JakeBrownVB Member

Thats just it, its easy to make high calories with chocolate and crisps and bad food and still be hungry. But try being stricter with your diet eating nothing but lean meats and fruit/veg and I can almost promise you that 3000 calories will be a struggle.

Totally agree with this!

I agree to a certain extent, but I was honestly eating abut 700-1000 calories before bed. Now although I am not a massive follower of "meal timings" I believe that what I was consuming just before bed had to cause weight gain. In fact im almost certain of it because as soon as I switched to eating breakfasts and never past…

Honest story here. My sodium levels are really low and have been for weeks and I drink about 8 pints a day of water. I know my water weight is extremely low right now but a few weeks ago I had quite a salty meal and didnt drink much after it, I was really thirsty all night and I honestly gained like 6lbs after it all. I…

No I recognise that she is female and still firmly believe that she has gained a significant "weight" of muscle from going to the gym every single day. Every single day for either male or female is more than going to cause muscle gain in my opinion. The fact is that the OP is on a very low calorie and high exercise…

Because I strongly believe that anyone who suddnenly starts hitting the gym "everyday", even with bad form and low calorie intake would gain muscle. I am well under my "recommended" calories as a male, yet I am seeing considerable muscle gains. The science of low calorie diets preventing muscle gain really does not match…

Make sure that your are not getting dehydrated from all that gym workout, if you are then you will be holding alot of water weight right now. I also suspect that with so much time being put into the gym you are making some real muscle gains. My advice is to keep going and ignore the people who keep waffling on about…

Ha! I didnt quite weep for joy but I sure was happy. I am exactly the same, waiting for a month or two to pass and hoping to see some real progress by the end of it. I am so curious how my abs will appear in 2 months, Im sure you will all agree it is so encouraging when you first begin to see real progress

thanks, its just im really kinda stuck on how to pack a lunch that has protein and vegetables and doesnt taste like complete ars. What kind of packed lunches can you take that are good for slimming?

I was the same! i was doing 1200 calories a day and finding it a breeze to do so. However when I moved to 1800 calories I lost more weight in the following weeks than ever! and my body toned up 10X better. Im not gonna tell you 1200 calories is bad and stupid and all that rubbish, but you will end up looking scrawny and…

Each pound of fat is equal to 3500 calories basically. If you cut your calories by 500 each day. You will loose 1lb a week. Trick is to never go above 500-1000 daily deficit depending on your size and weight

I tried to include carbs and protein etc and today you will notice is different to any other day. I mad my breakfast larger and included things I rarely eat for protein like tuna. However its the end of the day and as I have logged my results I see I am under and wanted to know what I could eat or what people thought. I…

Ye the day that I had that pizza was abit exagerated as i didnt eat the entire pizza to be perfectly honest. Plus that was the first bad day I had in 3 weeks (and it sure was bad). I am going under most days for sure and I really appreciate all the ideas and tips. As far as salad and chicken goes I am indeed literally…

Thanks! I just want to be sure im eating the right kind of food and the right amount

thanks!

I joined because I am very very keen to loose weight and at the moment I am panicking about everything. For example I panick if I go over my daily sugar or my daily protein. I really want to meet my goals and there are sooo many different views and opinions out there that I dont what to do. Some say eat fruit for loosing…

I definitly dont want to get skinny fat! and i sure see what you mean. I also worry about protein because I have often been told if you have high protein but dont put enough effort into your training then the protein goes to fat. At the moment with nuts a bannana and some like 200g of chicken I am over my daily protein…

My workout routine at the moment is a mix of weights, focusing on chest, biceps and triceps in particular with legs and stomach exercise thrown in. But as for my cardio I do a 9 minute interval training run each time im at the gym (3 times a week). I usually go fast for a minute then slow for 30 seconds over and over and…

6 foot exactly :)

I also find it hard to measure my progress as loosing 2 lbs a week can be hard to actually see if you have done so or not. With weight fluctuating 2-3 pounds a day, weight training and general water weight. So i figured the best way would be to find and monitor my body fat % but it seems that is much much harder than I…

Luckily i have access to both :) I am just worried that by my holiday in July I wont meet my goals, which as vain as it sounds is to have a great looking body. That only gives me a few months and I am constantly fretting that I wont loose another body fat % to look good. I take my weight training steady as I like to focus…

Thanks! I did try takin chicken to work before but I thought it tasted horrible! how many calories should i aim for a day? i really think my fitness pals recommendations of 1870 calories is really high!. I know you probably should but I want to loose more than 2lbs a week! Thanks for help so far

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