RoanneRed Member

I'm sure you've seen some significant changes with 66lbs lost - what about spending a few weeks maintaining and adapting to your new body before making another effort to lose?

Sear them and toss through a salad while warm - preferably a Caesar Salad!

Know someone else who's currently reading this, think my mother might be getting it for Xmas.

Body fat scales are least accurate in the morning as you are dehydrated, leading to a high reading - similarly straight after strenuous exercise and the instructions on mine also said to wait a couple of hours after eating. Apparently, mid-afternoon would be most accurate. However, if you use them consistently at the same…

Always difficult - I recently had to raise the topic with one of my gym members as it was affecting the workouts of others (hard to breathe properly while working out if the air stinks) and it's a small gym in a country town. Unfortunately, I've gone as far as I can - if it doesn't improve I can't really start questioning…

Try to be conscious of what reasons might have been behind your excess weight - eg. for some people the excess weight is a physical manifestation of an emotional need to keep others at a distance. If there are emotional reasons behind your weight then you may regain if you don't come to terms with them.

Haven't found any noticeable effect for myself but only have a few kilos to lose - may be more effective for people with more weight/fat to lose.

When it's only an occasional day it may actually help - consider it a carb-loading/re-feed day. The variety might help prevent your body considering 'starvation mode'.

Theoretically, one would imagine yes but, would you be healthy?!? There's also a saying that you can't out-train a bad diet!

At 30 minutes a session, I suspect impact on your knees and shin splints would be the biggest problems - if you start feeling pain then cut back.

Maybe they don't perceive their own weight/size accurately and compare you to themselves.

You should have the appropriate activity level set in your profile, moderately active by the sounds of things, and this will then be reflected in your calorie goals.

Sometimes that's the only response!

My problem's not the eating when I'm hungry but the eating when I'm not hungry, so there'd be no point for me. At least it's not just using caffeine to suppress your appetite.

BADLY!

I've had something similar in the past when I've decided that I can ease up as I'm happy with the weight I'm at but then the last couple of kilos drops off over a few weeks without me really trying - my sense is that there's a 'tipping point' in terms of muscle mass and metabolic rate so even though I've dropped 1 workout…

My only suggestion is to try and develop a routine. When I was last out of work I made sure I got up, put on 'round the house/garden' clothes so I wouldn't struggle to get out of my pj's in winter, read a magazine or do a crossword while eating breakfast then move on to studying for a course I was doing. Morning tea a…

Which reminds me it's about time I stopped procrastinating by staring at this computer screen :tongue:

I haven't researched this previously but my understanding is that you are taking the protein shake (presumably low carbohydrate) to help your body make the adaptations that you've asked of it through resistance training so should perhaps be consuming it within 30-60 minutes of finishing your workout. Protein will take time…

Bioelectrical impedence as used by the monitoring scales can vary according to many different factors but, as long as you use them at the same time of day (eg. first thing in the morning, after the toilet, before eating), they will give you a consistent reading to show progress. Due to varying hydration, they will…

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I'm thinking a physio would be worth the effort/money to work out exactly what the problem is and, if appropriate, they will probably give you exercises to correct it.

I have read that after 45-60 minutes of intense exercise your body has to start breaking down muscle, which would generally be counterproductive. I'll give you pat on the back for losing 24lbs but changing to follow the trainer's advice could help make sure you don't plateau. I'd definitely be taking advantage of any free…

Besides, you're on here because there's something you don't like about yourself and you're putting in the work to change it - just remind yourself of that occasionally.

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Think I read somewhere that the body holds around 2,000 Calories of glycogen stores and 6,000 Calories of fat but this will obviously be a big generalisation.

Yep, done that.

Sounds okay to me, especially if you're not working the same muscles hard day after day.

More protein and I would suggest you try and get a lot more calories at breakfast.

The green tea I'm currently drinking does make me feel a bit quesy some days but haven't experienced it previously so it might just be the particular brand.