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Be careful though. I saw a lady post in here that she had like 2 donuts from a local shop and looked at the calories later, and found out they were like 3x the regular krispy kremes. I feel like pizza and wings should be alright though because they're pretty much standard if you go for 'basic' flavors. Maybe she got some…

Understood. Somebody else also recommended that I do strong lifts 5x5, and I will be giving that a shot! :) I'm excited to get started! I was using machines because I had the fear that free weights are "men only" and yada yada. But anyways ;) Which TDEE do you recommend I use to subtract 20% of? Should I use the moderate…

That is a good idea. I just get nervous about looking stupid but I guess it has to happen at some point to learn haha. Thank you :)

That's awesome! Thank you, I'm def interested. I will look into it now! Any videos u recommend online?

Do you think cutting and then bulking separately would be effective? Or does doing recomp make you lose fat while you're building muscle?

I appreciate your feedback. I will change my calorie intake.. If I don't go over maintenance though, what kind of results should I expect? Would I benefit at all? I looked at the 5x5. I am a total beginner, I have no idea what any of those terms are except for squats :( Can you tell me why you think machines are crap? I…

Adding that I weigh about 160, am 5'8", and 20. Open diary. Also my goal is to be at the gym 5 days a week, for roughly an hour-1.5 hours.

How do some of the snack sizes under traditional wings have more calories than a large size of the same flavor?? One I saw for sure was the traditional plain flavor

Yeah I have no idea. I looked into it a little bit and mostly what I found was its because I'm not a "seasoned" runner... Which is true, I never got past running a mile straight before. I'll try changing my shoes... What do u mean skin splints?

That's a good way to look at it... Thank you for the advice :)

I want to do both but I'm not sure if i'll really get any muscle gain with the calories I'm setting myself at for a while. I've been at 1,200 calories pretty comfortably, but I may need to up it after I see how I feel after I've been to the gym a few times. Please nobody jump on me about the 1200 calories.

ha! That's funny. I wanted to do the elliptical and try to run on the treadmill but I just got so bored.... I did a little bit of running yesterday and have sore shins now so I think I also needed a break. I ended up working on legs with machines! :) Thanks for your advice. I thought there was like some kind of proper way…

any idea what causes the shin pains? it's not calves, its specifically my shins. it's so weird!

I ran this morning for the first time in a while, but it was on a treadmill. I set a goal to run one mile/walk one mile, aaand well, I don't know for sure how much I ran because I had to do it in intervals, walk,run,walk,run. I know for sure over half a mile was ran. But anyhow, my face was beet red when I left the gym! I…

@lynn1982 where is that found? What is it?

Yummy yummy keep them coming!

@lemonychild oh that sounds pretty good actually... I would assume theyre decent protein too? Where do you order from?

@JanetYellen I actually use the rinsing trick to help reduce sodium! I don't log it that way though. I'm fine as far as my color goes, but I know there is a science behind the amount of water vs sodium intake a person should use. If one is off, then it can cause you to retain water I believe. I was just wondering if anyone…

So the comments at the end of those posts on that website I shouldn't look at too much? Yeah I think the problem is just that it's so easy to just look specific things up and read a little on it, but not really hear or learn anything about it anywhere else.... I want to learn a lot, I really do... It's just hard without…

I didn't mean to sound questioning like that, just if it would work out for me with my goals. I'm not very knowledgeable about all this so thank you! That's really helpful.

I just looked up what my TDEE was... It says about 1800 calories a day... So are you saying I should shoot for 1550 calories a day? I weigh 165, so 66 grams of fats and 132 grams of protein? That just seems like a crazy amount to me.. Can I switch the two to meet my cravings better? I've been craving more of fatty things…

Interesting. Do you all research stuff hardcore or where do you learn these things? Besides MFP lol. Any other cool apps or websites for me to look into as a beginner?

Wow! I greatly appreciate the info, I didn't think anyone would want to help me out! As far as my calories go, I feel content at the end of the day at 1,200 but I do get kind of junky towards the end of the day, I think because before I started all this I was a junkaholic. Doing waaaay better now. I really am enjoying it…