lozzieemayjenkins Member

I don't have pictures. But I gained an inch on my arms, waist and thighs. From experience I look slimmer when doing more cardio than weights which I don't understand. My weight training programme was devised by Lydia Rees whose very good at what she does and looks amazing so I was very disheartened to find I stayed the…

1. So in your opinion following the caloric goals MFP sets as well as the macro goals they set is okay? 2. I know weights play a huge part in weight loss and more importantly fat loss, and the more muscle you have the faster your metabolism burns etc. But from getting a bit bulky the last year when focusing mainly on…

Very slow as in probably a pound every fortnight or longer than that.. I've been at the same weight the last 15 months and that's from eating 1200 a day as MFP recommends. It's only when my calories drop significantly low that the weight comes off and even then it's not extremely fast. I'm just worried that eating below…

I just had a look at the link you provided and it's so much information to take in its all a bit confusing.

Let me know how you get on! And good luck with it :) x

Thank you :) I've chosen Monday and Wednesday as my fasting days, and on those days I won't be exercising as their my busy days with work and my son. But I'll be working out the other 5 days of the week, a mixture of weight training and cardio. And I have a good Optimum Nutrition 2:1:1 recovery whey protein shake :)

I'm just really concerned about how many calories I should be eating.. the training part is straight forward and just takes me gaining enough confidence to go into the gym and lift heavier.. but as for calories, I'm just lost. My body fat is currently 37% so using the Katch Mcardle BMR equation which I'm told is more…

I genuinely do not have the confidence to step into the men's section of the gym at the moment.. and due to funds I am unable to buy my own barbell. To be honest I struggle with the weight I'm doing now, so I know I don't have the strength to lift heavier just yet..

Can someone please give advice on my training too... * currently I'm squatting 20kg (want heavier but it's quite intimidating that the heavier weights are in the boys section) * hamstring curl 40kg * leg extension 40kg * lunges 20kg (again heavier weights are in guys section) * hip abductor machine 60kg * hip adductor…

*aim not SIM

I admit that recently my diet has been lazy and rubbish.. how many grams.of carbs, fat and protein do you recommend I aim for? Or do I just SIM for high protein and low carbs?

The last week I've been cutting calories low six days of the week (like 1000-1200) so that I can have whatever I want within reason one day a week, which will be a Saturday.. I did this a year or so ago, and lost 4 stone in 4 months.. and wasnt that flabby when I got to goal weight. I wasn't rock hard but by no means…

I changed because I hit a plateau and then started gaining weight.. and I'm making my diary public now.

Most of the time I am eating 1600.. it's only now and again that I'll eat over 1600, it's very rare.. some days I'm even eating 1400-1500.

I log every tiny morsel and weigh and measure all food.. always been very accurate at tracking calories.

Well my BMR is 1656, and with being lightly active in day to day life my TDEE is 1987.. add in a 400 calorie burn on a gym day and I'm burning 2487 calories and only eating 1600-1800.. so I should be losing weight but km just not.

I saw so many posts and threads on here really preaching how eating more is better & decided to try it.. but I don't think it works for me.

You look gorgeous! How many calories were you eating?

That's really informative, thank you! :)

I'm actually really freaking out now and just feel like I'm safer with lower calories and that's the only thing that'll work and get the weight and inches off for sure... I don't have faith that eating 1900 calories a day will get these 51lbs and masses of inches off me!

It's not vanity pounds.. I'm 51lbs overweight.

Have you noticed much inch loss or body fat loss? I don't mind actual weight loss being slow permitting my body is changing shape quickly and I'm losing inches quickly!

That's what I've been hearing all over the boards -- that restricting calories for too long will lead to loss of lean muscle mass which in turn lowers metabolism and will cause a flabby soft look.. which is why I thought I should bump my calories up to a healthy number and what's recommended for fat loss & inch loss.. I…

I wasn't working out when I was zig zagging low & high calories no.. Now I'm working out & lift as heavy as I can, which isn't much on upper body at the moment but 75kg on lower body.

A lot of people are replying stating that skimmed milk is lower in calories & lower in fat.... I know this! I actually really like skimmed milk, it's all I've drunk for years, but now that I've damaged my body by under eating and need to boost my calories up to 1900 per day I've decided to switch to whole milk just because…

For me, milk just seemed an ideal way to boost my calories up without having to eat something processed or unhealthy to do so.. I consume on average about 580-880ml of milk daily, that includes 2 protein shakes, a coffee and a boal of oatmeal in the morning (I always measure my milk). And when whole milk is 30 calories…

Where is the formula? I've scrolled through but can't seem to find it..

'Eating 1600 then below 1k is not right for your type of diet.' I don't understand?

I had no overhang before though? In the first photo it was taken 4 months after giving birth and I had no overhang or pouch at all.

Just because I didn't follow advice doesn't mean I didn't appreciate it ;-)