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I wish you something better than luck, I wish you good planning. Ask yourself these questions to improve your "luck" this time around: - What did you find hard in your previous attempts? - How are you going to combat or avoid these? - What are your top ten temptations/weaknesses while losing weight? - Do you have an…
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Where does that figure come from? It sounds like the sort of numbers quoted by the marketers of protein powders!!! The current scientific guidelines recommend at maximum 1.7g/kg (0.77g/lb) for heavy resistance sportsmen! For the average Joe the numbers are between 0.8 and 1.2g/kg (0.36-0.55g/lb) depending on activity level…
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There's nothing wrong with weighing yourself weekly, daily, hourly or whatever. It's the attachment that you have to the number which matters. Obsess over it and it can lead you to a very dark place. I personally believe that weighing daily is a good idea if you have the ability to detach yourself from the figure, simply…
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It's actually a pretty well based system but I wouldn't put it in the basket of what you would traditionally call a diet plan. There are soe aspects of it which are scientifically questionable such as the suggestion that fasting excercise somehow burns more fat or macronutrient ratios but other than that it's quite good.…
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Weigh yourself every day for a week at roughly the same time, it doesn't matter when. Ignore the number (i.e. don't emotionally invest in that day's weight) but write it down on a piece of paper. Add the weeks numbers up and divide by seven. Do the same for the next week. It will give you a far more realistic idea of…
