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I've become a bit of a polar fan boy. I've been using a polar watch and HRM for a while now but now I'm using a Polar Loop 2 to track my activity through the day. When i work out at home I stick my H7 HRM on and link it to the polar beat app on my iPad mini and select the type of workout I'm doing. When I have finished I…

30000 is a fantastic effort, just checked my tracker, it's 16:51 and I've done 16477, pretty much all from work this morning.

I would also fully endorse LiveExercise.com and Bodylastics. Band sets start of very cheap and you get a large wall chart with numerous exercises on it, you will also get a code for a free trial of liveexercise.com which has loads of exercises that you can follow along to.

I used to track sugar intake when i first started on MFP but gradually, as my eating habits changed and i wised up diet wise i dropped tracking sugar and i track more important macro's like fiber. My sugar macro was/is set to 118g now so most days i'm under it anyway....it's just super treat sunday that kills me :)

I don't, i use a stevia based granular sweetener called Truvia to sprinkle on my Weetabix, love it.

If your aim is to have sweetener free whey then simply get a high grade, unflavoured whey isolate powder, it's really that simple.

For me i like eating brown rice, broccoli and sprouts to up my fibre intake. If i need a booster then i have some powdered vitafiber that i can add to a protein shake and as a snack in the evening i'll treat myself to a portion of bowl loosening pitted prunes.

I assume you mean whey protein? you DON'T need it if you can hit your protein intake goals through whole foods/meats etc. Whey can help if you struggle to hit your protein macros day to day.

I used a TDEE calculator to work out my calorie intake level based on my exercise for the week, it also gave me a macro setting based on the info i gave (60%carb, 20%fat, 20%protein) however, i wasn't overly happy with the high carb low protein level so i changed it a smidge.…

Personally i do rely on whey to boost my protein intake as the cost per serving is far cheaper than meat, however i always try to fit in so protein from other sources as well. In fact, i've just finished a bowl of Tandoori chicken with fat free cottage cheese. 144g of chicken, 147g of cottage cheese, 275 calories, 49g…

Love Weetabix, that and porridge are a staple part of my breakfast. Normally i have 2 Weetabix in 150ml of semi skimmed milk with Truvia sweetener sprinkled on top. I like mine soggy though that's why i put that much milk in, i experimented with Almond milk but it doesn't soak in as much as milk and not had it with water…

The brands of peanut butter i buy are just that, peanuts. No added sugar, no added salt, no added palm oils and no need to refrigerate. The only, incredibly minor inconvenience is the need to stir them before use.

Literally just had a protein shake followed by some Weetabix :)

I like fish but stay away from stronger 'sea' tasting fish, i dislike cod immensely (which is considered blasphemy here in the UK) but i do like Haddock. Salmon is ok but can't eat a lot of it. My fav personally is Hake.

I don't bother with water logging, I don't drink water by the cup but by litres and I can't be arsed to convert and log something that has no impact on my diary.

Whey protein is all natural, the only processing it goes through is cold press filtering to filter out the fats and carbs, cheaper whey's (concentrates) go through less filtering leaving more fats and carbs behind and less protein per serving. Better quality whey (isolate, the best type of whey protein) goes through more…

My macros are set to 50%carbs, 20%fat, 30%protein.

Thanks for the info, up until last year I had never done any serious exercise/resistance training in my life and I'm now 45 so it's all new to me, steep learning curves. What ever it's called, I can't speak highly enough about cardio acceleration

My preference is Truvia as well, fantastic sprinkled on my morning porridge or weetabix.

Everyone has their own system, at the moment I'm doing chest and shoulders on day one, back and bi's/tri's on day two, legs and abs on day three, rest/cardio day 4 and then repeat cycle.

If your looking to include cardio on lifting days, instead of big blocks of cardio before or after your lifting, why not do some during your routine, it's called cardio acceleration. A typical example would be after you complete all your reps of a set, instead of sitting and resting before your next set you do some cardio…

I don't weight train as I don't have time to get to a gym and the cost of having free weights at home is somewhat prohibitive. Instead my preference is resistance bands, using Bodylastics bands, their door harness system and exercise routines on LiveExercise.com. In my 3rd month now and I feel much much stronger with…

18 months into my weight loss plan and hitting 45 this year has seen me loose 72lb. Started with a WW style app before discovering MFP, there have been a few stutters along the way but diligently weighing everything and plenty of cardio have got me to pretty much my ideal weight. I'm now working on shedding the last bit of…

As an example, i weigh in every Sunday morning, 10am before i take on any fluids or breakfast and after going to the toilet. Today i lost 3lb, last week i lost 5lb, the week before that i lost 1lb, the week before that i gained 1lb etc etc. I log it all, gains and losses and the trends i see with myself is that every few…

I rarely eat back all my exercise calories, although importantly i listen to my body and if it's telling me it wants food i will eat a bit more into my exercise calories. Typically i do intense cardio 5 day's a week, an hour at a time burning roughly 1000kcal (HRM) plus i also do 2/3 days of body weight resistance strength…

Unless your baking a recipe that's using US cup measurements then ignore cup measurements and use grams, it's far more exact and less stressful when working out your calorie intake.

Diet whey first thing in the morning with skimmed milk Multivitamins and fish oil capsule with my first solid meal of the morning/day A pre and intra/post workout supplement shakes (low calorie, packed with amino acids) and a Micellar Casien shake just before bed. The shakes are from Bodybuilding Warehouse here in the UK,…

The pots are 120g so the traffic light nutritional info is based on per serving i.e one pot at 120g. The other nutritional info is based on a standardised weight of 100g which in this case will show as lower amount because each pot weighs more than 100g.

The pots will already contain powdered semi-skimmed milk and obviously the flavoured stuff will be sweetened but porridge is still a healthy food to get you going in the morning. You can always buy the plain Quaker Oats porridge and add natural sweeteners like honey. I personally buy the Quaker Oats sachets, they come in…

I had very inconsistent results using mechanical dial scales so now i use the Wii Fit Board and weigh myself the same day each week at roughly the same time. It takes a bit longer to actually get to the part of weighing yourself and it can be a little patronising at times but it's very accurate and i like the fact that it…