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Calorie Counting as a chef?
I work as cook full time and I'm currently trying to lose weight. However, part of my job requires me to taste everything I make in order to make sure it's good, etc. How would I add this in? Its kinda like a lot of small tasters throughout the day but it obviously builds up. Any advice?
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advice on lowering sodium intake?
I've been noticing in my logs lately that even though I'm under my caloric goal overall I'm still going over in both fat and sodium. The fat isn't too bad but still need to watch, however with the sodium it will go over the top a lot of times. Mostly when I eat out, but still.. any advice on how to lower it?
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How many Calories should I eat?
I'm a 21 year old male who is about 183cm tall and weights about 106kg, my goal weight is eventually to hit 75kg but for now I want to reach below 100kg. I work as a line cook five times a week and also study I am on my feet a decent amount of time moving around but apart from that I don't really do any exercise. Any…
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Healthy substitutes for favourite foods?
So I've been trying to eat healthier recently and one of the biggest problems I've had is battling craving e.g burgers, sweet tooth, pasta etc. I've started subbing eggs, for egg whites and burgers for turkey burgers with whole wheat bread. For pasta I've subbed whole grain pasta but if any of you had any other suggestions…
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Is a Personal Trainer worth it?
So, I'm going to start working this week (just signed up for a membership at the gym) and haven't worked out in over a year or more. My end goal is to lose 60 pounds. I know a bit of what I'm doing but have been considering a personal trainer. At this gym I can get three sessions for $140 that last about an hour each. I'm…
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How to lose weight properly
So I took a four month break from trying to lose weight but I want to get back into it. I'm 20 5 foot 8 and weigh about 240 pounds. My Goal is to get down to 200 by lets say November. I'm currently working full time as a dishwasher so I have a very active job right now constantly moving around for about eight hours a day…
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how much weight lifting should I be doing?
Hi, so I've been doing cardio for a bit now and have actually lost 5 kg in the last 2 months. Now that's nowhere near my weight loss goals but I want to start introducing weight lifting to boost my metabolism and hopefully start building some muscle. Right now I'm doing 30-45 minutes of cardio and 15 minutes of weight…
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Weight loss goals? Achievable?
Hey, so I weigh about 253 pounds and want to get to about 215 by Summer ideally July. I'm 178cm tall and this is my plan I'm eating 1800 calories a day down from the 2200 I'm suppose to be eating and I'm also swimming for 30 minutes a day four times a week and hopefully increasing that time once I get better.
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Am I doing something wrong?
So I'm a male 19 and weight 253 pounds and I'm about 180 cm tall. I've been following myfitnesspal for the last 3 months or so and have only lost 1kg. I'm sticking to around 1870 calories a day rather than the 2400 I was eating. I don't like exercising and maybe that's it but idk. I want to loose another 6-10 kg by June if…
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Thoughts on swimming to lose weight?
So I'm 19 and weigh about 115kg and my ideal weight would be 80kg eventually maybe 75kg . Now I'm not looking to rush this I can take my time and do it properly. I signed up for a YMCA membership and much prefer swimming then going to the gym so I wanted to know how effective that was in terms of weight loss? I plan to do…
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Weight loss goals advice? reasonable or not?
Hi, so I'm 19 and about 183cm tall and weigh 109 kg, I started at 115 in November and have been going through my weight loss journey if you will and still have a long way to go. I recently started working out instead of just dieting and was wondering how much that would help my process? My goal is to hopefully get to 100kg…
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How much does working out actually help?
So I weigh about 109-108kg and started at 115kg about 3 months ago. So I've lost about 6-7kg now out of pure dieting and not really doing much exercise at all but my question is if I start going to the gym lets say 3 times a week how fast will that speed up my process? My Aim is to lose about another 28 kilos or so and…
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exercising advice? Help
So I weigh about 109-108kg and started at 115kg about 3 months ago. So I've lost about 6-7kg now out of pure dieting and not really doing much exercise at all but my question is if I start going to the gym lets say 3 times a week how fast will that speed up my process? My Aim is to lose about another 28 kilos or so and…
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Introducing myself and goals and looking for friends
Hey everyone, So my name is David I'm 19 and studying in University. I started in November here but the people I added seemed to stop and aren't logging on frequently. I started at 115kg and currently at 109kg. Not much but still progress, my ultimate goal is to eventually hit 80. I don't believe in diets but I believe in…
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How long will it take to lose 60 pounds?
I'm a 19 year Male that currently ways 240 pounds and I'm 5'10 my goal is to get to 180 eventually and maybe lower in the future. I'm doing this on my own and want to know how long it will take me to lose this weight in a healthy way? I've been watching my calories and doing nothing else and this month that I've started…
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Watching my calories? Help! (feel like its not working)
Even though I'm staying under/on my calorie goal I feel like this is not working because I'm not eating as healthy as I could be/ excising enough. Thoughts?
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Good Home work outs?
So I'm 19 and weigh 115kg and I'm about 178cm tall. I'm still not really confident enough for the gym but would like some advice on good home workouts? bought a jump rope and have been doing that but want to switch it around too. Anyone have advice on good home workouts? looking for cardio mostly.
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how to fight cravings?
So I just started watching what I eat and have been "trying' to eat a lot healthier but how do people fight those cravings I mean I can't really help it. I'm surrounded by people who literally do nothing all day and eat a whole pizza like twice a day every day and they gain no weight. I mean what can I do? There so many…
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what should my ideal weight be? what do you think?
hey so I'm 19 and weigh 115kg which is currently obese, I think if i get down to 80 I should be perfect but I want to know what other people think. I'm 178cm tall, I want to be skinny but not incredibly skinny. advice?
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are these realistic targets?
So I currently weigh 115kg and my aim is to weigh 95 kg by the end of may starting now, I've lost 2kg so far and I started 3 weeks ago. I'm 19 and am 178cm tall. All my meals are prepared for me so Its hard to control what I eat but I can still go for the healthier options e.g whole wheat bread cutting cheese and dessert…
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Need Help with my weight loss goals?
So I'm 19 about 183cm tall and weigh about 115kg, I was recently told my weight loss goals were very hard to obtain so I want help in adjusting them. Here were my original goals, to get down to about 95kg by May and hopefully by September to get down to 80kg. If there are weight loss goals you recommend then please help me…
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Healthy Snacks for a teenager?
So i'm 19 and on my weight loss Journey.. Well.. I basically just started a week ago. Anyways I've started to eat dinner a lot earlier and have a strict no carbs past 7pm rule. But the problem is by like 9-10ish I get hungry again. Any healthy snacks that you guys can suggest. I've started buying some raw baby carrots,…
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Introducing myself and my goals
My name is David and I'm 19 years old, Currently a college student and weight about 115kg. Needless to say, something has to be done. I had my moment about a week ago when I Just woke up and realized I don't want to live like this anymore, these should be the best years of my life and I'm currently depressed because of my…
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Losing Weight In University? Help
So my goal is to lose about 45 pounds by April/May and I'm currently a University student. the reason this is difficult for me is because all my meals are already cooked for me (not cafeteria style but we have a chef) still not exactly healthy. I'm trying to make the adjustments I can e.g eating less Carbs, eating more…
