wattsy84

Ok I'm going to cut my cals down another 100 and cut out cheat day and alcohol for 3 weeks and see what happens. Thanks for the replies.

I tried the "reset" button lol ate at or over maintenance for a week then started again but no joy. I'm 29 5"10 165lbs Work 5days week, 8 hrs day painter and decorator always on feet 90 mins football sat 1hr lifting 3x week 20 mins cardio 2x week I worked out around 3000/32000 TDEE am I wrong?

Yeh I try to drink light beer and fit it in to my calories. The other thing I'm not sure of is my TDEE is correct and if I'm in too much of a deficit or not enough (maintenance) I've tried sooooo many TDEE calcs lol

http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/hugo22.htm That's the routine I do (top one)

Yeh but I think I jumped up to high too soon, I'm starting my routine again next week properly noting down what I'm lifting as I do it all at home due to lack of funds! I will do 1 week then increase the weight the following week

I would say the only real difference in my cheat day would be sharing a tub of ice cream and a few beers watching a DVD with wife, I don't stuff my face all day lol

Perhaps I'm expecting too much too soon?

I was lifting heavier after a week or so! I'm not sure if I should change my routine or stop the cheat days or stop the beer completely? I went the whole of January without beer for cancer research uk and lost 14lbs along with good diet, maybe I should try that again? Does your body get to an ideal weight then stop? Maybe…

I don't usually have weekends off just cheat day on sat where I prob go over by 1000 cals maybe more but I burn about the same p,sting football that day! Should I try to cut out the cheat days completely?

I drink 2 litres water a day sometimes more My cardio is hiit on exercise bike and 90 minutes of football on Saturdays (also my cheat day so cancel each other out) I eat fruit and veg Drink no more than 4-8 cans (light) beer over 7 days sometimes less

Brilliant,thanks for that ill give it a go.

I try to only drink beer on my cheat day and then usually just a 4-6 cans. I thought I was lactose intolerant first but ruled that out, never thought about gluten but I had a history of IBS when I was younger and am still not regular (since dieting) I do eat and drink quickly though which doesn't help I'm sure!

What sort of deficit were you eating in? Any tips to help me boost things a little?

Right, I'm going on holiday at the end of June so that's my target, I need to lose more body fat by then! What can I do to try and boost things a little as I feel I'm getting nowhere now!

Thanks for replies, I'm 164lbs and have been around that since feb, struggled to lose anymore weight after first 14lbs so decided my weight was fine it was body fat to lose, so started with lifting,I do feel I'm getting stronger and my muscles are firming up but it's not seeing much change over last few months that's…

30 day shred looks like great place to start for her, thanks ;)

Just to add, her weight has only gone up from 8st to 9st in 8 years!!!!!! She wants to lose 1 stone and tone up! So cardio and strength would be best yeh?

Thanks for your help, all 3 were natural births, can anyone suggest a good strength program she can do at home?

I would personally say its hard to tell if its more skin than fat and as she is at a healthy weight I don't believe dieting is nessecary. But there is a lot of excess wobbly bits she says! Thighs,bum etc also holding a bit. Is a weight training plan best then without cardio or can she do like me weight train 3x week cardio…

I just did mine on there and it's well off, I wouldn't use that health-calc one try scoobysworkshop or http://iifym.com/tdee-calculator/

I'm the same I've tried solo many calculators as I'm very active at work 8 hrs a day and exercise 5 days a week I find it hard to calculate!

Just a question on cheat days, would you keep them in your eating window? So treat myself to a few extra calories but keep it within my feeding window? One day a week!

Yeh I had a look at leangains some good info there!

I am normally a breakfast man but it means I can stay in bed a little longer lol I struggle to feel full with 4-5 meals a day so I'm hoping this will help, had a lot of birthdays last 2 weeks ( mine,wife's and daughters) so I may have to start next week a fresh as I'm not in the right mindset with all this cake around lol

It all seems to stack up quite well for me so I'm trying it, 10am-6pm feed window, counting calories and still logging eating TDEE -10% let's see if it works for me! Glad I asked about it now ;) Thanks for all your help

Cool, I love water too and drink 2litres while at work and more in evenings, big green tea fan and black coffee no sugar is no problem for me! Not a big fan of soda! Thanks for your help guys, think ill give this ago, I last ate at 6pm last night so I'm starting from now!!!!!

Does that include protein shakes? I usually wake with breakfast and a shake at 7am so basically still do the same but at 10am (in my eating window) Keep water intake the same? Still keep food clean?

Maybe worth a try to see if it curbs my cravings in the evening, because if I start at 10am eat through till 6pm that would fit my lifestyle due to working 8am-4.30pm I can eat at 10am (morning break) Eat again at 1pm (lunch break) Eat at 3pm (afternoon break) Large meal + extra for dinner till 6pm Would that work or do…

Wouldn't of said magical diet,as when I started in jan I was eating at 1200 thanks to MFP and stuck to it, then I read up that I was under eating, so I upped it, then upped it some more, I go over my calories occasionally but never over my TDEE!

So if it all boils down to calories in vs calories out and staying in defecit, then what's the point of IF?