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A calorie in not a calorie!!! fact if i ate 2500 cals of ice cream a day or 2500 cals of lean protein and vegetables a day in 6 months would I look exactly the same on both diets ....answer NO therefore a calorie is NOT a calorie. Just thought i would mention this point Thanks

I dont know how you might take this but ill just say it. I looked at your diary. Your diet is not ideal for losing weight at all. even though all the numbers add up and appear to give you a deficit. Bananas spring rolls peanut butter just to name a few of things you should never eat if your trying to lose weight. eating…

Whats that supposed to mean?? Someone wants to loseweight and asks for advice. There it is. Choose to take it or not but stupid comments like the above arent very constructive!! anyway for all you good sugar bad sugar people out there. Just one thing youre stomach doesnt differentiate between good sugar and bad sugar it…

If you wanna lose weight fast do no eat pasta, rice, bread, potatoes, sweets, fruit or alcohol. I know it may seem extreme but your aim is to lose a lot of weight and if you dont get results fairly quickly you may become disheartened.

THIS Article IS VERY GOOD!!

I often wondered the same question for many years why if you gave yourself a cal limit of 2000 a day with alcohol and then without do i remain fat with the alcohol and became very lean without. The answer is simple. It is all to do with your bodies hormonal response to carbohydrates and alcohol is very high in carbs and…

So. What type of trining are you doing? and how long does each session last?

What type of training are you doing? How long does each session last?

2 pounds a week is very good i wouldnt try for more than that . well done keep up the good work

Very interesting article. I have always wondered why as you become leaner your fat loss gets slower and that has just answered my questions. Thanks

You will gain lean mass doing resistance training. Strength is not directly proportional to the amount of muscle you posess. And you will gain lean mass while on a calorie deficit. for instance quick diet. for an 85 kilo man. Breakfast 112 grams chicken breast handful of almonds approx 35 grams protein minimal carbs some…

it is not impossible to gain lean mass on a calorie deficit

What I find quite funny here is that everyone is talking calorie surplus this, calorie surplus that when just talking calories alone is not the whole picture. It is where you get you calories from and the hormonal response of your body to the types of food that you are consuming. Simple example what would make you leaner…

Well done. You are best off checking your body composition when you are training to lose fat and gain muscle. Which you CAN do and are doing by the looks of it. If your lean body mass becomes greater by reducing your percentage body fat and staying the same weight. This is a direct indication you are achieving your goals…

Training manuals usually say between 2 to 4 grams protein per kg bodyweight. The sessions you are doing is far too much training 5 cardio and 4 weights? Probably better to make your weight sessions heavy and quite intense and do 1 to 2 High intensity interval training sessions a week giving you a day for recovery in there…

What do u mean U clown? omfg we have another one? doesnt wht I said make sense and if so why? I am puzzled. This is a forum on myfitnesspal insnt it? what people use to well achieve their goals with respect to weight loss, fitness?

I am amazed at what a negative response the OP has had! I agree that "You must eat breakfast" might be quite a hard way of saying what works for him. I do think he is right. It is a well known fact that if you starve yourself your metabolism does slow down, 8 hours sleepis in effect an 8 hour fast and if you are trying to…

I think the site works on your calorie deficit for that day. On the assumption that every pound of fat is 3500cals it then multiplies that deficit by 35 days (5 weeks) and recalculates your weight. Just bear in mind that there is a BIG difference between weight loss and FAT loss. If your diet is low in calories but the…

You need to proportion your food the right amount of carbs protein and fat. If you get your carbs from fruit and veg and not rice bread and pasta. You should feel loads better. Read a book called enter the zone. It explains everything you need to know about how it all works. When I first heard of it I thought it was aload…

good idea

your training and your on 1200 cals a day and that will maintain???? Id sack the nutritionist. When you find your thyroid is ok. Read that book I told you about. It also states in many places in it that nutritionists are "dead wrong" the authors words not mine. I really is worth reading. Good luck!

Try reading a book called Enter The Zone by Barry Sears. I have always thought about diet calorifically. Energy out greater than energy in =weight loss. But after many years of studying the subject of diet and training (most of my life). Something became apparent to me. I like having a beer not much at all but I do. I use…

This is an easy question to answer! You can have the strongest most well formed abs in the world but if they are covered in a lair of fat, you wont ever see them. So the question is do you wanna eat pizza more than you wanna see your abs? Diet and cardio work will strip the fat off relatively quickly. Your success or lack…

Actually i checked mfp against the hrm and it was my mistake.Had i been selecting the correct average pace for the time mfp was only 50 cals or so out............DOH!

I use a HRM regularly for running and bike riding. I find that for me the mfp information always comes out on the low side quite significantly. For instance if i do a 6 mile run in around 40 mins HRM records 948cals whereas MFP will come outat least 25% lower than that. It does say if you use a HRM to disregard their…

Your bmr might be lower than you think due to the small amount of calories you are consuming and your body might be in "famine" mode already!! So instead of just cutting the calories further you may need to assess where you are actually going wrong. For example what you are eating and how you are training rather than the…

Sorry cocked that up lol

[/quote] I'm doing the Jillian M. 30 day Shread and Ripped in 30 I do those 2 once a day so it's 50 min a day I work out 7 days a week and no I never done any type of exercise before [/quote] Ok well there you go. Every professional athlete has a rest day! Resting is, believe it or not a massive part of your training!! You…