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I have enjoyed reading this thread, I thought I would share my experience as well in case it helps anyone. I started at about 340 lbs, and was terrified of taking a break. A couple of times in the first year or so of dieting I ate more (once was during a super bowl party, the other I think a birthday party) and I gained…

Excellent point, thanks!

Ahh fun, I've left the land of bro-science for bro-politics

Ah spelling I see, thank you. Should have checked my spell checker. Well done, excellent Ad hominem attack. To your point, it was absolutely responsive to your question, but we can agree to disagree I suppose.

I find it humerus that the one serious and complete response you got is the one you choose to criticize. Anyway, my response would be, "what cqbkaju said". There is no reason to do ab workouts, you will be far better off doing heavy compounds if you want to build your abs.

I find when it comes to these types of critical times that I need to evaluate what is important in my life. Why did I decide to change my eating habits, and how important are those reasons to me now. As JeromeBarry said, you will have to decide for yourself to get back on track. If you do want to get on track and stay on…

I did SL for about a year and went from very light weights to 380x5 DL, 350x5 squat, 255x5 bench. here is my progress similar to McClouds (thanks for the idea McCloud!) 340 to 280 was purely diet 280 to 260 was cutting plus stupid stuff like p90x 260 to 200 was cutting plus SL 5x5 I am bulking now and have started doing a…

You are unlikely to gain much if any muscle while eating at a deficit, but that does not mean you will not gain strength. If you have never lifted and you do SL5x5 consistently as programmed you should see dramatic improvements in strength. It is not muscle growth, but improvement in your central nervous system's ability…

A little unusual breakfast for me, but I have it everyday, a good way to get protein and fiber early every morning. I have a serving of all bran cereal with protein shake (ON chocolate) instead of milk

This was the first time I got 315x5 for 4 sets, was extremely excited. Since then I have moved the bar down my back a bit and my PR is 340x5 for 4 sets. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAqFizx2SVs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KM7r9d8NxB0

Get the book Starting Strength and read it cover to cover. It will teach you how to properly do barbell exercises and help you structure a program to do so.

In short barbell exercises. Specifically Bench press and overhead press with a barbell. Check out Strong Lifts 5x5 or starting strength for really solid full body exercise programs.

I am assuming you are fairly new to lifting. If so, in general you should be progressively overloading the weight at every session. What this means is every single workout should increase total work. This likely means you will be either increasing reps or weight every time you lift. I recommend checking out structured…

10 bananas daily, why, that doesn't make any sense to me. P.S. There must 20 things on that food pyramid that don't make sense, but I'm most curious about the bananas.

That's great. Getting stronger is the best unexpected positive to my new fitness lifestyle. I never planned to get to these levels of strength when I started losing weight, and I am amazed that I have blown away all of my old 1RM PRs while doing 4x5 now. I wish you the best in your fitness adventure as well.

Thanks! 165 is outstanding, easily as impressive as 315 is for me. Thanks, The lifting has helped me a lot, I wish you the best!

Thanks. No reason to laugh, you have to start somewhere; very few women actually squat anything. P.S. 315 is actually quite light compared to many people my size. In fact 315 is only barely intermediate for someone my size (see http://www.crossfit.com/cf-journal/WLSTANDARDS.pdf). So I could easily laugh at my numbers…

The most important thing to do if you really want to gain muscle is to get into a good structured lifting program. I would recommend "Strong lifts 5x5," "Starting Strength" or "New Rules of Lifting for Women" These sort of good structured programs get you working your entire body and will be the most efficient way to gain…

I'm not sure how other people are at the gym, but if someone asks me for help at the gym I always stop and help them. It is always my pleasure to try and help people learn how to use proper form. I would suggest you start lifting heavy; by heavy I mean 85-90% of your maximum lift amount, not any particular weight, just the…

Congrats, that is awesome. I have been doing SL5x5 (doing 4 sets of 5 though due to 750 calorie deficit) for a while now, did 4x5 at 240 last. I'm looking forward to 275. I would encourage you to work on your squat, so many benefits. I started squatting at 135 5 months ago and did 4x5 at 300 last.

Interesting, thanks for posting that. Very informative. This research applies to liquid whey protein shakes, but interesting none the less. Also, the fact that it is sponsored by the company that benefits most by its findings is quite suspect, but I am going to spend more time looking into this.

The research I have seen on the amount of protein that can be "used" is mixed, even so all of it seems to point to a lot more than 10g/hour. Do you have a link to some research that you are using to base the 10g/hour on? This is a good article discussing the research about how much protein can be absorbed.…

The HR does not read heart rate well during vigorous arm movements. I suspect what's happening is your fitbit is reading an incorrect heart rate. What does your HR show during the workout (looking on fitbit.com afterward)?

I started squat, bench and DL at 135, OHP and row at 95. Squat didn't start getting hard until 185, DL started getting hard at about 225, Bench at about 165, OHP 110 and row about 135. I did all of these exercises in High School 20 years ago (I threw), so I already had a pretty good feeling for proper technique. Note, if…

In general too much protein should not be a problem, as long as you stay within your calorie goals (assuming your not going well beyond reasonable amounts). There is certainly no reason to eat more than 1g of protein per lb of body weight. I aim for .8g /lb daily.

I'm not sure if you are asking how much you protein you should eat, if so take your body weight in pounds and multiply by .8 and eat that many grams of protein per day. example: if you weigh 150 lbs eat 150*.8 g of protein or 120g protein per day. If you are extremely obese you could drop to a bit lower # of g. See this…

If you are lifting heavy you should aim for about .8g protein / lb of body weight. If whey helps you get their fine if you can get their without whey fine. Beyond that what John said.

You can find lots of good info in this thread: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10098937/faq-syncing-logging-food-exercise-calorie-adjustments-activity-levels-accuracy/p1 I have an HR, and this is what I do: * Set my activity level to sedentary * Link MFP with my fitbit for calorie burn (It will…

Flat shoes, or just as good if not better, no shoes. I deadlift with bare feet.

285 2x5 this week, was moderately difficult. Have never done a 1RM. Still ramping up at 20lb / week. Will probably reduce to 10lb / week soon as it is getting more difficult.