Charliejl82

Deary me! There is a lot of misinformed posts on here. Sugar - all sugar is 'natural' ie occurs in nature. How refined that sugar is by us humans affects the amount of other nutrients you will gain from that food. Fructose for example (fruit sugar) is the same calorie for calorie as sucrose but it tastes sweeter so you…

Thanks, the only thing I haven't included is salad (lettuce) and veg (non carb veg like cabbage etc) Photos are 8th July, 8th aug, 8th september

My carbs were 140 ish training days 100 non train days. I plateaued this week so my carbs have been lowered (advice of my pt) to 110 on training days. - hance the different amounts on different days

Ill open my diary - have a look at what eat - mine is super accurate to the gram.

It takes weeks to change your metabolism - hormones don't change over night. Up your carbs as of tomorrow. Stick to the new carb quantities for 2 weeks (will be approx 1620 cals on train days 1450 non traing days) measure yourself and take a pic - DON NOT GET ON SCALES!! In two weeks weigh, remeasure and take photo. Be…

Your calories are way too low and you have forced your body into storage mode. I'm 5 ft 4 128 lbs and am on more calories than you - with less cardio! I've lost a steady 1 lb a week for 9 weeks. Up your carbs - 160 on training days, 120 on non train days. Flexible dieting is good to have the odd treat but your diet needs…

5ft 4 Dates of pics below are 8th July, 8th aug, 7th sept.

Agreed - my posts assume you have good form.

Repping*

I mean is your aim fat loss/ muscle growth muscle maintenence? 4x12 is ok if it's light but if you want to be able to lift heavy you need to lift and with less reps. Going to failure means you literally can't lift anymore ie keep ripping until you fail/can't lift.

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Everyone's got to start somewhere! What's your aim? How many sets/reps? I would go with between 3-5 sets 4-6 reps. Basically the first workout with be trial and error. If you can't do 4 reps its too heavy, If you can do more than 6 it's too light. Don't go to failure until last set.

Here's mine pretty chuffed! Dates are 9th July, 9th aug and this morning.

Ok, I'm confused at why your calorie goal changes each day? Purely from a glance it looks like you aren't eating anywhere enough protein. Eat ROUGHLY a gram of protein per lb of body weight. Eat about 150g carbs and 50-60 g fat. I'd say don't go below 1600 cals - this is total rough guide as I don't know your height/daily…

they aren't proper pull ups.... And 3 2 1 ill have loads of crossfitters on my case for saying that! They are kipping pull ups. Yes before you all start I know they're hard too etc etc! I'm not a "cross fit" hater as there's no such thing - it's just lots of combinations of moves that already existed and they've put a name…

I tried but to be honest it's a gimmick.... You can do similar stuff for free. Basically cut your calories up your protein hit the weights, do 30-40 mins of high intensity cardio 6x a week and of ourse it will work. People forget that just because they slap on a DVD doesn't mean you'll get the body of a god, cutting body…

Sound like you may need to change the type of workout you are doing. You said you wasn't very muscular...therefore I would start weight training 3x's a week. It will increase how many calories your body burn s every day and will increase you metabolism. Your weight may not go down at first but you will burn lbs in fat and…

Work out your caloric needs using an online calculator, take 500 cals off it - so that's 1lb a week lost then burn 500 a day in exercise - like a spinning class. Job done!

Hi, you need to be brutally honest about what you're eating. I would go back to basics. Use a calculator online to work out your bmr then take 500 calories off it. Set you fitness pal to 40% carbs 40% protein and 20% fat. Scrap hours of cardio and get lifting! Tag 15 mins of HIIT on the end 4 times a week. On non training…