paganstar71 Member

Fixed your pics. Big difference, congrats!

Generally people are referring to the added ingredient sugar (sucrose) not other naturally occurring whole food or other unrefined sugars. For example: 100g brown bread: 292 calories, carbs 54g, fibre 2.3g, sugar 4.1g, protein 11g, fat 3.3g Macros (grams) per calories: carbs 18.5%, fibre 0.8%, sugar 1.4%, protein 3.7%, fat…

I gave up alcohol 2 years ago. Best decision ever! If you think this challenge is going to be hard, take it as a sign that you really MUST give up for good to prevent alcoholism and maintain a happy, healthy lifestyle. Good luck everybody. If I can do it, anyone can.

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I didn't say I maintain at 1200! I said everyone is different, and you chose to argue with a very simple fact by making a personal judgement on my happiness levels. Not cool. Edit: It's Mother's Day here in the UK and I don't plan on spending any more time defending myself against people who think it is productive or…

I do know TDEE thank you, mine is 1630. I'm not sure why the fact that everyone is different is so hard for you to understand.

Yeah, have fun telling people how to have fun and, you know, enjoy life! Digging around in diet diaries to make personal judgements sounds a right bundle of laughs. Meh...

My line of argument is simple. You need more calories because you are a body builder. As you have pointed out you only need an extra 60 cals per day versus a higher body fat version of yourself, but this is only when you are resting. Your workouts and metabolism means you can maintain your weight at 800+ more calories than…

You do need more calories, you said this yourself!

That was just 1 day out of 3 months of logging. I did only eat a pizza from Pizza Hut because I had been having fun at a Comic Con all day and I didn't fancy the cakes and fries on sale at the event, so I waited until we left. That day I had worked up a raging appetite, but a single day of what many people would class a…

60 calories per day 'at rest' maybe, but undoubtedly you do not spend your maintenance days in bed resting. At 1,200 calories I am not starving or even hungry, losing 1lb a week on average which is reasonable but certainly not rapid!

No 1,200 probably isn't enough for you judging by your profile pic. If you have a lot of muscle bulk you need more calories. Personally my body doesn't need to be fuelled like a steam engine, I have an office job and don't workout, so my intake is plenty. Everyone is different.

You could try increasing your protein percentage per total calories and increase fibre (aim for 25g per day). I personally keep my sugar down to <20g per day, but your sugar doesn't look too bad IMO.

I agree, if you eat the right foods, 1,200 calories is a lot of food and usually very tasty if you know how to cook :)

I treat hunger as a cue that I haven't had enough nutrition. When eating around 1,200 cals I am purposely eating more nutrient dense food so I reach my macro goals, therefore I don't feel hungry between meals. Whereas when I upped my calories the extra allowance tempted me to snack on less nutritious food and I was more…

I aim for 1,200 cals a day, but I accept that sometimes it's not enough, especially if I didn't choose nutritious food during the day or went to a restaurant for a treat. I tried to bump my calories up to 1,500 a couple of weeks back but bizarrely felt more hungry and kept going over my calories; and actually put on some…

I eat eggs from my own chickens, best ever!

Who thinks you kill chickens to get eggs?

Eating cholesterol does not give you high cholesterol, that is a myth- just like the low saturated fat for health myth. Eat the yolks they are yummy and nutritious.

SW: 182 (1/3/14) CW: 172.5 (2/1/14) GW: 167 (2/28/14) Weigh in Dates: 2/1 - 172.5 2/8 - 171 2/15 - 171 ... stalled! 2/22 - 170 2/28 February weight lost: 2.5

Friend request sent. Currently 171lbs at 5'3. In it until the end :)

SW: 182 (1/3/14) CW: 172.5 (2/1/14) GW: 167 (2/28/14) Weigh in Dates: 2/1 - 172.5 2/8 - 171 2/15 - 171 ... stalled! 2/22 2/28 February weight lost: 1.5

SW: 182 (1/3/14) CW: 172.5 (2/1/14) GW: 167 (2/28/14) Weigh in Dates: 2/1 172.5 2/8 171 2/15 2/22 2/28 February weight lost: 1.5

Photoshop, pixel perfectionist, CSS, HTML, CMS, PHP and learning other coding, grammar nerd, formatting OCD, sysadmin, group policy. No time for gaming. Going to a UK Film and Comic Con next month. Gardening!

I'm in :happy: SW: 182 (1/3/14) CW: 172.5 (2/1/14) GW: 167 (2/28/14) Weigh in Dates: 2/1 172.5 2/8 2/15 2/22 2/28 Total weight lost:

Hi, I will send you a friend request. I am 5' 2" also and eating around 1200 a day. I am increasing healthy fats (coconut oil, olive oil) and some protein and reducing added sugar WAY down. I find this means I can eat at a calorie deficit quite easy using this method because I'm not getting cravings.

1. I didn't make the meme and I consider it no more angry than the words expressed on this thread. Some posters have suggested that only posts made by the 'fit' and successful profile pictures should be acknowledged as valid comment. That sort of turns intelligent discussion into a bit of a dumbed down vanity contest. 2. I…

Ha ha, how bizarre and creepy. What you wanna psychoanalyse me? I searched diet meme, thought the woman looked OK if slightly too skinny and the caption made me laugh. I don't identify with either! Edited to say she looks like she has a missing arm too! But the sea is a nice colour and makes me think of summer :happy:

^^ THIS ^^ A goal worth working towards. I am learning and pleased with the results so far.

I guess we have completely different goals out of our weight management then. I want my body weight to be a complete non-issue in my life, whereas you are happy to spend time manipulating and commanding it as a hobby.