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I'm 5'2" but I find that I am always reassessing. It also depends on whether you strength train or not. I think 120 is reasonable, but the scale is just a tool, look at measurements and body composition too. Good luck!

I am the only girl in the free weights section the majority of the time. Every time I am starting at a new gym, I feel a bit insecure about it, but soon the guys you workout next to each day get pretty used to having you there and even offer to let you work in, help you find a missing set of Dumbbells, or give you crap for…

Just to be fair you are both correct to some degree. While trans fats were found to be the most highly related to cardiovascular risk factors (High LDL, low HDL, triglycerides, atherosclerosis, etc) many findings suggest a small reduction in cardiovascular risk by lowering saturated fat (but not dietary fat), however…

Has she gained weight too? Can you identify what you're doing differently? Are you stress eating? Is she cooking you food that makes you overeat? Less active?

I think mfp is setting that as a cap. Basically what it does for sodium too.

Learned the USDA bull food pyramid in grade school and HS. Probably one class in 7th grade health was devoted to eating disorders. Through anatomy and physiology understood metabolic processes but very little about individual nutrition. Not until grad school did I feel I learned anything that wasn't vastly influenced by…

My aunt told me "you are lucky you can lose weight so easily" - got me real annoyed. Some regular at the gym said "don't lift too heavy, it would be a shame to lose your feminine curves" - creeper! Old classmate "no one wants to date a girl that lifts more than him" - spoiler alert, glad they opt out themselves! My mom…

Yes. I thought I could eat as much as my two brothers and then we moved away from my friends at 10 and I became really sedentary. My mom had guilt and put me on diets and bought me "special" diet food. So I was deprived of the foods the rest of my family was eating- started a habit of binge eating in private. I now weigh…

@mburgess458 I understand my immediate keyboard response isn't always the best explanation, but I responded probably too quickly when I take people's reaction to sound like bmi doesn't estimate adiposity in studies when it has been shown to do so and is the cheapest, most reliable way to estimate adiposity in studies on…

So maybe I misspoke but they are both used to approximate adiposity. Simply put they are both used to try and get at a very similar thing and that is fat. I am not sure we are disagreeing on much more than word choice at this point.

Actually BMi is used to approximate body fat frequently in epidemiologic studies because the two are highly correlated in upper BMI categories on population level data. As an individual measurement this approximation does poorly, but the 7% bf individual is usually the exception not the rule.

I found interval running was more helpful for my training--because you are running between obstacles and up hills. So I did a lot of strength workouts mixed with 400 m runs. Definitely work on your burpees just in case, but I found my strength training background made all the obstacles very doable (except I'll admit a…

BMI is supposed to approximate bodyfat, but it is very easily misclassified. It has high correlation for inactive adults in higher bmi range, but once someone lifts, bmi is unlikely to be a good representation of bodyfat.

If you go to GNC or many company's websites you can get sample servings of several protein powders. Personally the worst tasting one I ever tried was "women's" something. Investing in a full jar like this is awful without having tried it. My friends and I often swap protein samples too, maybe something to try?

I don't know what anyone can tell you here that you don't know without asking a bunch of questions and writing you a plan. This is quite simple, but just in case. Diet: I think at your activity level ( I am assuming it is quite high), that you will need to make sure you are eating enough. You also want to make sure you are…

I would definitely start strength training. You cannot control where your body pulls fat, but you can change the shape underneath. It sounds like you are saying you have a pear shape? I would start doing upper body strength training to work shoulders, back, chest and arms. This will help give you more of an hourglass…

Thanks @kshama2001-that is kind of my dilemma. I am struggling with what my exercise calories are? Do most people just go off of the cardio machine and not count strength training?

Proud when I eat vegetables. Grew up with a father that hates most things healthy. We never had veggies, so now I am proud of myself for incorporating them into my diet. I don't hate them, but it took a while to deprogram those bad habits.

When it is already clear I intend to turn, when I am in a lane that is turn only and already veering that direction it might not be necessary, but I am in the habit!

Yes. I tend to overuse my blinker in general. I try to make it so people have a clear idea of where I intend to go.

You are what mid-twenties and active? Type II diabetes is most common in middle age, sedentary individuals with a history of being overweight, hbp, family history of diabetes (it isn't mendelian so the comment about recessive gene doesn't hold true it would be many genetic variants that each would only increase risk a…

Definitely start strength training. This will help you retain lean mass while losing weight. You may even have some beginner recomp going on. I would not wait to start with strength training. Also eating--other than eating at a deficit, make sure you are getting enough protein, this along with strength training helps you…

When did you start taking creatine? I think this 3 weeks your weight loss has slowed, but not stalled. I would just keep doing what you are doing. Creatine, increased water, and a progressive workout program create a lot of factors. You also don't have a lot to lose and if you are doing more of a bodybuilding style…

^agree. I actually can't handle a deficit past runs of 10 miles. When I do a long run close to or past 10 miles, I ALWAYS eat at maintenance that day.

Yeah I had been eating close to 1900 at this level of exercise and noticed myself gaining, which is what made me decide I need to cut. Maybe I'll do a bit less HIIT (I just love it so much). I figured my deficit was between 300-400 a day, but maybe I underestimated my daily burn. I thought 1500 calories was a far more…

@NorthCascades - I just want to follow you on posts for all the pretty landscape photos!

You need to put away the scale and eat a healthy amount. You are on a slippery slope of hurting your metabolism by underfeeding your body. You need to eat at least 1200 calories for a while to let your body get used to you feeding it so that your metabolism can adjust and use more calories in daily function. Also exercise…

I don't think drinking more water is enough for you to worry about having diabetes without any other symptoms or risk factors. I think it is normal that you are drinking more water because your intensity is going up in your exercise. Are you eating at what should be a steep deficit or a minor one? How many calories vs.…

I take everything I usually put in a tortilla and put it in a salad. I also take meaty marinara or pasta like meat and sauce and put them over steamed broccoli, spaghetti squash or zucchini noodles. I eat a lot of eggs. Make fritattas, breakfast in a cup (eggs and vegetables, maybe wrapped in bacon baked in a tin muffin…

High protein. For ME I usually end up in a deficit or at maintenance if I simply hit my protein goal. Protein keeps me full longer and also helps with lifting recovery. If I have a low protein day, I likely eat a lot more calories.