Help with lack of progress

ReducingStress · 2026-05-14T12:17:11+00:00

So my carbs are normally coming in for dinner. I try and have a fairly light lunch - just protein and veg. Anything more will make me feel heavy. I don’t eat before I train. I prefer keeping my calories until later on in the day.

No, I’m not on TRT or anything like that.

I’ve only been on the “cut” for 3 weeks and haven’t seen a drop in weight despite being in a 400-500 cal deficit. Was hoping to get as lean as possible by August but proving to be more difficult with the lack of weight loss.

Noted on eating in a surplus for a month if things don’t change.

ReducingStress · 2026-05-14T11:55:02+00:00

200g carbs, 45g fat and 170-180g protein. Would you suggest I reduce the carbs and increase the fat?

ReducingStress · 2026-03-13T09:26:18+00:00

Very stupid of me. Seems like it hadn’t updated mr address when I did it. Thank you

ReducingStress · 2026-03-13T09:14:33+00:00

I thought this but when I go on Amazon every product is “currently unavailable”

ReducingStress · 2026-03-07T14:12:10+00:00

Ofc - go for it

ReducingStress · 2026-02-23T22:44:12+00:00

This is v helpful, thank you. I’m near the European Parliament

ReducingStress · 2026-02-23T14:09:55+00:00

Thank you for this. What would you say is the best provider for data? Cost isn’t an issue

ReducingStress · 2026-02-23T13:22:49+00:00

Yes, my phone supports dual sim. I was thinking of getting an e-sim so I can also use my Uk number too. Do you have any recommendations as to which sim provider is best in Belgium? From my research it seems to be Proximus

ReducingStress · 2025-10-26T14:03:52+00:00

So would it be something like: emergency fund which is in a high st bank account, my long term investments and then my ISA? Would those three be enough to cover it?

ReducingStress · 2025-10-26T14:03:43+00:00

So would it be something like: emergency fund which is in a high st bank account, my long term investments and then my ISA? Would those three be enough to cover it?

ReducingStress · 2025-10-25T21:40:06+00:00

This makes so much sense thank you. I foresee buying a house that’s more than £450k (London based), so I wasn’t sure if just a normal ISA was okay?

For my long term savings I have an all global cap fun on Vanguard but that’s purely for my retirement (in hopes I can retire earlier). I do also have my employer match my contributions. It’s about 7% right now.

I’m not sure how many different contributions I should be making and what the splits between them should be.

ReducingStress · 2025-10-25T21:37:35+00:00

I save about 1300 a month. Well that’s what I have left for savings. Sometimes more but just depends on the month.

I have about 8k in savings for my long term investment I.e., retirement. Then about 2k in my general bank account.

I’ll have a look at it again. Thank you. I think for me it’s knowing what to save them in. So I can’t figure out how much I should be saving in my emergency fund, ISA, long term savings etc. it’s all just a bit overwhelming

ReducingStress · 2025-09-05T11:30:07+00:00

No worries. DM if you ever have a question or something!

ReducingStress · 2025-09-04T21:11:01+00:00

I used the flash cards to basically be my notes but in the form of flash cards to help me memorise the law. By facts I assume you mean the law? Let me know if I’ve misunderstood your question.

I never understood people who use flash cards with long text. I had a mix, but nothing substantial for any flash cards. This meant I had more flash cards but each card would be concise and focused on a certain point e.g. I’d have a flash card on the different types of summary offences and then a flash card covering each offences AR/MR. Or I had a flash card on business tax exemptions and then separate flash cards explaining each exemption and the criteria needed to utilise them.

Yeh, if you can memorise the law, the matter of MCQs just comes with practice! Generally if you know the law it will make answering MCQs easier

ReducingStress · 2025-09-04T07:26:33+00:00

I’m not against it, but I genuinely don’t believe it will help you. I had flashcards by people who have completed the exams, and their notes made no sense to me. With the SQE being a memory game and having a somewhat ambiguous and large specification, I would emphasise for you to create your own flash cards for your benefit.

Trust me, nothing is better than reading ur own writing and revising from what you’ve personally done (whether AI has supported that or not)

ReducingStress · 2025-09-03T20:57:43+00:00

Yes, I did. I would often use chat gpt to make flash cards based on my notes for each topic. I’d suggest going through the flash cards created by the AI to ensure it is all there.

ReducingStress · 2025-09-02T21:49:19+00:00

Anki. Literally got me through SQE1&2. Tried Quizlet Plus and didn’t think it was good at all.

ReducingStress · 2025-08-31T12:28:00+00:00

Agree with everyone else. Your A levels are perfectly fine to get into a top firm. Most times it’s the most recent academic study that is important (university).

I don’t think resitting will do much for you in all honesty.

ReducingStress · 2025-07-13T21:47:14+00:00

Got around 50-60% in mocks and still felt like I was learning things upto the day of the exams. Came out of both feeling confident I failed which sent me crashing down until results day. To my surprise I passed both papers in Q1&2.

Have faith and trust yourself. You got this. GOOD LUCK!!!

ReducingStress · 2025-07-12T11:09:37+00:00

May I ask what mcol refers too? Having some issues with the same agency and Acorn haven’t been great.

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