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Are fat names stuck for life?
I guess this is more for guys as guys like to banter and joke about. When you jokingly get called names such as fat boy for example or porky by friends even after you've lost weight do these names still stick? Or does it mean you're still fat? I realise I'm probably thinking to much into it but weight loss has been my…
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How long should a diet last?
Can you diet until you get to where you want to be or should you only do it for X amount of months. I'm 5 months at the moment, Big losses and fed up but still not where I want to be.
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How would you lift metabolism after big deficit?
I was on 1500 cals per day for this past 5 months. I know as soon as I attempt to eat 2000 cals per day that is going straight to fat as my metabolism has dropped. I know it has as even though I'm eating 1500 cals per day the weight loss is slowing down big time to 1lb per week, I reckon about 1600 cals per day would be…
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Skinny fat more cutting or hit the gym?
So today we had the first spell of summer so I decided to put a T-Shirt on and it wasn't pretty. I've lost the best part of 20kg / 44lbs, I am 5'11 and 190lbs. The problem is I look skinny, under weight in some areas but have fat stuck in others like my belly. As well as dropping fat I seem to have lost quite a bit of…
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Can't get out of bed to exercise?
This is something I have never been able to do in many years of trying. I do weight training in the evening no problem but thought cardio in the morning would also be helpful, problem is I can't get out of bed. 9 times out of 10 I wake before the alarm goes off so its not that I am asleep its a motivation issue. Last night…
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Gained fat or water fluctuations?
On Friday morning I weighed 87.2kg. I let my hair down a bit at the weekend and had some beers Saturday and a take away last night. Now although I was over my allowance of 1500 kcals I wasn't over maintenance which is around 2000, I weighed myself this morning. 88.9kg. I am hoping its water fluctuation if not it'll…
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Calories and Macros for building muscle?
I'm coming of my diet at the end of April and will have lost 40+lbs at that stage. I have been lifting with my diet since January but obviously being in a deficit of 1500 cals per day I have built very little muscle, the next stage is to up the cals and build muscle but how do I do this without gaining fat? And what about…
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No happier after weight loss?
I've been over weight all my life. It really kills self esteem getting all the smart comments and insults especially as a child. This year I said enough is enough and managed to stick to a diet losing 35lbs so far which puts me in the correct BMI for my height and weight, so technically no longer fat or over weight. I…
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Do you have a rest week?
I hear of some folk doing this, say having a week off from exercise every 8 weeks or so. I usually work out 6 days per week with weights, I've noticed a few pains and could probably do with a rest but find it hard to do nothing.
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Weight loss per day?
I recently bought myself a set of fancy digital scales, and I guess with the novelty of getting these I have been weighing myself every morning rather than once per week, now I have noticed I have been stuck at 90.6kg exactly for the past 3 mornings even though I am limiting to 1500 cals per day which I found odd. The…
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Why are my measurements not changing?
I've been measuring every other week since Jan, lost 30lbs and yet my measurements are more or less the same. The scales are moving but the measurements aren't shifting. Why would this be? My measurements are things like, waist, chest, thighs, arms, neck, shoulders etc.
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My weight loss seems very slow?
I started this end of December start of Jan and compared to others its been slow, very slow. I never had any of the newbie weightloss benefits. I know of some who have lost double of what I have at this stage and without the 1500 cal restriction I have. There is no way I am over eating as I weigh and count all solids going…
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I've not built any muscle, should this be expected?
OK I am restricting to 1500 cals per day for weight loss, I've been lifting since Jan, 6 days per week usually following a beginner program which takes 3 days per week, I added strong lifts about 2 months ago for the other 3 days. My arms etc have gotten smaller due to my dieting, my legs look more defined but I really…
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Shifting fat from stomach?
I've been on my diet since Jan, I've lost almost 30lbs but so far the weight is coming of everywhere bar where I want it off and thats my stomach. I have a beer belly, not overly bad but it annoys me, I've been doing weights 5-6 days per week now and with the fat shifting my arms and legs have never looked better, they…
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Can you build strength while cutting?
I kind of went about this the wrong way. I started lifting at the same time I started dieting in December. My strength seems to be stuck now. I'm limiting to 1500 cals per day and the pounds are falling off but my lifting is suffering. I'm not sure what to do because as I said my strength is stuck but I've still more…
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How much weight loss before people start noticing?
Curious about this, how much weight did you loss before people started noticing? I've lost 17/18lbs 9kg since New Years so far all thats noticed is my mother and well mothers always notice that anyway so we can disregard her. If I'm honest I haven't really noticed myself either, looking in the mirror I see no change, no…
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Getting out of bed to exercise?
This is something that has annoyed me for years, I want to be able to get up in the morning before work and exercise but I can't get out of bed. Don't get me wrong I am a morning person, I am up before 6am each morning even on weekends but when I wake in the morning all desires for exercise are gone, I have no interest in…
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Whats the process of building muscle / size?
For this past 2 months I have been cutting and lifting, OK there are some results my measurements are going down, I dropped down to 1500 cals per day but I have found eating this low impacts strength, I mean I haven't been able to make any big gains in lifting, 60KG is my 1RM on bench press, On shoulder press its only…
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My weightloss has stalled?
I am eating around 1500 cals per day but its stuck around 97kg from 104kg in December. I am counting and weighing everything accurately but the weight isn't going down. I am doing weights 5-6 days per week and my measurements are dropping and people are commenting on my weight. So in short scales are stuck but body…
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Weekends are a struggle?
I've been on my weightless journey since December and each weekend I have messed up. Last night I had 4 Coors light, today I had a plate of french fries. OK not a major mess up but it happens every weekend. Any advice?
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Is there such a thing as a menu builder?
I'm not very clued up on what foods contain what, so I am after something that can build menus for me. Say I wanted foods containing high amounts of protein in this list, carbs in this list, fats in this list etc etc. Put all together and you have your dinner, Does such an invention exits? To be honest getting rather bored…
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2 months in and damn all happening?
I need some advice here on where I am going wrong. I took up weight lifting and posted this on a bodybuilding board and the general consensus was that A either i am not weighing food correctly or B the cals on MFP are wrong. I don't know what you can see from my profile on here but basically I started on 28th December 2015…
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Binge eating at nights?
I dare say this has been the main cause of my weight problems. I do well all day then at night when I get sat down of the sofa I binge on junk, Reese Pieces being the main vice :( I'm not even hungry I just eat for the sake of eating, chocolate, crisps/potato chips, biscuits, you name it I am stuck in it at nights. Its…
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Scared of others looking at me when exercising?
I have really low self esteem and social anxiety, Its this really that puts me off exercising, I do go out on my bike once or twice a week but only with my son, I am scared of others looking at me, I am a bit chubby but nothing major, I'd love to be able to go out walking or running but can't get over this fear, anyone…
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Berocca and the likes?
I've been taking Berocca daily since last winter and have to say it has helped in as much as I've not had a cold since, but I am wondering if its all in my mind whether or not they are actually doing any good, They say they make you more alert etc but I certainly have never noticed it and that they give you all your…
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Struggling with motivation?
Need a bit of help here as I am doing the same thing over and over and getting no where fast. I'm 33 and am 5'11, 210lbs so am classed as over weight. I was always chubby even as a child, the only thing that made me loss weight was illegal drugs mainly Ecstasy which I dabbled in during my late teens early 20's, Prior to…
