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A caloric deficit whether it be 20% or 10% below your BMR requirement will put your body into starvation mode. Fortunately, a good way to trick your body during this sort of dieting it to throw in a cheat meal which will fool the body into thinking it's not being starved and kick start the fat...

Not that I've noticed and I love onions. :)

Ah, sadly too true.

Correct me if I'm wrong (as it's certainly not my lifestyle ;)) but they also have to ensure they get protein from other sources such as dairy, eggs, nuts & seeds and God help them if they're vegan! All sources but with very minimal amounts of protein (unless you're eating plenty of it) and not...

Oh I'm sure there's plenty of people pushing protein diets as well. However protein heavy diets are not unhealthy. The body can live without carbs, and to a degree can live with very low fat. It CANNOT live without protein for a prolonged period. I guess my issue is with the fad diets which the...

Some good points Jaycee. From a personal stand point I just find it amazing from what I hear people say that they are so easy to fall all over a new fad 'vegetable only' diet without question that they saw in a two page spread of New Idea last week, but without knowing anything are already...

Good on you Wylie! Muscle building aside, protein focused diets are healthy and I'll never understand the worry/fear associated with them in the general public. Lack of knowledge on the subject I guess. Much healthier than one of those shockers like the 'soup' or the 'eat nothing but vegetable'...

Still doing the LnE myself, but only the dinners now. Breakfast no.3 and lunch just consist of tuna with a bit of soylin bread or the cracker & nut mix LnE have which I love (available from my local Foodland in bins). Couldn't see the point in ordering the breakfast and lunches when there was so...

Then when you have the above right, the arms are too tight. *sigh* And the one that irks me the most - needing jeans that are big enough for your quads but then stuck with 3 inches too much material around the waist. :rolleyes: Gotta love trackies but they're not a good look at work! Though...

That's not a bad thing. Lot of people focus on the scales too much when the mirror is just as important a measuring tool.

Natural BB's are bigger than sedentary people, but it also depends on how they dress. Dress in a tight tshirt/shirt and shorts and people will notice, dress in a little looser shirt with jeans and it's not as noticeable. What is difficult is finding clothes that fit nicely.

A lot of truth to that.

:eek: Good luck indeed. Assuming you don't mind your muscles wasting away.

Started at 112kg, currently down to 92kg.

Hard going, but slow and steady wins the race. Have managed to put on 2kg in the last 2 months.

Marty, no group of exercises are going to be perfect for everyone, you need to work with your body and find out what suits you. Here are some alternatives to the above, but bare in mind these can have their own problems so as I said above, you have to work with your body. Also remember you...

While the theory is sound, that figure is just ludicrous. If 30 mins of jogging burnt off another 1,000 calories with it's raising of my BMR for the rest of the day, my cutting diets would be MUCH easier! If only that were accurate. :(

That's a good summary, and you're right, for the everyday person that should be sufficient - though perhaps at least 4-5 meals wouldn't hurt. :) But yes, a calorie deficit is the key. Dieting sucks! The gaining diets are hard enough, but I really struggle with the cutting diet (last time I...

Correct me if I'm wrong Kim, but whilst you're right about the run increasing your metabolic rate for the rest of the day - 24hrs would not be correct, nor would it carry on into the next day. Regardless of activity prior, once you're body shuts down (ie. sleep), your metabolic rate comes back...

Not my job to convince you, but you'd be wrong. Perhaps some research on the subject would be in order? That "high intensity" weight class you mention is just a fancy cardio class to keep people interested. Doing all that ain't "weights" and won't be building much muscle, just getting your...