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First two weeks markers, so far loss and strength both up!!! : Weight down 3.8lbs Markers (all were expected 10/8/5 sets, first number is current, second number after slash is starting weight) Shrugs: 375/355lb 10/10/8 Pulldown: 300/290lb 10/10/8 Rows: 410/380lb 10/8/8 Leg press: 745/745lb 10/10/10 Calf press: 745/745lb…

Sure, but if you want to spread something that's positive about it, you should also include what's negative about it, like as required by law to advertise drugs. So, you should look at it as people commenting warnings about the dangers of using the diet pills are doing a public service for the many OTHERS besides you that…

Well, if you REALLY have been trying hard with other methods and have had some success, but then regained, maybe an additional "aid" could be helpful for you, but that doesn't mean it wont have side effects and "cost" you something, and if you have no plan to stay at that weight once you get there, how is this any…

89 outside and reddening, going to the point of causing you to puke sounds like a minor heat exhaustion or even sunstroke. Yes you pushed it too hard in the heat, make sure and drink a lot, maybe some juice or fruits, and next time you exercise in the heat take water with you to sip the entire time and make sure your skin…

You can take a look at friend's meals if they have an open diary. You are welcome to add me, however I may not be so much help, I'm eating bacon, coffee, beer every day as part of this challenge, I don't have less than 2,400 cals most days and I work out a lot. ;)

Honestly you are just very scattered, this can easily be done more efficiently. I used to take care of more animals than that in a couple hours daily, and water my garden and not flood it. Granted I was a kid to young 20s, and I didn't make bread or do laundry, but this included milking several stubborn goats and filtering…

Good job! I wasn't sure by the quick loss, was hoping it wasn't so, glad to hear it isn't. :)

First off, from your loss already, it sounds like you are doing a good job. I'd modify by this simple thing though: do a warm up of cardio maybe 10-20 mins, lift weights, then go back and finish your cardio. You will have more energy for the lifts, leading to more muscle stimulation, and maximize muscle retention. Doesn't…

Wow, thats really fast, depending on when you weighed yourself last, but the first week will show a lot faster loss typically. I'm at -.8lb today, about -3lbs starting a week ago. (when I started this on my own.). Don't starve yourself for it and keep the strength up! :)

Right, most women have double standards about this, if a woman wants her significant other to lose weight its believed to be about health, but if a man wants his woman to lose weight its all about appearance, its an interesting double standard. Although you can't make him, I don't really think you can rightly say you truly…

Well, stomach fat is usually the last to go unfortunately, hang in there and keep at it.

Eating the same things over and over like in those plans you showed is not going to hurt your loss at all. If you like having meal plans, then use them, don't let someone push you away from them, some people do better when everything is strictly planned out. Just whenever you get confidence and used to everything, maybe…

There is nothing wrong with fruit, its almost always heard from someone who is trying to sell you this or that diet, one that perpetuates "fruit is bad". Like the advertisement that runs on MFP for example, it shows a picture of a banana and has something like "foods you should never eat" as if that's something you should…

I think this is the typical MFP I wanna argue, so I'll misinterpret and argue "it depends on what the definition of is is" Obviously whats being talked about is the added sugar in bread here = more calories, and the added size of portions adds even more calories. If you are truly having a hard time understanding this,…

Well what I said was in essence: don't assume that study actually shows what you think it shows, it in no way "proves" that "overweight" is more healthy than "normal" like it may seem to. Next you are really all over the place so its hard to address, you brought up a wide variety of issues that dont prove "overweight" is…

Let's all hope Mr. Cheesecurds isn't out to start a war.

Well, now you are going into the other direction of extreme with this. The problem with that type of study is we don't know why exactly the slightly reduced rate of mortality happened. The whole media hoopla and misinterpretation of studies and statistics applies here too. It could very well be that the "normal to thin…

I walked by the Safeway bakery isle yesterday and there were so many $5 donuts/muffins/etc etc high calorie treats...we aren't only "doomed" by a pizza chain having a high calorie special. You just need to learn to eat well, and what you'd like in moderation, stay within your calorie needs and you can still lose or…

Now that you had a wake up call, two of the best things you can do are moderate exercise, at least 30mins 5x per week, and lose weight. It doesn't have to be anything intense, just walking around your neighborhood or the mall for a minimum of 30 minutes 5x/week. These two things are more important than any/every diet…

One of the best exercises: get a 10lb plate, tie it on one end of a 4 foot rope, the other end of the rope tie it to a pipe firmly, then hold it out in front of you with both hands on either end of the pipe and twist/wind the pipe little by little until you wind all the rope around the pipe and the weight makes it to the…

What you need to do is celebrate because you almost averaged out the day before's excessive deficit and have now just eaten enough!

^ yeah, more serious issues above. Backing up is only annoying when they make you wait to do it, or they disrupt an already tight spacing causing one side to not have room to open the door and get out of the car.

Glad you don't get offended at this question, I think its a stretch to try to be offended at it anyways :) Its really perplexing to have people say stuff like this if its really true for them and not an attention getter, because obviously you ate a lot more than this before to get where you are, so what changed exactly,…

Ah, don't let them get to you, you are doing the right thing, and the right thing by not mouthing off to them too. If it won't bug you to complain to the management, do it. Lose weight for yourself even without any external reason, but you can take them as some extra motivation. Just think of it this way: you are pretty…

Well I'm sure you'll get a lot of messages from volunteers now ;)

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The above estimate is very high, that 150lbs of lean body mass would be assuming that if you had 35% bodyfat that you are at least 231lbs. Let's say you are 25-33% bodyfat at 180lbs that you wrote (so I can have easy math using your numbers ;) ), that means you would eat 120 to 135 grams of protein/day. This is not a real…

Hmmm, is someone secretly a member of the Knights Tippler?

PF isnt the only one who does that though. 24hr club will try to say that the smith machine is the same as free weights whenever you tell them you want/recommend some other kind of equipment (I wanted a dead lift area and shrug machine like they had in another gym). Lets see, when I did 365lb and over shrugs in the smith…

Oh yes they do have bad food. And Dominos is like greasy cardboard. Go have a real pizza like Round Table instead if you are going to make space in your caloric intake for it. ;) I don't really care though, people can do what they want. My reasons for not liking Planet Fitness are no dead lifting, no squats, and no big…