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Hah! I loved that episode with Stuart in the pet store! Yes Stewie's got to be playing with his goo goo now if he's comparing himself to Bruce Lee too :D Pet store episode :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnwzRAw7HnM

Stuart?? Stuart is that you?!?!

Thats a different error source: MFP overestimates calories burnt. One source is telling you 48, another 125. Go with your other source usually, for example, I always adjust my elliptical trainer time to reflect the amount I burnt, not the time I spent, so I'll have weird increments like "17min elliptical trainer" instead…

I think a lot of the time its again people misjudging how important and often they are in other's thoughts, just like "everybody is judging me in the gym": probably that friend offering you the jelly donut used to do that before too, just now you notice it goes against your new plan of action. Probably your friend who…

Definitely not worth doing such a scan if the price is any issue for you. Also, even if the cost isn't prohibitive, they are very inaccurate, so if you are like some people who will fixate on getting to a certain elusive %, really not worth the cost of starting down this path. Best way to insure a good percentage is to…

Its much better to get your daily vitamins from fruits and vegetables, and no nausea! If you must have them, try a different brand?

Caloric deficit and accurate measurement for weight loss. Exercise 150 minutes of any exercise that moderately increases your heart rate for health improvement and reduction of disease factor likelihood for most common diseases. Then, the considerations would be addition of strength training (not necessary to be over and…

If you hate it and it is causing you pain, don't do it. Find something else you can do. Just walk 30 minutes daily instead for a while, while keeping your calorie restriction, thats all you need for weight loss and health improvement. :)

He's then using fat calories...still calories. He may have meant "using calorie counting" maybe, not sure but its very amusing :)

Tks for responding. Kind of what I expected from people's situations I've known before, its tough trying to gain and stay that cut, especially without the "genes" I think. Good data point. This is one of the reasons I've never tried to get to a low body fat too: I prefer to focus on strength (and I love my food too much)…

No, this was the Obvious News Network, easily confused as they are both ONN abbreviated. ;) In other news, local man gets exercise by moving around and being active!

I was talking generally about lift amount trends, how much did they go up comparatively while cutting so much?

His "about Dave" is good for some laughs too, lowering his biological age and losing 100lbs without using calories or exercise!?!? He must have used time distortion and mana from heaven for energy: "About Dave Asprey Silicon Valley investor, computer security expert, and entrepreneur who spent 15 years and $300,000 to hack…

Great job! You were really going for the "cut" look and got there nicely, you really do look like a different person than your first picture. What were your lifts like before when you started, and then now?

Well the data that showed the "big health problems with red meat" comes from comes from a faulty data point set, just like the old studies that said coffee was bad for you. Why? Well, coffee was VERY commonly had with a cigarette, and well smoking is a HUGE negative factor, and newer studies that account for this show…

I'll always take functionality and price over brand, but do you know who uses the same material? That does interest me. I usually will only buy the stuff when its "old/on sale" and I actually found some old Nike long sleeve dry fit material that I really like...but by the time I get things, wear them a while and realize…

OK maybe I'll have to be the meany realist here. Its good to be comfortable in your own skin, but its also good to not pretend its "OK" and let people gloss over what you've already identified and it seems you are leaning towards letting people convince you you "look good". Its nothing to be ashamed about, stretch marks…

Once you get strong enough, you'll be a "sweaty mess" doing weights too. Maybe do some circuit training to relieve your boredom and get you sweaty since you enjoy it. If you don't get sweaty doing circuit training, you almost certainly aren't doing it at the right pace and/or weight!

Maybe I did misinterpret you Kirk, I did clump reaction to responses together. Alone, that program may be OK, but I just wouldn't recommend it at all for him right now, and some I know of seem to get the wrong message out of that book. My response is based on what has been said: the fact he's a relative newbie, he doesn't…

Yeah but see, now some feminist will complain "they have a separate workout area for women, like they cant lift normal weights, that's so sexist!"... I do wonder about the color association, maybe loading up a guy's bench press with pink weights will help him increase, because hey, they've got to be easy girlie weights…

It may not kill you, but you or I will probably be hungry 30 mins later, and that IS dangerous for weight loss ;)

Oh of course they are broken down, like I said I know they get damaged, but I tend to use certain pairs for the power lifts, replace them frequently, and I still like to have something on when I lift heavy, even if its little more than broken down foam and rubber under my feet. The lifting shoes I tried I did not like and…

Does anyone lift very heavy weight in these vibrams? Do they stand up to it well? I'm concerned that heavier lifts may cause them to fall apart and they are pretty expensive. I sink deep in the cross trainers that I use when doing leg presses and the like, kind of enjoy the feeling, but I think any support becomes…

OP: definitely eat exercise calories back for best results, if you don't lose, you probably are over-estimating your exercise calories or under estimating your food, so measure food and reduce exercise eat back and try again a few weeks, keep doing this, adjusting only food or exercise cals each time so you get an idea…

Part of the confusion people are having here is with what you initially said "3100 cals", but then you said " She is bring me up to 2100 in the next 6 weeks slowly so I don't have a major weight gain.". 2100cals is very reasonable for your activity level and size, I'm going to also guess that in your consult you noted you…

Sounds good, especially getting a foundation first part. And when you do try it, read what he actually says first, not what people say about him or say he says, he actually advocates lower volume and higher weight, REDUCING training time, which if you do, you can increase some frequency.

Well first off, someone should get a good foundation of consistent regular exercise in a more easy to follow way, and then playing with it is fine. Next, how you lift makes a world of difference. If you are not doing maxes, of course you can do more frequency. But first you have to get straight with what you actually want…

Nope, it almost certain to not help you gain strength if you are hitting the lift hard in your current workout. You need to have less frequent lifts per week to give your body time to build sufficiently between lifts to increase strength, in some ways less is more...finding the spot between excessive time between hitting…

If you are miserable at 1200 calories, definitely eat 200 more, or even 400 more. Nursing should be at least lightly active in most cases, so you are probably shortchanging yourself on activity level. Maybe re-do your MFP goals with a higher activity level, your weight and height with that activity level should not be 1200…

I had an interesting day yesterday, I was up two pounds too. So I drank 20oz of coffee with a ginger cookie and re-weighed: lost 1.4lbs. That was still too much weight and I took a shower and found I lost another .2lbs. Now that just demonstrates scale weighing error alone, but there are several other body factors that can…