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Brown rice protein plus bcaa's for full aminos?
Hi everyone, I'm a vegetarian and am looking for protein solutions that don't have diary, soy or pea! These are all things my dr has suggested I'm intolerant to. So brown rice protein sounds like the option. But what essential aminos will I be short of? So I can make up for this in bcaas. Thank you!
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Genetic vegan protein powder
Hi all, I have been recommended this protein powder but there are next to no reviews about it. The brand is Genetic. I want to know if anyone has tried the chocolate, vanilla or strawberry? I've never really liked phd chocolate, strawberry or vanilla so I wonder if these will be nice? Or any general thoughts. Thank you!
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Slim with cellulite - more cardio?
Hi everyone, I weight train as my main source of exercise and usually finish with cardio. Sometimes fasted cardio with weights and the end of the day. I have lost fat and am slim and don't necessarily need to lose more weight but I have cellulite! I know the answer to that is more fat loss = more cardio? Is that the…
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Confused about female weight lifting
Hi all, I've been lifting weights for the last year as my main work out and I really enjoy it. After having a bit of a fitness break I've been consistently weight training for 2 months now and have progressed well e.g. 3kg flies to 8kg flies now and I'm currently doing 15 x4 or 5 times. I tend to increase / increase the…
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The graph seems wrong!
Since the update, I can't seem to use the graph properly :-( I used to eat a slight deficit/exercise more and the graph would tell me how many calories under I am for the week (if I wanted a treat and to still lose weight I could work it into my weekly plan). However, I now find that if I don't exercise, the figure for…
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Deficit, fitness pal graph and treat day weight gain
hi all, I'm hoping you can help me to understand deficit and the nutrition graph on my fitness pal. And the impact this has on weight gain for the rest of the week following a little treat. When I eat a deficit all week and it gradually builds up, I may decide on one day to 'use' some of those calories for a treat meal. I…
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Treat/cheat day
Hi all, People talk about cheat days but I don't get it. I work hard all week controlling my carbs and calorie intake. If I allow myself to have a treat over the weekend (like nachos. I'm not gorging all day like some people do) I feel like it sets me back as when I weigh myself the following week, I'm the same weight as…
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Alternatives to butter. Baking with coconut flour
Hi all, I'm new to baking and Iv recently started baking muffins with coconut flour (for a low carb, high protein treat. I use sweetener, add flaxseed and 1 scoop protein whey). I've been trying to think of ways to cut the amount of butter in the recipe. Today I tried substituting 50% of the butter for avocado but the…
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Accurate grams of carbohydrates in avocados?!
Hi all! I'm writing this as there seems to be confusion over how many carbs are actually in avocado and I just can't seem to find the correct answer on Google! We know avocado is a low carb, high fat fruit but how many carbs exactly? If you ask google, the answer you will get is 9g carbs per 100g avocado. However, I've…
