BrianKMcFalls Member

Is this a byob situation?

Just looking at this made me cry a little inside. I miss my old frenemy.

From what I've read, this is going to vary by individual. I've had success with low carb (<100g). Sometimes, I go over that, but always try and stay under 60g per meal even if I'm cheating. When I come off the Metformin, that might not be low enough. Lots of variables: Why are you diabetic? Insulin resistance or not…

Hadn't considered that, I will ask for clarification. Maybe he would change the diagnosis to pre-diabetic.

5.7, so slightly high, but he thinks I can come off the Metformin and my blood pressure medication in 4 months, if everything still looks good. Even said he would remove the diagnosis from my chart. That's pretty good motivation to keep up the low carb eating plan and exercise.

Hi, I'm Brian. I was diagnosed type 2 at the end of May. A1C 8.5 at the time, currently on 500mg Metformin twice daily. Went to class and got my meter mid June. Checking BG once a day and my numbers have looked good. Had my first follow up appointment with the doctor yesterday. Rechecked A1C, even though it's only been 2…

There's no real agreed upon definition. I've seen < 50g = ketogenic diet and defined as very low carb. I've seen < 60g, < 80g, < 100g and < 150g be defined as low carb. I've seen 200g - 250g called lower carb, which with the average American eating about 300g, would be true.

If you have a Complete Nutrition near you, I think they all offer a sampling bar to try anything they sell.

And nothing wrong with protein powder if he needs it, it's just food. I'd say stear clear of any protein powders with supplements added at that age. He can probably drink milk and eat enough protein without it.

It's also very dependent on how overweight someone is, a lot of fat makes muscle gain while losing weight much more likely.

What are your goals? If you really want to gain weight (and by that, I assume you mean muscle), then you're doing things that sabotage that goal.

I second this, tastes pretty good and you can't beat zero sodium. It's not that hard to make your own as well, as others have suggested.

I'm pretty sure the default is 20%, 233 grams would be almost 52% of your calories, so it's not at default anymore. That's not to say 20% is correct, just that that's the default setting.

Oh, it's a thing, not an idea based on any evidence, but it's something lots of educated people believe. Here's a quick video of how pressing (properly) is actually good for the shoulder. https://youtu.be/5cnyRkZTtoM

If by online calculators, you mean BMI, it's totally useless for trained individuals.

Get a second opinion, if you can find a doctor who lifts, that's probably your best case scenario. A doctor who doesn't do anything, is fine telling you to not do anything. Lots of doctors (and everyday folk), think old people should get weak and waste away, cause that's "normal".

I second the recommendation to look at your programming. Does it match your goals and expectations? If you're back to your original weight, but at a lower body fat %, then you gained a little muscle.

It looks solid, I've seen worse, but you asked in the context of a beginner's program. I think that looks more like an intermediate program. I'm far from an expert, but I'm of the belief every novice lifter should run a simple full body LP program. Let him get some muscle before you worry about accessory work. As an…

His age, other activities, goals, schedule would need to be considered? My opinion there is a lot of unnecessary stuff in there for a beginner. One day a week splits are totally not taking advantage of a beginner's ability to run an LP. Go with your original gut feeling and train him using SS.

You should feel the lower trapezios muscles (between the shoulder blades) contracting, those are secondary muscles worked in dumbell lateral raises. If that's what your describing.

Probably close enough, the calorie burns are an estimate and usually not particularly accurate. That's the reason most people only eat back half their exercise calories.

How do you track your steps? You can add a device and it will track it automatically or you can enter it manually, you do that under the diary tab.

Your best bet would be looking at before and after pics in reverse, I doubt anyone outside of the science community would be documenting weight gain in pictures. But as sardelsa said, even that is very individual.

If soy is ok, soy milk stacks up pretty good, comparable protein, not as sweet, so about 2/3 the calories. It's about double the cost of dairy.

Muscle is muscle, there isn't a lean version. The fastest way to gain muscle is a bulk, you will gain weight, some of that weight won't be muscle, that's just how it works. Sounds like you want to minimize the fat gains, which means gain slowly. The good news is your 20 years old, if you also happen to be male, that's even…

That's covered when you selected your activity level.

Pepperidge Farm Whole Grain Very Thin Sliced Bread comes in around 7 grams a slice. It's not magical or anything, it's just regular bread sliced really thin, but it gets the job done when you want some bread.

That's lifting in my book. My point was, cardio alone isn't going to get her the look she sounds like she wants.

If you are looking to also gain muscle, that's going to involve lifting, if that's not already part of your gym routine.

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