Exercise and weight loss advice thread

If you struggle to make porridge appealing without adding a ton of sugar, try dumping your favourite protein powder in there. Filling as fuck and you get your protein in.

Just make sure to stir the powder into the oats BEFORE adding the milk/water

It does make sense - protein is an essential macronutrient and most people will eat too little. It doesn't need to be the 1g/lb that bodybuilders suggest but it should still be higher than most people will naturally consume, and the requirements increase as you age.
Even if you're not lifting, you want to maintain as much lean mass as possible during a diet to ensure itös primarily fat loss occurring, and eating more protein is essential to that.
It also has a higher thermic effect than other macronutrients, is very satiating, and excess protein consumption won't, or will rarely, store as body fat.

It's a protein source in the form of a powder. If you need more protein and struggle to eat more food, you can drink it.

That was the impression I got. If you drink them, they just make you fatter and I don't want to have drinks instead of meals, unless it's just liquid food.

The idea was that the protein makes you feel more full so you don't eat as many snacks. I think that did actually work, to an extent.

I read that people who drink them at mealtime lose weight, but people who drink them between meals gain weight.

But I think you still need to pair that with doing exercise and reducing meal size to compensate. Which I didn't.Cos I'm lazy.

As you say, you need to combine with exercise. Protein supplements are good for when you're looking to gain muscle but are struggling to consume enough protein through diet alone.

So, after I've done the gym or a 10k are we saying yes to protein drink/ bar or "no, have some tuna instead"?

Your diet should be high in protein for all the reasons Derb mentions.

But adding a protein shake or two every day comes with calories which need to be accounted for if you're trying to maintain a calorie deficit.

Personally if I was primarily focused on dropping fat then I'd pick foods that were high in protein but I probably wouldn't supplement with a shake, hence my warning about adding it to the porridge. I'd be too hungry in my calorie deficit to waste calories on a supplement.

Goddamn I'm trying to cut down on my meat but most proteins seem to be meat, when they're not eggs.

It’s also high in fat, which sees a fairly large increase in cals.

I eat a lot of kvarg/quark. As long as you can handle the dairy it’s high in protein, moderate carb and low fat. Add a spoon of peanut butter, or PB2 if you want to be calorie conscious, for a general snack, or some fruit for peri-workout.

I meant to reply to this earlier, but forgot. I can still use the barcode scanner in MyFitnessPal and I'm using the free version. (on Android) 

The barcode scanner and the massive database is the main reason I use that one, because anytime I've tried another one their database didn't include most of the foods I was eating and that meant entering them manually (which is even more of a hassle when the nutrition information is in Japanese )

I wish it would linkup with my MiBand to track my steps though. I think it's possible through google fit or some other 3rd party, but I'm not giving google my health info. They already know way too much about me. 

Perhaps he tried using it as lube

I also hate peanut butter

I don't think I know what PB smells like.