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It's a thing. I like that everybody who is going "eewwww, gross, nasty, ew ew ew!" hasn't tried it. If you don't like cream in your coffee you're excused, but if you do, it's really not different, taste-wise. (Have done it in snowstorms and other out-of-milk emergency moments. Also coconut oil, which is kind of better.)…

I love my gym. I go without a lot of things in my budget to make room for it. That said, insurance is definitely not on the list of things you should be going without. And if you're just using it for cardio, it's probably not worth the price. Running is free, and there is a pretty fun Zumba game for the Wii. (Yeah, I know,…

Tom Sietsema is a superawesome food critic and he has been known to dump salt all over a delicious dessert to keep from having more than a few bites of it. He also exercises regularly and keeps a tight rein on his home cooking. Oh, and he always brings people out with him so everyone can order different things and all try…

I don't know. I do know I wish I had started taking progress pictures sooner - my brain can apparently only process fat in the mirror, but it's perfectly capable of recognizing muscle definition in a picture. And I'm still completely confused by what size I am - right now I am wearing pants somewhere between a size and two…

My husband has finally figured out that being supportive means just agreeing with whatever I say. :laugh: Ok, not really, but when I lost some weight a few years ago he went full-on FOOD POLICE and it sucked. We've both matured since then, though. It didn't occur to me until I was reading this thread that I'm smaller than…

That's really sad. As far as I can tell, they're in that gray area between "legit" and "scam" - they do actually sell the product they claim to, so there's that. It's a pyramid scheme (sorry, "multi-level marketing program") where a couple people make some decent money and a few more make a couple bucks. I don't think…

Computer specialist, AND I used to work in a warehouse. (I miss the uniform! Sniff!) It's easy to get comfortable being comfortable, and forget that well, yes, all that beauty-torture garb really does make you look good, that's why people do it. Weirdly, the thing that's helped me the most is drag-queen tips. You don't…

Different body shapes, different pant sizes (I've found that Ann Taylor Loft is even more ridiculous than Old Navy, which regularly calls their sizes two smaller than anyone else), or lying. Ok, not necessarily lying, but being at least a little deluded - it's also why the first pant size is so hard to lose, because most…

Assuming you start from a base of bedridden, yes, everything you do that involves moving your legs will build bigger calves. But no, it's not going to make any significant difference if you already have some muscles. Walking will build bigger calves than squatting does. You can find "fitness gurus" online who say just…

Um, yeah, that's exactly what it does. You posted the formula yourself: BMR = 370 + (21.6 x Lean Body Mass(kg) ) Start at 150 lbs, 30% BF = you have 105 lbs of lean mass. Go to 150 lbs, 10% BF - you now have 135 lbs of lean mass, having replaced 30 pounds of fat with muscle (obviously you are a powerful wizard in this…

3 months = 12 weeks. 15 is more than 12; you've lost a lot of weight very quickly! Don't get confused by that "Biggest Loser" 10-pounds-in-one-week crap, it's neither realistic (unless you're starting at 500+ lbs) nor healthy (ever). Also, never compare yourself to men. They have vast sloshy buckets full of testosterone,…

Katch-McArdle adjusts for BF% - it gives about 10 calories per day for each pound of fat that you replace with muscle, at the sedentary level. That's why it's generally more accurate for people with either very high or low BF%. But again: 10 calories per day. If you start at 150 pounds and stay at that weight but go from…

Yeah, no, that's a myth that was around a few years ago. I haven't seen any good explanation of how it got started but it's pretty much not true - you'll burn a tiny bit more but it's on the order of a couple of calories per pound per day, not 50. The truish part is that you will burn more calories when you're actively…

Heh. I tell my trainer he's a girl all the time, especially when he talks about trying to buy shirts to fit over his biceps. But yeah, people are pretty much just people and occasionally we break up various things and assign them to one sex or another but it's usually pretty random. We just come up with different words for…

Ha! My 10-year-old thinks it's hilarious to jump on my back and demand that I do pushups when I'm trying to tuck her in at night. I could squat her, but not for 20 reps!

If you want to get an endurance workout by lifting weights, then yes. But even if you like doing that, it shouldn't be your main strategy for losing weight - the theory comes from the same thinking that led to the whole idea of the "fat burning zone" for the poor treadmill lovers. Low reps/high weight for all things…

If it did, there'd be a lot more happy bodybuilders in the world.

A Goodwill opened up literally two blocks from my training gym. This is why I own no shorts at the moment. (Well, I have gym shorts, but I'm not wearing those in public.) I've just been cleaning out my clothes one pile at a time and I've been dropping off a bag or two every time I go out there. There isn't any reason to…

That was a little terrifying. I just bought berries from Costco yesterday, but luckily not those. It does make you wonder, though - look at how far the HepA spread. How much can it go from one berry to another? I wouldn't have guessed that much, but dag.

Rope is better for fitness. Jacks are better for not tripping and falling and breaking out all your teeth. (Ok, so I only know one person that happened to and really it was only four teeth but I still use it as an excuse not to jump rope.)

Exrx.net has some templates you can use to put together a program, too. But I'd recommend looking into an actual beginner program, because they've generally already got conditioning and progression built in, and you won't be overworking or underworking any particular part (which can happen if you just pick from a list).…

Nope, love my gym. I'd rather be there than home. BUT if I wanted to do all bodyweight exercises and didn't want to swim or use the sauna... well, I'd still pick the gym because there's nowhere in my house you could do a burpee, but theoretically if I had the space then I wouldn't waste my time and money going somewhere…

I totally judge you for not posting a photo. Oh wait, no. I'm actually a little surprised that so many people here do, since it's not the norm pretty much anywhere else other than maybe Facebook. But I do use the visual as a cue for who's posting, so all the generic no-avatar ones are the same person in my world.

I think about this every time I do lunges - if I have a 20 lb dumbbell in each hand, that's *still* less weight than a bodyweight lunge was when I started doing them, so I need to STFU and pick up the 25s. (I never actually *do*, but I tell myself that every time anyway.)

Just as a point of data, I used the Hacker Diet about 14 years ago. I lost weight, and learning how to calculate a weighted moving average was invaluable. But long term, I think it did more harm than good - I lost as much muscle as I did fat and didn't really form any good eating habits. I ate too little, all carbs, went…

Heavy is relative. It's a technique, not a goal - you lift at a percentage (usually around 80-85%) of your 1-rep max (the most weight you can lift one time - which you usually figure out doing some sets and then using a chart). And then you keep doing that, but the numbers go up because you get stronger and your 1RM goes…

I used to think I could eat anything. I might not like it, but I don't have many food aversions and I can even learn to sort of like some pretty gross stuff. And then I tried natto. The flavor was not a problem - the texture made me want to die. I literally could not make myself put a third bite into my mouth. (I did chew…

Why did you choose that split? What are your goals?

Subway is one of the places where I teach my daughter about math and nutrition, because they have those handy fliers with all the calories on them. We play "find the cheese that is higest in protein" and "how many cookies could I have for the same calories as this sub?" (That one was her idea. The answer is "not quite two,…

Gah! So rude! (Them, obviously, not you.) I applaud your calmness - I probably would have said something along the lines of, "wow, what jerks" except with less polite words. Good for that staff person too - you can't have jerks like that ruining people's gym experience or you're not going to have a very good gym. I *think*…