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On weekdays, after dinner. Weekends could be anytime from late afternoon through bedtime. If my routine is thrown off I'm in the most danger.

Nope. I loooove the foods I binge on. Not scared of them at all. Just need to eat less of them. Haha.

chocolate!!!!! and my kids' snacks...goldfish, bunny crackers, etc. ugh. i love to go back and forth between sweet and salty. yumm!! hahaha....i mean yuck. :) oh, and any cereal that's not totally boring...which is why i can ONLY keep kashi go lean (the most boring kashi there is) and plain cheerios in the house. my…

I'm boring...my snacks are the same every day. Haha. 1/2 cup cottage cheese w berries in the AM and plain Greek yogurt w pb or pb2 and kashi in the afternoon. Yum!

feel free to add me as well. i typically stay around 120...right now i'm up a few and i'd like to be under by a few for summer, so i'm back to eating at a deficit for a while. but i consider this true maintenance...there will still be some fluctuation.

i agree...for me neither will be the best they could be. but i've decided that is okay with me. i LOVE running...i need it to stay sane. but i also know my body needs heavy lifting for health and of course vanity reasons. at first it was easy to do both but then i had to drop some running as the weight increased...so…

here's my extremely long answer from my first try at this challenge. i'm actually in a better place binging-wise than i was then, which i didn't realize until i reread this entry. so i'm hoping that's a good sign that i'll be able to be successful this time around. :)

i'm not good at posting pictures, but i am happy to be on day 2. :)

okay, this is my 2nd try at this. lol. made it just past the halfway mark last time through (about a month ago) and honestly, i've never felt better. i am committed to seeing this to the end this time. i am doing this b/c i know i'm better than binging. i can do it. i can.

I knew you ladies would understand. :) I'm picture-posting challenged. That's my excuse for never posting pictures and I plan to never learn! Haha. Maybe after I shed some fat I'll feel great enough to learn. :)

i pretty much did this, too. didn't go to no weight, but seriously backed off on the weight. it was my left. hmmm...guess this is pretty common!!

No, but SHE is a badass. Haha. Couldn't believe that link someone posted of her DL over 300 pounds.

One last question...is 8-10 weeks at 15-20 okay? As long as I'm getting adequate protein and lifting?

I've had lots of wacky weeks this month...long weekends away, company at our house, lots of excuses to eat over TDEE. Lol. Before that i was great and was able to determine my TDEE fairly accurately. For my cut I will log every last crumb that goes in so I can be as accurate as possible to best figure out what % cut works…

15-20 below it is. Thanks do much for your help.

thank you! i'll be sure to hit at least where I've been.

Sounds like I need to do some research first? Wondering how many weeks before a refeed, etc. I'm planning to listen to my body. Is that good enough to start out?? Thinking 15%ish and listen to my body...feed it more when I know it's really needing more?

Thanks, girls!! Fittree, when you get there let's compare tricksy ones so we can get the fastest bang for our buck. :) I think I'll try decline ones or whatever they're called next week.

yeah, i agree with tavis...at 1500 and exercising you couldn't POSSIBLY be gaining. do you mean 1500 net?

you EITHER eat at TDEE (which already has your exercise counted in there - so your TDEE is higher if you exercise more) OR you put your calorie level at sedentary (not counting exercise) and eat back your exercise calories. i use TDEE and eat 10% below that for maintenance...too scary to eat at it since it's sooooo easy to…

i deloaded a little and stacked underneath. wow! what a difference. i could feel it SO much more in my legs. in fact they still feel like jello and it's 7 hours later. haha. thank you!

wow, so i watched the hip hinge videos and practiced that a crap load of times without any weight...i am so excited to do my DLs tomorrow! not having the bar elevated enough was causing my back to HAVE to round at the start and end, which i'm sure is why i was feeling it so much in my back. so tomorrow, elevated bar and…

absolutely!! i am so much firmer!! body fat % definitely down. weight is the same...i was eating pretty much at maintenance for SL...have started a higher deficit now to hopefully lose a few more pounds before summer. :)

i would completely completely agree!!

i'm able to run 3-4 times a week (hilly 3-4 miles runs) while doing SL 3xs a week and eating at a slight deficit. i will say though that about a month in i had to cut back to running once or twice a week...i was beat. now i'm back to 4 times a week. i'm currently on week 13 of SL. i have listened to my body and adjusted…

thanks so much for all of the advice!! i probably don't have it elevated quite enough, i'll try that. and i absolutely will spend time watching videos. one last question...what do you think about me trying sumo deadlifts, with my hands inside my feet and feet further apart?? says it works legs more than lower back.

well, there's my problem...i'm doing this in my kitchen, so i can't drop it AT ALL, unless i want to crash a nice hole in my floor. must be totally controlled the entire way back down. should i assume then that my gains will be smaller?? i can't wait to move to a house with a basement!!!!

thanks, girls! i will definitely try watching a bunch of videos. i feel okay going up, but getting the weight back down sucks lately! videos and patience...videos and patience... :)

Well summer and shorts and bikinis are fast approaching!!!! Ahhh!! So my April goal is to up my cardio again. 1. Planning to run 3-4 times a week and lift 3 times a week. I'm know I won't be able to see huge gains in lifting doing this, but I've gotta melt off some fat so my hard work will show this summer. Goal is to…

nice job!!! i only count it as an actual success if it was hard...so WAY TO GO!!!