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I work out at 5am, as soon as I wake up, on an empty stomach. I sip water while I'm exercising but don't eat until after I finish. I've never had any problems.

Exactly this. I'm 5'2", weigh 103 lbs and was still losing (albeit very slowly) on 2000 calories per day. I just increased my goal again today as I'm trying to hit maintenance, and then transition into slowly re-gaining a few pounds as I've now lost more than I intended.

Every 4th Saturday, first thing in the morning. My weight fluctuates wildly throughout the month due to hormonal changes/ water weight and I know from experience that I weigh the least at this point in my cycle! :)

During the week: Breakfast - 350 Mid morning snack - 100-150 Lunch - 300-350 Afternoon snack - 100-150 Dinner - 550-650 Evening Snack - 350 At the weekends I tend to have a bigger breakfast and lunch, and less snacks.

I workout at 5am so no food for me until afterwards. I just sip water in-between sets, and then have breakfast after I finish.

I love *all* the nut butters! There's no way something so good could ever be bad. I have a couple of servings every single day. Nom. I currently have at home; Meridian crunchy peanut butter, Meridian Hazelnut butter, Meridian almond butter, Meridian Cashew butter, Hognuts cinnamon bun crunchy peanut butter, Hognuts…

I just came back from a few days in Barcelona last week, and I really just ate what I wanted without giving it much thought. Admittedly, as I was only there for a long weekend I didn't make any effort to exercise but as I ended up doing so much walking it all balanced itself out! My advice would be to go, enjoy, walk a…

I keep calories aside especially for my pre-bedtime snack every day ... though admittedly I do tend to have it a couple of hours before actually going to bed! For me, its either 30g porridge oats with coconut milk, a square of 90% dark choc, and a tablespoon of peanut butter OR two crumpets with peanut butter. Yummy!

I started a slightly modified version of Stronglifts 5x5 two weeks ago ... it's modified in the sense that I'm using dumbbells rather than a barbell as I workout at home and am having to adapt to the equipment that I have available. Feel free to add me! :)

5"2, 105 lbs. Maintaining (and attempting body recomp) now on approx 1950 calories per day. I do Stronglifts 5x5 3 times per week, and some form of light cardio 3 times per week, plus walking 7 or 8 miles per day. I aim for: Protein 100g (min) Fat 50g (min) As with the poster above, I don't bother tracking carbs. I just…

I pre-log for the following day every evening. If something changes then I can amend as necessary, but it gives me a good starting point and encourages me to stick with what I've logged. :)

I live alone and spend £30-£35 per week. Things I always have at home are; chicken fillets, turkey steaks, quorn, cod, salmon, veggies (all frozen - broccolli, peas, spinach), salad (tomatoes, mushrooms, peppers) herbs & spices, garlic, wraps, cottage cheese, nuts, eggs, greek yoghurt, various nut butters, coconut milk,…

I'm 5'2", 105 lbs, and eat anywhere between 1750 and 2300 calories depending on the day! Feel free to add me! :)

I only workout at home, mostly doing Jillian Michaels DVD's (I'm currently doing Body Revolution). I've been really pleased with the results I've had, and am actually in much better shape now than when I used to go to the gym!

I did it before I started Body Revolution a few months ago and was very pleased with the results. I dropped a few pounds and lost inches everywhere. I've done the programme a couple of times before in previous years and never been sorry that I did it! If you stick with it and watch your diet then it works. :)

I know absolutely nothing about what it entails, but my friend and I booked tickets for London last week. I'm actually really looking forward to it, although I do definitely have a love-hate relationship with Jillian! :-P

I'm a member of the 5am club too! Monday to Friday I'm up and exercising by 5.15am. I find it works best as I like getting it over with early on in the day, which means I'm not struggling to do it after work in the evenings when I'm busy or feeling tired. The early mornings don't really bother me anymore, I've just become…

I'm now stuck with those ridiculous wheel push-ups! For now, I'm just about holding the position rather than actually managing to do the whole 'pushing up and down' thing! I tried several times and just ended up collapsing in a heap. It seriously defies the laws of gravity!!

I don't really have any 'expectations'. I have friends on here because I find it inspiring to read about other peoples successes, I like to steal ideas from their food diaries, be motivated by their progress, and its good to have people to sound off to becuase none of my 'real life' friends are particularly interested in…

As we've already discussed off the board, I'm in exactly the same boat as you. Starting Stronglifts in a couple of weeks with no previous experience of heavy lifting so struggling a bit to know what my TDEE/ calorie goal will be. I'm planning on eating at maintenance and doing a recomp, but would rather eat slightly over…

I keep a spreadsheet showing my calories eaten (according to MFP) and calories burned (according to Fitbit) and for the past 4 months I should've lost 13lbs based on the information I have. I've actually lost 8lbs, so that's quite a big difference. However, I have eaten in restaurants and at friends houses at least once a…

I'm a big fan of routine and not having to think too much, so on weekdays my breakfast (currently scrambled eggs with oats and peanut butter mixed in) and lunch (currently a tortilla wrap with chicken breast, salad, and cottage cheese) tend to stay the same until I get sick of them. Snacks don't vary too much; I'm a big…

Oooh, thanks for the tip! I'll take a closer look when I'm next doing that workout because I'm probably doing them wrong too! :)

I workout at home, but on weekdays I start at 5.15am to get it done before work, and on the weekend I'll exercise as soon as I wake up ... usually around 7-7.30am. I prefer doing it this way as I can always find excuses later in the day, especially because I'm usually tired after a 90 minute commute each way and a long day…

My goal originally was to lose the 7lbs I gained on holiday. I did that, & then I decided I wanted to complete some sort of fitness challenge so I started Jillian Michaels Body Revolution. I have 2 and a half weeks left of that and have now decided that when I complete it I want to start heavy lifting and improve my…

I'm 33, no kids, not married, and no boyfriend. I've never been bothered about having kids so thats not even an issue for me, but I would like to get married some day if I ever meet the right person. Unfortunately, I'm pretty good at picking the *wrong* person so haven't had too much luck on that front so far!! ;-) I don't…

I can do the push up jacks now, but I'm still completely useless at those side crunch things! I only have one more attempt at workout 9 to go so I doubt I'll master those. Oh well!

I agree with the Weighted Warrior III pose, and also I'm currently struggling with push-up jacks and those stupid supermans with lateral raises!!

I'm on week 7 currently, doing workouts 7 & 8. I'm really enjoying it, despite the workouts being pretty tough now I've got further along the programme! :)

This is EXACTLY what I was looking for! Thank you! :D