alexanderzamani Member

Whatever works for you man. find personally, if I eat too little, especially protein my muscles get smaller and my body holds onto fat a little more. I find about 2000-2500 calories is about right for me. I really believe that you should do whatever works for you.

Could I just ask, if your diet is overly restrictive? what diet do you follow? Because if you just follow the recommendations on the site, it shouldn't really be to tough on your body. What I mean you shouldn't feel like you're starving yourself. In that senario. Motivation is not really required in that senario because…

Whoo, nice, glad I could help out.

Just chill, we all have off days and that's ok. Just move on and keep on with your diet.

It's just a different approach to dieting, the idea that is you remove/ limit carbohydrates, your body will shift from glucose metabolism to fatty acid oxidation (fat burning) as a means to provide energy for the body as well as reducing insulin sensitivity leading to reduced fat storage and increased fat loss. Ketosis is…

ketosis is not a must.

The forums here are the so ****ing dumb.

Looking at your food intake, you're eating way to little and the food you are eating is also not healthy at all. I doubt you're getting adequate nutrition. When you eat too little, your body goes into starvation mode and will hold onto fat more. I would suggest eating more and better quality foods. Yes, the site's about…

For me the motivating moment was realising I was at my worst in my physical prime (22) and I won't get that time back. After that though I now use routine and habits to be consistent rather than motivation. I just get up and do it, because it's routine and I'm used to it.

I find focusing on other ways to deal with stress than eating is helpful and keeping myself busy, not always thinking about diet and fitness. If you want motivation, realise that every day you spend out of shape and overweight is a waste of potential, you've got a limited no. of years on this planet and you won't ever get…

don't eat them

I'm assuming here you have diabetes and that makes eating junk food a problem, I can totally understand that It must be hard for you. But are you seriously ranting about how unhealthy junk food is? I mean seriously hahaha? I have junk every now and again when I really feel like it but since I'm eating healthy, delicious.…

I would say try and loose what weight you can in 5 months healthily, like people are saying 40lbs will be a huge huge difference. I would say it's all about the mindset. You have to think about how much BETTER you look after 5 months rather than how much you have to go. 80-100 lbs is a seriously tall order. Even if you…

Urgh, enough of hating one another's diets.

Realising I was in my physical prime in terms of age and in the worst shape and heaviest I've been. Knowing I'm not getting that time back really motivated me for sure.

oh nice, didn't know that. Yeah, I might go for that.

Hey, just figured I'd answer your questions. Firstly, I have a feeling it might be wrong, but I'm not sure. Secondly, doctor's here in the UK won't generally measure your bodyfat unless it's for medical reasons. Thirdly, I don't have the money right now to get my bodyfat measured by a fitness expert. It's not really a big…

nope, not that I know of.

No **** you're feeling demotivated your diet seems pretty bland and it looks to be completely devoid of carbohydrates. That topped with really low 1200 calorie diet and 'insanity', which I assume is a workout DVD. That's a perfect combination to feeling ****ty. If the counter says you have 1700 calories, then eat 1700…

There are a couple of things here that I think are the problem 1.) You're working out most days and eating 1200 calories a day, that seems way too low, have you calculated it properly? Eating too little can mess up your fat loss, especially with regular exercise. 2.) Those 3-5k calorie days are probably undoing any…

Good luck, I used to do low carb/ carb cycling! I can say now that it will not be easy, but you can loose weight fast like that, if you do it right. I think that AlongCame_Mol's advice is good, though, especially if you don't feel good or enjoy a low-carb diet, I'm sure both will work. Remember, if you're miserable on…