Amerielle Member

Hi All! I'm not sure I have ever said anything in this group before but I love to lurk. Yesterday I did week 7 day three. I can't believe I have almost completed my training. I have started 5k training before but never stuck with it but I am so much more engaged now. I don't want to give anything away but I was a little…

Great job! Very impressive! Pull ups are a goal for me too.

Well, I finished week three...I decided the crunching wasn't hurting really so my plan is to just move on to week four using the same weight and see how it goes!

I started this program because I got a squat rack with olympic bar, weights and bench. I called it my birthday present. :-) This is my first time lifting so heavy for squats and bench presses because I have always been limited by how much I could lift over my head and lack of spotter. I agree with the others, do the test…

I don't worry too much about logging veggies. Once in a while I've calculated my cals and it will add up to 50-100 or so. My weight gain or loss isn't riding on 100 calories. When such a day comes, I will reevaluate. I say do what works for you until it doesn't. I'm lazy like that I guess.

But see, here is my point. You must have talked about it because otherwise people wouldn't ask how your weigh in went. I must just be much more private than most people because nobody I know even knows that I weigh in. None of their business. I like the "Fine, how is your weight this week" response. Really asking about…

I don't log any water but I say go for it! Also: 2 beers= 16 oz of water! yay

I'll trade breakfast for a bedtime snack any day! Oh, I do... and am a much leaner and happier person because of it! Eat when you want.

I never have anyone say a word about what I do or don't eat. Do you talk about losing weight with people? In the future if you plan to eat half get a to go box along with your meal so you can cut the burger in half right when you get it. If asked, tell people you want to save half for later because it's so big or you…

Amazing! Great job!

Maybe I am misunderstanding you but the first two sets of the squats, bp and rows are warm up sets at 1/4 and 1/2 of your working set wts. It sounded like you are trying to do 4 working sets. If not, I agree...rest is really important. Good luck! :-)

I'm in my 40's and I would never want to go back to a younger age. As previous posters have said...I'm comfortable in my own skin, know who I am in the world, and have the freedom and money to do pretty much what I want! Just two more teenagers to move out on their own and I'll be set!! lol

I'm not hypoglycemic so I have never had any problems. Really IF isn't a magic weight loss tool. I just take my daily calorie intake and shove it into 8 hours so I can eat lots at a time and feel nice and full. If you have problems with low blood sugar it probably isn't the best eating schedule for you. Hope your weight…

Hi and Welcome! I'm new here too. First of all I had to click on your profile to find out how ancient you are! Oh, my...I'm almost ancient too! lol Weight lifting is the fountain of youth so toss out the ancient thinking. :smile: Your goals are great, they are the same as mine. (Well, I also like to look nice and have…

I am extremely hesitant to push too hard on the overhead presses...the sound of shoulder crunching gets to me. I did the first set ok but only did 7 of the second set. I don't think it is a form problem (it could be I suppose) but my right shoulder crunches even just sitting here at my computer if I lift my arm above my…

I like them and do them once in a while, mostly HIIT. I don't know how many calories I burn...nowadays I just wear my fitbit and eat at a deficit to what it says my TDEE is. The red light, green light ones are hard! Sometimes I have been known to yell at the tv. :-)

I do it and have had great results. I don't think there is anything magical about it though...just an easier way for me to have a calorie deficit. I started 16/8 fasting (without even knowing it had a name) when I decided that breakfast isn't the most important meal of my day and I gave myself permission to not force…

I do 16/8 for the most part but I have days where I'm closer to 14/10. Works with my life and the way I feel but it isn't like I go about my day looking at my watch for my magical feeding time. My body just likes having a later "lunch" and then eating until around bedtime...with no wasted calories on a breakfast I didn't…

Well, I did the heavy day of week three of Cycle one today. I'm thinking I will have to dial in my weights just a bit. I am finding my squats a bit easy but my overhead press too much. The other lifts felt about right. Enjoying it so far though!

I say do what you want and stop talking to people about it. Unless they are looking over your shoulder at the scale they won't know what you weigh. If asked, just say it's a lifestyle change and you are focusing on eating well and exercising.

No "diet" foods for me. Just regular food in decent servings.

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I recently realized that there is a name for what I do naturally...16/8 fasting. I am NOT a breakfast eater and can happily go about my day and not eat lunch until 1 or so, have a nice big dinner than maybe a snack in the evening and that's it. Once I decided to ignore the whole "must eat breakfast" and "six small meals is…

I finished week one! So far so good. I tacked on Lat Pulldowns to the routine because I have a goal of being able to do a pull up sometime in the (hopefully) near future. I have to say, I feel a bit silly doing the warm ups but I'm willing to go with the flow. :smile:

I set my own. I'm not a fan of the NEAT method so I do TDEE minus 15%...it's probably about time to change it down to -10%. I like to just pretty much have a set calorie amount to plan for every day no matter what my exercise level is. I'm also not too strict on a daily basis and aim for my deficit to even out over a week.

Thanks for the welcomes! I start for real tomorrow! :happy:

I suddenly feel like my house must be really filthy. :laugh: That being said I use TDEE minus because I personally find trying to count up every calorie I might burn needlessly confusing. I guess my answer is that if it is working for you and you enjoy doing the math then go for it...but when it stops working you will know…

Hello all! I'm not really a true beginner but I have always just done whatever workout I felt like doing. I decided to actually have a plan and see if I can make improvements in my lifting. I found this plan...three times a week, fairly short and hits all the big moves...so here I am! I did the test lifting today and…

Like others have said, only you know how often is best for you. I personally weigh every day and log it on my graph at beeminder. I can fluctuate up and down quite a few pounds so I find weekly weigh ins annoying. With weekly I could weigh in on a light day one week and a heavy day the next week. I like having a nice…

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