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I posted a link to what seems to me to be a fairly comprehensive literature review published in 2013 for those of you that want to delve into the question of benefits of pre- and post-workout nutrients.. It says nothing about weight loss. It looks at various studies that examine the anabolic effect of nutrient timing…

I'll weigh in :) Yes, stress can affect your cycle. I peeked at your diary - I think maybe it would help your body to feed it with a bit more intention - eat more protein and fat; take a multi with iron; up the dairy or some other food that is a good source of calcium. Beginning to exercise is awesome and you need to be…

It IS good for your weight (and your general health) to eat whole foods in reasonable portion. Some folks are anti-whole-food-zealotry (zealots are so tiresome) so they make a point of noting that you can lose weight on a diet of twinkies and coca cola as long as you stay under your calorie count. Which is true - but your…

You seem to be used to debates with this person and also this time around she landed a blow that hurt a little (I say that because you said in your original post ... "i've been in a mental run lately"). This is the MIL dance for you. Want to change it up? Deflect her negative comments with kindness - "Interesting point of…

"unlimited vegetables" (excluding some starchy ones) while closely tracking everything else is basically how I lost weight using weight watchers -

Interesting article, Gale - thanks for posting it.

Keep using ice packs and make an appt with your doc and lay off of high impact or anything else that hurts until you get a medical consult :)

I log all the exercise on FB and all the food on MFP. MFP is set to "sedentary" and "1 cal for exercise." FB ports over calories burned and MFP adjusts recommended calories up/down in response. Seems to work fine.

I often get feel faint if I stop a workout when my HR is above 130, so I always keep moving until my heart rate is under 90 (my resting HR is ~47) - it doesn't take long and beats face-planting. Stretching afterwards just feels wonderful.

My own experience with this is that by increasing my calories (and having the content of those calories be nutritious and not just sugar) I was no longer hungry AND my workouts were more productive. My rate of loss slowed to a half pound a week ... on the up side, I had more energy, made more gains in strength, mobility…

Looking at data over a month, you will be able to tell what's what -

Just survive and heal and then get back to your routine. There is a protein-heavy clear ensure product you could try if you are worried, but honestly a day or two is not going to throw you off much.

I hit a wall of sorts with progressing on my weight training & moved to maintenance 10 days or so ago. It seems to me I am having more productive (and more fun) workouts and feeling less run over by a truck afterwards.

I don't think it's worth discarding a yolk - but it might be worth adding whites depending on your protein regiment and need to balance calories.

Yay for you - you have decided to get healthy! Use scooby or some other app to find your maintenance calories. Up your calories by a few hundred daily until you get to maintenance. Start a weight training program - not a random one but a full body, planned program. Eat for fuel: protein, carbs and fat in adequate numbers…

1 c fat free or full fat plain greek yogurt, 1 c blueberries nuked from frozen so they are hot - add oatmeal, cereal, etc as desired. This is my breakfast almost every day. 1 c full fat plain greek yogurt, 28g chocolate whey powder, 10 g cocoa, 80-100g banana sliced - this is a meal at some point on a weight training day

There you go :)

Depending on your level of activity, under-eating your calorie goal for days in a row may leave you more famished in the morning. At least, that is what I experience.

Pasta - 2 oz serving instead of 3 or 4 Alcohol - 1-2 drinks a week instead of 1-2 drinks a day Chocolate - Tablespoons of cocoa with my yogurt and banana daily instead of a chocolate bar daily Pizza - home made (accurately tracked) rather than delivery Food in general - higher nutritional quality rather than higher quantity

I didn't make a comment about prefrontal cortex development to be mean - it's just that the average age for full development is 25. Sorry to have offended you - I did not mean to.

Well perhaps her prefrontal cortex is not fully developed yet, but if her stated age of 22 is correct then most folks would say, yeah she is.

I get it. If you are an adult, though, there is no reason to share your calorie counts or weights unless you choose to. You can brush off inquiries gently ("thanks for your concern, I understand where it's coming from, and I am fine") or not ("mind your own business").

Keep up the data collection :) All of the recommendations and settings work for the aggregate of people and there are always outliers in terms of response. It seems like, though, that weight reduction is never linear even if intake is constant, so it is easy to draw conclusions about "this caused that" when they really…

Not only body type differs, but age & gender are factors. My "multiplier" is about 12 - this with walking 4-7 miles mostly outside, every day, and weight training twice a week (NROLFW) - as determined by the data I have been keeping.

For what it's worth, I am about half way through NROLFW and have not had any problems learning the lifts or finding the stuff I need to do them at the Y I go to. I will be looking for something after I have finished with it so I am keeping an eye on this thread and peoples' experiences :)

6. A cure for boredom is throwing rocks at earnest posters.

smh at responses. Thanks for the post, @vitaminski Keep doing what works for YOU :)

I for one found your post quite useful. Thank you.

You probably already know that sleep deprivation is a health hazard. That being said, two months probably won't kill you (although you might be at risk for killing someone else lol). Just look for nutritious eating. Don't worry about workouts during the middle of the week - just keeping awake will be burning more calories.…

Have some shirts and pairs of pants that actually fit you, and do laundry often :) Have some shirts and pants that are a bit big that you can get away with. But ask someone else's opinion because you won't be able to believe your lying eyes :wink: