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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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I'm always on the move with my job and i eat wherever I stop.
I try to eat in salad bars but I don't see many of them and I can't seem to get away from takeaways.
I do a lot of walking with my job but it doesn't seem to help me lose weight. The last time I weighed I was over 17stone.
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Travel a lot with the business. We find speaking to the staff at restaurants and hotels helps a lot. As you pointed out a restaurant meal is great on the weekend, but every night not so much fun. If you speak to people they will generally put together something off menu and more normal. Grilled chicken, a nice salad, the chef usually likes putting together something different and you enjoy some normal food. |
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Keep a food diary for a month and be brutally honest, record every biscuit, every sugar in tea and coffee etc.
Most people are in denial about how many calories they consume.
That should give you a good idea of how much you're really eating.
If you're exercising and not losing weight then you're eating too much, plain and simple.
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Keep a food diary for a month and be brutally honest, record every biscuit, every sugar in tea and coffee etc.
Most people are in denial about how many calories they consume.
That should give you a good idea of how much you're really eating.
If you're exercising and not losing weight then you're eating too much, plain and simple.
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Eating to much or eating the wrong food |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Protein and fat. No carbs at all. And intermittent fasting.
For me the first meal of the day is lunch around 1:30 pm and is just chicken and cheese.
There had to be one..  "
Call me thick but I don't get it |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Keep a food diary for a month and be brutally honest, record every biscuit, every sugar in tea and coffee etc.
Most people are in denial about how many calories they consume.
That should give you a good idea of how much you're really eating.
If you're exercising and not losing weight then you're eating too much, plain and simple.
Eating to much or eating the wrong food"
If you're not losing weight it's down to too much food, not the wrong type of food. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I'm always on the move with my job and i eat wherever I stop.
I try to eat in salad bars but I don't see many of them and I can't seem to get away from takeaways.
I do a lot of walking with my job but it doesn't seem to help me lose weight. The last time I weighed I was over 17stone.
What should eat? "
Meat, fruit, veg, salad, nuts, and drink plenty of water.
Every time you want bad food give yourself 5 minutes to decide if it's really worth it and to remind yourself of why you are losing weight. |
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By *SAchickWoman
over a year ago
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"Protein and fat. No carbs at all. And intermittent fasting.
For me the first meal of the day is lunch around 1:30 pm and is just chicken and cheese.
There had to be one..
Call me thick but I don't get it "
Me either |
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"Protein and fat. No carbs at all. And intermittent fasting.
For me the first meal of the day is lunch around 1:30 pm and is just chicken and cheese.
There had to be one..
Call me thick but I don't get it "
Not you, the other guy that doesn’t eat breakfast or fruit or vegetables..  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Keep a food diary for a month and be brutally honest, record every biscuit, every sugar in tea and coffee etc.
Most people are in denial about how many calories they consume.
That should give you a good idea of how much you're really eating.
If you're exercising and not losing weight then you're eating too much, plain and simple.
Eating to much or eating the wrong food
If you're not losing weight it's down to too much food, not the wrong type of food."
It's like this..
I wake up early in the morning and have a coffee or energy drink and some type of microwave snack then off I go to work.
Next il have a salad box or chips and peas etc, or whatever.
Then before I come home or when I'm home il have another meal.
Doesn't seem like a lot but and. Never eat in between or late at night. I weight always remains around the same though. |
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"Keep a food diary for a month and be brutally honest, record every biscuit, every sugar in tea and coffee etc.
Most people are in denial about how many calories they consume.
That should give you a good idea of how much you're really eating.
If you're exercising and not losing weight then you're eating too much, plain and simple.
Eating to much or eating the wrong food
If you're not losing weight it's down to too much food, not the wrong type of food.
It's like this..
I wake up early in the morning and have a coffee or energy drink and some type of microwave snack then off I go to work.
Next il have a salad box or chips and peas etc, or whatever.
Then before I come home or when I'm home il have another meal.
Doesn't seem like a lot but and. Never eat in between or late at night. I weight always remains around the same though. "
I reckon there has to be more to it, maybe the weekend you overindulge? Are you a big drinker? Maybe you’re snacking more than you think? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Keep a food diary for a month and be brutally honest, record every biscuit, every sugar in tea and coffee etc.
Most people are in denial about how many calories they consume.
That should give you a good idea of how much you're really eating.
If you're exercising and not losing weight then you're eating too much, plain and simple.
Eating to much or eating the wrong food
If you're not losing weight it's down to too much food, not the wrong type of food.
It's like this..
I wake up early in the morning and have a coffee or energy drink and some type of microwave snack then off I go to work.
Next il have a salad box or chips and peas etc, or whatever.
Then before I come home or when I'm home il have another meal.
Doesn't seem like a lot but and. Never eat in between or late at night. I weight always remains around the same though. "
You're eating too many calories end of. If you're overweight it's that simple.
Again, as I said above I suspect you're in denial, I'm not trying to be a twat here, I see it all the time. People want to blame something else before they'll admit it and realise they're eating too much. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Keep a food diary for a month and be brutally honest, record every biscuit, every sugar in tea and coffee etc.
Most people are in denial about how many calories they consume.
That should give you a good idea of how much you're really eating.
If you're exercising and not losing weight then you're eating too much, plain and simple.
Eating to much or eating the wrong food
If you're not losing weight it's down to too much food, not the wrong type of food.
It's like this..
I wake up early in the morning and have a coffee or energy drink and some type of microwave snack then off I go to work.
Next il have a salad box or chips and peas etc, or whatever.
Then before I come home or when I'm home il have another meal.
Doesn't seem like a lot but and. Never eat in between or late at night. I weight always remains around the same though.
I reckon there has to be more to it, maybe the weekend you overindulge? Are you a big drinker? Maybe you’re snacking more than you think? "
I used to but now I only drink weekends. I don't snack. |
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By *i1971Man
over a year ago
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I found that keeping well hydrated helps control any hunger pangs. If you want a shock, do the food diary as well for a week or two and be brutally honest with yourself.
For me, I needed to cut sweets out (usually had a bag in the car  ) and cut down on fatty foods. I also cut down on bread & cake.
I've had no problem in asking for something like plain chicken with some veg or salad and potatoes, or other meats - but if there's any fat on it, it gets cut off. I've even found a fish & chip shop that did poached fish rather than battered with potatoes & veg / salad.
That works for me, may not work for everyone. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Keep a food diary for a month and be brutally honest, record every biscuit, every sugar in tea and coffee etc.
Most people are in denial about how many calories they consume.
That should give you a good idea of how much you're really eating.
If you're exercising and not losing weight then you're eating too much, plain and simple.
Eating to much or eating the wrong food
If you're not losing weight it's down to too much food, not the wrong type of food.
It's like this..
I wake up early in the morning and have a coffee or energy drink and some type of microwave snack then off I go to work.
Next il have a salad box or chips and peas etc, or whatever.
Then before I come home or when I'm home il have another meal.
Doesn't seem like a lot but and. Never eat in between or late at night. I weight always remains around the same though.
You're eating too many calories end of. If you're overweight it's that simple.
Again, as I said above I suspect you're in denial, I'm not trying to be a twat here, I see it all the time. People want to blame something else before they'll admit it and realise they're eating too much."
What should I eat? |
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"Keep a food diary for a month and be brutally honest, record every biscuit, every sugar in tea and coffee etc.
Most people are in denial about how many calories they consume.
That should give you a good idea of how much you're really eating.
If you're exercising and not losing weight then you're eating too much, plain and simple.
Eating to much or eating the wrong food"
Too much but you're more likely to eat too many calories with some foods than others. It's technically possible to lose weight eating nothing but McDonald's food but you'd have to eat very little and you'd be hungry a lot. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"I found that keeping well hydrated helps control any hunger pangs. If you want a shock, do the food diary as well for a week or two and be brutally honest with yourself.
For me, I needed to cut sweets out (usually had a bag in the car ) and cut down on fatty foods. I also cut down on bread & cake.
I've had no problem in asking for something like plain chicken with some veg or salad and potatoes, or other meats - but if there's any fat on it, it gets cut off. I've even found a fish & chip shop that did poached fish rather than battered with potatoes & veg / salad.
That works for me, may not work for everyone. "
Sounds nice.
I love the taste of pasta and rice boxes.. Which I think is okay? However I rarely come across salad bars when I'm on the move. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Keep a food diary for a month and be brutally honest, record every biscuit, every sugar in tea and coffee etc.
Most people are in denial about how many calories they consume.
That should give you a good idea of how much you're really eating.
If you're exercising and not losing weight then you're eating too much, plain and simple.
Eating to much or eating the wrong food
If you're not losing weight it's down to too much food, not the wrong type of food.
It's like this..
I wake up early in the morning and have a coffee or energy drink and some type of microwave snack then off I go to work.
Next il have a salad box or chips and peas etc, or whatever.
Then before I come home or when I'm home il have another meal.
Doesn't seem like a lot but and. Never eat in between or late at night. I weight always remains around the same though.
You're eating too many calories end of. If you're overweight it's that simple.
Again, as I said above I suspect you're in denial, I'm not trying to be a twat here, I see it all the time. People want to blame something else before they'll admit it and realise they're eating too much.
What should I eat? "
I'll repeat the below again
Keep a food diary for a month and be brutally honest, record every biscuit, every sugar in tea and coffee etc.
If you're not willing to be honest with yourself it won't work.
If you needed say 2500 calories a day you could get all that from healthy food or all from McDonald's. You're weight would be broadly the same either way, but you'll feel like shit on McDonald's and health markers will be very poor. Body composition would be a little different too.
Its not what you eat, it's how much.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Follow James smith academy mate it’s shit hot!
Basically calorie counting.
If your out a lot meal prepping is a good way to eat well!
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James Smith provides great advice, one of the best online PTs and sources of info.
Straight talking, no bullshit. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Keep a food diary for a month and be brutally honest, record every biscuit, every sugar in tea and coffee etc.
Most people are in denial about how many calories they consume.
That should give you a good idea of how much you're really eating.
If you're exercising and not losing weight then you're eating too much, plain and simple.
Eating to much or eating the wrong food
If you're not losing weight it's down to too much food, not the wrong type of food.
It's like this..
I wake up early in the morning and have a coffee or energy drink and some type of microwave snack then off I go to work.
Next il have a salad box or chips and peas etc, or whatever.
Then before I come home or when I'm home il have another meal.
Doesn't seem like a lot but and. Never eat in between or late at night. I weight always remains around the same though.
You're eating too many calories end of. If you're overweight it's that simple.
Again, as I said above I suspect you're in denial, I'm not trying to be a twat here, I see it all the time. People want to blame something else before they'll admit it and realise they're eating too much.
What should I eat?
I'll repeat the below again
Keep a food diary for a month and be brutally honest, record every biscuit, every sugar in tea and coffee etc.
If you're not willing to be honest with yourself it won't work.
If you needed say 2500 calories a day you could get all that from healthy food or all from McDonald's. You're weight would be broadly the same either way, but you'll feel like shit on McDonald's and health markers will be very poor. Body composition would be a little different too.
Its not what you eat, it's how much.
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Is there a diet you can recommend? |
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"Keep a food diary for a month and be brutally honest, record every biscuit, every sugar in tea and coffee etc.
Most people are in denial about how many calories they consume.
That should give you a good idea of how much you're really eating.
If you're exercising and not losing weight then you're eating too much, plain and simple.
Eating to much or eating the wrong food
If you're not losing weight it's down to too much food, not the wrong type of food.
It's like this..
I wake up early in the morning and have a coffee or energy drink and some type of microwave snack then off I go to work.
Next il have a salad box or chips and peas etc, or whatever.
Then before I come home or when I'm home il have another meal.
Doesn't seem like a lot but and. Never eat in between or late at night. I weight always remains around the same though. "
Is that a full sugar energy drink as there's usually at least 100 calories in them. What do you mean by microwave snack?
If you mean chips and peas from the chip shop that's about 800 calories. By comparison I have about 400-500 for my lunch.
What do you have for your dinner? My partner seems to make enormous dinners that are mostly carbs and they're often about 1000 calories, sometimes even more. He's very active and doesn't eat much the rest of the day so is still slim, it's not very healthy though.
Do you have sugar in your coffees? |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Keep a food diary for a month and be brutally honest, record every biscuit, every sugar in tea and coffee etc.
Most people are in denial about how many calories they consume.
That should give you a good idea of how much you're really eating.
If you're exercising and not losing weight then you're eating too much, plain and simple.
Eating to much or eating the wrong food
If you're not losing weight it's down to too much food, not the wrong type of food.
It's like this..
I wake up early in the morning and have a coffee or energy drink and some type of microwave snack then off I go to work.
Next il have a salad box or chips and peas etc, or whatever.
Then before I come home or when I'm home il have another meal.
Doesn't seem like a lot but and. Never eat in between or late at night. I weight always remains around the same though.
Is that a full sugar energy drink as there's usually at least 100 calories in them. What do you mean by microwave snack?
If you mean chips and peas from the chip shop that's about 800 calories. By comparison I have about 400-500 for my lunch.
What do you have for your dinner? My partner seems to make enormous dinners that are mostly carbs and they're often about 1000 calories, sometimes even more. He's very active and doesn't eat much the rest of the day so is still slim, it's not very healthy though.
Do you have sugar in your coffees?"
Yes a full sugar energy drink to get me going. Microwave snack? I mean a burger or hotdog, sometimes a pasty.
For dinner I have pasta, rice or burger and chips. Whatever I come across. Yes I have sugar in my coffee. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Keep a food diary for a month and be brutally honest, record every biscuit, every sugar in tea and coffee etc.
Most people are in denial about how many calories they consume.
That should give you a good idea of how much you're really eating.
If you're exercising and not losing weight then you're eating too much, plain and simple.
Eating to much or eating the wrong food
If you're not losing weight it's down to too much food, not the wrong type of food.
It's like this..
I wake up early in the morning and have a coffee or energy drink and some type of microwave snack then off I go to work.
Next il have a salad box or chips and peas etc, or whatever.
Then before I come home or when I'm home il have another meal.
Doesn't seem like a lot but and. Never eat in between or late at night. I weight always remains around the same though.
You're eating too many calories end of. If you're overweight it's that simple.
Again, as I said above I suspect you're in denial, I'm not trying to be a twat here, I see it all the time. People want to blame something else before they'll admit it and realise they're eating too much.
What should I eat?
I'll repeat the below again
Keep a food diary for a month and be brutally honest, record every biscuit, every sugar in tea and coffee etc.
If you're not willing to be honest with yourself it won't work.
If you needed say 2500 calories a day you could get all that from healthy food or all from McDonald's. You're weight would be broadly the same either way, but you'll feel like shit on McDonald's and health markers will be very poor. Body composition would be a little different too.
Its not what you eat, it's how much.
Is there a diet you can recommend? "
You don't need a diet, a diet is temporary. You need a lifestyle change.
Plenty of fruit and veg, lean meat and fish, good fats from avocado, oily fish etc, carbs from whole grains.
Oats with milk for breakfast or scrambled eggs with Bergen bread.
Quinoa/wholegrain pasta/Brown rice with chicken and avocado for lunch
Dinner as above for lunch but with fish/turkey/lean mince, veg broccoli
Snack on fruit 3 pieces a day
If you need a snack then plain popcorn is good, cooked yourself.
Loads of other options to the above
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By *phroditeWoman
over a year ago
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"I'm always on the move with my job and i eat wherever I stop.
I try to eat in salad bars but I don't see many of them and I can't seem to get away from takeaways.
I do a lot of walking with my job but it doesn't seem to help me lose weight. The last time I weighed I was over 17stone.
What should eat? "
Google Huel - (Human Fuel) - they do ready made drinks which contain all macros and micro nutrients etc you need. I find them great when Iam on the go as they do not need refrigeration. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Download my fitness pal for keeping track of food. You can scan barcodes or enter things manually.
If you can prep things in advance as much as possible, I found it really difficult to get 2700 calories in per day, with around 160g of protein when eating the good stuff and not pre made shit.
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"Keep a food diary for a month and be brutally honest, record every biscuit, every sugar in tea and coffee etc.
Most people are in denial about how many calories they consume.
That should give you a good idea of how much you're really eating.
If you're exercising and not losing weight then you're eating too much, plain and simple.
Eating to much or eating the wrong food
If you're not losing weight it's down to too much food, not the wrong type of food.
It's like this..
I wake up early in the morning and have a coffee or energy drink and some type of microwave snack then off I go to work.
Next il have a salad box or chips and peas etc, or whatever.
Then before I come home or when I'm home il have another meal.
Doesn't seem like a lot but and. Never eat in between or late at night. I weight always remains around the same though.
Is that a full sugar energy drink as there's usually at least 100 calories in them. What do you mean by microwave snack?
If you mean chips and peas from the chip shop that's about 800 calories. By comparison I have about 400-500 for my lunch.
What do you have for your dinner? My partner seems to make enormous dinners that are mostly carbs and they're often about 1000 calories, sometimes even more. He's very active and doesn't eat much the rest of the day so is still slim, it's not very healthy though.
Do you have sugar in your coffees?
Yes a full sugar energy drink to get me going. Microwave snack? I mean a burger or hotdog, sometimes a pasty.
For dinner I have pasta, rice or burger and chips. Whatever I come across. Yes I have sugar in my coffee. "
I'd try to stick to the coffee rather than energy drinks if you can and while it's not ideal, either sweetener instead of sugar if you can't live without it or you'll have to reduce your calories even more to allow for it. If you're having two sugars a few times a day you're adding hundreds of calories. Same with soft drinks if you drink them.
They're not great breakfast options. Could you switch to microwave porridge sachets instead? My partner even buys pots from home bargains he just adds water too so he can take them to work.
It would help to add a lot more veg to your dinners. They will fill you up and are much lower calorie. You'll also feel better for it. |
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"Download my fitness pal for keeping track of food. You can scan barcodes or enter things manually.
If you can prep things in advance as much as possible, I found it really difficult to get 2700 calories in per day, with around 160g of protein when eating the good stuff and not pre made shit.
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160g! God I'd feel sick. No idea how you guys do it. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Keep a food diary for a month and be brutally honest, record every biscuit, every sugar in tea and coffee etc.
Most people are in denial about how many calories they consume.
That should give you a good idea of how much you're really eating.
If you're exercising and not losing weight then you're eating too much, plain and simple.
Eating to much or eating the wrong food
If you're not losing weight it's down to too much food, not the wrong type of food.
It's like this..
I wake up early in the morning and have a coffee or energy drink and some type of microwave snack then off I go to work.
Next il have a salad box or chips and peas etc, or whatever.
Then before I come home or when I'm home il have another meal.
Doesn't seem like a lot but and. Never eat in between or late at night. I weight always remains around the same though.
You're eating too many calories end of. If you're overweight it's that simple.
Again, as I said above I suspect you're in denial, I'm not trying to be a twat here, I see it all the time. People want to blame something else before they'll admit it and realise they're eating too much.
What should I eat?
I'll repeat the below again
Keep a food diary for a month and be brutally honest, record every biscuit, every sugar in tea and coffee etc.
If you're not willing to be honest with yourself it won't work.
If you needed say 2500 calories a day you could get all that from healthy food or all from McDonald's. You're weight would be broadly the same either way, but you'll feel like shit on McDonald's and health markers will be very poor. Body composition would be a little different too.
Its not what you eat, it's how much.
Is there a diet you can recommend?
You don't need a diet, a diet is temporary. You need a lifestyle change.
Plenty of fruit and veg, lean meat and fish, good fats from avocado, oily fish etc, carbs from whole grains.
Oats with milk for breakfast or scrambled eggs with Bergen bread.
Quinoa/wholegrain pasta/Brown rice with chicken and avocado for lunch
Dinner as above for lunch but with fish/turkey/lean mince, veg broccoli
Snack on fruit 3 pieces a day
If you need a snack then plain popcorn is good, cooked yourself.
Loads of other options to the above
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Thanks. Seems like mission impossible for me to find this on my work schedule  I will try. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Download my fitness pal for keeping track of food. You can scan barcodes or enter things manually.
If you can prep things in advance as much as possible, I found it really difficult to get 2700 calories in per day, with around 160g of protein when eating the good stuff and not pre made shit.
160g! God I'd feel sick. No idea how you guys do it."
Try 4300 calories, 265g protein, 565g crabs, 110g of fat |
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"Keep a food diary for a month and be brutally honest, record every biscuit, every sugar in tea and coffee etc.
Most people are in denial about how many calories they consume.
That should give you a good idea of how much you're really eating.
If you're exercising and not losing weight then you're eating too much, plain and simple.
Eating to much or eating the wrong food
If you're not losing weight it's down to too much food, not the wrong type of food.
It's like this..
I wake up early in the morning and have a coffee or energy drink and some type of microwave snack then off I go to work.
Next il have a salad box or chips and peas etc, or whatever.
Then before I come home or when I'm home il have another meal.
Doesn't seem like a lot but and. Never eat in between or late at night. I weight always remains around the same though.
You're eating too many calories end of. If you're overweight it's that simple.
Again, as I said above I suspect you're in denial, I'm not trying to be a twat here, I see it all the time. People want to blame something else before they'll admit it and realise they're eating too much.
What should I eat?
I'll repeat the below again
Keep a food diary for a month and be brutally honest, record every biscuit, every sugar in tea and coffee etc.
If you're not willing to be honest with yourself it won't work.
If you needed say 2500 calories a day you could get all that from healthy food or all from McDonald's. You're weight would be broadly the same either way, but you'll feel like shit on McDonald's and health markers will be very poor. Body composition would be a little different too.
Its not what you eat, it's how much.
Is there a diet you can recommend?
You don't need a diet, a diet is temporary. You need a lifestyle change.
Plenty of fruit and veg, lean meat and fish, good fats from avocado, oily fish etc, carbs from whole grains.
Oats with milk for breakfast or scrambled eggs with Bergen bread.
Quinoa/wholegrain pasta/Brown rice with chicken and avocado for lunch
Dinner as above for lunch but with fish/turkey/lean mince, veg broccoli
Snack on fruit 3 pieces a day
If you need a snack then plain popcorn is good, cooked yourself.
Loads of other options to the above
Thanks. Seems like mission impossible for me to find this on my work schedule I will try. "
I travel a lot for work. I take fruit with me. I used to buy a crustless quiche and eat a quarter a day with fruit. I used to work with a guy who ate chicken and fruit for lunch.
Many restaurants do diet or "lighter" options or let you swap the side of chips for a side of salad. Subway salads is another good option if you're careful about the dressings. |
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Meal prepping is a good idea in addition to the points raised by Monkey and Lacey. Spend part of your Sunday cooking up some thought out meals that you can reheat or eat cold throughout the week.
You won't have to worry about what to eat when you stop somewhere, you'll be in control of your calories, and you'll probably save a fair amount of money too. |
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"Keep a food diary for a month and be brutally honest, record every biscuit, every sugar in tea and coffee etc.
Most people are in denial about how many calories they consume.
That should give you a good idea of how much you're really eating.
If you're exercising and not losing weight then you're eating too much, plain and simple.
Eating to much or eating the wrong food
If you're not losing weight it's down to too much food, not the wrong type of food.
It's like this..
I wake up early in the morning and have a coffee or energy drink and some type of microwave snack then off I go to work.
Next il have a salad box or chips and peas etc, or whatever.
Then before I come home or when I'm home il have another meal.
Doesn't seem like a lot but and. Never eat in between or late at night. I weight always remains around the same though.
Is that a full sugar energy drink as there's usually at least 100 calories in them. What do you mean by microwave snack?
If you mean chips and peas from the chip shop that's about 800 calories. By comparison I have about 400-500 for my lunch.
What do you have for your dinner? My partner seems to make enormous dinners that are mostly carbs and they're often about 1000 calories, sometimes even more. He's very active and doesn't eat much the rest of the day so is still slim, it's not very healthy though.
Do you have sugar in your coffees?
Yes a full sugar energy drink to get me going. Microwave snack? I mean a burger or hotdog, sometimes a pasty.
For dinner I have pasta, rice or burger and chips. Whatever I come across. Yes I have sugar in my coffee.
I'd try to stick to the coffee rather than energy drinks if you can and while it's not ideal, either sweetener instead of sugar if you can't live without it or you'll have to reduce your calories even more to allow for it. If you're having two sugars a few times a day you're adding hundreds of calories. Same with soft drinks if you drink them.
They're not great breakfast options. Could you switch to microwave porridge sachets instead? My partner even buys pots from home bargains he just adds water too so he can take them to work.
It would help to add a lot more veg to your dinners. They will fill you up and are much lower calorie. You'll also feel better for it."
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"Download my fitness pal for keeping track of food. You can scan barcodes or enter things manually.
If you can prep things in advance as much as possible, I found it really difficult to get 2700 calories in per day, with around 160g of protein when eating the good stuff and not pre made shit.
160g! God I'd feel sick. No idea how you guys do it.
Try 4300 calories, 265g protein, 565g crabs, 110g of fat "
Holy shit that's like 2.5 days for me! |
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Keep it simple
Lots of water, plenty of meat,fish, fruit and veg including carbs.
Keep off all sugery foods, crisp, cake, biscuits takeaway foods
sweets etc.
When travelling have food available in your car, boiled eggs, apples, bananas pineapple slices, chicken slices etc.
I eat 5 times a day dont miss breakfast.
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"Download my fitness pal for keeping track of food. You can scan barcodes or enter things manually.
If you can prep things in advance as much as possible, I found it really difficult to get 2700 calories in per day, with around 160g of protein when eating the good stuff and not pre made shit.
160g! God I'd feel sick. No idea how you guys do it.
Try 4300 calories, 265g protein, 565g crabs, 110g of fat
Holy shit that's like 2.5 days for me! "
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"Meal prepping is a good idea in addition to the points raised by Monkey and Lacey. Spend part of your Sunday cooking up some thought out meals that you can reheat or eat cold throughout the week.
You won't have to worry about what to eat when you stop somewhere, you'll be in control of your calories, and you'll probably save a fair amount of money too."
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"Keep it simple
Lots of water, plenty of meat,fish, fruit and veg including carbs.
Keep off all sugery foods, crisp, cake, biscuits takeaway foods
sweets etc.
When travelling have food available in your car, boiled eggs, apples, bananas pineapple slices, chicken slices etc.
I eat 5 times a day dont miss breakfast.
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By *pider-WomanWoman
over a year ago
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"Keep it simple
Lots of water, plenty of meat,fish, fruit and veg including carbs.
Keep off all sugery foods, crisp, cake, biscuits takeaway foods
sweets etc.
When travelling have food available in your car, boiled eggs, apples, bananas pineapple slices, chicken slices etc.
I eat 5 times a day dont miss breakfast.
I'm a monster, I snack on pickled eggs instead of boiled "
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"Download my fitness pal for keeping track of food. You can scan barcodes or enter things manually.
If you can prep things in advance as much as possible, I found it really difficult to get 2700 calories in per day, with around 160g of protein when eating the good stuff and not pre made shit.
160g! God I'd feel sick. No idea how you guys do it.
Try 4300 calories, 265g protein, 565g crabs, 110g of fat
Holy shit that's like 2.5 days for me!
You probably only weigh about half of me though "
True. You could probably bench me . I just can't wrap my head around that much food! I'm embarrassed to admit i was only eating about 40g of protein a day before i started tracking it and wondered why I was always so sore after excercise. Durrr. |
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"Keep it simple
Lots of water, plenty of meat,fish, fruit and veg including carbs.
Keep off all sugery foods, crisp, cake, biscuits takeaway foods
sweets etc.
When travelling have food available in your car, boiled eggs, apples, bananas pineapple slices, chicken slices etc.
I eat 5 times a day dont miss breakfast.
I'm a monster, I snack on pickled eggs instead of boiled
Hah.. I can eat 6 boiled eggs driving in and out of town "
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I don't track gramms.. Thats like all French to me lol.
I wouldnt know where to start. I eat what I think is healthy when I come across it.
Like salad boxes, boiled eggs, jacket potato with beans and chicken shish kebab. |
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"I don't track gramms.. Thats like all French to me lol.
I wouldnt know where to start. I eat what I think is healthy when I come across it.
Like salad boxes, boiled eggs, jacket potato with beans and chicken shish kebab. "
Don't worry about macros for now, just count your calories. The average man needs 2,500 every day just to function so you want to be aiming below that in order to lose weight. Obviously the greater your deficit, the faster you'll lose weight but you'll also feel much hungrier so aim for maybe 2,400 for a week and see how you feel to start. |
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"Protein and fat. No carbs at all. And intermittent fasting.
For me the first meal of the day is lunch around 1:30 pm and is just chicken and cheese."
I am so glad a sensible, sustainable dietary change has been suggested... |
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"Keep a food diary for a month and be brutally honest, record every biscuit, every sugar in tea and coffee etc.
Most people are in denial about how many calories they consume.
That should give you a good idea of how much you're really eating.
If you're exercising and not losing weight then you're eating too much, plain and simple.
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Ignore the last paragraph. |
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"Keep a food diary for a month and be brutally honest, record every biscuit, every sugar in tea and coffee etc.
Most people are in denial about how many calories they consume.
That should give you a good idea of how much you're really eating.
If you're exercising and not losing weight then you're eating too much, plain and simple.
Eating to much or eating the wrong food
If you're not losing weight it's down to too much food, not the wrong type of food."
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"Download my fitness pal for keeping track of food. You can scan barcodes or enter things manually.
If you can prep things in advance as much as possible, I found it really difficult to get 2700 calories in per day, with around 160g of protein when eating the good stuff and not pre made shit.
160g! God I'd feel sick. No idea how you guys do it.
Try 4300 calories, 265g protein, 565g crabs, 110g of fat "
I weigh 12st, I wouldn’t need anywhere near that 
Out of interest how much of that, if any is supplements? I tried my best to avoid them but managed to just need one 26g protein shake per day to hit my targets. Some of the powders you can get have serious calories, over 1000 and 50g+ protein per serving. |
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Can you not make a packed lunch with a homemade salad box?
Thinking ahead and preparing will help and also save you money.
I make my own energy balls which I eat up to 4 of them until my first shift finishes around 2pm. They're made of dried fruit, nuts,oats and a bit of cocoa powder blitzed in a food processor and rolled into small balls.
They keep the hunger at bay and the cocoa in them curbs sweet cravings.
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"Can you not make a packed lunch with a homemade salad box?
Thinking ahead and preparing will help and also save you money.
I make my own energy balls which I eat up to 4 of them until my first shift finishes around 2pm. They're made of dried fruit, nuts,oats and a bit of cocoa powder blitzed in a food processor and rolled into small balls.
They keep the hunger at bay and the cocoa in them curbs sweet cravings. "
Your balls sound delicious |
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"Can you not make a packed lunch with a homemade salad box?
Thinking ahead and preparing will help and also save you money.
I make my own energy balls which I eat up to 4 of them until my first shift finishes around 2pm. They're made of dried fruit, nuts,oats and a bit of cocoa powder blitzed in a food processor and rolled into small balls.
They keep the hunger at bay and the cocoa in them curbs sweet cravings.
Your balls sound delicious"
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"Keep a food diary for a month and be brutally honest, record every biscuit, every sugar in tea and coffee etc.
Most people are in denial about how many calories they consume.
That should give you a good idea of how much you're really eating.
If you're exercising and not losing weight then you're eating too much, plain and simple.
Ignore the last paragraph. "
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I find winter weather helpful, so that I can transport fresh food around with me, often using a cool bag, with insulation. You can keep ingredients or meals you've pre-prepared, in great condition and you know that you have what you need to be nourished and won't need to hunt for things or settle for inappropriate stuff. That doesn't have to be your only source of meals but is a fairly simple alternative to a fridge, for short periods. Good largely if you are driving - I keep mine in the trunk, as it's colder than inside the car. Some fruit, like bananas, could suffer if it's too cold, so pick wisely in winter.
Find what your daily calorie needs are, so that you can compare your intake against that. Any walking is good for fitness but you may also benefit from other exercise and an approach to weight loss that combines exercise with careful dietary management.
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"Keep a food diary for a month and be brutally honest, record every biscuit, every sugar in tea and coffee etc.
Most people are in denial about how many calories they consume.
That should give you a good idea of how much you're really eating.
If you're exercising and not losing weight then you're eating too much, plain and simple.
Ignore the last paragraph.
Why?"
I'll come back to this thread when I have time. |
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"Protein and fat. No carbs at all. And intermittent fasting.
For me the first meal of the day is lunch around 1:30 pm and is just chicken and cheese."
I do this and I’ve lost quite a bit of weight doing it. I would say be more organised and food prey and take your own good rather that buying when out. |
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"Can you not make a packed lunch with a homemade salad box?
Thinking ahead and preparing will help and also save you money.
I make my own energy balls which I eat up to 4 of them until my first shift finishes around 2pm. They're made of dried fruit, nuts,oats and a bit of cocoa powder blitzed in a food processor and rolled into small balls.
They keep the hunger at bay and the cocoa in them curbs sweet cravings.
Your balls sound delicious"
They are, especially when you slowly nibble them |
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"Keep a food diary for a month and be brutally honest, record every biscuit, every sugar in tea and coffee etc.
Most people are in denial about how many calories they consume.
That should give you a good idea of how much you're really eating.
If you're exercising and not losing weight then you're eating too much, plain and simple.
Ignore the last paragraph.
Why?
I'll come back to this thread when I have time. "
For many people the solution to losing weight is not simply eating less. Yes portion sizes can be a factor but often not the only factor. More important is what you eat. |
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"Download my fitness pal for keeping track of food. You can scan barcodes or enter things manually.
If you can prep things in advance as much as possible, I found it really difficult to get 2700 calories in per day, with around 160g of protein when eating the good stuff and not pre made shit.
160g! God I'd feel sick. No idea how you guys do it.
Try 4300 calories, 265g protein, 565g crabs, 110g of fat
I weigh 12st, I wouldn’t need anywhere near that
Out of interest how much of that, if any is supplements? I tried my best to avoid them but managed to just need one 26g protein shake per day to hit my targets. Some of the powders you can get have serious calories, over 1000 and 50g+ protein per serving. "
Only thing I use is whey protein which is still food. |
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"Protein and fat. No carbs at all. And intermittent fasting.
For me the first meal of the day is lunch around 1:30 pm and is just chicken and cheese."
Yep, watch The Magic Pill on Netflix - will change everything about what people think healthy eating is... mind blowing! |
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"Protein and fat. No carbs at all. And intermittent fasting.
For me the first meal of the day is lunch around 1:30 pm and is just chicken and cheese.
Yep, watch The Magic Pill on Netflix - will change everything about what people think healthy eating is... mind blowing! "
Watching it now. |
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By *ocbigMan
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"Download my fitness pal for keeping track of food. You can scan barcodes or enter things manually.
If you can prep things in advance as much as possible, I found it really difficult to get 2700 calories in per day, with around 160g of protein when eating the good stuff and not pre made shit.
160g! God I'd feel sick. No idea how you guys do it.
Try 4300 calories, 265g protein, 565g crabs, 110g of fat
I weigh 12st, I wouldn’t need anywhere near that
Out of interest how much of that, if any is supplements? I tried my best to avoid them but managed to just need one 26g protein shake per day to hit my targets. Some of the powders you can get have serious calories, over 1000 and 50g+ protein per serving.
Only thing I use is whey protein which is still food."
highly processed 'food' and an expensive way to get protein. Supplements are junk food for athletes mostly. |
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"Keep a food diary for a month and be brutally honest, record every biscuit, every sugar in tea and coffee etc.
Most people are in denial about how many calories they consume.
That should give you a good idea of how much you're really eating.
If you're exercising and not losing weight then you're eating too much, plain and simple.
Ignore the last paragraph.
Why?
I'll come back to this thread when I have time.
For many people the solution to losing weight is not simply eating less. Yes portion sizes can be a factor but often not the only factor. More important is what you eat. "
food intake is a much better predictor of weight gain that exercise, type matter of course, but in most cases calories in vs calories out is a great place to start. |
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Like one person said it's a life change a bit like slimming world eat lots of speed food (greens salad) and kits of water .....I've lost 2stone doing that but its easy to out back on last 12 weeks have been a nightmare will have to start Fromm the beginning again |
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I do a really healthy version of the keto diet.. I don't want to be in ketosis. I just want to eat healthily. I'm not a massive fan of carbs anyway. My diet consists of lean protein, wide rane pi f vegetables, nuts, seeds and fruits. Plenty of green and peppermint tea... With occasional throw in of junk food to kerb the craving. Very small portions of junk food but generous portions of green veg. |
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Download my fitness pal. When I'm on it I use that and it's really helpful. You can track calories and how much fat, carbs, protein you're having.
I'm about to start it again today because I'm way too fat at the moment |
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"Download my fitness pal for keeping track of food. You can scan barcodes or enter things manually.
If you can prep things in advance as much as possible, I found it really difficult to get 2700 calories in per day, with around 160g of protein when eating the good stuff and not pre made shit.
160g! God I'd feel sick. No idea how you guys do it.
Try 4300 calories, 265g protein, 565g crabs, 110g of fat
I weigh 12st, I wouldn’t need anywhere near that
Out of interest how much of that, if any is supplements? I tried my best to avoid them but managed to just need one 26g protein shake per day to hit my targets. Some of the powders you can get have serious calories, over 1000 and 50g+ protein per serving.
Only thing I use is whey protein which is still food.
highly processed 'food' and an expensive way to get protein. Supplements are junk food for athletes mostly."
Given the amount I use it being processed which I'm well aware of, is not of any concern to me.
Price I pay works out at 1p per 1g of protein, thats cheap as chips. Find me another protein source that cheap |
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"Keep a food diary for a month and be brutally honest, record every biscuit, every sugar in tea and coffee etc.
Most people are in denial about how many calories they consume.
That should give you a good idea of how much you're really eating.
If you're exercising and not losing weight then you're eating too much, plain and simple.
Eating to much or eating the wrong food
If you're not losing weight it's down to too much food, not the wrong type of food.
It's like this..
I wake up early in the morning and have a coffee or energy drink and some type of microwave snack then off I go to work.
Next il have a salad box or chips and peas etc, or whatever.
Then before I come home or when I'm home il have another meal.
Doesn't seem like a lot but and. Never eat in between or late at night. I weight always remains around the same though.
You're eating too many calories end of. If you're overweight it's that simple.
Again, as I said above I suspect you're in denial, I'm not trying to be a twat here, I see it all the time. People want to blame something else before they'll admit it and realise they're eating too much.
What should I eat?
I'll repeat the below again
Keep a food diary for a month and be brutally honest, record every biscuit, every sugar in tea and coffee etc.
If you're not willing to be honest with yourself it won't work.
If you needed say 2500 calories a day you could get all that from healthy food or all from McDonald's. You're weight would be broadly the same either way, but you'll feel like shit on McDonald's and health markers will be very poor. Body composition would be a little different too.
Its not what you eat, it's how much.
Is there a diet you can recommend?
You don't need a diet, a diet is temporary. You need a lifestyle change.
Plenty of fruit and veg, lean meat and fish, good fats from avocado, oily fish etc, carbs from whole grains.
Oats with milk for breakfast or scrambled eggs with Bergen bread.
Quinoa/wholegrain pasta/Brown rice with chicken and avocado for lunch
Dinner as above for lunch but with fish/turkey/lean mince, veg broccoli
Snack on fruit 3 pieces a day
If you need a snack then plain popcorn is good, cooked yourself.
Loads of other options to the above
Thanks. Seems like mission impossible for me to find this on my work schedule I will try. "
It really isn't.
You can get oats on the go fit your breakfast instead of a microwave burger.
Not sure where you work but Morrisons have a salad bar (although a lot of their options have mayo so not that healthy, but you can just get lettuce, toms, cucumber, pepper, eggs etc). Most express stores will have pre packaged salads. Subway do great salad bowls.
If you can microwave stiff you can get microwaveable rice/grain pouches. These are great with tinned sardines if mackerel (if a big stinky. I'm not lived in the office when I have that lol).
The options are there you just need to adjust your thinking. |
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You could read every post on this thread and you’ll find a slightly different opinion from each person, that’s because what works for one doesn’t always work for another.
I eat all day, every two hours from the time I open my eyes until I close them. I eat pretty much every thing apart from fish and pork. |
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