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Right! Compeletly forgot about vitamin D. I live in Canada and over here we're actually lacking in Vitamin D even in the summer haha. Might start taking this for striking. Leg cramps happen at the worst time there haha

When people don't put the weights back. Jesus christ, thinking about it makes me see red.

Not until now :P

Are you still under your maintaining caloric intake by the end of your day?

Yeah, I have as well. That doesn't mean that they only use machines or free weights. What makes someone strong is constantly adding more weight to what ever exercise they're doing (progressive overload). I don't see why a gym (Planet Fitness is a gym right?) wouldn't be for people who want to bulk. I'm bulking and I don't…

Are you able to walk? Do some incline walking on the treadmill. Aim for 6 - 10 calores / minute for 30minutes and don't hold onto the treadmill.

It's a bit strange that he wants to do strength training with machines. Everything in starting strength can be substituted with a machine variation. For example: Squats - Leg Press Bench - Chest Press Deadlifts - Cable Pullthroughs (Best alternative I can think of..) Overhead Press - Machine Press His progress will be…

When that happens, I usually drink lots of water to help bloat my stomach a bit. These days though, I'm drinking mostly green tea.

Can you find a gym closer to your work? For me 5PM is rush hour and you could hit the gym and go home once that has settled down. You could also workout at home if you don't want to drive 35minutes to the gym. P90x, BeachBody, Insanity, or even create your own tabata workout. There's a home workout for anything and you can…

There's no way to burn a specific area of fat. You're going to have to just keep at it with your diet and adjust when you are not longer progressing or add in a form of cardio or weight lifting. Cardio wise, just go for a long walk or even incline walking. Do anything to help you burn more calories then you already do.

I don't think eating sweets in the morning is going to be any different from eating sweets in the afternoon or evening. What's going to make you fat is the amount of calories you take in by the end of the day. That's it. Anything else is more health benefits and I'm talking about macro and micro nutrients.

It's actually kind of funny, I wrote about this for another website today. I'll go into some details about it here.. The reason I think that most people struggle to lose weight is because they don't give it 100%. They're in it about 50%, but for some reason think they are in it 100% and complain about how "counting…

They a few things you can do to lose a few pounds! Dieting is one of them, that probably crossed your mind since you're here. :p I won't go over what others have already said on that topic, but do set up MFP and try your best to track everything you eat. It'll give you great insight on where most of your calories are…

It's all in the mindset you are currently in. "I am a 39 year old father of two and husband to an amazing woman." Just from reading that sentence I can already tell you don't mind your current weight. You're in a happy state of mind, which is great! But to lose weight, you are really going to have to discipline yourself…

You should definitely aim to hit your total calories for the day, especially because you're lifting. You may not be feeling the fatigue right now, but sooner or later it's going to hit you like a wall. You'll start having a lack of energy and focus. Which in the end will make it harder to maintain your diet or your lifting…

Oatmeal is a great way for me to get a good amount of carbs. I blend it with water, fruits, and protein powder for a post workout shake. Another way is make a hot bowl of oatmeat and add in some honey.

If you are consuming less calories than what you need to maintain then yes, it can really help you lose belly fat. You can be jogging / running everyday but still consuming too much calories, you won't lose any belly fat. I can't stress this enough, calories in vs. calories out.

It's good that you were able to do one week, don't try and beat yourself up over one little mistake. Building / breaking a habit takes at least 21 days (3 weeks). Just start your diet again, not tomorrow. Start right now. If you break your diet again, guess what? Just start it again.. it takes time and effort to change you…