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I was listening to a Jillian Michaels podcast where she talks about people trying to lose "vanity pounds", ie your body isn't overweight and therefor wanting to lose weight. She talked about how it's a totally different ballgame to someone who is trying to lose 50 or 100 pounds, because your body is healthy at the weight…

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Wow, such great and intelligent advice on here! I was trying to lose about 5-10kg last year to attend a wedding, a did so by eating 1200cals, alternating running with weights and didn't eat back my exercise calories because I thought it was all about creating the biggest calorie deficit possible. The first few weeks I saw…

Tuna- Low cal, low carb,high protein and cheap! Can't go wrong!

I don't eat mine. Firstly, because i think it's more common to underestimate calories and proportions than to overestimate and also because I don't believe I burn as many exercise calories as mfp tells me. When I quizzed my trainer (who's got 20yr training experience) whether not eating my exercise calories will send me in…

No, so long as your under your calorie goal. Conversely, you can eat healthy food and if you're over your BMR calories and not exercising (ie in calorie surplus) then you will gain weight. It's good to shock your body with food you wouldn't normally eat too. Eating the same food everyday even if it's super healthy can…

Hi Ladies, I've never joined a challenge before but super keen. Can i still join and what do i do?

I'm on a 1200 cal goal and I feel the same way! Especially about getting sick of the tuna salad lunches quickly..I really like nestle diet chocolate mousse (69 cals) and special k chocolate bars (<100cals) when I'm having chocolate cravings. I'm trying to eat mostly just steamed vegetables or soup at night so that I can…