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Also important to note that if you are on birth control pills and switching to an IUD, then even a hormonal IUD is going to be a lower hormone dose and have less averse effect on your body. The hormones are localised to the uterus and the dosage is much, much lower. The mirena is amazing. It can be very painful to insert…

An arm implant is not an IUD (intra-uterine device). I have a mirena and have suffered no ill effects.

I found this program incredibly useful and helpful: http://blackironbeast.com/starting-strength I also bought the starting strength book by Mark Rippertoe and I would recommend that in conjunction with the above. You can find animated gifs and how to information on form for exercises here: http://exrx.net/Exercise.html -…

I also really love egg muffins. My recipe calls for 1 egg per muffin, beaten with a little bit of milk (the same way you'd make standard scrambled eggs), with some herbs and spices and any lightly sauteed vegetables (I usually opt for onions and red and yellow peppers with mushroom). Spray the non-stick pan with some olive…

Aside from the sodium suggestions, it sounds a lot like your scale might not be as reliable as you think.

I found the key was to eat more lean protein. It is far more satisfying - keeps you feeling fuller for longer and you can eat more of it because it's lean and often lower in calories than other items. Ultimately you are going to have to learn the difficult art of self restraint though. Every time I want to go crazy I…

I have been doing some basic starting strength deadlifts, squats, bench press and overhead press... and have just bought the starting strength book for kindle. You can learn more about the routine here: http://blackironbeast.com/starting-strength It is well worth investing in a session at the gym with someone who can teach…

The TDEE method uses your activity levels to calculate what your "total daily energy expenditure" is, therefore you shouldn't eat back any exercise calories - because they're already worked in to the calculation. Just eat at TDEE-20% (ie. roughly 2000 calories a day) and go from there. If you find you aren't losing any…

I'm 5'10" 224lbs and I eat 1800 a day, exercise 3 times a week and lose roughly 1.5lbs a week (sometimes closer to 2.2lbs). I do a mix of heavy lifting, cardio, gym classes, pilates and interval training.

There are two main things that really helped me to overcome the issue of throwing in the towel 1. The concept of never breaking the chain - if you can keep up your active lifestyle / healthy eating and make a note every single day on a calendar to mark off your success for that day, you'll be less likely to fall off the…

I jumped right in at TDEE - 20% ( I am eating around 1800 calories a day now, whereas I was consuming 1000 a day if I was lucky prior to that). Worked perfectly and I didn't gain any weight to begin with, my plateau broke immediately. I've been losing roughly 1kg to 1.5kg per week since then. I think if you've been…

If you're going to weigh in daily use an app like Libra Weight Manager, it really helps to put things in perspective regarding daily fluctuations. This week I was up 2kgs until the water weight came off this morning. Water weight can account for a lot, and can also be as a result of training / exercising, not just salt…

I was on the pill before (femodene) and found I was retaining a lot of water, since switching to the Mirena that's hardly an issue at all. There is such a low dose of hormone in the mirena and it's localised to your uterus so it's not as likely to be causing stubborn weight issues. It's more likely that you are changing…

It depends on how much you weigh, but general rule is to eat 1g per pound of body weight. Additional information I've read online adds that for women or really obese folk we should eat 1g per pound of our *goal body weight*. I aim for 200g of protein a day, I don't always reach it, but I try my level best. I then set my…

I found this website, which has some photographic examples of various body fat percentages, to be quite useful: http://www.leighpeele.com/body-fat-pictures-and-percentages Of course if you're over 30% body fat it won't be of much use to you but I think, as you are between 27% and 38% on the various sites, it may give you a…

If you're having trouble with your own will power, then try to be held accountable to someone / something external for a while. What I found worked really well for me in the beginning was to pre-log all of my foods before I ate dinner, and close off the log for that day. Then I'd know I would have to go in and change it…