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most probably bad form - watch some you tube videos or vids on bodybuilding.com. I agree with above re taking fish oil daily - 6-10g

This! Also 1 month ain't very long to get a beach body, sorry. Clean diet and exercise

No. If you did little or no exercise before, and now start doing exercise such as cardio or lifting your BMR will increase, even though you are cutting ! I think people answering yes here are confusing BMR (Basic Metabolic Rate) with BMI (Body Mass Index) and TDEE (which will decrease)

Hi Myxalplyx, your stats and goals are very similar to mine : 5'11 - 5'11 204.8lbs as of today - 199 lbs 23.3% body fat -22.4% 41 years old. - 42 yrs I also tried very low carb just over a month ago, and yes had good loss, but after a week I was very week, I was struggling in the gym, struggling to get through the day at…

Carb free is not impossible, although I wouldn't recommend it

Ephedrine is more commonly known as "Speed". Body builders use it for cutting fat in what's known as an "ECA stack" to be most effective, i.e ephedrine caffeine and aspirin. It is a prescription drug but can easily be bought illegally online

Reflex Instant Whey http://www.reflex-nutrition.com/instant-whey.html/

ON nutrition 100% and Reflex Instant Whey are best when cutting as they are low cal, carb and low fat. They are very similar products but Reflex is about half the price of ON. Whey is better than soy.

yes its a good exercise for increasing endurance and fitness, but other exercise is better for weight loss. It's to do with being in cold water.

Spiulina - great for weight loss because it makes you vomit

Meat and 2 veg. Simple

I agree - and believe me it does get much easier after a few weeks

A baby ?

yup - don't eat back calories if trying to lose fat. Only eat back if you are bulking, maintaining or very near your goal weight Also yup the mfp calorie model is crap "starvation mode "is a load of baloney too, just an excuse for people to eat more. When did you ever see a fat anorexic, fat super model or fat Ethiopian?

You are wasting your gym time training arms - they are the smallest muscle groups in your body. Train your largest muscles - legs and your core! If you do stronglifts 5x5 the arms will some along with it without need to do arm isolation exercises. Also if you are injuring yourself, that's down to bad form - watch some you…

put them in salads, stews, soups and curries

From what I have read, when you reach your target weight and start maintaining it will take 6 months from then for your skin to shrink. After that 6 month period your skin whatever state it is in will be like that for good, and then surgery is the only option. But to try and help things along, drink lots of water, stay out…

no one can help you unless you open your diary

full of sugar avoid

both are wrong - exercise machines vastly over estimate calories burned, take no account of your age, weight and fitness. Also if you're on a treadmill for an hour and the reading is 500 cals, the actual net calories burned are 420, because if you had been sat at home on the couch doing nothing instead, your body would…

CLA, green tea and fish oil

some say the body doesn't care about percentages but I personally think macros are very important and for fat loss go for high protein, moderate good fat and low carb. To use an exaggerated example , if person A ate 100% protein over a month and another person B ate 100% carbs or 100% fat, both on the same daily calories…

I'm Just asking as a matter of interest as I don't positively avoid soy products as I simply have never had any to date, and therefore probably never would in future, but I saw an article the other day about an actor blaming his man boobs on drinking copious amounts of soy milk. I'll link it if I can find it.

Tofu and edamame are also high in estrogen

What do hamburgers have to do with soy? Estrogen counteracts testosterone

Get more sleep - go to bed earlier - some people need more than 8 hours just like some (such as me can survive on only 5 hours). My ex used to be asleep by 8pm every night and had 12 hours sleep (that's most likely why she's my ex!). All her family were the same. Funnily enough they all looked very young for their ages and…

crisps (chips in the US) Whats wrong with all the people saying coffee (unless ofc they are having sugar and double cream in it) ?

<40g a day, eat mostly meat and eggs but I had bad experiences on very low carb, although it does make the weight drop off quickly, and its not healthy

A calorie is not a calorie - carbs are quickly converted to energy, cause an insulin spike and make you more hungry - excess is stored as fat. Good fat calories such as monos and efa actually help you burn fat. Protein calories are more satiating, are harder for your body to digest, therefore have a greater thermic effect…

No reason to put anything on salad, its tasty enough plain. If you must just put a little extra virgin on for the mono and efa's with a twist of lemon and some cracked pepper.