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DEXA, bod pod and hydrostatic weighing are the most accurate, but also fairly expensive. (I lie, dissection is the most accurate, but, you know...). Calipers are the next most accurate, if used correctly. I think they're pretty hard to use on oneself. Tape measure + formula (like those websites above) aren't bad, but the…

Are you sure you're accurately measuring and weighing your food? Eyeballing it can lead to quite a bit of overconsumption. How is your bodyfat being measured? According to the numbers you gave you are packing 170 lbs of lean body mass on a 5'5" frame. To give a frame of reference I'm a reasonably muscular 5'10" male and…

For me, after I dropped 30 lbs I noticed some difference in day-to-day life but the difference really showed playing sports. I just felt so light on my feet and I could run quite a bit faster and change direction much quicker. Went from 250 to 220 at 5'10"

I think it's good on the low end (if your BMI is under 18.5, then you probably should go eat a sandwich). There are a lot of people in the "Overweight" range who are plenty healthy enough. Pretty much any guy with any appreciable muscle mass is going to be at least in the overweight range, and quite a few woman who are…

While this is true, it's also irrelevant to the OP. We aren't telling her to use bumpers so that she can drop the weight. We're telling her to use the bumpers so that the bar is in the correct position without needing to use 45's.

If your gym has bumper plates, they may have 10 lb bumpers that are the same width as 45's. 65 lbs probably isn't going to be a problem, it's really not much for a deadlift, even for a female newbie. If your gym has a power rack with safety pins that go low enough you can put the bar on that. This is technically a rack…

1. Water, in its liquid form, is wet. 2. The sun is hot 3. myfitnesspal.com is a website 4. Global thermonuclear war would kinda suck I think that's a pretty exhaustive list, right there.

http://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/2014/06/19/why-being-sore-doesnt-mean-youre-getting-stronger/

For optimal performance and recovery, eating carbs and protein, while keeping fat low before and after your workout is the way to go. The reason for keeping fat low is that dietary fat periworkout causes your body to produce less growth hormone, which interferes with teh Gainzzz, and others have explained why carbs and…

You can go into your settings and tell MFP what to show. Fiber is an option. Food -> Settings then the section call Nutrients Tracked I agree that fiber should be one of the things tracked by default, instead of sugar, but oh well.

In addition to the other bits of good advice on here, whether or not you get to a good/healthy weight (or, more accurately, body fat percentage) also seems to play a major role. Most studies that show that weight loss is not sustainable, if you dig into the data you'll find that most of the participants were still…

Foam roller. They're cheap, and they're amazing.

This has more to do with lifting than weight loss, but finding freakin' pants that fit a guy who doesn't skip leg day. Tried on a pair of Levi 550-whatevers (the "most relaxed" fit, apparantly). Friggin' skinny jeans.

Honestly, I'm going to disagree with the above posters. I mean, ideally find a way to find time on Friday or Saturday (Sat-Mon-Wed works fine too) but if you honestly can't, at 18, you will likely have the recovery ability to make it work. Especially at 158 lbs, you are going to have to make sure to eat ALL of the food on…

Yep.

Yeah, especially if you're doing that, keep the BCAAs. Free-form BCAAs are much more bioavailable than BCAAs taken from food sources.

Needed? Certainly not. But pure BCAA's, especially if taken in-between meals do a very good job of spiking muscle protein synthesis which can help prevent muscle loss due to the caloric deficit. They also seem to help a lot of people with recovery.

I signed up for a local powerlifting meet at the weight class I want to be at. Signing up for some event that you have to be in better shape for (5K, mud run, whatever) is something a lot of people have done if they start losing focus.

Start wherever you have to. If 10 lbs is what you can do, 10 lbs is where you should start. Try to add weight or do more reps each time you lift. Get on a solid program like Starting Strength, or Stronglifts 5x5. You could also see if you can find a cheap standard straight bar used or something. I have one that weighs 10…

I like Mark Rippetoe and Lon Kilgore's definition of fitness: "Possession of adequate levels of strength, endurance, and mobility to provide for successful participation in occupational effort, recreational pursuits, familial obligation, and that is consistent with a functional phenotypic expression of the human genotype."

Then you can bulk over the holidays! Everyone else is doing it... :)

That's really up to you, what you're comfortable with, and your goals. One school of thought is to bulk up first, add maybe ten pounds (for you), which leaves you with 15 lbs of fat to lose (the 10 old ones, plus 5 new ones, give or take), but since muscle mass burns more calories than fat mass you'll be able to eat more…

It's not really important at all. Heck, some people view their macros as a weekly goal, rather than daily. Your body doesn't reset at midnight every night. That said, there is some evidence to suggest that there is an upper limit on the amount of protein that one can actually put to use at a time, so eating all 150 grams…

Dissection. Doesn't work out well at the end though.

Mention it to your doctor. If he gives you hassle for it (without there being some medical condition that makes your diet unhealthy, for whatever reason), find a new doctor.

If your back /hurts/, then you are probably doing something wrong. If you back muscles are a bit sore, that's completely normal. The deadlift is a back exercise (primarily legs, but back as well). You have to contract your lower back muscles to keep your spine in extension. This is going to lead to your lower back muscles…

Also, all body fat measurements can be way off for some people. You hear stories of competition-fit bodybulders at about 3-4% bodyfat registering in the high teens even on a DEXA scan, which is (on average) quite accurate but also expensive. BIA scales are cheap and easy, but are pretty much useless, especially at a…

Yeah. Pretty much that. Get plenty of protein, 150 grams a day should probably be a bare minimum, 200-250 is probably a better goal. This will be harder as a vegetarian, but not impossible. Animal-source proteins have superior amino acid profiles. Whey protein, eggs, milk, greek yogurt, other dairy sources are all good…

http://www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceRegulation/GuidanceDocumentsRegulatoryInformation/LabelingNutrition/ucm064932.htm In summary, something labeled as "0 calories" will have less than 5 calories per serving. So 6 of them is at most 24 calories.

I wouldn't recommend letting grip limit your deadlift. Start with chalk, that one's a no-brainer especially since your gym allows it. If you really don't want to do mixed grip, try a hook grip. Lot's of very strong humans pull their maximum weight with a hook grip. I'm in the process of switching myself and like the hook…