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Here's another thing I notice. I believe I still have a little bit of control whenever I do this because I don't just go binging on everything that I see. I always take time to search around and think about what I want and I don't like eating huge packages of things. It's more like, "I'll have a little bit of this and a…

Wow I'm stupid...I didn't really know what the Smith machine was so I looked it up....AND I WAS USING IT THE ENTIRE TIME! I'm so mad but at least I know now.

Well a bit of an update...ok found out that I was using my fat calipers wrong and was using the wrong point to measure. I over measured so I can breath there at least. lol

I realize that I have this problem whenever I try to plan my meals and something goes wrong or when I don't have anything to make something healthy. I'm a routine kind of person so when my plan goes out of whack so does my eating habits and I hate that!

Am I the only one out here that actually likes Quest bars? lol For me it was Advocare's Post Workout Recovery Shake. I don't know what it was about it but I HATED the taste.

How do you guys post pictures on here? I don't see an attachment button anywhere.

Ok but about where would you say my activity level is based on the info I gave?

I'm trying to gain muscle with as little fat as possible. I know that you are going to gain some but since I put myself through such restrictive dieting in the past I'm not exactly sure where I am in terms of fat. I also really want to get my body fat tested but all of the tests are either expensive or inaccurate. I had it…

But wait...if I haven't gained any weight then why did my hips and thighs grow a .5 inch?

Little bit of an update. I weighed myself this morning and my weight dropped to 113.6 but my hips and thighs still stayed at the same measurements. I know you are supposed to take a weekly average but these huge weight fluctuations are confusing me.

Sorry for asking so many questions but also about how big should your thighs, hips, arms, etc be getting each week if your are doing everything right? My hips and thighs are my problem areas and they've been growing at about 1/8 to1/4 inch a week.

There have been weeks where I've been weighing once a day in the morning after I use the bathroom. It's been confusing because every week it's inconsistent. The second week I went up to 114.6 but went right back down to 113 at the end of the week. The week after I ate a bit more that the previous 2 weeks and it went up 1…

Thank you! I know I'm getting enough protein. The only thing I'm worried about is that the scale hasn't been going up by .25 or .5 pounds per week. It's going up by full pounds! While I was in New York I was very restrictive on what I ate and I think I screwed up my metabolism and that's why it's going up like this and…

Is there anything else you would recommend to me?

I feel weird not doing any cardio. It drives me nuts when I'm not on my feet doing anything.

Ok thank you! What about cardio? I've always been a really lean person if that helps with figuring out how much I should be doing. I've been doing about 15 min of cardio on my workout days and I do intervals of 4mph for 2 min, 6mph for 2 min, and 7mph for 1 min 3 times.

I know the number is supposed to go up but it went up 3 pounds in a week and that seems a bit much.