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Why do you think you're "missing out" if you refuse drinks or dessert? If these occasions are really that frequent, there will be another one soon enough — you're not missing out on anything, except food that in the long view you don't want to eat. On days where I know I have a party that I want to eat dessert and…

Yup! You'll get there. I still feel like my lifts are embarrassingly low. I feel like you never really feel like you're lifting heavy enough for it to be impressive. Every time I hit a personal target I'm looking to the next milestone.

At my most recent workout: Squats - 87.5kg (193lbs) for 5x5 Deadlifts - 97.5kg (215lbs) for 1x5 Lat pulldown - I do assisted pullups for BW-10kg, so effectively 55kg (121lbs) for 3x5 Bench press - 42.5kg (94lbs) for 5x5 OHP - 32.5kg (72lbs) for 3x5

You sound like you might be depressed if you can't get out of bed in the morning and all you want to do is sleep, especially if you have hypothyroidism. I'd talk to your GP about that and in the meanwhile try to recognise that this is an incremental process; set yourself small goals throughout the day and mentally reward…

Yeah, I'm actually a physicist and every time I see people boil the complexity of the human body and nutrition down to "physics" or "thermodynamics" another part of my soul dies. It is true that too many calories in and of itself will make you gain weight but it's pretty disingenuous even on this website to pretend that…

Depends on the custard. It's traditionally made from eggs but instant custard is pretty much sugar, corn starch, whey powder, and food colouring.

No, it's not acceptable, and it's not personal to you either — he berated you for what he saw as the actions of a whole class of people instead of tailoring his training and advice to you as an individual. Request a different training next time and put in a complaint with management.

Like, honestly. Some of the foods I used to "love" and eat all the time I don't like any more. I used to love sugary, syrupy coffees and very sugary snacks — now they just make me feel a bit sick. I still like well-made, high-quality cake and desserts but the kind of processed garbage I used to eat mindlessly has pretty…

As long as you eat reasonable portions of food it should be okay. I've never had a problem with people being annoyed with my food choices while on holiday or at parties — I feel like the anxiety people have that this will happen far, far outweighs the actual degree to which it happens. Sometimes when I'm at a restaurant…

Yeah ... 200 calories of chocolate isn't even that big a proportion of your daily goal? Even if you're cutting back as low as 1200 calories a day it's only 1/6 or 16.7%. A lot of people on this website swear by 80:20 — according to that framework you could have your 200 calories of chocolate (a Dairy Milk bar or whatever)…

It will but you might find it more difficult to stay under your goal. We're all individual; some of us have trigger foods that we crave more of and a lot of people find that "junk" isn't as filling and satisfying as less-processed food. It's a process. I personally cut way, way down on sugar and try not to eat things like…

Sometimes it's worth going for more calorie-dense (i.e. fattier) options because they'll keep you going longer. I like porridge (oatmeal) for breakfast sometimes and it's one of my lower-calorie options but I tend to get hungry a couple of hours later; if I make scrambled eggs with butter, cheese or mayonnaise it's double…

I like low carb — I like to think of it as high protein — because (a) it helps me hit my protein goals for workout days and (b) I don't get hungry and I don't crave sugar. I also find myself eating more nutrient-dense foods and particularly non-starchy vegetables.

You can change your goals and also look for less calorie-dense options (e.g. vegetables). You could also experiment with standard meals you have, like see if you're just as full having just the eggs, or a third egg instead of toast, or just one slice of toast or something like that. That's how I manage my calories.

You may be able to get abs, you may not. Nobody here can actually tell you that. But if you don't work consistently at it then you'll never know. I will say that if you currently weigh 270lbs you should probably set yourself some smaller intermediate "NSV" goals (e.g. fitting into X item of clothing or being able to run a…

I think it takes a little bit of time to get used to big body changes — losing a lot of weight is a bit like going through puberty in terms of the effect it has on your body except that for most people puberty lasts about five years whereas weight-loss happens within a few months to a year or two. It'll probably take a few…

To be honest ... I had mixed feelings about my breasts getting smaller when I lost weight. On the one hand I'd always found them cumbersome and thought they made me look bigger than I was (I had to buy tops to accommodate my breasts which hung very loose over my waist), but on the other hand they were one unequivocally…

I don't have pictures but I'm 5'4" and went from 70kg to 60kg (my original goal weight was 63kg). I have an hourglass figure so I personally look quite skinny at this weight (my waist is 24") and my goals have shifted to recomposition, so I've been hitting the gym and doing heavy lifts and don't mind putting a little bit…

If cereal is a "trigger food" then just remove it from the house. If the issue is that you're physically hungry, and you feel empty, then eat something less calorie-dense — if I'm approaching my goal for the day and I feel hungry I'll eat a large serving of vegetables, sometimes with a small piece of cheese or slice of ham…

Don't set goals in terms of wanting to lose X pounds a week or Y pounds by a specific date. You're just setting yourself up for disappointment that way. Set goals in terms of things you can directly control, like your food intake/macro split/activity level.

If she's eating 1200 calories a day I doubt she's building muscle. So, troubleshooting: - How accurate are your logs? If you're doing Slimfast (ugh) are you weighing out the recommended serving size for the shakes/whatever or "winging it" and are you weighing/measuring your other meals and snacks? Are you doing this…

The thing I always tell myself if I'm intimidated at the gym is that nobody started out at a high level of fitness. All of the men in the weight room who seemed so scary to me when I was first interested in resistance training started lifting weights small and worked their way up, the people pounding it on the treadmill or…

Straight away you can use full-fat Greek yoghurt and mayonnaise[*] instead of "low fat". A larger serving of avocado, a larger serving of olive oil ... a teaspoon of peanut butter. If you want to add calories without adding carbs, eating more fats is the easiest way to do it. [*] I feel as strongly as Monica Gellar on…

I always get the "starvation mode" message in the mobile app if I log < 1200 calories in one day, and on the website if I log < 1000 (I just want to stress that this happens rarely, due to illness, and is not something I shoot for). If you're a 27 year-old male it seems unlikely to me that your target calories should be…

Today I'm having porridge by itself. Sometimes I have it with some combination of milk, honey, cinnamon and raisins. During the summer I often ate full fat Greek yoghurt with a serving of muesli and/or nut butter, or 2-3 eggs scrambled, fried, or in an omelette. I used to skip breakfast a lot when I was younger but now…

I pay more attention to my calories weekly rather than daily for this reason and if I know I have a celebration coming up or an event where I'm likely to eat outside of my daily goals I offset it in the couple of days before and after. Have fun on the day and just be aware that if you get on the scale the next day you're…