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Tracking your calorie intake and making informed choices about what you eat works in terms of weight loss, maintaining your weight or gaining weight depending on what you want. MFP isn't a fad diet plan, it's a food diary with a supportive community. If you haven't done already I'd suggest reading this thread, yes it's…

Welcome to MFP! I'd probably start off with a more realistic goal as losing 48lbs in a month isn't going to happen I'm afraid unless you chop a limb off. You'll make a good dent in the first few weeks for sure if you're new to weight loss but don't get frustrated when that starts to taper down to more realistic levels. If…

Hey dude! I'm also in the (currently) sunny town of Brighton. I'd suggest you set a time goal for your weight loss as it'll help motivate you along the way, just make sure it's realistic. If you haven't already then I'd highly recommend reading this thread:…

That is a very good article, nice find.

I have adopted some noobs and don't think I can take any more on at the moment without compromising the help I can offer. Could you cross me off the list for now please Alex, I'll update if anything changes. Ta!

Good taste, same here. Or a nice glass of Talisker. Can't afford Lagavulin at the moment sadly and my bottle of Laphroaig quarter cask is down to the last couple of glasses :(

Yes games. Tabletop RPGs a lot. PC games a lot, well, actually I just play Rocket League these days for some reason but lost much time to Xcom, Torment, Grid, Eve Online, Frozen Synapse, Satellite Reign, and so on. I also tend to play boardgames and wargames like Infinity when I get the chance which is sadly, rarely :(…

I love my 5am workouts, gym is quieter and I feel awesome by the time I get home and it's not even 7am yet. Yeah going to bed earlier is a bore but it depends on how bad you want something I guess. I want to enjoy the 90 odd minutes I get to just lift and forget about everything else so I sacrifice later nights for it…

I'd be happy to throw my hat into the ring as a mentor for 2 new folks. I'm UK based (if that matters on the internet), a qualified PT and am pretty easy going (unless you are a demented lunatic stalker). I don't live on MFP so I probably won't respond every few hours but I do log in daily so you shouldn't have to wait…

I used to think like OP as well. Then I sucked it up and joined a gym and rapidly discovered that people are there to work out, not watch other people work out and the self consciousness disappeared. Now I wander in and crack on with it. I started going to a fitness class a few years ago when I got into the idea of getting…

It is, check out here: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10298435/2016-adopt-a-noob-official-mfp-thread#latest

In addition to the stickies and a food scale, take it a day at a time, don't try and change everything at once. Start off steady and build up steam over a period of time, slowly start to workout more and eat better. If you're here to lose fat it's a marathon not a sprint, it takes time, scale weight will likely rocket off…

One thing that seems to make or break my day in terms of food is deciding the day before what I'm eating the following day for the most part. I sort out work for lunch in the evening, decide on breakfast and dinner and what I'll snack on during the day and then sort it out before bed, takes anything from 5 mins to 30. Then…

The trick is not to let one slip up, no matter how big, derail your plans. Everyone falls, not everyone gets back up. Be one of the ones that does get back up and before you know it you're there.

Boom! How to write an "I would like a mentor" post.

It's the method that Lou Schuler and Alan Aragon use in their Lean Muscle Diet book. My opinion only but they're both reliable, honest, non-woo people.

+1 to this. I plan a day ahead and rarely change my mind on the day and it keeps me going 95% of the time as when I'm not feeling it I already have the day of food planned out so don't have to use much brain power on it when I'm feeling a bit underwhelmed.

I tend to look to see if an article has references at the end and if so what they reference. If it's peer reviewed scientific stuff I check to see how they've used the data supplied, whether they've cherry picked information to say what they want or whether they have taken the whole thing in context. If it's a woo based…

Thanks very much for the input all and thanks for the article link, that's really useful. I shall simply see how I get on I think and once I'm 6 months in I'll look at where I want to be within a year and set myself some targets from there.

Mate, that's epic. Huge congratualtions!

Totally sympathise having injured myself enough times, the frustration of being out of action is unbearable. What you consume is what has the impact on your weight in terms of fat rather than exercise. Exercise, cardio, will burn extra calories but what you consume is the most important part of losing weight. Have you read…

Moderation will be the key I imagine. If I know I'm going out I tend to see if I can browse the online menu of a place first or remember what they serve if it's a frequently visited place, makes it easier to pick something to eat that will fit into your macros better. Drinks, the bad news I guess is that booze is going to…

Yeah, I must confess I have also fallen into the Fage trap, nothing compares to it. Tried Skyr as it's close in terms of macros but not a fan of the texture. Keep an eye out for it on special in places, I know Sainsbury's is currently doing the 500g tubs for £2 for example. As Roda suggests though, add some other macro…

I was going to link a post that goes into deep details about macros but: ..it would have boiled down to exactly this ^^^^

I'm a fan of cooked breakfast if it'll fit my planned macros for the day. Couple of bits of grilled bacon, scrambled eggs, wholemeal toast and some beans sets me right up for the day, takes about 15 minutes to cook. It does mean I have to get up 15 minutes earlier to make sure I have time to cook it but when the reward for…

Hey, Don't get stressed or disheartened, people that have been through it are just trying to point out that losing a stone in a month is maybe a bit too high a goal is all. You'd probably feel awful if you do manage it as weight loss at that speed is probably going to take a fair bit of muscle with it as well as fat. This…

This thread from Sidesteel has some good answers regarding whether or not to eat back your calories, bit of a closet Sidesteel fan to be fair when it comes to getting decent info about fat loss. Not sure if you need to be a member of the group to see it or not though. The general consensus seems to be to eat back a portion…

Robert Dyas is your friend for scales, got mine from there for about a tenner or so, haven't had any issues with it in 7 years and only had to change the batteries once.

^^^^^^ This is truth. Fat loss is a marathon not a sprint, take it a day at a time, if you stumble get back up, get some MFP friends that will support you and before you know it you're a long way down the road. Sorry that that sounded so unbelievably cheesy, like full on mature cheddar, but it is true. Commit to the long…

Hello and welcome to MFP! If you've not read through these threads yet I'd suggest having a browse as they're super useful and should answer any starting out questions you have about how to go about it. Our weather really doesn't help with keeping food under control, especially at the moment, it just makes you want comfort…