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Posture changes have to be a habit, rather than just exercises. You can do all the exercises you want, but if you still sit at work in a hunched over posture for 5-7 hours a day in front of the computer, then you'll get muscle strength but won't see a change in posture. Set up a routine of stretching out or resetting your…

Focus on dropping body **fat**, as opposed to body **weight**. That was my biggest issue. I started out wanting to drop weight, but when I hit 61kg, I realised I didn't have much of a shape that I actually liked, and shape is what people see, not the numbers of the scales. I've started doing heavy lifting, cardio etc,…

http://hundredpushups.com/index.html - Solves your problems :)

Depends on how you run, type of shoes, general fitness etc. Also, the more excess weight you have, the harder the impact will be on your knees as running increases the effect of your weight on your knees, so stretches may not necessarily make a difference compared to dropping the weight. I have a history of knee injuries,…

What someone else said - ask the trainers. Or, do like I did and google stuff (I went with stronglifts 5x5 but you can use any decent youtube video), and the next day walked into the free weights section and did the one exercise I looked up the night before. Next time, I looked up a new one, and did the old one I felt…

This is one method you can use to set up your own limits - one of many, I might add. http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/477666-eating-for-future-you-method Its the one I personally used, but you can do your own research and decide what you prefer

If it hurts, don't do it. Simple as that. If you haven't learnt that your back is the central shock absorber as part of your course, then it is - its the centre of the body. There's no real way to offload it when you're smashing it with a multitude of the weight you already stress it with when you walk. Barefoot running is…

Hadn't heard of that before - will def take a look, even for curiosity's sake :)

Off I go to buy sea salt again then, for the first time in about 4 years - safe to say the last batch is long gone in the cooking :P My 2nd forward helix piercing was intended to create a half orbital with my first fwd helix - however by the time it healed I ended up liking my spikes too much to switch, haha. - who can…

I switched to my original barbell a few hours ago - hopefully this does the trick, cause the bump looks just a *tad* ugly, haha.

I'm not very confident with my piercings to take them out, although logically speaking, you'd think it'd survive a 2-week break if its been pierced since 2007... might need to do this. Have switched to a much longer bar, see if that helps

sigh. bump...

Pop tart today. Possibly due to going to bed at 3-4am every night/dawn for the past 6 days and up at 9-10am thanks to assignments - either way, I'm craving sugary things big time right now.

Define ideal concentration/dose/moderation? Are we looking closer to the "occasional soy milk use during the week", or "daily 1-2 x tea / cereal servings" type of concentration?

Been at it for a while - surprising results. The one thing I would add to the above is to be safe at all times - no new personal best is worth a serious injury. When you're trying a new weight, use safety equipment (squat rack / bench rack / smith machine) or have someone spot you. If it feels risky, don't do it, leave for…

Of course - but always nice to have numbers to front the beliefs :smile:

Haha, I hadn't thought of this, seeing as I don't eat calories back. I'm a chronic leg bouncer - have been told off by mum and friends when I inadvertently start making the chair squeak / desk bounce / other annoying repetitive noises. Fidgeting is good for the soul ;)

+ gyms!

+ 1 Stalker activity / far-off deep and loving admiration is just plain creepy, no matter how inspiring they may be trying to be..

Lol, my cousin's one of the chefs on the ship. Small world!

Yep cause I see I still technically have a "spare" 100 cal for the day and I start dreaming up what I can spend htem on, whereas if I don't log I'll feel guilty and avoid snacking... usually anyways, going through a phase where I want snacks though.

A little bit of me died when I realised you were in the US.... :sad:

I haven't done the workout personally, but based on weight lifting / training principles, I'd go 3, maybe 4 x wk depending on your current level of fitness. If the idea is to build muscle then you will need rest days to get the benefit out of it

Been done before, according to a thread search: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/629747-what-is-tdee

You can technically gain muscle "weight" - i.e. water retention - from that degree of training. Having said that, 5 days of strength training is a lot and it can stalemate recovery + potentially weight loss. If you're not doing so already, take measurements of chest / abd / hips / thigh / upper arm. That should help you…

I'm persistently bad, so not sure if that's the sort of diary/person you want to have as a guide. But feel free, none the less.

Beaten to the punch - was going to say the exact same thing. asking for injury diagnosis on MFP is never a smart move, despite everyone's best intentions, because its all shooting in the dark without assessing your knee in person.

Because if you want to lose weight, you have to ensure calories in < calories out, otherwise you will put on weight or at the very least stalemate on that weight. It depends what you're trying to acheive, body composition-wise.

If they are hiring someone based on looks rather than skills, then you have to ask yourself if that is where you want to be working. overweight or skinny, if you have the required skills then you may be successful in the job. Adding a photo does nothing to promote your skills, which is what you should really be selling,…

You don't eat egg because you don't like the taste, or because of allergies? if its the former, I can relate because i don't like the taste of egg but I can eat food with it if you can't taste it. I make a sort of "protein cake" sometimes, and I promise you it doesn't taste like egg... 1 scoop protein powder, 1 tablespoon…