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With the right dog that's been trained properly - it shouldn't be an issue. A spaniel puppy - a very bad idea!

You can't lose weight without burning more calories than you consume. So 'CICO' is definitely the number 1. It's easiest for the most part to eat less than to burn more. Doing exercise has other benefits, however :). As you specify losing fat - keep your protein levels up and if you can, do some resistance training to help…

Oh and I should note... In the end the real 'tell' is how your weight changes over time - I like recording weight with the 'Libra' app which lets you record daily and gives trends, smoothing out outliers etc. It provides a figure in calories for your deficit/surplus. (And note I actually have a proper RMR / Vo2 machine -…

A weighted backpack seems a bit of an odd way to go about it - can you not turn up the resistance on the eliptical machine? A good bit of that increased calorie burn may be both from moving the weight and the weight around your body moving too - while on an elliptical a backpack may not actually move too much.

If you want to burn fat not muscle - sensible calorie deficit and strength training, with decent protein in the diet. If you want to burn the contents of your wallet - whatever is suggested by Dr Oz.

In the past I've been doing weights and 30-40k of running along with cycling. This year I've been told to avoid all exercise and managed to lose weight just as well. Calories in vs Calories out is all that matter for losing weight.

I don't like either of those, but use carrot a lot and sometimes butternut squash. I tend to use a fine spiraliser blade, then cut squares across the spiralised spread to produce short thin segments. I tend to have the carrot raw these days. Sure, it's not exactly like rice, but I enjoy it none the less and it's a good lot…

I'm single. I've been really busy this year after splitting up in January; but would like to not be single again at some point; so it's interesting to see how others view me. That's certainly one part of wanting to have a trimmer figure. Overall for the most part I'm pretty lax at attending to my appearance - terrible…

Having only run a maximum of 11 miles myself (and only then once, with anything else under 10 miles), I entered a 50k trail ultra. I do enjoy trail running generally and was in a particularly hilly part of England (West Yorkshire) - 4400ft of climbs. I'd done some smaller competitive trail runs before, so knew it'd be…

I always had 11 stone as a goal as a nice round number that should give me reasonable body fat. I could certainly go lower still on body fat and not be silly-low (at least everywhere but my face!). There's lots of other benefits I do/will (hopefully) appreciate. Not just having a nicer figure (I quite like how I look in…

Missed this... I wanted lower body fat - for body image generally - I'm fairy happy how I look in my profile pic here - I generally prefer trimmer/fitter women so would prefer to offer the same :). Ideally I'd go more towards the 'fitness' model sort of thing if I could - but with injuries and many other things in life,…

Cheers - I was actually wondering if putting on some muscle might help. I haven't done any weights for over 3 years - think in the second pic it's more that my arm is tensed holding the kid; however I've always naturally had over-average muscle. (Nothing amazing, just better than average.) It's shoulder impingement that's…

Thanks for the thoughts all - and genuinely happy to hear any thoughts; even if quite, ah, forthright. Definitely interesting to hear that it may adapt over time. My current profile picture was taken pretty recently, but all the others are over 3 years ago. Hoping I can get on the way to getting my long-term-injured…

Cheers for the thoughts so far :). I'm 6 foot. (Well *just* under, but close enough for it to round to that :) ) Of course, I have been on a sustained though gentle calorie deficit since November, so back to maintenance and some time may change things. Ie - I've noticed that I've probably got less loose skin on my belly…

Not if you're only offering those thoughts in the hope I'll base my behaviour on them! However, if you'd like to offer them so I can better understand how people view me, then it would matter to me for that purpose :).

Do you need to be eating so many veggies? Especially it sounds like of a fairly restricted selection. I eat a lot of carrots to try and make myself fuller - if I achieved that, I'd be happy and stop there! :) More of the same 'healthy' foods won't, alas, make you 'healthy +1'.

For me a mixture of the following works... -> Keep all tempting snacks away. -> Log EVERYTHING. Log meals ahead of time and only allow your self to fill in any extra calories left with snacks - but even log the snacks ahead of time too. -> Keep lots of low calorie fruit around for snacks. -> Also carrots. Yes, I can easily…

Most of them! Chocolate, crisps, cakes, sweets and other snacks. Bread and other easily available-carbs, including dried noodles. Higher calorie meats like Chorizo (especially Chorizo.) Cheese - though at least if I get the 'Protein Cheese' which is 168kc/100g, it's not SOOO bad if I eat the whole 350g pack! Cereal. I do…

For me - "My BMI Is bang on in the middle of healthy." You can follow that with "What's your BMI?".... "oh we can find out out on the internet if you don't know!.." This whole 'fat acceptance thing alas seems to have a good bit to answer for, To be fair, I do have a bigger than average build that possibly does look a…

Why are you careful with your sugar? Do you have a medical condition that causes problems with that? Who set the amount of sugar you are allowed to take in? Are you generally reasonably fit and healthy? (I note your avatar is running trainers.) The sugar in fruit is very similar in composition to, for instance 'high…

What would be interesting is for you to provide some research that shows 'sticking to whole foods' aids body composition goals. Without it, the issue IS with you for making unsubstantiated claims.

Oh, for carbs, I go for a mixture of spiralized butternut squash and carrot. (Sometimes onions and or peppers too.) I used this to replace either noodles or carrots. One lot keeps for a few days and I'm just experimenting with freezing it. Significantly less calories for a good lot more substance. Does need to be…

I make a big salad up with lettuce, tomato, peppers, onions and carrots (peppers are the most expensive - go easy if on a serious budget) which will last me 5 days or so if I use 3 lettuces and other stuff to match. Negligible calories per serving. Then add whatever I'm eating to that - luckily I like my meal mixed with…

Consider setting yourself a time period before you eat anything. Say you'll only eat if you still want to in 20 minutes. Drinking a glass of water then waiting 20-30 minutes can help. Raw carrots are one of my go-to foods. Yes, I can easily eat 1kg+ in a day; but 1kg of carrots should take up a fair bit of space for the…

Have you got enough space to have a weights rack? You should be able to get one with some spotter bars pretty cheaply second hand and the same for a basic free weights setup. Weights can often be got for free if you don't mind vinyl weights.

Hmmm... maybe that's why our bodies basically run on sugar - maybe they actually genetically engineered humans to be reliant on their toxic product?

Perhaps, just perhaps... Food companies are in the business of selling food. People like food with sugar in, so they buy food with sugar in because it tastes nice.* So food companies make food with the substance which makes it taste nice in, so people buy it. (*We can blame evolution/god for that one.)

No added sugar plan: Fruit on my yoghurt - out... I'm adding lots of sugar to the yoghurt. Bowl of sugar cubes on their own - In!.. not adding any "added sugar" to my product which contains 'natural sugars'.

Often either a 'take away style' curry ready meal (325 - 475 calories) that's designed to be had with rice, but I have with a mixture of steamed spiralised butternut squash, carrots, onions and sometimes peppers... or a western ready meal which I'll mix into a good bit of salad. I have the veg mix and salad mix prepared -…

If it 'worked for your sister', try eating more fat and less carbs and see if it 'works for you'. If it does, keep doing at that ratio, or try tweaking it. As this is more psychological* rather than physiological for the most part, others can't offer a specific percentage that means much to you. Everyone has different ways…