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  • Everything above. Lying leg curls also isolate the glutes pretty well, too.
    in Bigger booty Comment by MamaBirdBoss July 2015
  • With weights. Either a bar or a dumbbell squat. With weights, you get more strength/fewer repetitions. I got messed up knees from bad muscular balance. (That's what several doctors said.) That seems to have helped...
    in Knee Pain While Running? Comment by MamaBirdBoss July 2015
  • That...gave me goosebumps of horror. And I don't even have any junk. I don't actually have any interesting stories...at all. Not even of gym buddies. Not even in high school athletics, going back that far. I guess I'm just boring, and so are my friends! :D
    in Share your favorite gym fail Comment by MamaBirdBoss July 2015
  • Not a doctor, but probably this. -Strengthen your knees with specific lower body exercises. I like full squats (weighted) and weighted revers lunges for my crappy knees. -A foot strike more toward the front of your foot is more likely to put less pressure on knee and hip (and more on ankle and calf--you can't just get rid…
    in Knee Pain While Running? Comment by MamaBirdBoss July 2015
  • Well...I wasn't against weighing, and I knew why I'd stalled. I lost 15lbs. Stopped. Knew I was eating too much and exercising too little. Wanted to be more accurate. Joined MFP, started logging. Lost 12lbs in less than 2 months. Going to switch to "servings" rather calorie logging when I'm closer to goal weight because…
    in Has anyone posted on here "cant lose weight" then bought food scale and lost? Comment by MamaBirdBoss July 2015
  • Sizes mean NOTHING anymore. NOTHING. Size inflation is completely out of control. US sizes: I wear 4s and some 2s at 135lbs 5'6" IF THEY ARE NEW. I am still quite chubby. 20 years ago, those would have been 10s and 12s. I can't come close to squeezing into my size 6 pants from even 12 years ago. Tops, I always wore medium…
    in weight to dress size ratio poll Comment by MamaBirdBoss July 2015
  • I don't go down those aisles. :) I'm an IIFYM eater, but most of the junk doesn't taste all that good. If I'm going to spend calories on something really calorie dense, it had better be AMAZING. So I bake when I've got a serious itch.
    in Tough day grocery shopping Comment by MamaBirdBoss July 2015
  • 1) Fitbit is super accurate for step-based exercise IF you have negative adjustments enabled. 2) I try to get in at least 500 calories above sedentary a day, and I try to reduce my intake by 400 calories from my sedentary setting. Anything beyond that, I eat back every scrap of, whether or not I'm hungry, because that's…
    in FitBit and Calories... Comment by MamaBirdBoss July 2015
  • I never had back boobs per se, but I had thicker fat there until I was sub-145 and a visible slight bulge above 150. However, I'm 5'6". Height becomes really important. Much smaller than the picture, as I didn't have any rolls/folds anywhere unless I was sitting, but I'd never had anything like it, and it freaked me out.
    in How long did it take you to get rid of your back boobs? Comment by MamaBirdBoss July 2015
  • Physically changing locations helps a LOT. If you eat at home, getting out of the house...
    in Emotional eating suggestions? Comment by MamaBirdBoss July 2015
  • If it looks good enough, wouldn't it inspire your SO to take you somewhere appropriate? :) DOUBLE REWARD! Triple, if you count what happens after you get back home again...
    in Clothing inspiration Comment by MamaBirdBoss July 2015
  • A Dermapen session. LOL. Especially if a TRACE of a stretchmark begins to show up....
    in So, how would you reward yourself when you achieve your weight loss goal? Comment by MamaBirdBoss July 2015
  • Lifting heavy things, for instance. It preserves muscle. The usual measures aren't going to be sensitive enough to accurately pick out a 6lbs loss on an average obese person, though, so don't worry too much unless they're doing hydrostatic testing or dexa scans every time you come in.
    in Fat percentage help? Comment by MamaBirdBoss July 2015
  • Happens occasionally. Big changes in activity level, a lot of cardio, being out in the heat, big changes in meal size, hormone swings, and sickness can trigger it. If it keeps up, call the doctor. :)
    in No appetite Comment by MamaBirdBoss July 2015
  • Gardening isn't step-based. For that, it's kinda a guess. Heart rate monitors, unfortunately, aren't accurate for that, either.
    in FitBit Comment by MamaBirdBoss July 2015
  • I love that description!!! Fitted shirts are a god-send. I already bought my outfits. :) They all FIT, but they don't look GOOD.
    in Clothing inspiration Comment by MamaBirdBoss July 2015
  • I got some canned clams on clearance once and made chowder...hubby (who's the chowder eater) said it would be middle-of-the-line for restaurant chowder. But I don't actually care for clam chowder, so I can't say. He's not usually "nice" about what I cook (because if he is, I'll keep cooking stuff he hates, like cabbage…
    in Canned Chicken? Comment by MamaBirdBoss July 2015
  • My husband does, too!!! WILL NOT eat fresh. Makes a mash of canned + mayo and just wolfs it down. But...I can't stand canned tuna except in one particular tuna casserole but I like it fresh. I tried canned salmon, and I just could not like it, either. :( Taste is about the same, but the texture changes. The texture's a lot…
    in Canned Chicken? Comment by MamaBirdBoss July 2015
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