LividMuffin Member

I've been lifting for around 4 months now, making very slooow but steady progress. My diet wasn't on spot first two months (too few calories) so I wasn't making much progress but at least got a decent technique. Now I am starting to see my strength improving, although still not at the speed I would like! I plan to start…

Sorry, I just don't understand.. What is 'training a tone' for you? Because 1-1.5 hours 5-6x a week sounds like a ton to me!

Bumping in for when I need this :)

Czech girl living in London & feeling very British here! :D

Hi! I tried your recipe yesterday morning, my first protein pancakes.. And it was delicious!! Although I only used egg white and a bit more milk. As you say they were really nice on their own but I topped it with 1/2 spoon of honey and some hot berries, absolute heaven! Thanks for the recipe!

When I started going to the gym I watched loads of youtube videos to understand the exercises and how to do them properly. I never really liked machines (plus I believe that free weights are much more effective) so I threw myself into the dumbbells section right from the beginning, learning a lot of new stuff every day…

Bumping in, can't wait for the weekend already!

Sounds lush! I will have to give this a go!!

Lately I fell in love with natural cottage cheese. It can be sweet (mixed with agave, vanilla, honey, all sorts of fruits, cinamon, seeds & nuts) or savoury (pepper, shredded carrot, chives, curry powder..) you can get really creative with it so it's boredom-resistant, it's high protein & low everything else, just a…

Don't worry about the sugars too much. The target on MFP us pretty low and there's no need to cut out all the fruits and stuff.. As long as you stay within your calories and macros targets you will be fine :)

My target is about 140g of protein a day and as a vegetarian (I eat chicken every now and then when my girlfriend makes it and I'm too lazy..:D) I have 20-40g from protein shake. The rest is cottage cheese (amazing with vanilla, cinamon or even garlic and pepper!), beans & nuts, yoghurt and even green vegetables.. Check my…

Thanks for that article, it clears up a lot of mess in my head..:) Although I wasn't talking about starvation mode (yep, that 'preserving every kcal' is bull**** i know) I just believed that the slow down of metabolism plays much bigger part.. I hit the plateau and only lost about 0.3kg in like two months and after…

I'm sorry but that's not necessarily right.. If you're eating too few calories (1200 that I used to eat sometimes was even under my BMR!) metabolism slows down to minimum and body preserves every calorie it gets.. That's why bumping up calories but still eating at deficit can help as it kick starts the metabolism again...

Same problem here, I just found out that I've been eating around 300kcal less than I should and my partner even worse (around 1500 instead of 2200!!!) I'm worried that increasing the intake by such a massive amount will mess up all the effort and hard work... Would love to hear expert opinions on this!

To me it seems you are not eating enough! With such a massive physical activity 1500kcal just can't be enough.. I might be wrong but read this, it's approximate but helpful http://www.healthylivingheavylifting.com/how-to-calculate-macros-for-cutting/