enough flying movements. I personally do: 4-6 sets incline DB bench…

Peanut butter as of late. Can have say 15g of the stuff, any more I bloat out and get explosively ill. Shame as I'm in love with the stuff!

In athletes/bodybuilders: In a review of 41 studies examining the purported adverse affects of high protein diets in athletes, it was noted that protein intakes of 2.8g/kg did not impair kidney function in the short term (Manninen 2004). In an even more comprehensive review of 111 studies, specifically looking at protein…

There are clearly some legit cases here - older women (with all due respect, sorry no offence intended) and some injured people who clearly don't move around a lot. But clearly there are a lot of people here who are eating far less than they should. Now clearly for those who are steadfast and WANT to eat 1200 calories for…

Yes quite simple really. Cut carbs out for 2-3 weeks, as in use a keto diet. Slowly re-introduce carbs, avoiding starchy carbs and anything simple (e.g. haribo etc). Find out which ones you are sensitive and actually stop the cells reacting to the insulin. You could even carb cycle (3 days low/zero carbs) and 1 day higher…

You change the foods so you can. Lots of your 'healthy' foods that are nutrient dense. Heck I can make you a protein shake with 1000 calories in it:- 50g protein 100g fine oats 2 tablespoons peanut butter (natural) 2 table spoons honey (natural) Banana 1000+ calories. All healthy foods too.

One of the issues for people and they don't actually realise - they often do not eat correctly for years. They eat at around the suggested sensible amount which is 300-600 more than 1200 and don't lose because of insulin resistance and simply put it down to calories rather than trying to understand the science behind their…

You are mocking me about magical numbers, when you are insisting eating at a magical 1200? I come at this from an experienced background with plenty of clients behind me to show this. I'm suggesting eat more, to have more energy, healthier bones, teeth, hair etc - because the body is being fed. I coach people world over,…

Because I get umpteen mails off people for help on this very subject. Posting on this thread a few times has got me half a dozen messages in the last hour or so asking for help. If you can help people on the forum, it prevents so many mails to me asking for help... to a degree anyway.

Eating healthy foods doesn't make the amount you are eating, healthy. Comprends pas?

Sorry, my reply was tongue in cheek. Sorry if not clear. You don't actually do anything in the house at all? Interested to know what you are actually doing 24/7? Literally sitting at the PC? I can't calculate your needs if I don't know what you do, that all! :o))

Personally I'd have have you around 1800 calories and work on your macros to be optimal. Then give it a 2-3 weeks to see weight change and adjust diet down perhaps 100 and repeat :o))

My calculations take in age and how busy people are to allow for metabolism and calorie expenditure.... ...and a week or so doesn't allow for body to adjust to nutrient changes/incoming macros etc. You will hold water differently and look differently due to macros going thro you. Its a long term change, not overnight/week.

So you sit in the house and rock back and forth?

61 inches or 6' 1"?

Need your age/height/weight/sex/approx gym/cardio time and approx job type. You've not given me enough.

So to make yourself more healthy, you eat in an unhealthy manner below what is healthy for you to eat? Incredible logic. Yes I do make individual meal plans etc.

I diet on 3200 calories and I'm starving. Cannot imagine just eating 1200-1500 calories - I'd die:laugh: This is clean and healthy good food btw :smile:

My Dr talked about diet with me and after 2-3 mins actually said "Sorry, your knowledge is much deeper than mine and I'm getting out of my depth".