Pipsqueak1965 Member

I'm hungry at the moment so anything looks good! Particularly the massive chunk of chocolate cake that is RIGHT OUTSIDE MY OFFICE.

Today was some leftover Mexican bean soup. I'm hungry again though so am eyeing up a massive chocolate cake that is on the cabinet outside my office >:) Hopefully I can either tough it out or go hunt down a healthier snack.

I wish I had started counting calories years ago. And weight training. I most of my life feeling dumpy and slightly chubby. Finally started counting calories and lifting weights (thanks to my lovely PT) maybe 3 years ago (I'm 54 now) and managed to lose the annoying 10 pounds or so and finally feel a bit happier in my…

I love the ab wheel roll outs! But there is hardly ever one at the gym - I must buy one for home. They make you hurt so much! And land mine press and face pulls.

Yep - weigh dry - then your two ounces (or 50 grams approx.) is a reasonable serving. Its what I have for rice and pasta and I'm pretty small.

There's not really any point spending more money on it. If you work out hard and eat at a bit of a deficit, you know you will lose some fat.

lank? Plank!

leg press, hamstring rollouts and lank roll outs on swiss ball. Wall sits with the ball too. Tricep press ups. Horizontal pull with cable thing (technical term!) and some bent over rows. Managed to drop the 30 kilo barbell down my shin as well. ITs very sore now.

Underfuelling will not stall weight loss! This is the old starvation mode m myth yet again.

I would love to stop tracking - but as soon as I do my weight starts to slowly creep - I didn't lose as much as you guys (massive high five for that, and the maintenance) but I am very short and show the weight a lot. I've put on a couple of kilos since my lowest weight (a year or so ago), which is ok as I think I have a…

Weight is mostly about what you eat, and health/shape is mostly about exercise, so yes, of course.

Jut as a little comment - you are not going to build strength in one or two weeks - it takes ages - sorry - there is no quick fix.

What they said - two weeks is not long enough to be worried. You will be losing, just very slowly (I'm the same height as you so I know how it goes - I went from about 120 to 101 but it took months. I also never went lower than an average of 1400 calories. Just be patient.

Also - massive variation between cooked and uncooked - I tend to always use the uncooked if possible.

yeah - it just takes a bit of effort for the first few weeks, (by effort, I mean 7 minutes rather than 2!. Then it gradually gets quicker and quicker.

I tend to work round injuries - its not good to totally not move - this makes it worse. I have chronic knee problems, and occasional lower back pain, and tendonitis (yay! lucky me!), but I do weights based workouts, just using a bit of movement on whichever part is playing up!

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Would you describe me as lightly active or sedentary: I have a desk job 3 days per week. That involves a commute of about 9,000 paces. Apart from at work I tend to be on my feet a fair bit (tidying, walking to shops, up and down stairs - very rarely use car). I also go to gym 2-3 times a week (obviously this wouldn't be…

I just went up from 20.5 to 21.55 on that new BMI calculator. Range being 41.2-55.68 kilos, which sounds about right for my height. There are women with a much smaller frame than me, who could be perfectly ok at 41 kilos. I could stand losing a few myself (carry some fat round hips and thighs).

Being small and old my BMR is only about 1000 per day ( :'( ). So I have to keep my NEAT up or I would just be the most miserable person on earth! I walk a fair amount, and try not to sit down too much (despite loving reading).

Most recipe websites have loads of vegetarian meal ideas - I use BBC good food a fair bit.

of course! Don't plank naked!

I have read about this all quite a bit - our metabolisms don't actually change very much at all - we just tend to move less in general as we get older (I'm 54 so have had some personal experience!). I managed to lose some annoying extra pounds (about 10-12 during perimenopause) by calorie counting, and have been strength…

OR give an example of a typical day's food? 15 grams of protein is really low - even for a vegan - eat some nuts/quinoa/beans and it will shoot up.

Oh right - so any fibre calories would be taken out and that is net carbs? Thank you :)

Despite loving any pickles and vinegary things in general - I tried to drink a bit of ACV in a small amount of water and almost hurled! I stick to vinegar on my food now instead.

Salt and carbs make you retain water for a bit I think too - and hard exercise. I find if I have a few drinks one evening - the next day I am often a bit lighter (dehydration!). Or if you need a massive poo (sorry!)

PS @DancingMoosie I have major leg envy!

Recomp is sort of what I do - you eat at maintenance or just under, and work out as hard as you can (strength training). So hopefully you gain a bit of muscle and lose a bit of fat. Its very slow though!

Good luck!