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Er ... consistently eating under 1200, busting the fat target but still 'eating a lot of fruit' and still apparently gaining body fat doesn't seem to ring true to me. I mean, everyone is different but ... I'd address this before starting on any fancy plan.

I've lost a heap of fat while getting squiffy with red wine on a disGUSTingly regular basis. Here's to empty calories! Chin chin.

Those tuna tempter cans in various flavours, I get them in bulk when they are on special, my cupboard looks like an Andy Warhol painting right now. And red wine, the prospect of this pulls me through most days. :)

Aye, taking full responsibility for your life is a decent Step 1. I made myself fat, I made the decisions, I am where I am now because of my decisions, I can change my future and reality with every decision I make, every thought. I am the boss of me, I am not a victim, I call the shots. Having said all that the doco is…

Life kills, we are all going to die one day. All the more reason to enjoy this one. :)

Just maintain a decent deficit and eat what you like is my best advice. Nothing magic about low carb unless you have a diagnosed metabolic issue with processing carbs. Been there, done it. :) "Protein turning to sugar" just isn't an issue if you're in a deficit, err on the side of more protein would be my take.

One a day during the week to kick start my day and a ridiculous amount at the weekend. With milk, the proper stuff with all the fat and that.

Sounds like you have a reasonable attitude to these things, I will say that listening to your body is key in all my non-expert opinion ;) The whole Primal/Paleo stuff worked really well for me for a while but then I rebounded a bit, lacked some energy, craved something I was missing (bread, basically :)), got some physical…

Ah, Mark's Daily Apple, I remember those days. I even have the Grok "Get Primal" t-shirt to prove it (true strory). Still wear it sometimes. The 'science' (carbohydrate curve, hah!) behind it is pure bunk but there are worse ways of basing your nutrition on something IMO. Do whatever works and more power to you. :)

I guess piloting that 767 yesterday was a marginal lapse in judgement, we seemed to get down eventually though.

"You're all individuals!" "I'm not"

I get my protein, hit the deficit and everything else is secondary to me. I'm not into 'working out' so I don't pay much attention to carb loading or whatnot. I eat it all, ice cream daily, packaged this and that but I do try to make sure the majority of my intake is good wholesome stuff (my definition thereof...). I've…

Not a bad list at all, nice one. :)

Indeed, as you can easily drop weight from dehydration. Not much point unless it's primarily fat. And as far as I can tell maintaining a reasonable deficit, keeping the protein up, balancing the fats/carbs and getting some resistance training in is the best way to do that.

How so? Are we talking a bit of inconsequential water weight?

Might help if you have difficulty processing refined carbs but apart from that I see no metabolic advantage, it all comes down to the deficit in the end. Why restrict anything if you medically don't need to? And believe me, I've read a fair bit around low carbing and did it for 9 months. I'm glad I did it because I seem to…

Get a crack habit, I've heard it does wonders for the waistline. That'll sort the 'bad food' out. Don't thank me now!

If you are in a deficit then nothing is fattening, ice cream included. :) To the OP, don't worry about it. Just reminded me though, must have my daily ice cream now, ta.

Bread is only bad if it doesn't package bacon and some tomato sauce.

I'm halfway between the Gold Coast and Brisbane in one of the semi-rural leafy bits, originally from the UK but happy in Oz for the last 8 years or so. I eat well, extend my walk home from work each day, take the stairs not the lifts, that kind of thing. Never been to a gym, not that I'm judging anyone that does, everyone…

As my blog entries attest, I have been down this route. I actually started my adventures in nutrition with the Underground Wellness "simplified" explanation on YouTube. And after all that and some considerable reading of all sides of the debate (sugar, fructose, carbs, "wheat belly", etc), in my considered opinion,…

Now THAT is a good idea, I'm going to try that with our homegrown lemons and oranges, don't know why I haven't before. I'm down to one can of coke zero a day, I still don't think it's good for me but it's better than the litres I was putting away. I get gassy,headachy and my digestion suffers with too much of it. I don't…

DeadVim dutifully checking into an alcohol thread ... Red wine specific too, even better :) Do I cut down? No, I drink an unGodly amount on a disGUSTingly regular basis. Drinking it right now in fact. Empty calories rock. Almost at goal, looking like a lean mean drinking machine, Jeez I am awesome. Really, you should see…

Yeh, but dip 'em in sauce and it's all good. ;)

Yer insulin, ghrelin, leptin and all that are very interesting but when it comes down to it, it's the deficit that will drop the fat (and, inevitably, some muscle, so keep the protein up and the muscles working :)).

IMO, and I know it is hard (20 years of smoking everything quit cold turkey), it does centre on the mindset. You can't crave what you don't want, if you don't want it then no willpower is required, no suffering, no hardship, no sense of deprivation, you really need to see that smoking has NO benefits, whatsoever. No 'It…

Icelandic pony, 'twas OK but I preferred the puffin.

I'm disappointed, I thought this would be a recipe thread.

I did that with an Aussie bird on holiday in Cyprus, got her pregnant now I'm here ...

From Chatham, Kent ... So good they named it once. Now living in Brisbane, Australia. No complaints. :)