About me - female, age 23, weight 93 kgs, height 172.
I have pcod and I think it’s clearing up now. I have been trying to reduce my weight multiple times but see no difference. I stopped eating unnecessary sugar, chose monk fruit sugar as an alternative, no snacking, usually end up eating only 1 or 2 meals due to work. For some reason, clothes I wore last year when I was like 80kgs that didn’t fit me, fit me now even though I gained weight. I am super confused. I want to lose around 20 kgs by the end of the year. What should I do? Or where am I going wrong? (what workouts would you recommend? And diets too?)

Going to be a bit of a long post, but pleasee read!

I have been on an aggressive cut for the past 60 days. It’s around a ~1000 calorie deficit. I want to get to my goal weight of 55kg.

I am a 169cm Female with a current weight of 62kgs. Starting weight was 67kg.

My maintenance is around 1500 kcal, so I have been burning 1000kcal every day through activities (around 400 for 15k steps, and 600 in the gym through loads of cardio). Ive attached an example of my weekly average active calories.

The cut started off pretty manageable, but now it feels like torture. Im exhausted and every single day feels like a struggle. I want to eat more food and I have genuinely just been feeling really helpless.

Ik it is suggested to not go so hard and not do an aggressive cut to make weight loss more sustainable and doable, but I want to reach by goal weight by 15 Oct ( I have a special event). Which is still doable, cuz I have 6 more weeks and if I keep going at the same rate, i’ll lose 6 kgs.

But lately it’s just been really hard to keep up the deficit and it is haunting me. I just end up eating food and slowing down my progress. Doesn’t help that I crave sugary stuff all the time. Sleep quality has gone down the gutter.

Can you guys please suggest something (anything 😭) to make the cut go better? Any advice/tips/motivation?

Thank youu!

Aldi stir fry mix, cottage cheese, chicken, cucumber, radish

I haven’t been having any jams for the last couple years but was wanting a low sugar stire one and realised the brands I used to get don’t seem to be there.

What low sugar/ lower cal jams are at supermarkets,

I’m not wanting to make my own at home btw

385 cals for lunch !

159 cals falafel (75g) + 117 cals mixed grain thin bread + 70 cals swiss slice (18g) + 9.5 cals best foods light mayo (4g) + 20 cals sundried tomato&olive chutney + 2.5 cals lite honey mustard dressing (4g) + 2 cal cucumber + 2.5 cal tomato + 2 cal lettuce

how is it so good... Suspiciously good...and filling. I need a second opinion for this because I've been using them to fill me up and they work a little TOO well that I'm scared I'm loading up on hidden calories..

Surely they're not more than 50?

382.5 cals for lunch !!

161 cals fry’s plant based ‘chicken’ patty (80g) + 117 cals vogels mixed grain very thin bread (2 slices) + 70 cals mainland swiss slice (18g) + 24 cals best foods light mayo (10g) + 9 cals heinz ketchup (9g) + 1.5 cals lettuce (10g)

Hi everyone, new to the CC community, but have 30kg to lose. My digital scales say my muscle/protein is really low. How can I add more protein to my diet and still keep calories low. I've never been great at math/science so it's been hard to figure anything out! Any info welcome and appreciated 👍

Hi all. I am a boredom snacker, volume-eater and looking to diversify my daily palette with new low-calorie things. I have access to a great variety of Asian and Indian grocery stores in my area but find myself overwhelmed by foreign labels and having to cross-check macros on labels to ensure calories are correct. I would love for you to share your favourite snacks, foods, sauces, spices, condiments etc. I am not shy of any flavours and will eat most things.

I can start first.

Examples of my recent new staples:

Soup/broth sachets from Muji (13-22 calories per serving);

Okra - 20 calories for 100g - I love the the faint flavour, starchiness and bulk it adds into the above-mentioned soup bases;

Mamra (Indian puffed rice) - used to be available at Woolies international isle but I can only now find at Indian grocery stores (better price/size anyway) - I love the different varieties of these. There is a more round type that is very smooth and very crunchy - fun topping to yoghurt breakfast bowls. Somehow pair and tastes delicious with nut butters. And there is also a more rough looking but softer type that has more of a styrofoam texture - that I like to prep like overnight oats; and then there is a type of texture that is more in between the two. All add bulk for very little calories and variety of textures are great for different uses. I am aware that this is not how Indian people usually use these but I love it my way.

Kaya paste with no addd sugar (50 calories for 16g) - love making Singapore-style Kaya toast with egg for breakfast.

Pre-packaged boiled eggs with soy sauce.

Would love to hear every one else’s 😋

343 cals for dinner !!

207 cals continental cup mac & cheese (243g) + 136 cals impossible nuggets

177 cals !!

145 cals bagel + 26 cals laughing cow light cheese triangle (16g) + 6 cals tomato (35g) + salt and pepper and smoked paprika powder

thin bagels with lower cal toppings can be surprisingly filling and somewhat healthy if in need for a snack or a low calorie meal

Could it be true? Or some false information? I saw the new 2026 subway nutritional info and the gluten free wrap is only 160 calories??! How come? Last time they were 206 calories I’m pretty sure. Not sure if I should order it or not, trust or not 🤔🤔

This guy explains it.

187 cals

110 cals anchor vanilla protein yoghurt (140g) + 77 cals woolworths peaches in mango jelly (120g)

Just thought it would be an interesting series putting similar burgers and items from fast food places to find the best macros so you can fit more into the 1200 a day.

I even had a look at McDonald’s “healthy wrap” which is 593 calories 🤯 you could eat a double cheese burger, 3x nuggets, a frozen coke and STILL add tomato sauce and be under by 18 calories?? Never understand how these chicken wraps get advertised as healthy?

Macromenu.com.au 😎

355 cals !!

117 cals vogels mixed grain very thin bread (2 slices) + 26 cals laughing cow light cheese triangle (16g) + 4 cals tomato (25g)

36 cals milk (60ml) + 22 cals banana (22g) + 118 cals anchor vanilla protein yoghurt (150g) + 32 cals frozen blueberries (56g)

Hey guys! For the last month I’ve been building a macro counting app called MacroMenu.

If this isn’t allowed let me know, sorry in advanced!

It occurred to me a month ago when I was hungry and standing in line at McDonalds and had 500 calories left for the day that there wasn’t an easy way to see item calories. All the signs have everything in Kilojules and I didn’t want to stand around converting them all.

Some days I have 800 calories left and I need to hit a protein goal with the calories also. I started building the app for myself but now I think it’s time to release a SUPER early beta test.

Not all photos are on there and some restaurants have items missing but it’s a proof of concept really, any design advice would be appreciated. It will eventually have most Australian food places and all photos and items will be on there.

Let me know what you think and for now it’s free but eventually there will be a free version and an upgrade version.

The site is called:

Macromenu.com.au

You can even add it as a home screen app for iOS and android users from the web version.

Thank you so much for having a look around!

379 cals for dinner!!

91 cals rice (70g) + 229 cals impossible nuggets + 3 cals lettuce (20g) + 23 cals heinz ketchup (20g) + 33 cals best foods light mayo (13g)

269 cals for dinner!!

153 cals mamasan plant based gyoza (84g) + 104 cals white rice (80g) + 9 cals st pierres teriyaki sauce (5g) + 3 cals iceberg lettuce (20g)

178 cals !!

145 cals bagel + 26 cals laughing cow light cheese triangle (16g) + 7 cals tomato (40g) + salt and smoked paprika powder

Just wondering if anykne knows of any?

I'm coeliac so needs to be gluten free. I've tried Macro Mike's Golden Gaytime one and i liked it but it wasn't amazing, and honestly not sure i could drink it everyday.

Also drink it in the morning so prefer not to have one thats meant for sleep 😂

342 cals for dinner !!

207 cals continental cup mac & cheese + 126 cals leader pumpkin and spinach pattie (80g) + 9 cals best foods light mayo

the mac n cheese was easy to make u just add water but id recommend doing it over the stove and not in a mug since it needs constant heat. i prefer the other mac n cheese sold by this brand in which u add some milk etc but this is fine too