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I don't have any expert advice for you, sorry, but I do know that when I went on camp for a week a while ago, I had very salty heavy food every day (food in the armed forces is not that healthy...) and when I came back, I had put on 9lbs. Obviously, most of that was retained water and food weight, but it was veeery…

Please elaborate. If I am incorrect, I should like to update myself on what the facts are.

I believe I read somewhere that if you need to go to the toilet more than 4 or so times a day, you're drinking too much water. Water is useful in curbing cravings and obviously it's good to be hydrated so your body works at its optimum, but the amounts of water that a lot of people drink (or reccommend drinking) when…

I tried to do it weekly for a while, but the anticipation of it all was driving me mad. I'd never feel comfortable because I knew that if I messed up for a whole week, I could put on something like 2kgs and not be able to fix it straight away. I weigh myself every day, but that's because I'm better now at knowing that as…

Depending on where you're going, it might be very difficult. What I did when I went on holiday was make sure that the portion sizes were sensible. If I knew that it was too large, I'd split the plate with a friend, which saves on money as well! If you start feeling uncomfortably full, make sure that you stop - it isn't…

I eat whenever I feel like it. If that is at three in the morning or eleven at night, so be it. I don't believe that eating before bed has any long term detrimental effect on you as long as it is within your calorie allowance. I would eat the later healthy meal but if I was really hungry and couldn't wait, I'd eat the…

I don't think so. I use MFP only to keep track day-to-day while I'm actively trying to lose weight. Otherwise, I'm well able to calculate and keep track of the calories in things by myself. I wouldn't like to be logging calories every day for the rest of ever. Hopefully one day I'll never count another calorie again. If I…

To me, that is a very small difference that could be due to a number of factors that will always be affecting you in your day-to-day life. I think fluctuating in a range of 2-5lbs is fine for maintenance. Chart your weight over the course of a month or two. See if it's steadily creeping up. If so, then you can take actions…

I don't think it's bad unless it's literally adding on hundreds of calories to your intake that were never there. I've heard that (and I have no idea if this is accurate but it makes me paranoid) that the calorie information on the back of packaging is allowed to be up to 10% wrong. Therefore, overestimating a little (when…

Are you sure that you're only eating 1200? You might be underestimating some things, which could get you up to 1400-1500. Make sure you get both types of dietary fibre in if you can (sorry, I'm not sure what foods are sources of gluten) and keep it up with the vegetables and low calorie fruits (e.g melons, apples, etc).…

You just have to look around for what fits best, I'm afraid! For onions specifically, I always search 'raw onion' searching using 'relevance' and use the result that has no star next to it (it should be near the top). No star means that it's been put there by mfp themselves, so is guaranteed to be more accurate. Once…

We don't really use cups with regards to food portioning in the UK (or at least, I don't). Try getting a measuring scale and weighing out your portions and then finding the calories for either the oz (the unit of measurement in the US) or the grams you've eaten. Using measurements such as 1 onion is quite inaccurate…

Your weight gain will be due to water retention from either the food's water weight or a higher sodium intake. Try only weighing yourself once a week for a more accurate picture.

I'm not an expert on building muscle, but I have seen places where you concentrate on building muscle for a period of time (stick to your maintenance calories) by doing heavy lifting and then after a couple of months, go back on a 250-500 cal deficit to lose the fat that you'd have put on in that time. Rinse and repeat…

You say that you did p90x and 30DS 'on and off'. Nothing will work if you don't stick to it! I find, though, that getting out and running is a lot more satisfying to me than a DVD. Lots of exercise CAN equal lots of weight loss, but it really depends on what you're eating. If you don't create a calorie deficit, you won't…

If you are not thirsty (and also not dehydrated, which is important to keep track of), why drink? Feeling bloated after drinking is not a good sign at all. I get a good amount of my fluid from eating as i consume a lot of fruit and vegetables. You don't actually require '8 glasses of water' every day, contrary to popular…

Hey! Just stick to eating fresh and healthy foods like fishes, vegetables and fruits. drink a lot of water and try and vary your diet every day. there are no added benefits from 'detoxing' that you wouldn't get just following a consistently healthy diet. and eating well in the weeks before your holiday will help you to…

I'd have double helpings at least of everything and it usually worked out to what, 1800-2800 depending? probably on the lower side most days because i was generally maintaining at 65-67kgs.

I don't think I will EVER feel good about it. I have to set my alarm for 30mins early so that I have time to psyche myself up for getting dressed. Make sure that you realise that the alarm going off is getting up time. Procrastinating out of bed is not ideal but fine, but in a bed is a no-no. I never eat beforehand, so I…

I really think it depends. Sometimes parents just don't notice these things, strange as it may seem. I think when the child's health is suffering adversely, (eg respiratory problems, bowed legs) it's definitely something that needs to be looked at, but I don't know that I would call it abuse unless they are literally…

If this is the case, I doubt I'll ever be able to eat out again :/

They're great in my opinion. I had some this morning when I was going to binge and they took my cravings right away. 225g (around 30 cherries) and it was only 142 calories, which is great considering what I could have eaten. They're also a bit trickier to eat than your average fruit so take more time. I don't believe that…

I think this is silly. Who wants to go out for a nice meal with friends or family and have to get a boring standard salad (which isn't guaranteed to be healthy) that costs £10 (~$16?) just because they're scared of putting on weight? If I knew the calories in some allegedly healthy things I've eaten, I'm sure I'd never eat…

The weight you have lost is definitely not real, sorry to say. It's either food waste or water. Once, not eating or drinking anything for three days, I lost 7lbs. I can assure you that I put it all back on again once I started back on solids. You need to get rid of your dependence on the scale if you insist on on doing…

Definitely make sure you up the calories. With 30DS, you could be burning around 200 calories and if you're not replenishing that, you're going to suffer for it. Are you making sure that you're eating clean? High sodium foods will make you retain water that may skew your weigh ins. Also, weight loss is not the be-all and…

I do stuff like this all the time - like eating out of the pot when I've just put food on my plate, eating cereal from the box on my way past the cupboard, etc. I've found that only allowing myself to eat something if I've weighed it, considered the calories and put it on a plate helps me to keep to my goals :)

I completely agree with this, which is why I get so angry with people who CHOOSE to be on sub-1000 calorie diets just because they want to lose weight more quickly or do 'detoxes' with no proven health benefits just because they heard they could lose 10+lbs on it. Weight loss shouldn't be the be-all and end-all. Health is…

I quit artificial sweeteners cold turkey a while ago (was getting up to ten tablespoons per mug of tea/coffee - aka ridiculous). It had absolutely no affect on me whatsoever in terms of weight loss, but I was able to appreciate subtle natural sugars from fruits and veg more :)

Best: Run every day. Worst: Keep your net calories 1000 below your maintenance. I still can't shake this one.

Wowza, I love aaall the suggestions! I usually eat yoghurt and cereal for breakfast, so rather carb-heavy as you can see. I think I'll mix it up now though (after seeing all your reccomendations :D) Thank youuu~