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It's just hooks, not TMI. Great job!

6 pack abs are more about diet than anything else. You need to get your body fat down to a ridiculously low level to see them. Although impressive, I don't think a woman needs a 6 pack to look sexy.

I'm a relative new comer, but I used another site like this for a while and I had great results. I think the community of this site and the nutrition tracking here is superior to the other sites, and the mobile app is top notch. Knowing your calories for the day is an enormous advantage when trying to lose or maintain…

Thanks, and I couldn't agree more. Just do what you do and deal with it. If you head into the city know that you're going to sacrifice before / after the trip to 'pay' for the caloric-ally heavy meals. For me, food is life. It nourishes me and is among the top five great experiences I have. I remember great meals like I…

It's vacation, and it's Disney. You'll walk, on average, 6 miles a day. Don't sweat the extra weight. Go, eat, enjoy! I suggest the Trail's End Restaurant in Fort Wilderness. They serve all the food from the Hoo Dee Do for a fraction of the price, and it's delicious. Also, Cat Cora's place at the Boardwalk (just off the…

In a word, yes, you are being impatient. Everyone plateaus, it's part of the weight loss process. When you do, you change something up and power through it. Plateauing happens because the human body is incredible at getting used to something. It's gotten used to what you're doing. Change it. If you're doing cardio, start…

Strength training buddy. Get in the gym and SMASH those weights. Turn your unwanted weight into muscle and let the muscle burn the rest of the fat off. Do a STRENGTH training regiment. If you want one, friend me and I'll send a great one to you.

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I have a friend who ate at Emeril's in Orlando and wasn't all that impressed. I've eat at Wolfgang Pucks in Orlando and I was very impressed. We ate at Lupa in the West Villiage / Flatiron District and it was spectacular. I had the homemade pasta with lump crab meat, cream sauce and jalapeno chili. Dawn had the ricotta…

This will be fun. Every I repetition I do now will be motivated by the fact that I have to show EVERYONE my silly Halloween costume. Nothing like the threat of abject personal humiliation to motivate your work outs. Or, I should say, the desire to impress.

If they're like the guys I work with, that won't matter. They're savages.

As a Police Officer, I find it incumbent upon myself to stand in defense of the Officers. They were surely just trying to ensure that you had all the information you needed to make a good informed decision whether to eat the aforementioned donuts or not. They were doing you a service, giving you options, and making sure…

More than possible. Depending on your workout, it's unavoidable. If you're doing any weight / strength training you'll see the results in your wardrobe long before you'll see it on the scale. IMHO - That's the best way to go.

Many folks say the biggest problem with the MAD (Modern American Diet) is that we don't eat any fruits and veggies. Face it, you have to search the fast food menus for something that has more than a smattering of lettuce, tomato and ketchup resting on a fatty beef patty. That's why I make it a rule to always have a salad…

Try some strength training. Get some weights and do a regiment of triceps extensions and curls.

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This is absolutely true, do 4 SETS X 12 REPS, with the first set at 50% weight to warm the muscle. Also, a great way to boost the calorie burn of a weight lifting workout and cut your time down at the gym is to superset your weights. Do opposing muscle groups in tandem. For example, I do a FLAT BARBELL TRICEPS EXTENSION…

Yeah, it only takes a moment of weakness to gain it back. I put on more than 20 pounds over the summer being lazy and eating poorly. The eating, however, was spectacular. My wife and I live at the Jersey Shore (insert joke here) and are about an hour outside Manhattan. Because I'm in a law enforcement job I can retire at…

Cardio burns calories, but does very little to build muscle mass. Too much cardio will burn muscle as well. Muscle mass will make you weigh more, slim your shape and burn more calories during the day as muscle burns more calories than fat. For me, weights first, cardio second.

All very true. As you work out, you replace fat with muscle. Muscle is much more dense so it takes up less space. Also remember in a calorie deficient diet you won't replace muscle for fat on a pound for pound basis. You will lose about 5 pounds of fat for 3 pounds of muscle depending on your work out routine and diet. As…

EXACTLY! Bravo!

This is an impossible subject to mediate because anytime you talk about a large group of people, (men, a little less than half the population of the Earth,) and what they 'like', you have as many different opinions as you have people in that large group. I could sit here and say the politically correct thing and say it's…

Robin1117 - Thanks for the kind words. I'm feeling the vibe already, and it's a good one. I'm liking this thread, group, whatever it is I can see it will be a positive in my life. I look forward to getting to know you. I agree with you about the food diary. The little clicker that say, "You will be 225.5 in 5 weeks if you…

The sweet potato is more fibrous, harder to digest.

Here's my thought: Filet Mignon. It's a super lean cut of beef that is one of the most protein dense foods in the world. Be careful how you cook it, though. It is so lean that you can dry it out, so make sure it's a beautiful medium rare, anything more than that is sacrilegious. My best results come with a well seasoned…

I understand a busy schedule, it's tough. Here's a couple tricks that might help. 1) Pack all your food for the day at work, with a little extra. Make sure it's good, wholesome food like fresh fruit and veggies. Make sure your breakfast and lunch are in there. When you know what you're going to eat during the day it makes…

I agree, don't cleanse. It's all a bunch of bunk. There was an episode of Penn & Teller's B*llsh*t where they went over the cleansing phenomenon and every medical doctor they talked to said it's a fallacy. One was funny enough to say, "There's nothing that can clean the nooks and crannies of your colon. It's a smooth…

Welcome Getfit, I'm new too, and have made a few friends already. This site is great for tracking what you do. If you're honest with it, you'll really know what's going on with your diet and exercise. Stick to it. Yoga is great, I do it myself a few times a month for the calorie burn and the stretching. When it comes to…

This must be something new, as in the last few months. It must be a new phrase for the old idea of adjusting your diet according to how intense your exercise routine is. I can see the merits of this in some part. You need to fuel your exercise and ensure that you're burning fat and not lean muscle. However, weight loss is…

Holy smokes can it fluctuate. The bigger you are, the more it will fluctuate. I can do 5 pounds a day. Weigh yourself the same day at the same time. It's the ONLY way you can really know your weight loss or gain. Also, use the same scale in the same spot, because that can change it.