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You are not too weak to lift heavy. Heavy is whatever you can lift 5-8 reps... 3 sets. Other people's definitions will vary slightly, but will be pretty close. If you can't lift it 5 times on all 3 sets, it's too much weight. if you can lift it more than 8 times all 3 sets, add a little weight. If it's 10 lbs, it's 10 lbs.…

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This is an excellent question and thread. I'm not surprised now that I think about it, but definitely noticed how almost every entry in this thread is basically: 1) Wheat/corn based type of bread (white, wheat, crackers, tortillas, pasta, tortilla chips, etc...) 2) Primarily fat (cheese, peanut butter, avocados, olives,…

Ok. Well, I guess the title of this kept away the folks with all the strong opinions on carbs. I was expecting the "all carbs are bad" crowd to come out. Lucky you. I agree that calories are ultimately what counts in weight loss. Personally, I try to limit the refined carbohydrates I eat. Sugar, white rice, enriched flour,…

Oh man.... This should be fun.

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I'm 45 and have lost 80 since my largest. This year, my goal is to loose this last 25. Will accept any friend request. I know some women are reluctant to accept men as friends, so I won't initiate. But FYI... I'm happily married with 3 kids, and just looking to get healthier. Glad to share anything I've learned, and learn…

Welcome to the Matrix. You will get all the feedback you ever wanted, and then some more. Good luck. And feel free to "friend" me if you want.

Just think of it as there way of saying, "You look great!!!! and I'm not even saying that because of your new smoking hot body. I'm just looking at your face! I swear to God. I'm only looking from the neck up!"

Nice comments are welcomed, but not really necessary anymore. Here are the things I HATE, but bite my tongue, because I assume they mean well, but I don't see how. "Don't get too skinny" "Are you sick?" "Are you still healthy? It looks like you are getting unhealthy" And my ALL TIME FAVORITE.... on the occasions I choose…

YES. You will. I don't know anything about the shred, but I believe it is important to start slow. You need to move and get your heart rate up for 30 minutes. If that means a 30 minute walk... then do that. OR... whatever the Shred is, do the warm up, then the first circuit for a minute or two. When your breathing gets too…

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^^^^^^ This. If what you are doing isn't working, and your calories are ok (not too high or low). tweak your macros, or up your exercise. Something. And stick with it a couple of weeks and track your progress. Low carbs (below about 60g a day) make me feel bad. Lower carbs might work for you. If they do great. If they…

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I think all of this is pretty good advice. Up your calories a little, eat a little cleaner, and be patient. We've ALL plateaued. It is very frustrating. In 2010-2011, I lost 85 pounds. during that time I hit several plateaues where I would go a week or two and loose nothing. Nothing changed... same diet, same exercise. It…

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Mind stating how tall you are? If you aren't like, 6'5" or something and pretty lean in the first place, this is probably fine in my experience. You loose a lot of water and waste the first week. It won't hold up at that pace. But I lost a lot the first 2-3 weeks before I finally leveled off to about 2 lbs a week.

Troy, I think you have a plan including Dan's advice. I'd be REALLY interested to hear if this helps. My history sounds similar to yours... Lost a ton of weight.... now about 20 pounds from goal... eating about 1200 calories a day. I didn't have the symptoms you were having, but I decided to lose this last 20 slowly,…

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I should eat back my exercise calories I should not eat back my exercise calories Fiber has calories Fiber doesn't have calories Calories don't matter Nothing matters except calories What I REALLY need to be eating is vegetarian Vegetables and fruit are the devil incarnate and we should all be eating meat and butter.

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With small things like that, I agree. But let em give you an example of a food I entered: 6oz Grilled Salmon... showed 165 calories, obviously no carbs (or therefore fiber), 43 grams of Protein and 8 grams of fat. That was what was in the database, so it went in my Diary. (43*4) + (8*9) = 244 calories. Now THAT is a long…

Looking closer.... there are 2 problems with the data I see. 1) As I said, some food items are just entered wrong. 2) Fiber is usually included in the total "Carbs" number. it has to be subtracted before you multiply the grams by 9. Also, following up on the previous post. He is partly right. SOME fiber has a caloric…

That's IT!!!!! Thanks. I pasted the daily diary in a spreadsheet and found almost ALL the errors were on 2 food items I was using. Looks like the user entered data is off sometimes. I'll correct that for the foods I use, and pay closer attention to what I pick. MUCH appreciated. This was driving me nuts.

Hmmm... That makes the error worse. If I include 2kcals for fiber, the math works to 1,859 instead of 1779, making it 214 Calories off (13%). And, that makes the "Goal" calculation not work. No sugar alcohols included in anything I eat. So, I don't think that is it.