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What a fantastic Achievement. Congratulations on your loss. Thank you so much for sharing your story with us! You are very inspiring!

You look great, and the fat and lose skin is not visible at all in your photos. Congratulations on your loss so far and good luck with the exercise you are doing. I'm sure your skin will bounce back before you know it.

Hi do any of your health conditions cause or add to water retention? Do you know if your size increased with the weight gain? Are clothing items tighter? In which areas? Is there anything you've changed in what you eat since adding weights? A particular snack for example? Have you recently started any medication? Are you…

I think the difference in frame size or big boned-Ness is catered for in the BMI range if you are big boned stay near the top if you are not stay near the bottom (of the healthy weight range) There are calculators that say measure your wrist or width of elbow in a certain position. And others who say putting your thumb and…

Great post. I mostly weigh but have only just started and all the guestimates for calculating TDEE and calories burned and food is working ok for me because I have a large window to work with. I have even gotten my partner to start weighing things so now when I say what is in this when he brings dinner he will say 222g…

I wrote my blog entries before I read your thread. It was in response to a thread where someone was asking why they were not losing weight eating below 1200 calories thread is now locked. And like I said in that thread and my blog entries I don't disagree that some people over-estimate and I _also_said that the majority of…

Yes the longer you diet and the greater your deficit is the more you may experience starvation mode Again 21 peer reviewed studies listed directly and indirectly in my blog entry and a painted example for those who don't get how it can work in a subsequent entry The original article posted by the OP uses some articles but…

I have quoted all my sources and provided a link to another source that has an additional 10 sources All peer reviewed studies And yes they have all taken into account the expected drop in TDEE based on mass that is what the studies are about the variations in the drop that are not attributed to mass you can see in the…

Going back to eating properly and then going back to a deficit is a great way to combat starvation mode And recommended by most who understand the symptoms. Well done

Everything you queried is already addressed in both my blog entries and I did read your link It uses the same illogical reasoning as all the others and there are also no studies since 1999 saying that starvation mode doesn't exist. Read the studies and details Science has moved on they are now focussed on how to combat or…

Actually I thought it was 450 calories a day, but I didn't remember it correctly here is the quote "absolute TDEE was significantly reduced in CR (−454±76 kcal/d) and LCD (−633±66 kcal/d) but not in CR+EX or controls" CR - Calorie Restricted LCD - Low Calorie Restricted CR +Ex - Calorie Restricted with Exercise So there…

My issue with this is not about my own experiences my issue is telling people who may very well be logging correctly to eat less. It's not just one factor that contributes to this 'starvation mode' there are several and if you believe the premise of calories in calories out you have to believe in starvation mode at high…

don't know how to fix the images sorry... but your results look fantastic. Very noticeable in all photos, Congratulations!

Hi @roxylola, Arya is a British Shorthair, people just say British Blue most of the time here, but you get them in all different colours. I had an adoptee cat before Arya who got kitty leukemia and passed away :(. He looked just like a purebreed, but he wasn't. He did have some of the personality quirks though. But the…

I get very uptight with the starvation mode is a myth crowd, so I did this. feel free to read unfortunately for all of us... it's not a myth. The podcast I linked does suggest some things that can help (and there are some other very good scientifically based articles on that site that can help too)…

I think I could quite happily get addicted to chucks :) but I will wait till I do actually experience some strength gains no use having awesome shoes and not being able to squat! Today PT made me get on machines (I was having an angry ranty day so she nearly got into trouble) but her reasoning is that I am a pile of…

I think I your post where you list all the conflicting advice sounds farcical but that is essentially what you should do since you want your measuring style to remain constant and sustainable for you. Any of the suggestions could work for you that don't involve changing the way you measure. If you try one option at a time…

- You have remained the same weight, give or take a few lbs, for 2 years Your body is currently highly comfortable with the amount you are eating as well the amount of exercise you are doing and regardless of whether or not you are over estimating your caloric intake or underestimating your caloric intake - you have been…

pretty much all of said responses posted equates to this poster not reading the original post correctly, pedantically taking small pieces of the post out of context and way too literally and then shoving it back as erroneous. So even though all of the posts people are putting forward could be useful for anyone who is…

I can't name the studies (as in plural studies) that cumulatively point to what I wrote about because I can't listen to podcasts here. Taking teeny pieces of information or citing single studies in isolation without any contextual evaluation is what my issue is with the arguments you are putting foward in the first place,…

Which is my issue again... this is not about literally interpreting English (obviously not reading any of the posts I made before) I am not disputing (AT ALL) that you need to eat a deficit to lose weight I am disputing that (All who are blanketly saying that eating less can NOT stall your weight) are not correct. The pod…

Have you actually read my post or the (again) peer reviewed research I mentioned more than once supporting what I have written - including the line where I clearly stated - "There is no getting out of the fact that you need to eat at a deficit to lose weight - but eating way less than your deficit can result in your losses…

Will only accept response with peer reviewed studies in response to the peer reviewed information I have already linked to. You saying No, is not sufficient evidence.

It may take more than a few days but this makes perfect sense - Try something slightly different for a week or 2 weeks and see if there are any sustained changes and if that doesn't help, then try something else different. If you have been eating and exercising at a reasonably constant level and experiencing no change for…

erm... yes eating too little in some circumstances can mean people don't lose... and like I mentioned in my post above (with links to a podcast explaining the phenomenon) - Including a starvation mode study. That dieting can stall your weight loss in particular instances as described in podcast. based on peer reviewed…

Starvation Mode/ Metabolic Slowdown/ Metabolic Damage does actually occur - but it is a far smaller percentage of calorie burning drop than people think it is so it is not responsible for weight loss stalls. [On it's own] Which is why a lot of people (like this poster above thinks it's a myth). There are, however, a lot of…

I hadn't seen this thread before... I read the first page and now the last. I am totally in shock and can't believe your sister... she is totally loopy - all the wedding stuff must have addled her brain. Surely after losing most of her bridesmaid party, she would get the hint, but no.. she is hanging in there and even…

Hi :drinker: I'm Quanita (it's not Spanish, it's Arabic even though there is a Spanish version spelled the same) so like Kanthaly who gets called "K" most people (even my mum) call me Q - hence Qski :happy: I'm 38 live with my partner of 2.5 years (we are not married). No children yet, but I hope we get to try in the next…

responding in here, before I start the next thread.... since workout was yesterday and it's still the 10th for most people west of Australia :) My shoes were fitted by pros too, but I think they made less of an effort than the ones who fitted yours @Vaugirard. I did buy them maybe a year or so before though, but never used…

Hi yes, you can use just the bar or just plates (in your hands) and in some tracks no weight is fine to while you are learning or getting used to the class. Have fun.