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its a question of what risks you are prepared to take. I'm not prepared to put my life into the hands of 3000 lb vehicles travelling 30 or 40 mph within 3 feet of me. You and I live in different areas, you probably don't have nearly the volume that I do of traffic, so your risk may be quite a bit lower than mine. I…
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There's just so much wrong with this post. I'm trying my hardest to be supportive though. so lets examine the core of the issue. 1) You don't have much weight to lose, so large losses won't come easily. 2) By your own admission you don't follow nutrition programs correctly (eating at a small healthy deficit some days, then…
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It's not a question of legality, I could care less whether it's legal or not to run if I'm in a hospital bed with a fractured hip and 4 broken ribs because some guy was changing the channel on his radio and didn't see me. the car doesn't care that you have a right to be there, and the curb doesn't care that you have a…
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As for the OP. Ugh, this is a mistake IMHO. Any diet that you can't sustain is a diet not worth using. Plus, this sounds remarkably similar to the grapefruit diet (which has been roundly disproven by medical professionals). http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/the-grapefruit-diet My impression: Very low calorie, not…
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Oh, yeah, I've played Mass Effect, and now that I see it, you're right, that's Garrus. But yeah, from just the head shot, he looks just like a Protoss (so much so that now I wonder.....) a little less angular than a protoss but...
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I would have to agree, here in the Northeast, the roads are pretty dense and packed with traffic, even on weekends. While I do road run as much as possible, I only run on the sidewalk, if I can't run on the sidewalk, I remove that route from my normal running pattern. I'll also use the high school track when it's not…
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OK the simple fact that you have a protoss as your avatar makes me love you. :love: This coming from an old veteran of the original SC ladder.
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Natalie, to answer your question, PCOS can (and usually will) throw a monkey wrench into the whole macro debate. Which is why I don't usually recommend anything to someone who has this issue (as well as many other metabolic issues), my best recommendation would be to go see a Registered Dietitian who specializes in woman's…
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Unfortunately your facts on muscle loss and hormones are fundamentally wrong. I have posted dozens of studies already, all showing that the body enters a state of increased fat storage and muscle cannibalization well before the crossing of the essential fat range. please see my posts here for the links.…
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second. there's nothing wrong with sodium in the 2000 to 3000 Mg range unless you have medical issues that require it's monitoring (like High Blood pressure) if you're really concerned, add some potassium to your diet, the two do the exact opposite in the body and act to cancel each other out to a degree.
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Actually, I checked on this about 8 or 9 months ago with WebMD's support staff, it is a TDEE calculator (although I agree, it's a bit low). What the first part is stating is just that they are estimating your calories based on the BMR formulas then adding in a percentage based on the activity level you put in. for…
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few things here, unless she is very active, 2142 is pretty high, my calculations had her at about 1760 for TDEE assuming lightly active, even active only had her just over 2000 cals. http://www.webmd.com/diet/healthtool-metabolism-calculator Also, with less than 20 lbs looking to lose (FYI, 110 for 5'3" is pretty small,…
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The majority of this does not line up with fact. In fact the Minnesota study mentioned in the first quote actually contradicts the idea that you need low body fat in order to enter starvation mode. Most of the participants recorded BMR decreases of between 15% and 25% (please make a note that if all goes as planned, in a…
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this is what I'm talking about, none of this is based in truth, it's all supposition, and opinion, therefore it isn't accurate. How does how many meals you eat factor in? (Answer, it has nothing to do with starvation mode). If you read the studies I pointed to, you'll see that the size of the person, or how obese they are…
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as someone stated above, Google adaptive thermogenesis which describes the starvation mode concept for those that know how to read research, see: http://www.nature.com/ijo/journal/v31/n2/full/0803523a.html you'll notice a number of links near the section titled Determinant factors associated with adaptive thermogenesis…
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This is absolutely false. I also read the whole 1300 plus page study (along with many other research studies and peer reviewed papers). BMR was reduced by 15% during the initial phase of the study and went as high as 40% lower during subsequent periods during the starvation section of the study, well before participants…
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I'm going to be completely forthright here, I have nothing against the Paleo diet, and am fine if someone wants to follow it after making an informed decision. but please listen to me when I say this is a serious lifestyle change that requires research and much decision making before you attempt it. Paleo, for most people,…
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I'm with you. to a point. I don't feel that a person needs to completely eliminate processed foods, but yes, minimizing processed foods and choosing food sources that are the least processed as possible is always a smart idea. Not only just for sodium, also because fiber, micro-nutrients, and phyto-chemicals are lost…
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and for the record. Been a nerd for a while. I build computers for fun, I am a Senior Database Administrator and Systems Engineer who reads science texts for no reason (like real, college level science books), and have played most of the Major MMO's out there, currently playing LOTRO. Was also ranked in the original…
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ok I have to ask, what does sort of a scientist mean?
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What? This doesn't even make sense. Please check your work. I was talking about using a maximal load with poor form. If you're asking whether people ever hurt themselves doing every day lifting with poor form? Well yes, they do, all the time. Go ask your orthopedist if he ever had to deal with someone with an acute back…
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I didn't say on the last couple of reps, I said if you can't do a lift without proper form, it's a good way to tear a biceps. I'm not sure why you wouldn't think so, the biceps and biceps tendon can tear at near maximal load just like any muscle and tendon group. Are you saying that you don't think it's possible to tear a…
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You will never, ever get me to agree with sacrificing form in any way to go heavier. If you can't do a lift, even a hammer curl (good way to tear a biceps by the way) with proper form, then you should stop the rep before. Why doesn't sacrificing form for weight work? 2 reasons. 1) poor form means you aren't using the…
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First thing you need to do is stop saying anyone forced you or prevented you from doing something. That's a cop out. your mother did not MAKE you eat at bad restaurants, and she did not tie you down and keep you from working out, you did that on your own. I don't say this to make you feel bad, I say it because we all…
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calipers aren't the best method. Especially if you do them yourself. they require a lot of experience to do accurately. I would suggest finding a place that does hydrostatic, or air displacement (bod pod in the US), or better yet, an MRI or dexa scan (although these are prohibitively expensive at most sites). You can find…
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while I'd love to say there's an absolute yes or no answer to your question, in reality there really isn't. generally I caution people to be a little conservative at first because what might work immediately will probably end up being too much over the long term. And while you may drop a ton of weight at the beginning,…
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As to people's ability or desire to read something like this. I don't think the MFP audience is as lazy or uninterested as some of you guys apparently do. If I help one person it was a job well done IMHO. Discussion on the topic I'm all for, but criticism of my literary style isn't what I was intending on the post. I have…
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reposted. Please, no more about the readability. OK? OK so everyone talks about them, everyone has an opinion on how many we should eat and what types are “good carbs” and “bad carbs”, but very few 'non-sciency' people understand truly what carbohydrates are and how the body uses them. I’ll try and give the layman’s…
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Bulgarian lunges could be a substitute. Technically your back leg (the raised leg behind you) should be toe down and flexed, but you could balance on the top without much problem, that's more to control balance than for any correct weighting. your forward (weight bearing) foot should be all heel anyway, so there should be…
