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Diet sodas have their detractors, rarely supporters. Bbbbuuutttt who am I to talk? I have it, probably way too much. No adverse effects. I'm not gaining any weight (which I should because I'm bulking, but that's another story). Still, even though it may or may not have any consequence to weight gain, I'd still say you're…

Nah, @kwtilbury, I'm in Canada.

I'm pretty lean--8 to 9%--but I would say that's nowhere near the wire, i.e. magazine covers or competition guys who have somewhere around 6%. I heard liquids are better than solids because of ease/speed of digestion. I should have mentioned my goal is to gain some muscle--you can barely see my abs, for instance--and then…

Maybe My fitness pal is confused then. It's giving me astronomical numbers. For instance, 78g of Kirkland chicken breast is almost 400mg of sodium. Whhhhhuuuuutttttt?

No. Not deli items. I'm getting my readings off Myfitnesspal. Some of these are ground (like the turkey) and not eggs but egg whites, Egg Creations specifically.

Glad to get this off my mind then. I have no health problems and every time I get my blood pressure checked, I'm well within the healthy range: not high, not low, just right. I have a Mama Bear blood pressure.

Don't worry. I'll be up to 2,700 calories a day soon. Any tips on how to get up to that number? Like...any good, calorie-dense foods? I can chow down on nuts and nut butter, but anybody have any preferences? What's a good calorie-dense food for mostly protein, mostly carbs, and mostly fats for when I find I'm deficient in…

Awesome. No health issues that I know of. Thanks!

Btw, guys, loving this thread. Thanks for the input. Excited. So many modifications to my life: increased calories, keeping cardio to a minimum (or at least validation that I'm ok to do my longer walks), changes to my macro percentages (I tend toward carbs, though I do love my proteins and fats). I gotta wonder, though: do…

Awesome. Thanks. I'll probably stick to my walks then. Bah. I recognize the benefits of HIIT and I'll never go back to steady-state running, but I prefer the walks even if they're longer. On a treadmill, I can prop up a book and read that. Or at least get a change of scenery wherever I'm walking if the weather is nice.…

Also, any use in doing the HIIT while I'm bulking? Frankly, as far as cardio goes, I actually don't mind longer walks at 4 mph. I'm wondering if there would be any detriment in sticking to the longer walks if I'm not really concerned about losing fat or increasing my calories further through burning them off in cardio.

@juggernaut1974, yeah I know those formulas are only approximations. :P But the formula was pretty bang on for my weight loss, so I figured it would be for bulking. But I'm definitely upping my calories now. I heard 100 calories a week until you get to your goal just so your metabolism isn't shocked. The logic is that,…

There is nothing I can disagree with here: ice cream, cookies, and PB mixed together would be my downfall! : :s Every part of that recipe is Awesome(TM). I'd like to shake your hand for my upcoming weight gain, @hornsby. :p

@juggernaut1974, yeah, I was worried about not eating enough too. Well...my wife is worried about having to run to the grocery store every single day, but, heheheheh.... Anyway, everybody says I don't eat enough calories, but whenever I run my numbers through a calorie formula, I come up with a low number. Here's an…

Ok, so as per suggestions from @erickirb, I figure this: At 145lb and 9% body fat, I should eat * Protein = 1 gram per pound of LBM = 131.95 grams = 528 calories = 23.2% * Fats = 0.45 grams per pound of weight = 65.25 grams = 587 calories = 25.8% * Carbs = the rest = 1160 calories = 50.9% Myfitnesspal will only let me…

Will do! And, @erickirb, if I gain a 1:1 fat:muscle ratio, would that necessarily show? And how will I know that I've gained enough muscle if it's being cushioned by fat? In terms of my satisfaction, I don't go by numbers. I decide based on the mirror if I'm satisfied. So if I'm gaining fat with the muscle, will I ever…

Whoa. So sorry for the very late reply. Is there a way to get notifications by e-mail when someone responds to a thread? I looked around the site and could only find a way to flag alerts when you're on the site. Anyway, I made it to about 8%. Like most people (I imagine), I measured my goal at how good my abs looked. I'm…

I'd like to hear too. :/ I also don't want to gain fat while I'm bulking, if that's possible. I'd take a moderate muscle gain with no fat gain over an aggressive muscle gain over some fat gain. I worked hard to shed 40 lb. of fat and I don't really want to gain it back just to have to shed it again later, even if I'd gain…

Peanut butter on eggs and egg whites. Sounds like a pregnancy meal, but it's awesome!

Not about my weight, but a friend said he wanted to tone muscle. He didn't want to gain any or at least much. I told him there's not really any such thing as toning muscle, but only building muscle or losing fat to make muscle more defined. He's at, I estimate, 30% BF, so I told him he'd be better off losing fat because,…

I wanted to make it to 8% so when I switched to bulk, the extra fat I gained would still not be noticeable even if I didn't gain muscle as quickly as I wanted. i.e. I'd have a buffer. Never switched from one to the other so I'm not sure what to expect. Is 8% a bad goal?

Frustrated all the time. My family has gotten used to it, but they were weirded out whenever I proposed healthier foods for our birthday/Mother's Day/Father's Day occasions. Last week for my uncle's birthday, when I brought a chicken breast salad to eat instead of the usual BBQ dinner, I thought I was gonna get slapped.…

To @HaibaneReki , how is your Fitbit? I've heard middle-of-the-road reviews on it, like its calorie tracking isn't good (with cardio and steady-state activity) and that it can actually burn the wrist and leave a scar. So I've been hesitant to get it, even though I've had my eye on the Surge? What would you say about it?…

I've been reading some books (well, one specifically that covers this), and it recommends something different from what I've been doing. I've been splitting each workout into two groups per workout. So I'm gonna take the recommendations in that book and these in this discussion as well, and going to try to come up with…

Thanks guys. I'm definitely gonna check these out next chance I get. Keep 'em coming.

General rule is if you're meeting your goals, change nothing. So if you've lost 20 pounds in 2 months (which seems excessive--that's more than 2 pounds a week), whatever you're doing, I wouldn't change...as long as your goal is to lose weight and your doctor says it's ok. If you started to exercise more, I'd eat those…

Went to Denny's, had some fries. Can't remember the calories of the fries, but I was over by 300 calories that day. Suffice it to say, all my fries are now homemade.

I used to love almonds and peanuts. I shouldn't say "used to." I still do. But they're calorie dense, so I only have them on occasion.

I don't really pay attention to negative calories. No point. It's not gonna have much effect.

Ok, so essentially thermic effect is how easy/hard something is to digest?