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Drinking water actually helps your body to not retain water which will show on the scale. We are talking about fat loss. It doesn't affect that.

Firstly, it may be a good idea if you try out this lifestyle for longer than a week before coming to conclusions. I did this for years, diligently, and after the initial excitement and water loss the negs started creeping in. After a couple of months you'll start thinking about all the food you're missing, especially if…

OP its tough! Give it two whole weeks of logging perfectly then see what happens. It took me 60 odd days for my body to let go of the 1 to 2 pounds of fat I was trying to lose. It's horribly frustrating but this game is only for the committed! It gets easier, I promise, and the logging gets faster and more efficient. I…

You're assuming I haven't done this. It's something I 'lived' for a couple of years, but honestly it just doesn't beat eating a flexible protein carb and fat based diet, especially for someone who likes to train over lactate threshold. I also found it impossible to socialise. Conclusion, expensive, restricting, not good…

I'm happy about this thread OP! Think of the other people you're inspiring to not have surgery.

Study mindfulness. It makes your pre frontal cortex more activated so you are less likely to resort to impulse. Also the act of meditation stops you avoiding or obsessing and brings anxiety levels to minimum. I studied the 8 week Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction course, I believe you can also do it online. It's changed…

Run out of time. Can anyone quickly summarise what we have need to do around our monthly cycle? Can we eat more?? Can we?

Cut that wood! Eat that brisket! Have those beers! You know you will eat less than you used to, and add in that wood cutting and that's what I call a lifestyle change that will get you where you're going.

Thanks. I think women and men differ, as well as age and genetic makeup.

Apologies, let me rephrase. If you aren't used to running and you're inexperienced with form, and noticing injuries quickly, it may be a good idea to get these issues sorted out properly before you do yourself some long term damage. I love running, but I think there are better things to do for fitness, and if your knees…

This sounds very interesting. Do you have a source? OP Keep doing what you're doing but make sure you're not cutting too hard.

Running is such a high risk activity if you're unfit or heavier than what's good for the joints. Can you find something else?

Well done on losing 4kg. Excellent start. I weigh about 56kg (130lb) and lift 100kg (200 odd lbs), to give you an idea of what you should be lifting. It took a while to build up to that, but with a strict diet, I'm under 20% body fat.

You add water weight when you go back to eating carbs, and exercise more than normal. The bingeing will muddy the water even further. Just use the MFP tool and give it six weeks of meticulous weighing and measuring of food. Aim for a pound a week loss. Go to Scooby's website and put your stats in to get a tdee.

You should listen to your body. It's telling you something.

I am the keymaster.....are you the gatekeeper?

I've decided to log 100 calories under my maintenance and have a 'party' every week or two. It's the only way to fight the creep. Party's gonna party.

Another way of telling if a calorie defecit is right for your post bulk cut (I'm assuming this is what you're doing), is by weighing yourself everyday and averaging iut every 7. Don't lose more than 1lb a week. Keep eating 160g protein per day and lift 3 x per week.

I'm off plan and off work for a few days. Eaten an entire green and blacks egg, and some other off plan things that I love, skipped dinner. All the things I hardly do. Tired of it already,mcant wait to go back to slight deficit. At least I'm still exercising. Unlike xmas where I gorged and rested for two weeks and put on…

Please gain inspiration from others here and do this without surgery. All the answers are here.

Give us your TDEE.

Fab!

That's why I put Tupperware first. You have to take control of your food and measure it out at home. Stop eating out.

Tupperware, patience, and logging

You better come back and calm us all down when your weight drops! That's all I can say. The human body is a funny thing. I wish the human mind could just be a little more detached, it would make things easier.

£23 a week. Bloody brilliant. Well done. Try Tescos duck breast/tiger prawns chicken breast 2 for £6 deals. Tescos finest Parmesan. Cheapest and best. Also roll mop herring for omega 6. Waitrose Fage greek yoghurt with the waitrose card gives you 50p off, and you can get 20% off anything you choose online, like sea bass,…

I could eat 4000 cals a day easily. We are all so different with our hunger hormones!

You should eat a greater variety of food, once you get your fibre and vits and protein fats etc in you don't get 'extra healthy' from eating high nutrient food. Throw some pancakes and stuff in there will ya! There's such a thing as too much insoluble fibre. You need to eat 3-500 calories a day over your needs. Adequate…

Keep doing what you're doing then, and aim for a half apound gain on average a week. Make sure your lifting on a progressive weight training programme. Don't be disappointed if your belly gets bigger though, and your body fat gets higher as you go on this slow bulk. Muscles will be growing. When you've had enough and can't…

Good, glad to hear it. Do you need any help with your maintenance figures? There are foods that are more filling than others, for me, as a binger, it's important that I eat satisfying food so I never feel deprived, and that I get to look forward to treats. It's a difficult balance, but I'm finally happy with my body, and…