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How did you work out your calorie allowance in the first place? And have you re-evaluated it as your weight has gone down?

Depends on if it's skeletal or muscular, I guess? From my experience, I had lower back pain (muscular, as far as I was aware) that had me laid up and crawling if I really had to move. When I lost about 20lbs (currently at just under 35lbs) I actually forgot what the pain was like. It's come back maybe once since I started…

Odd question (apologies if you've answered it) but it might be something overlooked. Are you using websites to calculate your TDEE (saying light/moderate exercise, whichever is applicable) *and* eating some of your exercise calories back? If so, the two are meant to be either/or, not both. Either use TDEE and -20% (with…

You won't be happy with someone else until you can be happy with yourself. And once you're happy with yourself, you will gain confidence and that will open up doors in your life, be it love, career or other things. Don't panic, life isn't a race.

As far as I'm aware, the term "fast" in relation to 5:2, ADF and such like is when you take in a maximum of 500kcals (or 600kcals... your quarter TDEE essentially) So while I fast for 40 hours, I will have my 500kcals within that timeframe. Someone told me that there's no major difference between taking in zero calories…

My boyfriend gets around 2 servings of all food I do. So a serving of rice (75g dry) for me, 2 servings for him (150g dry) and then either split it into 3 upon serving (guessing), weigh the drained/cooked weight and divide by 3, or just give your husband a single serving and let him double up on veggies/protein/something…

Unfortunately doing the full 40 hour fasts causes me issues, but after some thoughts I realised I'd be too tempted to do constant 24 hour fasts (or more accurately 23 hour fasts and simply only eat in a 1 hour slot every day) and that is not a good way of thinking. My boyfriend has agreed to do at least 1 meal a week "fast…

Thanks! Was wondering why it wasn't on my groups list any more... Free bump :)

#1 question: Are you weighing and recording everything? It doesn't matter what you eat (I eat takeaway cause I have "oh screw it" days) as long as it's under your calorie allowance. I don't do exercise because I am lazy, but I've still lost weight through monitoring what goes in my mouth! Easier to not eat that 250kcal…

The corsets you need to avoid are waist-trainers (only to be worn after consultation with a doctor) - I have a princess cut which is narrow waist, wide hips, but that's the closest I'd ever get - not advised unless you're at least 1 size difference in waist/hips (I'm 2). Most of them are fine, especially for short term…

I wear underbust corsets (not my belly that's my problem, it's more my hips/legs) and, if you get the right size and someone sensible to do it up, they're oddly comfy... With the added benefit of squishing the bad bits and raising up the good bits (a cleavage to go spelunking in, usually) it helps improve your posture,…

Blanch and freeze (in pre-sliced fingers)? Then you can add them to recipes or defrost and use as dipping sticks?

Someone (I can't remember who, but they're wonderful as a result) posted this link the other day about cheap, good, food/recipes https://8e81c55f4ebf03323905b57bf395473796067508.googledrive.com/host/0B2A2SnkA9YgxaHdzbEhGSmJOZDg/good-and-cheap.pdf Doesn't 100% work for me being UK but it is a brilliant read.

Black... far easier to get one of those at work than white-hardly-any-milk-oh-sorry-that's-too-much If it is too strong for me (I can be a wimp) I have a teaspoon of milk that I drink first, then the coffee. Makes it less bitter without detracting from the black-coffee taste :D

My response exactly :) Thanks to everyone. So if 2 people ate 1000kcals of protein each, the same calorie amounts (from the same sources), would one take in more calories from that protein than the other? (one of the full 1000kcals, one of 500kcals?) I will look into the studies mentioned, thank you.

A tangible example (to me) the boyfriend used was this. He is at the bottom of his BMI for a healthy weight, and a friend we know isn't. If they both ate the same amounts of the same food (as they pretty much did), the one person would maintain or lose weight, while the other person would gain weight. My response to this…

I dumped my ex for a few reasons, and one of them was that he wouldn't let up about my own weight... Pushing me into Atkins diets and never letting me forget I was overweight ("You float when you swim because you're fat" - not due to physics or anything...) and other such stuff. Absolutely killed me; caused me to actually…

This looks fantastic! Only thing I will need to substitute is half-and-half, being UK... will have to go and buy some single cream! Thanks very much :D

I went to a convention last month that I wanted to have lost a "decent chunk" of weight for (I don't set targets - being in the double digits was fine by me for then, really). I would say it's because I wanted to look good in my long, posh dress for the fancy meal. Or look nice in my skinny-ish jeans. Yeah... I just wanted…

Uh oh, thanks for bringing this up. I shop in Aldi (mostly) so my issue tends to be the nutritional info for raw meat is on the underside/inside of the label - I have to plan what is hopefully going to be best for me and work from there. Have you tried checking their online information? On sainsburys.co.uk the have…

Thank you Branstin :) I expected to have an idea of if it worked after 3 weeks but I'll keep plugging along for a bit longer! As long as I'm not gaining 2 weeks in a row, it shouldn't wind me up too much

When I cook chicken quarters, I use the cooked weight entry and pop the quarter on a plate on the scale before I eat it, then put the remains back on the scale at the end. Obviously a bit less accurate due to not being raw weight, but sometimes bone weight can change with cooking depending on the meat.

There are a few ballpark serving sizes that are handy if you don't know the exact calories of things; 80g per serving of fruit/veg (fresh, raw), 100g per serving of protein (raw), 75g of dried carbohydrates (uncooked pasta/rice) and 30g cheese/250ml milk. That's what's recommended by the UK health organisations, anyway.…

Warm chicken pasta salad? Mix some cooked pasta up with chopped (raw or cooked, or a combo) veggies, put a bit of seasoning in there, then serve with sliced grilled chicken (if a breast cut). I've recently started making veggie rice - 80g of about 3 different veggies with a 75g (dry) serving of rice, cooked in chicken…

You're using a lot of cup measurements; have you tried weighing everything instead (unless it's a pure liquid)? It might be something simple like your half cup of chicken is actually working out at twice the calories you're recording it as. How much water are you drinking? I noticed for myself that 2 litres of water, plus…

Is this where all us Yam Yams come out of the woodwork and go "Eeeeew, Birmingham"? I'm the Black Country, so feel free to add me :) (half brummie, half yam yam; how I argue with myself sometimes... :P )

Why were you on such a low calorie amount? As a young adult male, your "recommended average" daily calories should be around 2400, so if you're overweight/highly active, your TDEE would be higher than that already. Have you put your stats into an online calculator, such as IIFYM, and worked out your TDEE (based on activity…

My friends only notice when I suddenly go "I can feel my ribs!" while watching TV... I don't expect anyone else to notice except my boyfriend :P (I have also said "Oh good gods, I have a collarbone?!" and "Are these my hips? Crikey" and similar things. I am not used to it and I tend to say things I'm thinking out loud at…

The program always gives people 1200kcal if they opt for a 2lb loss... >.> Silly MFP Read this link: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1080242-a-guide-to-get-you-started-on-your-path-to-sexypants And as for your loss, the recommended losses (for a week) are: More than 75 lbs: 2 lbs/week 40-75 lbs: 1.5 lbs/week 10-40…

Thank you, Onechk. I'll try to see if I can convince her to get up to about 2000kcal over the next few days then down to 1550.