CharleneExtreme

Oh my god it looks like you've had surgery you're so toned up!!! And has it really only been 17 days?!

Just finished stage 2! Woo!! :) Trying to decide if i should take a week off or go straight into stage 3...

I just made the cookie using USN chocolate Whey. Its so much better than trying to drink the shake! I'd reccomend throwing banana into the mixture to make it nicer & think it'd be nice with honey & lemon!

Thanks for that - i was nervous of cooking with it but now i really want to try these recipes!

Love the cookie idea! But i heard cooking whey protein kills the protein or makes it less effective... Is this bullcrap?

I usually eat 2190 (as calculated by nrolfw) on training days and 1932 on rest days. I usually aim for at least 95g of protein. Where did you figure out 1700 calories. Does it work for you? I use a tanita handheld monitor to calculate my bf%. Not the most accurate method but its the least expensive. (apart from calipers…

I think you may be right. I don't eat near enough protein some days, though i do try. Usually i aim for 1g per lb lean mass. But NROLFW recommends more protein than that. I'm basically struggling to meet the bare minimum! Going to have to fix that!!

i could steal some of these ideas...

I would dance, naked, on a moving car, to that song! There'd be a few crashes due to people shielding their eyes but i don't care!!!

Oh i won't give in juuust yet! Planning on waiting until AT LEAST after my first pregnancy before i plastify myself!! Ooh sweet, just realised I'll be done with stage 2 by the end of this challenge! :)

It really does fly doesn't it?! I can't believe i'm on my last week!

You can fake boobs, but you can't fake fit!

Following!

i came on to this thread to bite the ankles of someone insulting overweight people - :/ Thankfully i was wrong! Great thread and ye all look amazing!

What was i doing before stage 2 - yoga?! Bloody heck stage 2 is hard compared to stage 1. And that Dumbell Prone Cuban Snatch; OUCH!!! I'm literally using two 1.5kg plates right now instead of dumbells because I'm so weak! Hopefully i see results! :)

It depends on the person really. Personally i try eat over 95g because my lean mass is 95lbs. I think you can eat up to 3g per lb bodyweight. If you're overweight you eat less but still a lot and you should eat considerably more if you're leaner than average.

Hmmm.... wonder if i can get lipo in the next 12 days... Its the only way ill bloody lose inches!!

Hope its okay that im updating tomorrow this week. I wasn't at home this morning and have already eaten!

I eat at maintenance as i was losing muscle on a deficit & my weight was stalling. I'm doing okay now. So, would you reccomend doing HiIT before lifting heavy? Or would it be as effective if i was to do it late in the day?

i hate bumping posts but i NEED to read this tomorrow. (i'll leave a more constructive comment then!)

Wow, you poor thing. What ED did you suffer from (i'm assuming bulimia but i'm not sure). I know this is a bit of a strange suggestion, but have you considered going to an OA meeting? I don't know if this is good or bad advice. I suppose the positive would be, encouragement to not binge - but it could also be a trigger to…

I second this!!

Interested in hearing this too - i'm losing weight but gaining body fat. Frustrating. But so many people like the OP are doing amazingly!!

Here's a simplified version of Stage 1, which someone posted on JP Fitness - should help ye get the gist of it!Day 1, Workout A: Squat - 1 set of 15 reps, Rest 60 seconds Squat - 1 set of 15 reps, Rest 60 seconds Pushups - 1 set of 15 reps, Rest 60 seconds 9 normal Seated Row - 1 set of 15 reps, Rest 60 seconds +2.5…

You've no idea how much i admire you for that. Most peoples main weakness is caring what others think - I'd love to not care!!

I don't know why i'm posting this, since i have panic attacks going outdoors in clothes fearing people will mock my weight... :-/

Any alternatives to the Stevia? Would honey be okay - and how much?

MAAAAAJOR motivation!!

Yeah obviously your thoughts are your own business. Its when they're NOT kept to yourself that makes it a problem. Not everyone's healthy but there's no reason to look down on them either!

Thats what makes it worse - its hard to tell if someone's jugdging or not. But then again i do suffer from both social anxiety and body dysmorphia which means increased paranoia when it comes to being judged, so i do have to have self control. Obviously i'd restrain myself from even verbally attacking someone (though i'll…