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1) Not trying to gain muscle, trying to lose weight is my primary goal 2) In order to lose weight you need to eat at a deficit: eat less move more 3) again, you are giving me standard information and not information that is useful 4) Your comment that it is 'easy peasy' is patronising. If it was 'Easy peasy' why would I be…

That is what I thought. I thought it was a bit odd to say that because I am hourglass I should not lift heavy weights. I would have thought that throughout weight loss, working on muscle would be important. Thanks for the compliment :) I just wish my belly wasn't so huge! lol

[Re suggested workout in above post quote] That work out is for a mesomorph, not an endomorph like me. I am obese, limiting the amount of cardio I do is not recommended. That is weight loss 101. I have a body type that easily gains weight then cardio everyday is essential. If you are going to give standard advise that is…

Quite a few to read! Will get through them all on my journy home! Thanks in advance!

As for a full body work out, again that has not really worked for me: I only have limited time in the gym at 45 minutes due to my job so if I work all of my body each day it is never balanced as one part of my body would lose out, plus I am yet to understand the benefit of full body over isolation. I have not read anything…

Some of these are typical responses that I hoped to avoid by giving some background. In regards to the 1,200 calories, if say I burn 500 calories working out then I will actually eat 1,700 calories. The 1,200 is a base line. I cannot eat massive amounts of calories as I gain weight very easily. I tried eating 1,500 a day…

There is an assumption that it is just 1200 calories. I am on the 1200 calorie plan and I 'buy' calories: I do more excersicse so I can eat more. I usually burn about 300 to 500 calories a day so that means that in actuality I can eat 1500 to 2000 calories. The same thing does not work for everyone and you have to eat to…

I read an earlier post that said you can gain water in the first few weeks so I'm not sure if its that. I think maybe going back yo a high protein diet and getting carbs from veg may be a better bet. The starvation mode thing I think is to do with your metabolism slowing down so your body stores more fat instead of using…

What does it involve? I'm limited to certain types of excersise because of damage in my knees: no jumping, running etc.

I'm totally stuck! Lost 33 lbs since August last year to get down to 200 lbs (I'm 5"4) and now I just can't shift anymore. I increased my cardio and I'm on the 1200 calorie plan. Lost the 2 pounds last week but weighed myself and I've gained weight. I'm totally stuckaqaa to what to do. I saw I wasn't eating enough carbs…