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Brazilian Jiu Jitsu 3 days a week, 90 minutes- 120 minutes, depending on how many breaks we take, or how my instructor formats the match-ups. I lift weights 3 days a week for 1 hour, and then do about 20 minutes of cardio dispersed through to keep my heart rate up.

I think it's cool when people at work notice what I'm doing. At first they noticed what I was eating, and said things like, "Why do you eat so healthy, you're already small!" But since I've changed my diet and gotten much more rigorous with my physical activity, they say things like, "Wow your body looks sick, what do you…

Back in January I couldn't do any, now I can do 10! Then break and do another set, heck yeah. I started on the assisted pull-up machine, the one that displaces your body weight, as well as lat pulldowns. I also do a few different rowing exercises, as a well-rounded back will give you the most power. Another big thing for…

The new Chocolate Dipped Coconut Luna Bars taste STRAIGHT UP like German chocolate cake, albeit quite a bit crunchier. I usually eat those, Mint Builders' Bars, and the Clif Shot Bloks. Clif Shot Bloks completely save me during my second hour on my long workout days, for me they are the absolute best for endurance work. If…

I always have a protein shake about a half hour before I go to sleep. I -hate- going to bed hungry, and I usually toss and turn if I'm not full. I lost all of the weight that I wanted this way, and now I'm maintaining very well. On my heavy workout days I'll eat extra the night before, and then get up an hour before my…

I eat clean overall, but this thread made me feel very guilty about eating a chocolate chip cookie today, and the Clif Bar products I've been eating lately, lol!

I have never done it because I think it is unhealthy, but two of my friends have. One of my friends is a guy who got the role of Alan in Equus. He was 26 at the time, but needed the body of a 16-year-old boy, so he needed to lose a lot, plus he was fully nude on stage in a few scenes. It did work, he became very thin, but…

I have my goals set to 40 40 20 as well! :) I haven't been as tight with my diet this past week, but if you want to thumb through mine, you're more than welcome. I eat buttloads of food and still lose, so don't let the high calorie count scare you away. And don't even bother looking at Saturday (yesterday), it was my cheat…

I cook chicken every other day, and I never have problems with blood. I even roast WHOLE chickens and split their legs open and stuff beer cans up their buttholes, and they stay pretty tidy.

Jbligs- 9, you're adorable, and you are from CA living in Boston just like my best friend.

I eat between 1800-2500 a day, depending on if it's a heavy exercise day or a light exercise day. I am still losing fat at this amount of calories, which is dope, because I just got to my goal body fat %, 18%!

You can get a food scale from Target for about $4.99.

Have you been logging your exercise and calories? If yes, open your diary so I can give you some advice. If not, even on the days that you eat poorly, record it, and if you don't exercise, record what it was that made you not exercise. An easy answer is laziness, but if you write out why you didn't work out, you may…

When I was 15, I became diagnosed with arthritis of my blood vessels, which apparently only 1 in 10 million people get. It caused me to have seizures, it sent crippling pain throughout my body, and it eventually led to me having a stroke the same year I was diagnosed. The medication that they put me on caused me to gain…

Heck yeah! I just started this past month and I friggin love it. I've been doing bodybuilding and swimming for a while, and I had been looking for a sport to use my endurance and strength. The most important thing for me is that in the short time I've been practicing, it has strengthened my willpower, which is something I…

Whenever I have gone on dates, the guys always insisted on paying, and that's fine with me. I've offered to pay for myself many times, though. Now that I have a boyfriend, I cook a lot of nice meals for him, and often after he is done working out I make him protein shakes. If we do go out, he definitely pays, as that…

Whenever a friend of mine mentions that they want to lose weight or eat healthier, I tell them about MFP. People often comment about how I eat "so healthy," and I definitely wouldn't eat as well without the help of this site. Gotta give props!

This does happen to me, but I look at it as an opportunity. The other three weeks of the month I stay true to my diet, taking in treats here and there. About every three weeks if you schedule that as the time to give your body more rest, you will come back even stronger at the beginning of the next month. We tend to…

When I first started doing deadlifts several years ago, I saw some powerlifters in my gym doing them, and I asked them to help me with form. They weren't trainers, but they had great form and were happy to help me, joking that they'd make a power lifter out of me. And usually, you can ask anyone who works at your gym for…

I mostly laid around recovering from some major back pain, so I can get back in the game on Monday.

I looked through your diary, and for your height and weight, you'll get a lot more energy by increasing your calories, and you'll definitely still lose. Try eating more slow burning carbs to give you energy through your workouts, like quick cook steel cut oats or oat bran.

Yeah, but only when I started really hitting the weights. I'm pretty sure it's just because I'm usually the only girl in the weights section, and I look more attractive in a group of big burly dudes.

You definitely won't get an athletic figure by accident. Women who look that way usually make very specific choices about what they are consuming and how much they are outputting. As you get further along in your journey to health and fitness, there is a good chance that what you decide is the right physical type for you…

Tumblr! I've actually found a lot of great health sites through it.

For that V-stretch specifically, I like to lay down with my butt pressed against the wall, and my legs pointed up to the ceiling. You can open your legs out as far as you can, and then gravity does the stretching for you. It is nice for your back because you can do it a lot longer than bending straightforward (strain, hard…

I've heard that the best time to exercise is around 3-4 pm, because that is when your body temperature peaks, or something to that effect. I tried it and I did get a lot sweatier.

My tummy and face. I have taken prednisone for years for a weird condition I have, so it has been a long struggle to keep that weight off. I finally got a handle on it now though :)

Compound leg exercises are great because they activate as many muscles as possible. My inner thighs were definitely grazing this past winter, but I've been working and I now have a thigh gap. Today I did a leg circuit and cardio: 5 minutes on elliptical Leg Press, 12 reps in 15 seconds Leg Extension, " Prone Leg Curl, "…

If you read the ingredients list one a protein powder, it should tell you the grade of protein that it's using. For whey protein (I'm not sure about soy or others), it'll say either concentrate, isolate, or hydrolysate. Hydrolysate is generally the highest quality and it is more processed, giving it the protein more power…

A lot of what I was gonna say has already been said, so I'll just recommend a couple of books, both by Isa Chandra Moskowitz, vegan queen chef. 'Veganomicon,' is like an encyclopedia of delicious vegan recipes, and has some invaluable sections about how to prepare vegetables in even the most basic ways. 'Appetite For…