Matt_Wild Member

I am a PT/nutritionist. Your post that you NEED 1200 is not the counter. A counter argument from you would be you describing why aren't needing MORE calories because you've tried and this is the XYZ reason. Unless you are suggesting eating an bare minimum number of calories is better than eating a larger, more rounder…

ncmedic201 - I'd only have you on 1200 if you didn't move around at all, housebound. I'd much rather see you at 1450. Only 250 cals more but thats actually 20% more calories almost. You'll be surprised at the difference, IMO.

For someone who says 1200 is there "number".... feel free to post here or message me your details (age/height/weight/sex/how much you do cardio/lift/how busy your job is) and lets see what the score really is :o))

If you can't get to 1800, eat something calorie dense. Nuts, nut butters, heck even nutrient dense protein bars will help. Nothing is really that bad if you need to get your calories UP because you'll be burning it off as you'll be on BELOW your calorie maintenance level, hence you dropping weight.

Sorry - why ignore the first poster? I'm afraid she didn't get overweight due to eating under 1200 calories. That is my point. If you need to make the calories, up you HAVE to make the calories up. For what its worth, I coach about two dozen people, bodybuilders, athletes and also normal everyday women as well. You have to…

Veg I consider a must, fruit, not so much.

If you are 178lb and trying to lose weight and cannot get above 1200 calories a day... how did you get to 178lb?!

If you find a way of building muscle easily, please let me know. I've been doing it for years, eating more calories, lifing more weights etc than you could shake a stick at and its still slow going. Quick answer - you won't. You'll see you are building muscle long before its too much for you. They don't suddenly go…

Throwing weights down. I dumbbell bench up to 65kg per arm and put them down softly without a noise. I'm sure you can do the same with a 1/4 of the weight, without any hardcore grunting either (sure maybe the last few reps). I don't want to use dumbbells that are banana shape because you can't respect the gym's property!

Neither. Diet. Neither of the above two will lose weight if you diet is not in place. Then having higher lean body mass. Cardio bottom of the pile unless HIIT as its so low in the calorie burning stakes..

It doesn't exist. You lose fat, gain muscle. Nothing to 'tone'.

My fiancee did and actually became Body Fitness and Overall UKBFF North West Champion this year as she did so. So no reason why not!

Speeds up the metabolism, slightly, lowers hunger, slightly. Helps with energy, slightly. You can see where this is going.

Sprouts, thats it. I'll eat everything else and enjoy it too :o))

Makes me laugh people ignore jonnythan when he's usually the one stating fact and not some pseudo version of it to suit themselves. 2% won't do jack. I'll continue to eat my 62p per 340g (and so £1.80 per kg) PB rather than jacked up £6 1kg for 2% more PB or palm oil like the Merida stuff.

Weight loss is not linear. Not withstanding exercise you've done, carbohydrate intake (and so water being held) and indeed, loss comes in fits and starts, not just one smooth line. Take measurements of your body, not weight. A steady decline shows fat loss and if you are lucky, a little muscle gain.

Sounds like most of you are intolerant, not allergic. Too different things entirely.

All the time. The moment I eat something unhealthy I get the "OMFG what are you eating that? Thats really bad!!!" And when I'm eating my tasty chicken, spinach and rice I get the "Why not have a donut or burger, it won't kill you!". You can't win. Smile, and high five them in the face with a brick. Works well for me :o))

Food goes into my mouth through my own choice. I feed myself as an adult. I'm not sure how one can classify this as a disease, simply my own lifestyle choice. No one is forced to eat anything other than what they choose :o))

Its not that simple. You need enough leucine in ones diet to signal to the body there is enough dietary protein to begin protein synthesis. On top of this there needs to be enough ATP going into the body as well, via the carb input. Put it this simply - I know lots of bodybuilders. A lot of them are assisted with various…

BECAUSE YOU CAN'T FREAKING GROW WITH NEGATIVE CALORIES!!!!!! Its simple laws of the universe, not just muscle growth. Energy cannot be created, only transferred. You can't create muscle from nothing. It has to have something to supply the energy. Period.

We aren't jumping all over you. We are simply not agreeing with you. We are stating science. Please tell me the mechanism where the dietary intake of protein and overall calories to allow growth in a negative calorie state? I want to know as I'm a bodybuilder, and bodybuilding coach. Of men and women. I've never…

You do realise that hypertophy between 8-30 reps builds the same muscle size. Beyond this you are just burning ATP, your not doing nothing at all in anyway. You either build muscle or you lose or stay the same, you can't do a partial growth lift, that doesn't make any sense.

So it alters insertion points, muscle length, ligaments and tendon placing? Most interesting. Tell me, how biomechanically does that work? Answer? It doesn't. Genetically you are stuck with what you have. Otherwise bodybuilders like me would be all over it! Think about it, if you lengthen a muscle you NEED a long limb…

Choose a better mum and dad to make you.

Most recent studies show the opposite. Indeed there has been a spate of television programs showing this. Indeed, one study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine tracked the results of 58 sedentary overweight/obese men and women who participated in a 12 week course of supervised aerobic exercise. The results…

If cardio is so great, why does one always see the same people doing the same cardio, and no change in body comp? The OP asked which one was best if they could only do one, its resistance without a shadow of a doubt. For my current cut, I've lost around 8-10kg doing zero cardio. Yo when she was dieting for her comp that…

Game, set and match.

Both, weight more towards weights. Weights 4-5x a week, cardio 3-4x a week. Use diet to create a deficit and cardio to chizzle a little more into that deficit, nothing too great. No point and very little gain for hours and hours of cardio IF body reshaping is the goal.

Its sod all to do with broscience. Its everything to do with actual science. Read the study and understand.