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Well I figure if a guy is looking at me from behind..he's not at the squat rack. I know men will look. Heck, today someone wolf whistled at me as i ran to get coffee this morning with my face not washed, hair in disarray and I was basically in sweats. But staring? Ugh. I had this one guy behind me stare while I did my…

The women in the skintight booty shorts aren't DEADLIFTING. At least not with the barbell. No thanks, when I I tried to look cute I got my shins scraped good. Learned my lesson fast. My shins are covered at ALL times.

Why is a man having a topic like this? As if there isn't enough to keep women away from the free weights. Thanks..not. This will just keep women away from the free weight area. GRR! Now they will think creepy guys are watching them. (Actually I do watch guys..I watch guys taking up valuable space in the squat rack doing…

You look GREAT! Alot of people shared already great advice. New goal- just get stronger! You look FABULOUS!

I did Max Workouts after my pregnancy in June of 2011, and was back to prepregnancy weight by August/Sept! I didn't even do the running or interval training just the 3 days of weights which proved to already have a conditioning component within it already. I since have moved on to other things (fat loss is no longer my…

Peanut butter!!

I just read this today. I am struggling with this too. Getting stronger and trying to remain 117 was not working for me. The fitspo stuff I receive daily on facebook made me hate my body more. I had to unfollow a few friends posts because it was just too demotivating. I can now squat a whole heck of a lot more but am…

I love NIA SHANKS! Her stuff resonates with me too. When I actually decided to be honest with myself and decided it was the weight on the bar that mattered and not the scale...that was a big big start.

I have a dessert every night. I plan it in. I would have off limit food but that would just cause me to want what I couldn't have. I used to eat until my stomach was so full I'd vomit... No I wasn't bulimic. I'd just eat and eat until my stomach could no longer hold it ..and out it came. I would hide my binge eating…

@ChrisLindsay9 - It was great! I am glad I followed the plan just like Wendler laid out in his 5/3/1 book. I thought lifting 85% of my max felt WAY too light. But it really made me feel confident on my other lifts. Every single one of them I hit confidently and I didn't get any red lights. Not even 1! All white. I sortof…

that's what I brought up, albeit with advice to go lift some weight....but I was the bad guy. I also couldn't believe noone else saw what was wrong with that post. not the asian part...but that part about being 5'4 and 113 and wanting to be smaller like asians.. I just found it funny that I'm asian and I weigh 5'3 and am…

@ Monstertobe-thanks so much for the tips and info. I do feel like I should wait until Im better but hey...I'm going to do it. It's now or never. And on the 14th, I'm going to step up on that plaform. I have throughut my training struggled with the eating. SInce I'm coming from a background where I concentrated solely on a…

I do full resets to keep my form in check.

I found that lifting Super heavy caused my weight to go down. Back when I was losing I didn't have this problem, Then again,although I was lifting heavy, NOWHERE near what I am doing now. I am actually training for a powerlifting comp and I am tryin to NOT dip below my weight because i see a decrease now in my lifts if I…

Ditto! ditto! Put on just a few lbs and it SHOWS. Which also BLOWS, By the way neandermagnon, according to www.23andme.com I am 3% neanderthal from my DNA test.(that's in the high range.) ;)

YEAH! I also don't do any cardio myself. GReat work!

Wow! GREAT transformation!!!

Anyways, I'm going to leave this conversation since I'm an unethical person who name calls to go to my gym to work on my TOO THIN(that better?) asian arms and power up with some rice right after..

Actually she used the more politically correct word- thin. Preceded by- MOST asians are thin. Would that make it better mslmesq or whatever your name is, if I said TOO thin instead of skinny?

^^ Oh please mslmesq.... As a trainer I do tell people as I see it. DO you know how many times I get women who want to look like the olsen twins? I tell them no and I tell them the truth. I turn plenty of people away. And that's ethical. I can go ahead and take people's money if I want to."Oh..you want to just work on your…

Oh please. The OP is asking about how all these rice eating asians can be so skinny. The fact is...the girl herself is skinny. She has arms a kpop singer would die for. That's one thing I don't like, because I am asian I am put into the skinny category not the "athletic category." look at my arms and look at op's arms.…

TO OP- Another thing..(because this kind of topic riles me up) the original poster is 5'4 and 113 lbs and you are talking about asians being skinny? I took a look at your profile pic. You are a beautiful girl and you are already small! Why are you TRYING to lose weight? I'm 5'3 and 131. Uh...but asians are skinny, right?…

on the flip side I've had people say asians are skinny..and oh yeah..they also add that not so great stereotype that asian females are not strong. AT a gym I work at I had a guy refused to work with me because I am asian. (ok, I'm half white but noone really can tell). Can you IMAGINE if someone said they didn't want to…

I'm half Filipino/ half American(Scottish, german, Irish) When I visited my relatives in the Philippines ,I had a HEAPING portion of veggies and fish, and this small little palm sized scoop of rice. I was like, "WTF" grandma!!(just kidding) The rice was a VERY small side. On the flip side(no pun intended to my fellow…

5'3...I had a goal weight of being below the 120's(got to 117). Got there and was weaker despite the fact I still lifted heavy or at least tried to. I had to choose between a goal weight and give up strength or choose to be a little bit bigger and increase my strength. I chose to be smaller. And then my body rebelled. It…

I remember getting out at 110 lbs..and then..still eating like one of the guys without doing any of the mandatory pt since I was done with my army stint....and the 110 went to 127 within a few months. Got a boyfriend who could eat a whole pizza and not gain an ounce...so I ate just like him, except I gained! Soon I was…

I can attest to the butt thing. ANd i'm half asian! I love me some barbell squats! But you know what,, it's awesome. Stuff fits me in the waist..not so well in the derriere area anymore. And i love it! ;) Yup it's terrible all right. Awesome thread! oh...and I can vouch for guys being all kind of scared to talk to me at…

I was the same way...I used to be in the Army...and was FIT..and then not so fit..and BACK to fit. Your story hasn't ended. YOU are beautifull. YOU can do this. Thank you for sharing your story. You are not alone!

Just telling people how many cals to eat. I would never do that. Everyone is different and that's not what I am trained to do. I know some people here think all personal trainers are up there in league with car salesman, money grubbing lawyers..etc..but this NURSE turned personal trainer(and I could make a heck of a lot…

Ditto. I can't tell you how many lunches I've not taken due to someone wanting me to give them workout advice. Being a mom with two kids and then working on my feet..sometimes I barely have time to eat. So on my lunch I have taken to EATING in a utility closet becuase if I don't, people will want me to take them on the…