basilbunches

just to address the second part of your post, should you eat more when you're on your period - it's not necessary. however, if you find yourself fatigued or run down during menstruation, then you may be needing to eat more iron, and it isn't harmful to just eat a little more in general to help improve your energy. you do…

hey! i recommend you go to sarahwilson.com.au and check out her 'i quit sugar' tag! she has a looooot of info & advice on her blog if you go back through it, and if you like what you read and you want more, she has a ebook IQS plan, and an IQS e-cookbook. theres also an #iqs tag on instagram that i love. i did the IQS…

i haven't quite quit, but i've seriously cut down! the trick is, i reckon, to just find the most appealing beverage substitute possible. i mainly drink tea now, but for a while i was buying diet cordial and mixing it with soda water - it was far far cheaper, and i would take a bottle full of cordial out with me and add it…

thank you for the replies guys! im hoping ill be able to see a change in 'tonedness' within 2 or 3 months like you suggested, hopefully quicker because i am quite slim already? i only weigh 46-47kg (5'5) so im hoping that having reasonably little fat will allow any muscle development to be obvious quicker than it would if…

anymore feedback, anyone?

hey, thank you! your reply is exactly the sort of stuff i want to know... by this point i started to figure that my body can adapt to what it has to, hence why my weight has stabilised on 1,200 cal. my amateur theory was that if i have gradually adjusted to a lower intake without any real weight loss, i can do the reverse.…

thank you for replying! my estimated maintenance is only 1540 anyway though? and i'm about 5'4 too, and 20 years old. my activity level is pretty low - i work in a sedentary job, and currently don't do any form of exercise (awful, i know! it's why i'm here!)