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Hi, I’m a little one too. 5’1 and maintain at 7st-to 7st 7 (98-105 lbs). Don’t try gaining a pound a week. That is way too fast for a person of out size. You will end up with a lot of fat and it will probably accumulate around your waist. Two reasons for that. 1) from your posts that is where you tend to carry extra fat…

Look at something like Boost or Ensure. They are full meal replacement drinks often used/prescribed medically. They have a variety of different formulae so look for one that fills your needs. Don’t use a protein drink for meal replacement, you will be missing a whole load of nutrients. They are for supplemental use.…

It seams like @maggybd likes doing challenges to alleviate weight loss boredom. In the thread looking for 52 weeks of challenges some pretty nutritious, food diversity, cooking ideas were forwarded. No one suggested this- 72hr of sardines. (Note the ‘next time’ in the original post, more short term challenges are on their…

@sollyn23l2 here is the link for the healthlline article that was missed in the above post. https://www.healthline.com/health-news/what-does-it-mean-to-be-metabolically-healthy I’m not willing to look through lieberpub to find the referred to document. Cheers, h.

Hello from YYJ. Stick with it, use a food scale, refine your logging, and log even if you go astray. A bit of exercise is always good if you are able. Somehow I feel we should be on a travel forum. Cheers, h.

A lot of people start with walking. If you are not used to walking continuous distances 10-15 min once a day, every other day, twice a day, whatever is more than now is a great way to start. It was my 2nd exercise and I started small building to competing in 10km races walking. My first inroad into exercise was aqua fit,…

I found Jefit useful. https://www.jefit.com It has most of the common lifting programmes already built in with the rest periods and deloads included in most. You can also adjust established programmes or,if you are confident, design your own or input your trainers. I don’t know which programme you plan to follow but if you…

Whatever you do don’t inhale the clouds. They give you the munchies.

Just read back on your initial post and you saying about less carbs more protein on the same cals leads to you being more successful losing weight. That could be because your energy levels change with your macro mix. More protein = better energy levels. Better energy levels help with getting those walks in, and probably…

@BCLadybug888 , I know exactly where you are. The view at the beginning of April. Cheers, h. ETA A one off post on this thread but I was amused that I instantly knew where you were and I had almost the same shot.

Interesting observation. I drink a tinned mixed gin drink made locally. It has the ingredients, nutrition, and calories on the box and each tin. Partner is dropping a bit of weight at the moment so he rolled up with some Bud Zero to alternate with his regular IPA. It too has ingredients, nutrition, and calories on the box…

You could give Jefit a go. I have used it for tracking my lifts and quite liked it but haven’t used it for a while and never tried linking it to anything. https://jefit.knoji.com/questions/jefit-apple-health-app-compatibility/ Cheers, h. Added cos I went to find a link. I have only used the free version and it handled the…

Yes, I agee. No longer asking at the 10 lbs loss is a glitch. I don’t think an automatic adjustment is the way to go though. Cheers, h.

If I remember correctly, about a decade ago at a 10 lbs loss one would get asked if they would like to adjust their calorie goal. I can’t remember it ever adjusting automatically, and don’t think it should. Some people like to adjust for themselves as the rate of loss may need adjusting as well. Others prefer to stay on…

Ooh, lovely to see you posting @nxd10 especially with such a positive report. The Covid era didn’t affect my weight, but boy does my fitness level need some work. Seeing your avitar always makes me smile. Cheers, h.

re the bolded, the food gives the calories, 170. That is what is needed for weight loss so it is not deceptive. If someone is tracking macros for nutrition or medical reasons that is stated in grams for all to see. The maths, if needed, is not difficult. Would you prefer it if they gave the ?grams or ?oz = ?cals and do a…

Have a look at Bret Contreras. I haven’t seen anyone lately that follows him but pre Covid there were a number of women who followed his programme and were pleased with the results. https://bretcontreras.com Cheers, h.

@herringboxes, your waist (looking at previous pictures) is a couple of inches above your bellybutton. Not positive but it looks quite high. Look for the narrowest part of your torso to measure. You look as though you have average abdominal muscles. You could improve your waist measurement by strengthening your abs and…

I was never one for indoor exercise, preferred going to the gym but when the world closed down I had to find something to do at home. At first I did a lot of the Hasfit routines, I was familiar with them as I would use them while travelling. After a while I decided to peek into a thread on this sub-forum ‘What YouTube…

I’d be dead chuffed too. Well done that man. Cheers, h.

As you are eating 1200 cals a day, trying out low/lower carb, and not always eating back your exercise calories, the only thing you could do is lower your carbs further without dropping your cals or upping your exercise. This will give you a water weight loss. Which is the only safe thing for you in this time line. If you…

Most people once they hit maintenance have a range rather than a set number. It is usually something like + or - 5 lbs. once they see the scale moving to far in the up or down direction they adjust accordingly. Also, you don’t say how long you have been in maintenance, or what your calorie adjustment was once you moved…

Hi @PAV8888, for my own curiosity, if you have a link for the women’s over 60 fat recommendation could you post it please. As you know, I’m a little thing, older, and would guess my fat levels are below/ borderline under. I had read eons ago that the higher fat for older folk was more a protection in case of illness with…

If logging and noting it is a good way for you to keep track of what exercises you have been doing and how you are progressing. Keep logging. If you are looking at this to progress to a 30-60min work out even the small calorie award may at some point make a difference. If you are interested there are YouTube/web programmes…

This is how I would approach reaching the 12 3 30. Start where I am comfortable now. (Maybe 2 2 10) Do that on alternate days for a week. The next week increase by a minute each day if comfortable. Next week increase incline and time. Continue weekly increases until you reach your goal comfortably but with a challenge.…

73kg = 160.9 lbs. put in a calculator or digital scale it comes out a 11. 42 stone rounded down. 11.5 stone rounded up. Your scale rounded down. This is a digital measurement so 1/10 of a stone. If you take the 160.9 lbs and do a simple division by 14 you get 11 stone 6.9 lbs. or rounded up 11 stone 7 lbs. the difference…