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None of my friends care so I'm bragging here. I hit 90kg this week (think that's about 200lb?).

I suffer with migraines and find I get them if I cut calories too much, so I'd go for a moderate deficit. Too much sugar does it for me as well. Have you started eating low fat versions of things? They tend to be full of sugar.

Mini cheese cubes/sticks fruit popcorn yogurt chicken skewers eggs a spoonful of nut butter sugar free jelly veggies and dip sorbet raw food bars half a bagel thin with topping rice cakes roasted chickpeas wasabi peas edamame beef jerky turkey/ham roll ups

I felt the same before I started lifting. I found a club that did intro sessions to teach the basic lifts and how to set up equipment. It was really helpful and made it less scary.

Whole 30 has just been ranked the worst of all the fad diets. http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/whole-30-worst-diet-fad-health-ranking-health-experts-sugar-alcohol-dairy-free-a7510766.html

I got one a few months ago and I've been able to add quite a bit of weight to my DL and SQT. I go as heavy as I can without it and then put it on for heavy sets/1rm. I got a lever, mainly because you can rip it off like a badass.

Foam rolling. It's like BDSM for people who workout.

Saw it. Really liked it. Would've been good if it was longer and a bit more in depth though. I think it'll take more than a 30 minute doc to convince people that have really bought into that stuff. The interview with the acid/alkaline diet woman was so awkward to watch, especially when she refused to talk about certain…

Planned a low calorie breakfast and lunch, and made time for a walk, because I know I'll be having beer and a burger later.

Fellow sugar fiend here. Screw that. I have something sweet most days. If it fits your calories and macros, you don't have a medical reason not to have it and it keeps you on track then I say go for it. I love Gu mini chocolate pots. 200 cals of delicious ganache goodness.

SW London

Don't worry, that isn't too much protein at all. And protein won't make you 'bulk', only a calorie surplus will do that. If you like everything you're putting in the shake and it's helping you stay on track with your goals then stick with it. If not then switch it up. There's no one right way to go.

I love sorbet/fro-yo ice lollies in summer and baked fruit with honey and cinnamon and a big spoonful of greek yogurt in the winter.

Homemade carrot and hazelnut muffin and some cottage cheese.

I don't remember exactly where it was, but there was an independent study done last year of the top 10 economies and their health systems. USA was top for cost and bottom for outcomes. UK was top for outcomes and somewhere near the bottom for cost. Sorry I don't have the link.

Actually the majority of my tax is paid at around 25%, with no insurance premium on top to worry about.

Soooo happy to live in the UK with socialised healthcare, paid for through taxes and which has better clinical outcomes and is cheaper per capita than private models. And I say that as a high rate tax payer who likely pays for the healthcare of others that are less well off than me. I get why so many Americans are so…

Hot and sour! Lots of chilli, lime juice, Asian veg, fish sauce, lemon grass and chicken.

Quite a few people on here do a weekly average rather than daily calories. It still works out to the same weekly deficit overall. So yes, if you're hungry I would eat them. But if you're not then one day being under isn't going to hurt.

I made a chocolate, banana and peanut butter protein shake for breakfast today. There are plenty of low carb (sugar) protein powders around. It tasted like a milkshake but was high protein and got a serving of fruit in. Milk Chocolate flavour protein PB2 A banana

I had a guy ask me my dress size, then proceed to tell me it was a good job he didn't mind big girls (I was a UK14, US10 at the time). He also bragged about paying his factory workers in Africa £5 a week.

Who does cleanses.

I lift. Mostly focus on big lifts (squats, DL etc) with some accessory work. Any given time in my gym there's maybe 2 or 3 other women lifting and the rest guys. I started off by going to an accredited strength coach and ex competitor to get over the fear of not knowing what I was doing.

Ditto, if I'm not focussed I end up basically sat down which disengages the muscles I'm trying to work. It's much easier to fix it with lighter weights to get used to where to stop.

Bacon

Baked salmon, sweet potato wedges, roasted tomatoes and broccoli.

Yes. All the women in the world had a meeting. We decided Britney is hot.

It's not bad for your knees, that was disproved a long time ago and powerlifting coaches don't teach that as the norm. Other than that, yes a wall is great for practice and mobility and forces you to keep your chest up.

Where did you find a photo of Gail Platt's face on some dudes body?!

I started off doing goblet squats with a 10kg (22lb) dumbbell. It could help you get the form right first without the support of the smith machine. Then you can move onto the heavier bar once you're more comfortable. Or does your gym have lower weight fixed bars? Maybe try a 10kg one of those if they do.