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No. Breast fat sits parallel to the muscle, not above or beneath. The skin stretches around it. If it sags, it sags. You may be lucky and they may tighten with the rest of your skin... but you also may not.

OT: These foods go together so well. One of my favourite desserts is a banana with a little bit of spiced rum, wrapped in foil and baked for about 10-15 minutes... then drizzled with melted dark choc, with a crispy bacon rasher crumbled over the top. Bonus lack of chemicals.

It's OK to eat blueberries if you neutralise all the chemicals by eating them with yoghurt/quark, crispy M&Ms and marshmallows.

Welcome back, and good luck. Make this fitness journey your last :smile:

Engaging in thread necro. Pop tart s'mores with a bacon layer. It's a pork medley.

Honestly, it won't until you alter your calorie intake and start operating at a deficit. If you're lifting at a deficit to begin with, as Rip would say, you're not doing the program (YNDTP), but you can absolutely use the program eating at a deficit. You just won't see your lifts increase as much as the program expects you…

Feel free to join my friend list. I was in the same position as you, once, with similar life situations. If I did it, you definitely can, and I'll try to help keep you accountable.

Well, I notice you do 5/3/1. Wendler advocates it as an assistance lift for fixing bench stalls. http://www.jimwendler.com/2012/01/all-about-the-bench-press/ Cliff's: *Edited to remove the unnecessary stuff.

Well, not really. The "big 3" obviously relates to powerlifting competitions. The OHP is regarded as benching assistance work by some, others don't see much carryover (I find the opposite is true, but my benching grip is less PL-style). It's just in there because it more directly works the shoulders/tris over the bench…

You can always stop if you feel like it's getting too much. Generally you want to do something low-impact. Cycling, walking, swimming, dancing, etc. are all good for getting into the swing of things. Resistance training is low-impact. You could do bodyweight things - with good form - and it won't hurt your joints.…

Oh, absolutely you can continue to get stronger and stronger. Newbie gains as in a visible leap in muscularity. It's obviously variable for everyone, but most people will find it tapers off after 3 or so months. It's all diminishing returns, anyway, unless you're using "illicit substances".

This is true, but newbie gains don't last for long and a sudden foray into strength training can be hard on the CNS at first. Aside from that I found it easier to get in more calories when I needed them if I started trying right at the beginning (I was always a few hundred calories short at first). There's no one size fits…

Yeah, you could change the goals to have you gain 0.5-1lbs a week, or find a nice medium between that and maintenance intake. You'll probably find you have to tweak it over time, anyway. If you're using the second link I gave you to calculate your intake, it will factor in your level of activity, and so no... you shouldn't…

I also ate all of my appointed calories. I didn't pay too much attention to protein/carb/fat ratios until I'd lost around 50lbs. I just focused on being more active.

http://startingstrength.wikia.com/wiki/Starting_Strength_Wiki (ignore any nutrition advice, and instead use the link below) http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=156380183 Cliff's Notes: utilise the "big 3" - squat, bench, deadlift. For the first few months you'll be blessed with "newbie gains". You should be…

This is what sugar looks like naturally... Sugarcane. Or... Sugar beet. "Nature's candy" indeed.

I usually go for something quick and easy, so it's usually oats, 2 Weetabix, Fruit & Fibre or similar. When I have time, I'll have anything I fancy... like a good full English breakfast. Bacon, egg, black (blood) pudding, beans, mushrooms, tomatoes, sausages, beans and toast... with a side of fruit juice and a proper cup…

Chicken sausage & beluga (black) lentil stew. Anybody in the UK looking for good gluten-free, low-fat sausages, look for Heck! foods. They're delicious.

Athletes, bodybuilders et al. have long abused the fact that simple sugars create insulin spikes with no problem with obesity.

It just never ends.

You can't get better advice than the above.

Unless you are proven deficient in Q10, you should not supplement it. A Q10 deficiency is a mitochondrial disease. Iodine, magnesium, zinc, chromium and biotin (a B vitamin) are all present in food sources. Eat a varied diet and you'll get enough, even at a calorie deficit.

This applies to carbs, protein, fats... sugar in and of itself doesn't make you fat. Too many calories for your activity level makes you fat. Basics.

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All fruit is fine. Keep doing what you're doing, staying within your calorie allowance. Sugar doesn't make you fat... doesn't matter if it comes from fruit or from sweets. Your body can't tell the difference.

These are mental disorders in their own right, not food addiction... and especially not sugar addiction. Anorexics, bulimics, etc. really don't care if what they're eating and purging is a carb or not. Overeating is a behavioural problem at best. It's like saying every problem child has ADHD. There are likely some people…

You are not addicted. Sure, you might binge eat... you might compulsively overeat... you might eat sweets as a reward, or whatever. That bears none of the hallmarks of addiction. All it does is point to an underlying mood disorder, or similar. Instead of looking at what you eat and saying, "these things are addicting and I…

I'd "like" your post if I could, lol. I've been here for a few years and lurk a lot. The people you see failing or giving up most often are those who get themselves bogged down in the minutiae of healthy living, and there's the prevailing opinion that it's complex and too difficult for them. The thing is, if you know even…

Make good choices and make use of the resort gym. If it doesn't have one, make good choices and make use of the resort pool. If it doesn't have one, make good choices and make use of the sea. If there's no sea, I go mad with bodyweight exercises and general aerobics in the hotel room. I try to walk everywhere when on…

Lol, so what makes it unbalanced? It hits all your macros, as already stated has a ton of micros, can be fortified, and - at around 300-400 calories per portion (depending on what you add to it) - is about 1/5 or 1/6 of your daily calorie consumption. Apparently, then, it's unbalanced because it favours carbs.