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I'd say one standard deviation from the mean would be enough to qualify as tall (or short...). Best data I could find was at http://www.econ.upf.edu/docs/papers/downloads/1002.pdf which shows standard deviation being right around 2.5-3 inches. Mean height for males is 5'10" and females is 5'4", so anywhere north of 6'1"…

Read this: http://barbellmedicine.com/2012/07/29/584/ The calorie goals will seem a little high, but don't underestimate the number of calories you need to support heavy lifting. For programs, definitely look into Starting Strength.

Unless you are injecting testosterone, don't worry about "bulking up". It's freaking hard work for a _guy_ to bulk up without, uh.... "supplements", and it's even harder for a girl. Check out stronglifts (online) or Starting Strength (a book). I prefer starting strength, but the book is a little over 300 pages long, a bit…

I think our pediatrician recommended 100.5. But call the office and talk to the nurse, instead of asking random internet people.

..... What? You recommend reading Starting Strength, NROLFW or Stronglifts, all of which are solid programs. Then you recommend a split routine? WTF? Have _you_ read those resources? Because you clearly haven't. You are basically telling people to look at those excellent resources, and then completely ignore them. I do not…

Animals. Stuff that comes from animals.

Sure, it's a protein. Protein is protein. It's not a complete source of all of the amino acids we need to ingest to survive, kinda has a crappy amino acid profile like nearly all plant based protein sources. You aren't going to see "gluten protein supplements" start popping up next to the whey at a store, but it's still a…

Saying you're walking to and from class implies that you are a student. Is there a gym at your school? For avoiding that flabby look nothing beats weight training, but you need access to a gym (ideally with free weights) for that.

Heck, even Mehdi recommends doing the power clean if you're sufficiently motivated (http://stronglifts.com/do-you-make-these-15-common-mistakes-on-stronglifts-5x5/ , Paragraph 3)

Could learn power cleans. That's what they do in Starting Strength, which is one of the reasons I feel that Starting Strength is (slightly) superior to the Stronglifts 5x5 program. They're harder to learn though. A more direct substitute would be chin/pull ups, or Kroc rows (a dumbbell row). Jim Wendler is a big fan of…

Log it, then eat it. Unless the act of logging it tells you it's not worth it for the day. There's always a delete button. You can also have a half. Then go back for the other half later because you were so good earlier and you deserve a reward :)

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If you quit the amitriptyline, try a magnesium supplement. I know it really helped my wife sleep. She takes a product called Natural Calm. Worth a shot, and the side affects are pretty minimal (can cause some gastrointestinal issues, which are typically ameliorated by lowering the dose).

It's been said, but at seven months both of my kids had something we could put them in that they would be happy playing in for a half hour. Activitiy center, bouncy seat, baby swing, something. Likely there is something like that for your kid too. And to all those saying to just let the kid cry it out - that is not…

Milk. Drinking calories is a great way to get there, and milk has an excellent macronutrient profile. Baby mammals drink milk to grow, and that's exactly what you are trying to do, grow. Plus, 6'4", 18 years old, testosterone through the roof. I hate you a little bit, to be honest. I'd kill to know what I know about…

It's not really possible to gain muscle mass while eating at a calorie deficit*. Pick up the book Starting Strength, by Mark Rippetoe. You want to eat to grow, and the only way to eat to grow is by eating _more_ than your TDEE. At 6'4" and 180 lbs you don't really have that much body fat to lose, and if you do lose it…

How old are you?

6'4", 180 lbs. Dude, do you even lift? In all seriousness though, why in the world do you want to lose weight? Put on 60lbs of muscle, it's a hell of a lot more fun.

Do the same math on a nutrition label. You'll find even those to be off somewhat due to rounding. This rounding is exacerbated if you have more than one serving of something. Plus some foods in the database are not entered accurately. Add all those together and that math won't always add up correctly. Plus, if you have any…

This sounds like it may be heavier-duty than you need, but you can get horse stall mats from places like Tractor Supply Company that are 4' x 6' sheets of 3/4" rubber. They're pretty much indestructible, and weigh about 80 lbs each. $35. You can get something pretty similar from gym supply stores but they'll charge north…

Most of the entries are created by the users. Mostly pretty good, but there are some that are.... yeah, not so much. Also, the micronutrients (vitamins, etc) and even macronutrients (carbs, protein, fat) are optional, so some lazy-*kitten* folks don't bother entering them. Terrible things should happen to those people, but…

Your diet looks pretty low in protein. If eating six meals a day works for you then there's no problem there, but there won't be a problem eating less often either. Number of meals per day is completely a personal preference thing. Try making sure you are getting a good dose of protein every time you eat, you should…

This is probably a very bad idea (depending on your current weight) but since pullups are bodyweight exercises, the quickest way to make them easier is to make your body weigh less. You could look up some of the things that wrestlers and the like do to shed water weight before a weigh in, if you drop 5-10 lbs of water…

You'll find a lot of argument about working out fasted vs. after eating. The big thing to keep in mind is that any difference it makes is a small one, small enough that it can be ignored, especially when you are first starting out. Focus on the big things first (logging food accurately, actually getting to the gym, etc).…

Eggs are awesome. Packed with vitamins, minerals, protein. I mean, literally, everything that a single cell needs to grow into a baby chicken is inside that egg. Lots of good stuff. I find it very helpful not to think about food in terms of "good" or "bad". Those leftovers you find in the fridge that you can't exactly…

What I like doing is using the TDEE - X% option for strength training (search the forums for "in place of a road map" if you don't know what that means). You eat the same number of calories every day whether you train or not, and exercise is already counted in your calorie goals for the day so there is no "eating back"…

Sugar is just a carb, and while there are going to be many people very loudly disagreeing with me, they're wrong. It's pointless to track sugar outside of your daily carb intake unless you're diabetic. Go into your settings and change the sugar column to track your fiber, that's a much more important thing to be tracking.

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