martinh78

The only "reference" I can find for this is on CNN or Health.com, none of them actually give a reference to the study that I can see. So it's a magazine article, and a poor one at that.

Lookin at your diary, I'd try knocking 300 calories a day off your goal (before exercise). See how that works over a month. I'm 5'10", 160lbs and at 20.5% body fat now and it's TOUGH trying to get below that. I find 1600 calories a day plus exercise is more than enough for me. Of course it's all individual and trial and…

This guy does pretty well working out in the evenings and through the middle of the night (Dean Karnazes, Ultramarathon Man). I wanna be as fit as him when I'm 40!

I wear comfortable shoes and take a raincoat out when the weather demands as well :bigsmile:

Easy to extend one yourself I think, so long as you only extend the fabric at the back.

:huh: After 9pm on weekdays and weekends would be the best time for you I think

Why didn't you order something that fits? Seems like a silly amount of unecessary pressure to put on yourself. I'm all for goal setting but they have to be realistic. Hope you have a back-up plan to avoid tears on the day, like a larger outfit...

“Muscle protein breakdown occurs in the first 24 hours of starvation,” That's not the same as the first 24 hrs of fasting. Fasting is not putting your body into starvation.

Mix it with scrambled eggs.

Agreed, lots of folk just put calories in and no other information. And things like 2 tsps of carrots. Who teh hell measure carrots with a teaspoon?? I'm getting better at seeing the mistakes as I enter them now, but not always.

As you didn't give any examples I'll ask for one... What works just as well in scrambled eggs than eggs? We are the only species that produces food as well. Think about that and pop it in an argument...

As above, stop doing it for starters. Sounds like ligament damage to me. I'm not an expert though, but something for you to search google for. Also I'd be resting (avoiding any push-ups for example) until the pain has gone. Even by not hyperextending it you are still stretching the ligament "normally"

Think I would have had two days rest after the exhaustion test. Suspect tomorrow will be easier for you.

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When is it? Mine will be the same as normal whenever it is.

I'm back at it, week two completed with 12-13-10-10 then 15 (total 60). Think 100 is going to take longer than 6 weeks though!

I like that.

Good to see it's working for you and you are doing really well. It's made me realise how I need to structure a plan for the rest of my workouts. Those small steps and logging show impressive gains in teh long term. I've started again now my leg seems better. I'll begin updating again next week.

Are you making it with milk or water? Milk usually makes them taste good/water makes them taste bad in my opinion.

No, you eat normally for those five days. Normal as in a normal healthy diet, not normal as in big macs and pizzas as often as you like. I eat 1600 Cals on my feeding days as that's what I was eating before I started IF. You are right, your average intake would need to be in deficit to lose weight. I'm trying it for health…

One of the reasons I suggested peas is vitamin C. You say you ar aneamic, your body needs vitamin c to aid the absorbtion of iron.

If you want to be super efficient you could burn the same amount of calories in 3 mins if you incorporated intervals rather than doing steady state for 6 mins.

The thing that jumps out to me looking back over some of your diary (hard to know what some of the food is looking at it from the UK!) is the lack of veggies. Frozen peas are a great addition to meals, really quick and simple and always to hand. Go well with omlettes, chicken, stir fry, soups etc.

I read the question as you are doing two, two hour sessions per week. Not everyday? Anyway, this maybe useful (part of something I wrote yesterday at college): Cortisol is released naturally in the body throughout the day, but it is released in greater quantities in response to stress. It is a catabolic hormone that…

Agree with this. If you do cardio as well you may already have pretty well developed "abs" and a strong core. Running is a good example of cardio that developes a strong core, or the rower. Don't forget to work on strengthening your back as well. It's important (as with all muscle groups) to balance the agonists and…

I gotta ask, "thank you" for what, because the above statement doesn't really mke any sense. If I'd have said "15 mins isn't enough you should be dong 45" would I have got a thank you? I'm not trying to start an argument, I genuinely don't see it...

Gonna hang around and wait for a further explanation. Actually I might "plank" whilst I'm waiting...

Try moving breakfast until later in the morning, say 2 hours after you get up, or skip it all together and have an earlier lunch if that suits your day better. And please don't dismiss it until you have tried it for a couple of days, it doesn't hurt to give it a go. It might work for you.

Could also read "getting fat is for the nutritionally uneducated and the stupid... Think about it.

They are a supplement, and that's the key. They won't accelerate weight loss or muscle tone over a diet with the equivilant nutrients. What they can do is be a convenient and easy way of adding (supplementing) extra protein to your diet. Handy if you finish the gym but can't get a proper meal for a while for example.