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Thanks for your reply. I am not looking to be diagnosed through the internet. My question was asking if anyone else has felt similar, and what their outcome was.

Yeah. After I posted this, I decided it was a bit of a silly post, and more just me being shocked by how sore I became, especially after lifting heavy for the last 6 months. That combined with what googling adductor machine brought in search results (everyone thinks the thigh adductor/abductor machine is evil) I decided to…

I agree that the calories can be "lost in calculation" or however anyone would like to justify it, which can either work in your favor or against you, depending on your unique self. After thinking about this more, I say that if I'm really that concerned with the 150 calorie difference, then I just need to do a little more…

This sounds reasonable, since everyone is different so just test out and see if you're losing the "1 pound per week" or not. If you're not, then adjust down to sedentary.

I've actually been unsure as to what I should set my activity level to, specifically because of what you're talking about here. If I workout 2-3 hours each workout, 5 days a week, but the times that I'm NOT exercising consist of basic activity that most people do like driving from point A to point B, getting out of car to…

NICE. That means I've been burning more calories than I thought over the last 6 months. That also makes sense, vs. requiring the user to guess how much total time they had been resting. And yeah, I'm pretty much out of breath between sets, so I'm definitely working. Thanks for the help all.

Interesting. I had a feeling heart rate had something to do with it. I'm in fat burning zone basically anytime I'm not sitting down, according to my fitbit. If I stand up to go over to the kitchen to make something to eat, it shoots up to 110-120 or so. My resting HR is 68-72, but I've found that fitbit overestimates by a…

Quick update regarding one specific item: If you perform an exercise (for example walking for 45 minutes, or weight lifting for 90 minutes), should you log the activity in Myfitnesspal or Fitbit? My conclusion, after logging workouts strictly in fitbit for the last week instead of myfitnesspal, is that it doesn't really…

Good idea, I might need to start doing that because what you said makes some sense. Although, in this scenario, I actually didn't have any "exercises" that I specifically performed that day. All I did was chores around the house, which simply accumulated steps. I didn't log "chores" in Fitbit or Myfitnesspal. The only…

Well I never considered that. I actually have it set to "lightly active", and most days I do not actually have that many random little steps. Very interesting though, thanks for the feedback. Perhaps I will change to "Active", but then increase my weekly weight loss goal, so that the total calories that I should be eating…

Agreed. Probably more like 2 hours a day of stretching, given how tight I am...

There were a few typos in what you were talking about at the end there, where you say "you'll be quite sore for a while". Are you saying that if I start doing yoga and full stretching routines, that I will be sore? Yeah, I'm beginning to think that I need to focus a lot more on stretching as well. Meaning, I literally need…

Thanks for reminding me about ab wheel. I did that a couple months ago and same thing, my entire stomach was sore for 1-2 weeks, just from doing about 30 reps of ab roller (3x10). The initial issue that I noticed was it felt like the discs in my back were being pinched, but after a couple weeks, that pinch was reduced in…

Ah, the foam roller. I actually did the foam roller on my quads and hamstring about a year ago, for the first time. It was EXTREMELY PAINFUL the first few weeks, and I mean extreme to the point of my eyes watering and me basically crying from the pain. This was simply rolling on the foam roller, laying on the ground,…

What about when doing 85%? That's what I've been pretty much doing. Also, I have wondered if my front abdominal are actually getting much of a workout when squatting and deadlifting. I do feel them being used, but not nearly as much as if I do abdominal specific exercises. Doing abdominal specific exercise are my least…

I squat and deadlift quite a bit. I feel that squat works my hamdstrings more than quads, so I might want to try to do more quad workouts. Although, I am not sure what else do do for quads. The sitting quad extension perhaps?

I step into a "stretching cage" before and after each workout (about 5 days a week), and do about 5 minutes of stretching pulling on different angles for most of my entire body. It's actually quite painful to stretch due to the tightness of my muscles, but I just push through the pain. I hold each angle for about 15-20…

Hmmm, I do drink a lot of water, but I could try to drink even more. If I do actually try to drink more though, I would probably be drinking about 200 ounces of water, because I am already drinking about 150 ounces each day.

I have been working out for about 13 years, but years 10-13 I stayed away from heavy lifting and only did cardio on cardio machines. I became quite weak, so 6 months ago I decided to get back into it. I actually feel great and regret ever halting my weight lifting regime. I will say that the reason I have taken on deadlift…

I probably sit less than the average person. I have a standing desk, but I only stand about 3 hours a day, and sit (at a desk) another 3-4 hours a day. When I am not in the office, I am either on my feet, or on something that "feels good" for my body like a recliner, or laying flat on my bed.

Thanks. I do stretch more than just my hamstrings. I step into a "stretching cage" before each workout (about 5 days a week), and do about 5 minutes of stretching pulling on different angles for most of my entire body. It's actually quite painful to stretch due to the tightness of my muscles, but I just push through the…

I've been working out fairly "hard" for the last 6 months. I am squatting 300 and deadlifting 300. I squat 3 times a week, and deadlift 1-2 times a week. I also do uphill treadmill walking 5 days a week, for 40 minutes each session.

Last one is August 25th

You could wait until you hit rock bottom like I did...once I was at the bottom, I told myself that I can either continue on gaining weight and being another obese American, or I can tackle it head on and transform my body via correct eating and including both lifting and cardio (girls and guys). Make that your #1 goal, and…

You need to eat your goal, every day. That is, your NET goal. So if you workout for 2 hours and burn 800 calories or whatever it is that you burn, then your new NET goal for the day is to consume 2000 calories. This is how to fuel your body correctly, and this will also aide you in "correctly" losing weight. Yes, in order…

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Thanks for the article. Good to see I've been doing all the right things. Have been eating at a deficit (NET), for the past 4-5 months. Have been doing more cardio, only to make up for eating, so to make stay around my NET caloric goal (after adding calories back from exercise). I'm sure that eventhough I'm doing cardio to…

Yeah I need to get on the measurements thing...thx

I've noticed the same thing too. My sides are slimmer, but my belly fat doesn't appear so. Probably a lot of perception. It's not cool that my stomach area holds fat more strictly than other areas. All the weight lifting I've been doing has given me great rewards, I've definitely become more toned and muscular, but not my…

Actually have been lifting for the last 5 months. Always heavy lifting. Just recently began squatting and switching certain lifts to 5x5, and I'm at my strongest in 5 years. I do specific ab exercises about once a week ago, and I hate it. They are hard and exhaust me more than bench or squat (if I actually go hard at it).…