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I do 0% mainly because I want to get my fat from yummy things like peanut butter, avocados etc. I keep my fat below 30% of my nutritionals. My rule of thumb is carbs 45%, protein 30 and fat 25 give or take a gram here and there.

Smoothie with protein powder, almond milk, cottage cheese, a couple frozen banana cubes, greek yogurt and a tbsp of peanut butter. Keeps me full for ages and jam packed with protein.

Any other nut butters are good. I like cashew butter and almond butter the best. Whole Foods is a store that carries a grinder so you can grind your own portions.

I eat them. I try to buy the small sized ones that don't exceed 3.5oz. I usually have one a day in my morning oatmeal or sometimes after a workout when I need to get my blood sugar up. They have good things in them but yes, they're high in sugar.

I eat everything. Thursday nights when I play 3 hours of beach volleyball I seriously eat everything in sight...now that's a killer burn, so I make that my main cheat day. Other days, 20 mins on the step mill and an hour of weights gives me an extra 400-500 calories a day of flexible eating. I usually try to keep my fat…

Yoga is excellent for changing your body. There are many types. Vinyasa is a flow style class, where you're moving from postures at a steady pace using your breath. The possibilities are endless in terms of asanas (poses and postures) in how they're sequenced. You generally don't hold anything super long and the level of…

Oh that is way TMI....

Exactly what others have said. If you're hydrated beforehand, you're fine. When I'm practicing yoga I do bring water in with me and just take small sips and that's it. To use an analogy, you dry out a plant and suddenly water it, the water is going to go right through but if you water it slowly it will absorb. Drink…

1) at cable machine, attach ankle attachment, pick weight (I do 20lbs) go into plank position and touch weighted leg's knee to bicep. 2) On TRX get feet into straps, go into a plank, up into a pike, back to plank up to a split leg pike. All those movements are 1 rep when complete. 3) Using T-bar rotate bar from left to…

Well I'm 46 and still plug in a good workout and am lean but fitness is more than just physical appearance. My cardio isn't what it used to be but then again I don't stretch my cardiovascular fitness like I did when I swam and played sports constantly. I am definitely stronger than I was. So, yes, I consider myself fit but…

It doesn't bother me but my family is British. I spell colour and other words with the extra U since I'm Canadian. It's all good to me. Now if someone says the word "moist" that's a different story. Now that's an annoying word!

I measure all my liquids with cups and tablespoons and everything else with my digital scale. I also have a glass surface flat one and that measures in grams and ounces. I use it constantly.

I'm in manhattan all the time for work and noticed the same thing...very few overweight people as everything is 20 blocks away and it's hard to get a cab so you walk everywhere. It's a pain to drive so it's subway or walking.

Depends what type of yoga. If you do an intense vinyasa flow class you can burn a good chunk of calories. It all depends how quickly you move through the different postures, if there's lots of plank work, arm balances and inversions.

Short nonfat sugar free vanilla latte.

For coffee I use 5 or 10% cream. I only have 3 cups and 3tbsp of creamer does nothing bad to me. For oatmeal and shakes I use almond milk. It has less carbs and sugars than milk and just as much calcium plus has potassium which isn't in milk. Milk does have more protein but I add in protein powder and eat plenty of other…

Squats...back and front, deadlifts, split lunges, leg press, leg extension, lying leg curls

I make my dressing with greek yogurt, chives, salt & Pepper and a little bit of Dijon and it's tasty. If you want to thin it out, add a bit of almond milk.

I stand corrected. As Jim pointed out, all the facts weren't given and some people have different reasons for going to the gym which might not be aesthetic.

Very true Jim!

Most often it's diet. I see them all the time at the gym. Look like they work out hard but look the same every day.

ndj1979 also offered good advice :)

Another poster gave good advice too. I can't recall his name at the moment. You're young with young bones and young muscles probably without the vast amount of injuries my old bones have gone through, so the time to start is now. Do you have access to a gym? If you're brand new at working out, it's difficult to learn how…

cookies and ice cream haha...I time my splurges post workout and my diet always includes cookies and ice cream...and chocolate of course. I have a protein shake too :)

I just pay attention to my ratios and eat accordingly. I usually time my higher sugar things after a workout, including cookies, ice cream and chocolate but as long as I hit my percentages, it's all good. I usually have at least one banana a day.

Agree on the compound movements. I do them first thing in a workout before going on to isolation work. So many people don't like training legs...I love training them. I lose my abs when I'm trying to build more muscle, as that requires more calories but they show up again when I lean out. They come and go.

Building muscle takes time and requires tweaking. I've bulked and cut so much to tweak my body how I want it to be. You need a calorie surplus to gain muscle, which I usually do in the winter because I don't mind having a bit of fluff then. I keep my protein levels high, fat around low to mid 20's of my food and keep my…

You definitely don't look like you need to lose weight...more building muscle to get some shape, so I'd be working on bulking and lifting heavy.

I eat high protein bread. Dempsters makes a "Boost my Protein" bread that has 11g of protein in two slices. I normally just stick to two a day because I often have a sandwich or toast and have oats for breakfast and don't generally have bread for dinner so 2 slices is plenty.

I'm on my morning snack before 11am. I eat breakfast, snack, lunch, snack, dinner, snack.