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I'm in the UK so prices might be different (I know fruit and veg were much cheaper in Germany than here, whilst fresh meat was much more expensive) but I lived on a student budget for 3 years in UK and Germany. Buy as much as you can frozen - meat, fish and veg should all be available frozen and it's much cheaper than…

I live in the UK, and I think it's painfully obvious that physical activity in the sense of everyday life rather than planned exercise has changed. When I was a kid (and I'm only 22, so not that long ago) I would play outside, cycle round my area with friends, walk to see them, go for family walks, play ball games in the…

5'2, 225lbs, usually about 2200, 1500 on a lazy day

I think because it measures from your wrist, it thinks jolting movements are steps. I've had the occasional 10 or 20 on a long car journey, and I've heard it counts certain other...wrist movements!

I've had a flex since Christmas Pros: - cheap compared to other trackers - tracks my sleep which is cool even if it's not that useful - silent alarm is GREAT - calories burned seem to be pretty accurate - waterproof - can set activity records to track my runs (then compare calories to online calculators or HRM!) - allows…

No time to exercise in the morning, I start work at 6am, so I'd have to get up before 4 to get a proper workout and shower in. Besides, I'm prone to aura if I exercise too soon after getting up. I tend to exercise late morning if I've got a half-day shift, and mid afternoon if a full day - I don't like doing it just before…

What I mean is that as you increase the number of cycles, you're decreasing your ability to actually work at a high enough intensity for it to be HIIT. If you replaced a "normal" 45 minute gym session with 45 minutes of Tabatas, it's just interval training, not HIIT, because you wouldn't be able to do the H part for 45…

I wish I could eat breakfast later than I do. 5.15 if I'm working, 6.30-7ish if I'm not.

I'd say eat your normal calories wherever possible, but if you've earned them through activity and don't feel you can eat them back without forcing them down your throat, then that's OK. It also depends on your planned deficit - 250 calories, it's not so bad to have a bigger deficit every now and then, but if you're…

I got random periods several months into following WW a couple of years ago, and a month into using MFP this time around, but it seems to be linked to my contraception. I have the implant but I'm now taking progesterone pills to try to stop the random bleeding, because I was having 2-3 "proper" periods a month. I really…

You need a decent amount of fitness to be able to do them well in the first place, and if you do more than one cycle (8x20secs), it's not really HIIT any more, just another form of interval training. They're good exercise and get you working at a good level of intesity, but they obviously need to go alongside a calorie…

dark chocolate (with chilli or ginger!) will satisfy cravings but you might not need so much nuts and seeds fruit - dried or fresh, especially grapes/raisins because you can pick at them When I'm in essay/revision mode, I make a plate of snacks and pick at it through the day. Tends to be a handful of nuts and seeds (up to…

Yep, breakfast and dinner are always pre-logged as much as possible. If I'm not cooking dinner, I will nag whoever is to provide me with the recipe as soon as possible! Lunch is whatever I feel like/have in that fits my macros, and I'll tend to log a couple of snacks in advance, then log the rest of my day as I eat it.…

Is this flexibility something that I might be able to develop as I get fitter/stronger, or is it largely genetic? @beachhouse758 I can plank OK, just can't hold it very long! I'll have a look at some modifications as well, but I might have enough that I can do without modifications if things like squats and planks actually…

Exactly :) It's OK to be +/-100, because you can't plan down to the very last calorie, but just make sure that it's not always +100 at the end of the day! (as in 100 red calories) As you use Fitbit and MFP together like this, you'll get to know what your daily goal is likely to be, which makes planning much easier. If you…

With respect, I'd recommend eating back 75-100% of a Fitbit adjustment, and the more usual 25-75% of a manual exercise entry rather than advising not to eat any Fitbit exercise calories. Not sure if that's what you were saying, or you just didn't notice the Fitbit reference the OP made. Fitbit basically tells you your TDEE…

I'm thinking of changing gyms when I've got a grad job (hopefully 3/4 months) but I don't want to tie myself in somewhere if I might be moving out soon - my current gym is monthly membership whereas the others near me seem to be annual contracts. I could try to do pilates at home with videos if there are any good ones, but…

I'm not too fussed about trying to target, I know fat will go ftom wherever and I can't control it. I'm just a bit concerned that my core seems really poor compared to the rest of me. I have 1,2&3kg dumbbells at home, a bar with up to 10kg and I'm trying to do bodyweight exercises at home. I also go to a gym but there's…

Plan for your post-work eating so that you don't just grab whatever's closest/easiest because you're so hungry. I work a pretty active job part-time, so I eat at 5am before I head off to work, then if I'm doing a 4-hour shift I don't worry about taking food with me, but I'll make sure there's something ready to cook/eat…

Make sure you're not overcalculating calories for the non-step exercise like your bike. You said you're logging accurately, but just make sure you're measuring all liquids and not using generic entries if you have exact nutrition info available. The other thing to consider is that at 316lb you are very overweight and…

If you exercise your calories go up and your macros adjust proportionally - did you earn lots of exercise calories? I tend to think it's more important to get a concrete amount of protein and fat than to have a certain proportion of calories coming from C/F/P, because if you have a cardio-heavy workout you'll need more…

So drink exactly 8-9 glasses in a day?! It will vary depending where you are, how hot/humid it is, and how much you exercise OP, but I'd recommend drinking water when you're thirsty, and before/after a workout, and otherwise drink for pleasure (but log it if it's got calories!!) There's no point forcing yourself to drink…

5'2, 22 and 225lbs I eat 1800-2800 a day, usually around 2400. Losing 1.5-2lb a week Idk what my actual body shape is, quite big hipsand chest but had a belly since puberty hit really so never seen what I'm "meant" to look like!!

I find MFP overestimates most of the day, and ends up being pretty accurate from 5-7pm. It's worse if I'm really active (steps rather than logged workout) because I think MFP thinks I will continue the day being that active! However, my calories are the same on MFP and Fitbit the following day (if I go back to check them)…

I have a very active job and a Fitbit, so when people tell me "oh but having a job where you walk around a bit doesn't count except for sedentary--> lightly active" I can comfortably ignore them. Only you really know how active your job is, and you have to accept that without a definite way of knowing exactly how many…

Breakfast: natural yogurt, fruit and granola - sometimes mix in fromage frais for higher protein content and less fat overnight oats - oats in milk/yogurt/both, fruit/cocoa powder and sweetener - no effort in the morning scrambled eggs and bacon or smoked salmon - just as fast as yogurt and fruit by the time I'd weighed…

Female, 5'2, 225 NEAT 1800-2800, usually about 2400 Eat back exercise at 50% MFP suggestions, or 75% HRM calculations BF 45% Work out 5x a week - 3x cardio/strength, 2x swim; walk 4+ x a week - ~3miles, plus active job 12-25hours per week

If you're using FItbit, properly synced with MFP, you're already doing TDEE method. Your Fitbit will tell MFP to adjust your calorie goal up (or down, if you have negative adjustments enabled) according to your activity that day, so that MFP's "calorie goal" will be Calories burned minus Target deficit. Using a calculator…

I calorie cycle I guess, because I use a Fitbit to adjust my goals each day, and I have an average difference of about 1000 calories between my highest and lowest days in a week. In the time I've used my Fitbit, I've had almost 2000 calories difference between the all-time highest and lowest intakes!

For something like salad, I'd eyeball compared to the packet weight (half a packet, quarter of a packet etc.) because it's so low in calories anyway. Everything else I'd weigh, and if I realised that I'd planned to have too much/too little of something to make the meal the way I want to (eg. because 5g of mayo turns out to…