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Squat deep and with heavy weight and do dead dead lifts, lunges, and hip thrusts. Eat at a slight surplus (somewhere around 0.5 lb a week) and eat your proteins.

Sounds like just another one of those BS hippie diets like raw foods and those diets where all you have is water with chili powder and/or lemon in it. Just eat real food and log your calories.

Guys, consider that this is college. It's possible stuff like raw chicken and frozen foods can only be gotten in small amounts, assuming a dorm setup, since those usually only have a mini-fridge. Canned tuna, canned chicken, potatoes, pasta, dry fruits, peanuts, oats (I make mine more exciting by adding some whey protein…

It's often the reverse for me. A serving is spinach is 1 cup or 85g, but it usually takes 2 cups to be 85g when I weigh it out. Also, you don't NEED carbs in the diet, your body functions fine without them, it's just that it'll negatively effect your work capacity in the gym, and I personally like low-carb diets since I…

Protein timing doesn't matter. At all.

I don't get the net calories concept. Why would you eat back the calories you burn if weight loss is the goal? It seems like people are just finding excuses to eat more, instead of using exercise to actually aid in their goal.

It's high in carbs, calories, and has little actual nutrition. Plus, when you eat it, it's often mixed with other unhealthy things, like sugary/fatty sauces, excessive cheese, and fatty meats. And it's easy to overeat. It's not necessarily "unhealthy", but there are way better options.

Low carb is safe. Don't worry about that. How effective it is is up to preference, really. I lost over 100 pounds on a ketogenic diet alone, and that was because I could stick with it. Fats, proteins, and non-starchy vegetables are more filling than carby foods. But it still comes down to calories in>calories out. If you…

Still a virgin, but probably Feels So Good by Chuck Mangione. Cucumber, plantain, or somewhere in between?

YES! It's all saturated fats, but it's what's called a "medium-chain triglyceride" which is very efficiently used for energy by the body. Absorbed nearly as quickly as carbs, without the blood sugar spike. MCT oil's used on epileptics who are on ketogenic diets (switching the brain to using ketone bodies from fats instead…

Fat's super important for hormone regulation. You definitely need lipids in your diet, or else you'll die (it's called rabbit starvation, but that's EXTREME case of low-fat). With your fats how they are, you might have enough (if not, I doubt it's going to pose a huge health issue), but if you wanna make sure: Cook your…

How can you be too large to weight train? So large you can't even do a weighted squat, and that your bench ROM is only an inch?

SHORT VERSION: Calories in > Calories out = weight loss. Eat healthy and exercise, and lift weights. Longer, complicated version: Find your TDEE, and eat 500 calories less than that every day. Here's a calculater for it: http://iifym.com/tdee-calculator/ Eat plenty of proteins and fats, fill the rest with carbs. You should…

You're going to get diabeetus and diarrhea. Not sure which is worse.

You can keep the diet forever actually. Ketogenic diets (like Atkins is during its induction phase) are commonly used on epileptics to reduce seizures with only mild side effects. In fact, they use a more extreme version that limits protein intake as well. Also, Atkins has more phases than the induction phase. It gradually…

Care to explain why? No it doesn't come back, unless you have the mentality of "oh, I'm not on Atkins anymore! PIZZA ERRYDAYY!" and go back to your old habits. I did a similar diet, lost 150 pounds in about a year, and have lost a little more weight since then. In fact, it taught me a few good dieting tips like vegetables…

She can supplement rice, pea, and/or hemp protein if she has the money to drop on it.

As long as you get enough fat, then the ratio doesn't matter. If you don't eat enough carbs, you might suffer in the gym a bit in terms of anaerobic exercise (HIIT, lifting, etc.). If you're not eating enough carbs for your body to run, then you'll go into ketosis. This is fine, and some people induce it on purpose to lose…

Load of crap. Carb timing doesn't matter, like, at all.

Eat nuts. They're fine, healthy, as long as you don't have so many that you go over on your calories. I wouldn't mind going over on fats, just reduce your carb intake to hit your calorie goal. Fats are totally good for you. Eat egg whites, and have just 1-2 yolk per day (actually, ask your doctor) Have some cottage cheese…

It's still good to work the abdominals and obliques to build a bit of muscle there so that when the fat comes off, it'll look better. Try L-Sitting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUZJoSP66HI It strengthens the core and shoulders, improves hamstring and glue flexibility, and you can walk around on your hands and bicycle…

Now you're making me wanna log my calories that day just to see if I can. Really, I'm going to use it as fuel to lift extra heavy on the next week. Lifting always makes me feel good after a binge.

This, this, this. Also this. Any concerns about your health should be brought up to a doctor if you can talk to one.

I'm using the same strategy I use for buffets. I'm doing it like this: Morning: no breakfast, don't eat until noonish. Midday: light lunch, probably sampling the snacks that my family's putting out. Hopefully we'll have veggies too! :D Dinnertime: Sample a little bit of everything. Have a little bit extra of my favorites.…

Skipping an extra day shouldn't matter if it's to rearrange your schedule.

Unless you specifically want to become a good runner (instead of using it as cardio to lose weight) I would say abandon the running for the Zumba, and do weight lifting. If you Zumba on the same day as you lift, do the Zumba at least 6 hours AFTER lifting.

Honestly, part of my binge eating habit comes from an oral fixation. I have to be doing something with my mouth, whether it be eating, drinking, talking, or smoking. So sipping water constantly helps keep me out of the fridge, trying to satisfy my fixation. That's my take on the whole "water is filling" idea. Also, water…

Calories in < Calories out = Weight loss. Besides, your diet's perfectly healthy. I'm not sure what's in the bacon roll, but bacon's not really unhealthy in and of itself. Not sure what kind of microwave meal you eat, but I would say swap it out for a real meal. (A sandwich or something if your looking for something quick)…

Like people have said: all three. Eat at a deficit, do some sprints and pump some iron.

Yes, do hill sprints and burn more calories, even when you sleep.