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Oh.. this. I realized I said the same.

I find that when I slowly cut carbs (but not too restrictive) I had less blood sugar spikes and I do feel better and less tired. For me that means eating between 90-150 grams of carbs a day (but mostly from fruit and vegetables). However, I have no specific time of eating that, I just do throughout the day. As for weight…

While I'm also a fan of HIIT, I do that because I get bored doing anything for more than half an hour. There is nothing wrong with steady state cardio, especially if it's fun. Weight training is also great for endurance, weight loss and strength of course, but it does take proper equipment that not everybody has, or every…

I do balance things out over the week.. if I know I have a party or eating out coming up, I will prepare in advance.. or remember to make up after. But I agree with GothyFaery, never too low. I rather earn extra by exercise, than eating too little. 1200 is my minimum, net 1000 at least, but never more than two days in a…

400 grams of cauliflower with some low fat cheese, and a pork schnitzel. I also had some fried potatoes, but I was allowed today, you could leave those out.

Even if you're not being accurate.. 1 kiwi - 42 calories 1 banana (Average sized) - 124 calories (and if you ARE watching carbs, 30 grams of those) 1 boiled egg - 92 calories 1 teaspoon of honey - 25 calories, so assuming you have a few teaspoons in a drink, 75 calories Total: 333 calories, BEFORE the oats or bread. Lunch…

Oh and on a warmer note.. please don't stress so much over it, if you lose sleep over it, it won't help your weight loss. As for pushing yourself so hard in the gym.. it will earn you some extra calories to eat, and it will give you a great overall condition, but weight loss is for like 70% diet and 30% exercise. So if you…

Totally agree with everything above. My guess is, reading your general diet, that your dinners are what's putting you over a calorie goal (if you had / have one). "I usually dine out with my parents", eating out meals generally contain a lot more calories than when you make it yourself (no scientific fact, just something I…

I'm at 1400 a day, give or take (and trying to lose about 9 pounds, sedentary job, but cycle at least half an hour a day). Mostly I eat when I'm hungry.. so some days I only do 1000-1200, but I always make up for being so low a day after, by eating 1400-1600. I average out at 9800 a week.

It usually takes about a week for me for my body to adjust again after I eat a meal that large. It never really jeopardizes my weight loss, even though it appears to. Whatever you do (indeed, easier said than done) stick to your plan, don't be discouraged. You'll end up seeing a sudden bigger drop soon most likely.

CW - 147 H: 5'3" GW: 130 Age: 24

My stomach hurts. Why did I think I could eat solid foods again? I really don't want to spend the night on the toilet a gain....

I cannot do jumping jacks or many other kind of exercise because the motion makes me.. well.. for some reason I can't control my bladder it seems when jumping up and down. And it always embarrasses me and annoys the hell out of me, because I wish I could jump rope in my backyard to improve my endurance.. sigh. Cry.

I would stick to MFP.. not sure what DietChef is.. stick to the goal that MFP sets for you.. Do not add the counted calories from the Wii Fit Pedometer, as those are your 'normal activity' calories. MFP already accounts for that. Perhaps ( I don't know this) DietChef does not properly. I agree that 1200-1300 is very low.…

I would say 80-90% food.. I mean.. once you get to the last few bits of weight to lose, increasing exercise can help, because you don't want to reduce what you eat further.. and the more active you are the more calories you burn.. BUT.. I agree that diet is first priority.. usually you're just eating too much.

I know that it's tough when you don't cook your own meals. I had the problem when I still lived at home. (Not saying you do) 1900 calories a day on it's own is not that much of a deficit in my opinion.. unless you also are very active next to your biking of course. However, unless you check with the one cooking your meals…

I will start with saying I read nothing but the original post. I just wanted to put in what worked for me.. I used to LOVE eating, well I still do mind you. But since 4 weeks I can skip breakfast or eat a light breakfast, eat a very healthy lunch and dinner and I will be so full the rest of the night I don't want to snack.…

How long have you been eating 1200 calories? MY dietician is making me eat 1200 calories, but only for 4 weeks, she says its not good to do it much longer than that. That said, shes also making me eat high protein / fat and low carb. So I second the motion of watching macro counts as well in addition to calories. Also,…

Mine is 20%, 56 grams. My dietician put me on a low carb diet and so far it's the only thing that's worked. (after trying to lose weight for 4 years). The first few days I felt very hungry and thought I wasn't going to last, but as soon as you force through, your sugar levels / insuline levels balance out and hunger fades.…

Sadly.. the 3lbs weights are sort of pointless.. Doing as many reps as you can may build muscle endurance (for 3lbs), but not make you stronger or make you gain muscle. Not gaining muscle means you're not really toning either. (Although you may look more slim by losing more fat). To get stronger, you generally need higher…

I've learnt to.. Eat the food. (https://gokaleo.com/stop-dieting/) I've learned that it's easy to eat too little. I got overweight by eating too much, but it is important to calculate your TDEE for example on a site like: http://www.health-calc.com/body-composition/ideal-body-weight or…

Hi, I had the same thing here. A few weeks ago I started doing the Stronglifts program. It's a weight lifting program, that is easy to commit to (not saying the workouts are easy). You lift weight three times a day. You can find it on Stronglifts.com . Men and women do it, although more men than women, but I think that's…

Eat more. If I were eating your amounts of food I would be starving o.o . And I'm only 145 lbs. Some days you don't make the 1200 goal and even then I truly believe 1200 to be too low for you. Don't be afraid to eat more to lose weight, even if it sounds counter intuitive. If you like, up it gently, first going to 1250 or…

Is 1200 calories a day what MFP recommended for you? I could image that perhaps at 250lbs this may be too few calories. Have you tried calculating your BMR with the MFP tools? BMR is the amount of calories you burn if you would do nothing all day. The basic amount of calories just to live so to speak. If you eat far below…

I am thoroughly convinced. I have great trainers at the gym so they may help, as well as mirrors, but I intend to get me a set of at home workout supplies, for those days that I should workout but can't bring myself to leave the house. I suppose a simple barbell bar with a few weights will do to begin with, along with the…

I used to do the machines in the Gym but I feel like they do nothing for me. Maybe the leg press if I crank it up high, but even then it's not getting me what I want. I just (few days ago) switched to free weights. Atm mostly dumbbells, but I also plan to start the Stronglifts 5x5 when I get the chance. Dumbells are making…

Ha I like that. *lifts up her cat and watches it jump away* Ok.. maybe not that. But I get the picture. Stop thinking and start doing, or I'm like to only work my brains.

Never heard so much positive support on a topic on MFP before, haha. Always somebody telling you.. No don't do that! Good thing is that I guess this is actually a smart thing to do. Form it is, I'll work on that till I got it right, then increase slowly. I do suppose carrying something on your back is easier than picking…

Good suggestions. You're right, I have not done these exercises before, only watched videos and instructions. I suppose I can do both, practice form on the barbell (if nothing else with a broomstick ^^) exercises and, while I don't own a barbell yet practice dumbbell versions which I do have.. until my salary comes in and…

Good to see so much support. I do suppose I should pick a weight that at least feels like a challenge? I guess if I pick something I can throw around it won't work.. but then what.. should I not be able to lift it another time at the end of the set, or still feel ok?