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I've struggled with this as well. There's nothing 'wrong' with you or uncommon about starting with a ton of motivation that is gone within 3 months. This can happen even if you are seeing progress along the way. It's important to look at times where you became discouraged and try to understand what happened so you can…

Looking for virtual friends now that all my workouts are all solo. I do 16:8 IF but usually don’t track calories, road and mtn bike, play ice hockey, and lifted heavy before the gyms closed but recently am doing home kettlebell workouts.

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Had the same issue today. I disconnected and reconnected and it's working now.

Has anyone ever said anything to you? If not, it's all in your head. Where else is it coming from? Most people aren't paying half as much attention to you as you think they are. From my personal perspective, I have 10x the respect for anyone getting under the bar than anyone else in the gym. You should focus on form and…

One of these things is not like the others... How does that list end with 10 push-ups? And why can't someone start with just a bar?

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Keep seeing your doctor and taking medication. You should check out mindfulness. Do some reading on what it is and what it can do for you. There's a great mindfulness app that has guided meditations to help you learn about it. Besides that, hopefully you have a good therapist who can help retrain your brain. It's a serious…

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Just track your calories and do some moderate workout. You'll be able to lose 1-2 lb per week if you're trying to lose fat. It's not going to go any faster than that so just track everything, make adjustments as necessary and you'll get there eventually. The only way to get more 'burn' in the gym is to WORK HARDER. Wearing…

I do agree with the science that you need to be at a certain calorie level to lose, gain, or maintain. And you could consume total 'junk' food below your calorie level and lose weight. But the calories you consume do matter for keeping you full, helping you recover from workouts, etc. A coke may only be 140 calories, but…

My wife had a baby 2 months ago and wanted to do WW to have the accountability. A 'date' with the scale every Saturday morning is a powerful motivator. I'm doing it with her for support. Recently I've been logging in WW instead of MFP. I hate double tracking and wish they would share, but I understand why WW only wants to…

Awesome, build healthy habits now! Wish I had done that in college

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Thanks, I'll look into some of those. I understand the SL app just sports their program. I guess I'm looking for both things, a plan and a good app to track it. The SL program is a way better plan than I've had, but the app is basically only good for tracking that program. I was playing with bodybuilding.com's app but it…

My first race ever was a marathon finishing in 3:56. Any distance is possible if you put in the work.

They can be great but you don't necessarily need to be 1:1. There's so many great classes out there where you can do anything from HIIT to power lifting in a group environment. As much if not more motivation from competition, much lower price, and you can take a variety of classes to work in a variety of tools. If your…

If your doctor said you should be on 1200 calories, that's what you should eat. Not eating back exercise calories that go beyond 1200. IMO anything a doctor tells you is taking into account more than posters on a forum can. If you trust your doctor, follow their orders. If you do not trust your doctor, find a new one.

Depends on your goals. I always think a mix of anything is stronger than just one approach. HIIT takes less time, SSC (especially on a bike) takes far more time. For weight loss, HIIT will fit more into a smaller period of time. If you're goal was riding a century then you should spend a lot of time in SSC.

Calories from fat is just the number of calories that come from fat... Fat has 9 cal per g so that number should be about 9*the grams of fat in the food.

Protein shakes do exactly what you said, if you don't get enough from your diet it supplements to boost your intake without extra fat and carbs. Protein (and fat) help you stay full and protein helps rebuild muscles. The biggest benefit (IMO) for weight loss would be staying full longer. That said, if you're sticking to a…

So many things to consider here but I would get too anxious about your diet. It could be a million other things including it just wasn't your day. Was training going well? In general, experiment with your diet as you train and be as consistent as possible as you approach the race. If power bars were working when you were…

There is a huge genetic component, but don't discount diet and overall weight. It sounds like his lifestyle is clearly working against his health. My experience is from my dad who has always been well within a healthy weight range, probably at the lower end. He works out 5 days a week 3 cardio 2 lifting and closely watches…