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It's a terrible idea. You're not very overweight, you don't have a lot to lose, and if you did manage to drop that quickly for it, it's bound to come right back. At 125, looking to lose 10 lbs, you should be looking at half a pound per week, not a pound and a half.

I second ShibaEars If you found the trainer really effective, see if you can get a trainer for one or two sessions. Have the trainer familiarize you with anything you don't recognise at the shiny new gym, and have them put together a program for you. If you want, sign up for one more session 6 weeks down the road for a…

Tonga is an island nation in the South Pacific. Polynesians are known for being extremely obese. There are some interesting studies on that, actually. They were early navigators, and known to travel great distances. They settled Hawaii from small canoes. It is thought that perhaps Polynesia is so inclined to obesity is…

If I think I have a pretty good approximation, I go with it. If it's something of my own creation, and I'm going to be eating it a bunch, I detail it as a recipe and then I know I have it good for the future.

Actually, it's about how much padding is on top, not how strong the muscles are. but not the point. I'm not saying you shouldn't be proud of your muscles. They're great! There are a lot of places to show them off. I speak not a word against your muscles. Muscles are excellent. I said that in my post. OP said: I am just…

Ladies, when trying to show people that lifting doesn't make you bulky, don't show photos where you flex. It doesn't look bulky to your eye, because you're thinking lady-bodybuilder bulky. But some of the people who fear bulk are actually just afraid of the cut look, where you can see the muscles. Show your relaxed photos…

Don't do any situps or similar. You're not aiming to build bulk, but just strip fat. Do hard cardio - sprints and intervals, not steady-state like long runs. You can do long runs too, but the more you do steady-state, the less it does for you since your body gets more efficient at it. You need to strip fat, not follow a…

It's like... sawdust sponge cake or something.. I have my terrible food vices, but I just don't understand the love for snack cakes. Ew. When I'm going to eat that kind of empty calories, it better be DAMN good.

Better than 'accepting my body' no matter how fat it is and how poorly it works, I think it is more important to think about simply not judging your self-worth by your body. I can say my body looks like crap and that is not okay, but that doesn't mean *I am* crap in any way. I am not my body, and I can work to improve my…

No. Abs are made in the gym, but revealed in the kitchen. A flat stomach is made in the kitchen, sure. But if you want ab muscles, it takes the gym to make them. Then if you want to be able to see your ab muscles, it takes kitchen work to unveil them.

Just make sure you are finding raw photos of them to compare to. Even celebrities don't look like their cover photos do.

Find out how many calories one of the best of those is. Find an activity that will burn most of those calories. Spend a free (weekend?) day doing the activity, then go enjoy what you have earned.

relevant: http://xkcd.com/940/

Why can't you go lighter than the bar itself? Does your gym not have dumbbells? A 45lb bar IS a lot to start with. At many gyms, there are mini-bars, sometimes with fixed weights that work well. Again, dumbbells doing 5x5 is much closer to the program than 5x1 with the bar. Be creative. You could lift empty milk jugs…

If your gym only has bars on the bench racks, then yes, steal one from there. Nothing wrong with that. If you're trying to do 5x5, then do 5x5, and adjust your weight as needed, rather than sticking with a given weight and doing 5x1. If that means you start squatting with no weight and just your body, that's totally fine.…

Any colour but orange. The orange is basically the colour of your skin, and doesn't stand out in the slightest. (Mostly it makes me think that your skin is orange.) Both the green and the white look good on your skin.

Many people who have a problem with overeating find that they can't easily lose the habit of eating so much. Instead of first lowering your potions, which may be particularly difficult for you, you can instead focus on changing what you eat. Try binging on vegetables. When you want more food, when you find yourself still…

I really hate milk, but if the glass of milk laced with hormones you gave me ensured I couldn't get pregnant, PLUS regulated my period to the ability to stop it completely where wanted, made it much less unpleasant when it was allowed, and had a few other possible benefits, I'd sure as hell drink it! Especially when the…

Generally, replacing strength work with distance/endurance work can keep muscle with less overall bulk, but if you got plenty of thigh muscle without actively working at it, it's probably a body shape thing, and it's not going anywhere. Put your energy into taking in the waist of your pants instead.

Make your own instant oatmeal instead of the sugar-laden package. There's nothing wrong with quick oats if you don't have time to make typical oatmeal, just all the other crap in the package. so buy a bag of quick oats, and add whatever else you like to them. You can make up a big jar and take from it, or even individually…

Don't worry, you're still one up on your friend - duct tape actually isn't any good for ducts.

Pangaea most recently, and they had before been another one big land mass in a different configuration beforehand known as Rodinia.

I have blue climbing shoes made of dyed, unlined leather that even years later, leak blue dye onto my feet when I climb. I find it funny to take off my shoes in front of a new climbing buddy and say "hm, I think my shoes might be a little tight..." and wait for the response.

Given that I'd stated my support for eating cake if one wants well before that one, if you can only get out of my statement that I think no-one should eat sugar, you really can't read. "unhealthy mindset that everyone here equates eating with celebrating" the sentence clearly states that the issue is with the…

I'm with you on that. Heck, if they plan to stay fit in this world, I think people need to learn how to say no, even in the face of food pressure from others. But I think it's quite unfortunate that so many people, even on this forum full of others who should be more likely to understand, seem to have a problem with a…

Man, so many cooking things are like that. When I was starting, I remember having to look up a lot of things that recipes seemed to assume I was born knowing. I loved finding recipes that were written to new cooks that were clear about all those sorts of things.

I'd never had a specific reasoning - i grew up in a family where we inherited 'gesundheit' from my German grandparents, and I didn't realise other people said 'bless you' (or that the intent was the same) until I was much older. What I don't understand is why, in this day and age, so many people *still* invoke a blessing…

There's nothing wrong with offering a piece of cake to someone on a diet. There *is* something wrong with pressuring a person (whether on a diet or not) to eat a piece of cake, and indicating that they're not partaking in the celebration, or being social, or whatnot if they choose not to eat it.

As someone else has already said, you do need food, but you don't need processed sugar. And it affects people in different ways. Some people do have trouble controlling it. The OP seems to have clearly stated that there's an issue with controlling food intake, and has thus chosen to not eat sweets, at least for the time…

YES! To most people, one piece of cake won't hurt. But for some, it will. And for others, even if it won't hurt, they're making a reasonable decision not to have it.