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I'm the same as you. Luckily for me in Norway there is one brand that produces a very good one (Synnøve). I'm sure you'll find something. Check in the "special allergies" area in the stores.

I have/had the same struggles as you. For me it's very easy to get carbs but protein is hard. Even though I eat fish and meats on my main meals, and all that. But I found a solution that works for me: I bought a protein powder and I bake with it, making some kind of muffins/cake . I do 200 gr of protein powder, 150gr…

I agree with previous poster. No need for pre workouts. Eat well and if you need some "pick me up" then have a coffee (I do that in the weekends, get a double ristretto before my squats) and works pretty well for me.

are you sure the bloating is due to water/lack of water? I don't think it's rare that people get bloated because of protein shakes, especially if you're lactose intolerant (which you might be, even if it's a mild intolerance - which is extremely common, actually).

vegetables definitely help. I always eat a lot of broccoli and green beans for dinner (1.75gr each) because they fill me up so much. Also, when I cook minced meat I ad grated carrots because it creates volume. This way I still get a low calorie dinner, keeping the protein in place and fiber.

me too, I just came out on my own with a recipe of cake using protein powder and almond flour (almost no carbs) that is delicious.

jesus f*** christ, what a change! wow, congrats you look absolutely amazing!

I make pancakes with 30 gr oats, 2 scoops of protein powder (coconut flavor at the moment), 1 egg, 45 grams of Kesam or greek yogurt and a tiny bit of yeast powder.

For me it's the only way. You can be flexible, you'll learn a lot about nutrition. Lost 8Kg a few years ago and doing the same over again :)

That's a good idea, never thought about that possibility. Even though I don't think I can find it in the database (living in a scandinavian country) I will take that into consideration in the future. Thank you, I also think you're right. I try to have the best choices available but here they cook a lot (a lot!) with butter…

Thank you @RunRutheeRun ! Yeah I usually don't eat pasta and got mindblowned on the calories. I'll take an extra walk today :) I don't want to cut my pre-workout meal and neither my dinner (big vegetables plate to make me full). And I really need the deficit.

I had the same issue, extreme bloating, nausea and pain. Went to the doctor and turns out I'm intolerant to lactose. Switched to a lactose free protein powder and now I'm good :)

I would track my calories/macros, skip the zumba and start lifting instead.

I’ve been there, more than 1 time actually. Personally it never affected my workouts, I think I’d workout the next day (but your dentist will advise you better). Don’t worry, the good news is that after having it done you won’t have pain, and won’t stop for 1 week because of the pain. And it’s a good thing that you’re…

I will try to find this. At least for this early stage of adapting to a new diet and restrictions Where I live I can only find the brand Alpro. The milk from this brand is good, but the soy yoghurt is terrible, not even with fruit. Also, if I load it with fruits I'll also be loading with carbs... I'll try the vegan protein…

On weekends I eat my regular oatmeal with Soya chocolate milk instead of Coconut milk. I add a banana and a tbsp of organic peanut butter and it's the best thing ever!

Yeah, I guess you can say I'm eager, right? I want to make the gains after the summer, lean gains. I swear that I feel like I'm stronger, but my body just doesn't want to work for me :tired_face:

edit: but guys, I'm only a beginner here... I'm 73Kg, 1.69m and Squats (12x52.5 Kg); OHP (12x20Kg); Bench press (12x30Kg); Barbell row (12x35Kg); Deadlift (12x57.5Kg)

Hi, nice I see a lot of input from you. I'll try to answer the questions: I started 5 months ago with the 5x5 program, but then I started having some issues, like hip impingement (extreme pain in my inner hip/tight) so I decided to deload a little bit and since my main goal for now is to lose the extra weight I started…

Yes I have. Right now I'm at 27.5% according to my Fitbit Aria but I don't think this scale is reliable whatsoever. Sometimes it says 25%, other times 27%. I have my progress here actually: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/comment/36352183#Comment_36352183 After posting the initial post I had a massage and…

One time while overweight I asked my doctor if she could prescribe me another pill because the one I was taking was making me fat. And she said “No, what is making you fat is your mouth that you keep opening up for food”. So basically the pill by itself won’t make you gain weight, BUT it might increase your appetite, so be…

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I feel you. In my office there's always dessert on Fridays (cake with ice cream, creme brulèe, apple crumble) plus one of our clients is a chocolate distributer, so there's always delicious chocolate around. But I resist 99.9% of the times (let's say I have cake once every two months), and what motivates me is the fact…

for me eating oats in the morning helps me not craving sweets that much. Some people say that a tbsp of apple vinegar in the morning or lemon water is good as well but I never tried.

Oh hey, I’m better today, definitely no fever and overall better, that’s why I’m going to train. I just wanted to know if it’s normal to feel that hungry when sick

I will strongly recommend deadlifts to tighten your back. In my case, by eating clean (not even counting calories at that point) in just 2 weeks I could see a major difference on my back, the fat rolls almost gone Strength training is the best, squats and deadlifts ;) Just make sure that you’re doing them with proper form!

I feel your pain :D and we kind of had a similar start, except I'm not a petite frame and I was overweight when I started (I still am, but there was progress). OHP is always a struggle, nobody likes it. For me, training triceps has been helping, but I'm not doing 5x5 anymore (I'm doing 3x12 so I had to deload from my PR)

This, or skip the leg press and start 5x5 program with progressive overload on the weight. You'll gain strenght and improve your condition. Just make sure the form is correct!

thank you all for your input. Seems like this is the way to go :) (I have a food scale and I weigh everything I can). Will do it like this from now on ;)

I love dates with peanut/almond butter, protein vanilla yogurt (I binge so much in these). On the other side of the spectrum: Swedish chocolate balls and cheesecake unfortunately.