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Make your diary public, people can help you more. That's a really low amount of calories, you could lose weight on more than that.

If you have a barbell at home, and it's safe for you to do so (meaning you have some form of spotter - human or metal), there's no reason not to get yourself lifting on a premade programme like New Rules of Lifting for Women (NROLFW). Though there's no reason to take up a lifting programme "for women".

I have a habit of emotional binge eating. I did it all through my teens, and it's a really hard habit to break. I have some days even now when I still struggle with stopping myself. Most of the time, when I feel that way & I'm able to, I get the dog rigged up and go for a long, long walk. By the time I get back, I'm…

Canned fruit in juice (important, juice - not syrup) is also really good for mixing with plain yoghurt, the juice forms its own light, thin syrup under the canning process. Again, naturally sweet, and half a can with some plain yoghurt (or quark, I eat a lot of quark...) & a few nuts is healthy, filling & balanced. I…

Chicken stir-fry. Rice noodles. Would've been tastier with egg noodles.

Pretty much every day I'll have a serving of quark (125g soft cheese, like cottage cheese/Greek yoghurt, but with more protein) a large tablespoon of peanut butter (about 25g) & a smashed up banana, mixed together & sprinkled with cinnamon for dessert. It's delicious, healthy & naturally sweet. I can't really explain what…

Unless you went radically off-piste, you haven't gained a kilo in a week. It could be down to something as simple as the time of day you weighed yourself, so don't fret about it. You're looking for a downward trend over time.

Sounds like your PT is getting you to squat up out of the starting position? That's all wrong. If your hips pass your knees, like in a squat, you've gone too far down to begin to lift. You'll probably be rounding your back, throwing your shoulders back behind your knees and not pulling the barbell up in a straight line...…

Make your diary public so we can check it out. It's easy hitting 2k calories as a vegetarian/vegan, but you may not even require 2k. How much do you weigh? how tall are you? do you work out, or does all your exercise come from non-dedicated exercise?

We're not a chat room, we're a message board so post all you need to, people will say hi & answer your questions if they can :)

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Switching from white cane sugar to wet brown sugars help assuage any cravings, and brown sugars actually have nutritive value. White sugar is nothing but calorie-laden sweetness.

You'll get much more out of a full body routine than a split - like you're using now - as a novice lifter, because it uses compound movements rather than tons of isolation ones. You'll progress so much faster and have a much better strength base to get more out of isolated movements when you're more advanced. For example,…

Your lifting is all over the place for about 6 months experience, mate. Get on a premade programme for rank beginners. The dietary route you choose will affect how well you progress on certain programmes. Something like Starting Strength you'd get the best out of on a surplus but you can run it at maintenance, just expect…

Given your size now, I'd say a recomp (eat maintenance, lift like a champ) would work well for you for the next few months. A surplus would probably be fine, too, but you'll inevitably gain some fat back as you get bigger so if you're paranoid about that there's no point in encouraging a surplus. As the previous poster…

You don't have to eat veg plain, I've learnt to like it but I still don't often eat veg plain. I usually mix my veggies into whatever I'm cooking somehow, so there's sauce on it.

Stuff some dark chocolate & nuts into bananas, dried fruit and/or marshmallows too if you want, splash with a bit of dark rum, wrap them in foil & stick them on the BBQ. Bring some cream/ice cream along for other people? (or yourself, if you want).

Your deficit is harsh, you haven't mentioned your height & weight so nobody can tell you if 1200 is appropriate. My guess is that it isn't. At a deficit you're better off eating whole food, shakes & protein bars aren't as filling as whole food and especially on such a harsh deficit you are going to be maddeningly hungry.…

I go out for lunch, if possible, to eat my own food. Even just to sit outside the building. Removes the temptation completely, and if you're not there to offer it to, nobody is going to be perpetually offended you don't want cake every day of the week.

For a complete beginner you can't go wrong with Starting Strength, or if you don't want to be squatting 3x a week (say, for example, because you're eating at a deficit) there's plenty of Crossfit-style programmes (like Justin Lascek's S&C/CFWF template) that can get you started at a more moderate pace. I always tell people…

First off, congratulations on making the decision to change. That's often the hardest step. Secondly, congratulations on losing 16lbs - that's a lot in 2 months, and don't let anyone tell you differently. 2 months shows your commitment. 2 months shows your capability. 2 months shows your self-discipline. Each and every day…

Your time at the gym is vastly dwarfed by the time spent out of it, so what you do for the majority of the day will directly influence the results from your gym time. When you hit the gym, make it efficient & targeted towards what you want to achieve (lose weight? buff up? train for a marathon?). Personally I'd hate to…

It's important to remember this is an issue with self-control, so it's something you can beat and replace with a better habit. One cookie, fine. You can have one cookie and stay on track, maybe even two. Eating a whole batch is a self-control issue and no substitution of food is going to break that habit for you. Tell…

Been doing HIIT for years and all my workouts are still less than 15 minutes (more like 12/13), minus 5 minute gentle warm up & cool down. Honestly, if you can do more than 15 minutes you aren't pushing hard enough. Your work interval should be all out 100% effort, your rest interval should be 60-70% of your peak…

I have genuinely seen the names of two doctors commenting on food issues in the two days I have been on this forum. they have been Dr. Menzies and Dr. Hyman respectively.

I have personally disregarded all calculators, and pre-defined caloric and macronutrient values in favour of using this excellent way of calculating things by Emma-Leigh of BB.com http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=156380183 I've been using the values I've gotten from that thread for almost 3 years now, and…

no, it's OK. I'm a grown man I can handle it, lol I just felt perhaps what I was saying might sound stupid, but now I see I basically gave the same advice as someone else with some added extras as for 200 calorie meals, there ain't much. 200 calories is a snack to me :laugh:

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