Starting out? Restarting? Basics inside

blankiefinder · November 2015

VisofSer wrote: »

Outstanding information in this topic. Something that I think is worth emphasising is do resistance training as soon as possible. This more than anything other than good protein intake will help the weight loss be fat loss instead of muscle or other lean body mass.

Thanks, and I agree, resistance / strength training is very important. Even if you can only lift soup cans starting out, or body weight, or even modified body weight, it is very important to preserve what lean mass you have. If you can't do a full push up, you can do them from your knees. Can't do them from your knees (bad knees like mine or too weak) you can do them off a wall or table, etc, the more upright you are, the easier, then increase the difficulty as you can.

annaskiski wrote: »

I love your dog blankiefinder. Every time I see your pic, I want to smooch him/her....

Thanks, @annaskiski ! She is definitely the baby of the family. I give her a treat every time someone comments on how cute she is, so she says 'Thank you'

VisofSer · November 2015

When I hurt my right knee I found the thick, plush rug in my lounge to be enough padding to do kneeling press ups. Strong resistance bands like the ones from iron woody or my protein really help fill in the gap if wall press ups are doable, but decline or kneeling are too difficult.

Rainbowbrite4046 · November 2015

Thank you!

Elaine352962 · December 2015

meghaabraham wrote: »

cocates wrote: »

meghaabraham wrote: »

Does anyone have any tips on useful sites or threads I can use in order to build my knowledge of nutrition and when to "bulk" or "cut" and proper ratios of Macros? I feel like I know facts about everything, but don't know how to tie it all together and apply it, if that makes any sense lol.

Here is a link to a compilation of 'just getting started' type of threads. It has about 25 links (including a beginner's guide to bulking: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10049766/bulking-a-complete-guide-for-beginners

Here are the direct links: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10226536/bulking-for-beginners

http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10049766/bulking-a-complete-guide-for-beginners

I hope it helps!

Thanks so much! I'm definitely going to check those links out!

I will also check these links, thank you.

aliciamariaq · December 2015

Bumping for the weekend...

Elaine352962 · December 2015

Hope everyone has a great day.

myheartsabattleground · December 2015

I nominate this for a sticky !

ThomasChang1 · December 2015

Why doesn't weight lifting not show calories burned? Is there a tutorial for using the exercise part?

Thanks

blankiefinder · December 2015

myheartsabattleground wrote: »

I nominate this for a sticky !

Aw, thanks!!

ThomasChang1 wrote: »

Why doesn't weight lifting not show calories burned? Is there a tutorial for using the exercise part?

Thanks

@ThomasChang1 Calories burned while lifting are fairly low which is why most people log it as 1 calorie. You can log 'strength training' under the 'Cardiovascular' section, and adjust the calories burned as you see fit. MFP has a fuller explanation on why they don't give strength training calories burned here: http://myfitnesspal.desk.com/customer/portal/articles/11170-why-don-t-you-calculate-calories-burned-for-strength-training-

I hope that helps!