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You are way too active to eat less!! Please fuel your body for your workouts, you can lose/maintain eating much more.

5'2 120lb and I maintain on 2000-2200; lose 1800-1900. Right now all I do is lift heavy with a 5 day split for 45-60 mins.

I have no ideas how to make pics smaller so I apologize. However my progress is on my profile.

I'm 5'2; started at 130 and got down to 110 last summer through lifting, running and diet. I lost most my weight eating 1700-1900 calories FWIW. While I was happy there at times I felt too lean. Having more muscle became a top priority, plus lifting is my first love, so I bulked and I'm up to 120 now. I always suggest…

2 days? You do realize body weight fluctuates daily? You can't expect results in 2 days with anything.

This. Plus you actually might be doing too much of your going 6 days a week and sometimes twice a day; not needed and counterproductive to your goals.

It's a winner but you haven't tried it??? :) No thanks, I will stick to actual pizza as there's nothing wrong with it.

Carb load for that? No. If you're doing that everyday for some crazy reason just set your macros accordingly to a higher carb count and eat.

I bake mine a dozen at a time and usually keep them 3-4 days and do this twice a week. Any longer than 3-4 days, the texture changes and they don't taste well. I keep them peeled in a Tupperware bowl in the fridge.

Well I better start crash dieting now!!! Gotta be in shape for a month then do it all again next year! :)

Be realistic; you can have this body but you have to put in the work for it and stay consistent. In a month? No. Why such short term goals?

Edit, not worth it. Please read before blasting off. Never said it didn't work!!!

I log as 1 cal burned and not for the kudos either. I log it bc it helps me track how much I'm averaging hour wise with exercising and I log my weight routines so it helps me keep track of my strentgh gains. With TDEE you don't eat back exercise cals as they are factored in. The only exception to this is those who still…

5K I can do 9:00-9:30; 1/2 Marathon I can hold steady at 10:00-10:15 mm. Still learning about negative splits for 1/2's but it's not easy. I'm not fast by any means but I don't care. Lifting and sprints helped me improve my pace and honestly it gets better with time and experience.

Yea in the fall you go through Bexley more down to German Village. Just wait until mile 11-13 as its all the way up High into Nationwide; that's the beast. Straight incline up! I hated it, pure torture for the last 2 miles! :) But the great thing is much better food, more organized and no crowding at the finish. It was so…

<----Finish line photo! :) Ran it and loved it. Did Columbus 1/2 in the fall and I must say I loved this course better than the fall, much flatter and the finish line was a ton of fun. Ran in 2:15 and hoping to be under 2:10 for the fall 1/2. Good job!

It's doable for sure, do you run currently???

Being ambitious about your health and wellness goes hand in hand with properly fueling yourself and feeding your body for your goals, not starving it. Eat more.

No! Also those claiming if they are in excellent shape don't understand the relationship with being more fit/in shape requires less energy output resulting in smaller burns. I could care less what people burn and think people put too much focus on it. 3500 calories burned a week group? Knock yourself out I guess. Just be…

A year old thread revisited. :) Nice to see I cut out a ton of useless cardio I was doing a year ago!

It'd be easier if you look it up online. It's a program that's available for free with an app etc.. There's also a group on here of women who do it.

I agree with all the recommendations for beginners programs. I'm not a beginner and do an upper/lower split 4 days a week. 2 days of upper and lower at strentgh ranges and 2 days of upper and lower at hypertrophy ranges. However I change my routines every 6-8 weeks. Straight strentgh routines such as 5x5 bore me and just…

You two are simply amazing and the determination and hard work you guys put in is tremendous. She did a fabulous job and she is truly inspiring!

True HIIT wouldn't leave energy to lift and doesn't need to be done more than 2-3 times a week. Also upper/lower splits are ideally designed for 4 days a week with breaks in between. You're actually not doing your muscles any good with this schedule. I second looking into an actual beginners program to get comfortable and…

BMI is high and your blood pressure is borderline hypertensive meaning you got work to do. If you don't want to be on medications to control that the rest of your life it's time to act now. Reduction in weight will greatly improve this.

Lol!!! After 2 I'm not at the point to consider them easy yet but they are fun! ;)

What are you running NOW is more important to know than last year.

Strength is 1-5 reps Hypertrophy is 6-12 Endurance is 12+ If you can't finish a set on 12 reps drop the weight until you can push all reps out with good form still but no breaks. For hypertrophy I usually work in the 6-10 rep range. Much of MFP land is all about 5X5 and many don't understand hypertrophy concepts.

Nik-Ignore the BS responses. People love to hate or bring others down. You never claimed that it was pure muscle gained, they just assumed wrongly. It's refreshing to see young females actually wanting to gain weight and muscle the proper way instead of finding ways to 1000 calorie burns or starving themselves like this…

I'm 5'2 and currently 120 lbs. I've been lifting off and on for 15 yrs and knew about the values of heavy lifting way before MFP. I took 2.5 yrs off and have been consistently lifting for over a year. I follow my own routine of an upper/lower split. I have different set/rep ranges for 6-8 week spans and will throw in…