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Thanks everybody! I will certainly focus on my upper body and maybe this is naive, but if PT includes a bike then I'm looking forward to PT! I guess I need to put this injury into perspective...part of the journey...and remind myself that as much as the goals are important what I learn getting THERE is just as important if…

This may sound silly but I schedule a cheat meal once a week. Same day, same meal (Saturday Brunch). That way when I'm really craving that order of french fries during the week I can say: "No 'cause then I can't have my awesome Brunch on Saturday." It is the only allowance I give myself. Otherwise (adjusting calories or my…

That sounded like my problem...I would grab a sandwich or a wrap with the chips and the soda...IT was convenient but so bad for me. Now I take 2-3 hours every sunday and cook 2 big batches of soup and two food that can be frozen. This week I have Tortilla-less tortilla soup, pea and ham soup, lamb chops in tomato sauce and…

I've noticed that a bunch of people are saying that their knees hurt while spinning. My knees used to bug me until I figured out the perfect bike setup for me (it took like 4 classes to get the settings to somewhat resemble the geometry of my road bike...) Now, my knees AND my girl-bits are used to the erm, impact. =P I…

I did weight watchers and had success while on the active phase. What they don't tell you is that just counting points is not a substitute for taking an active part in learning about nutrition, appropriate fat/protein/carb ratios, reading nutrional labels, etc. If you get stuck with a crappy group leader, you will learn…

^^ I co-sign! LMFAO!!! Exhibit A- Look at them guns! Exhibit B- Barbie weights. Decisions, decisions... On my way from 36%BF to 20%BF (Currently at 26%BF) "Positive failure!" Created by MyFitnessPal.com - Free Weight Loss Tools

It depends on your goals... For example, I'm 31F and my goal is to reach a BF% of 20% (which is considered "athletic" in the scale...Right now I'm at 26% from 31%) and obtain as much definition as possible. I choose to left heavy. Building muscle means that I am losing fat a lot quicker than by just doing cardio and…

Until you get used to the ahem, feel of the saddle in your, well, THERE... I would strongly recommend that you invest in some cycling pants. The have a gel pad that is soft-tissue saver. I also know for a fact that you can get mountain biking ones (i.e., they are like cargo shorts with the gel pad; not the "tour de France"…

^^ This is almost identical to my routine. I was the WORST offender about starting my days super late and ending even later. In the dictionary next to the "Morning Person" definition, there was my picture as the ANTONYMN...sigh. I was always tired and never found the energy to exercise after work. It took about a month to…

^^ This!!! Start lifting heavy. Those five-pounders won't do anything for your arms. Your age helps; at 21 your skin is super elastic. I'm 31 and my arms look better than ever...I lift heavy 2-3 times a week. At first I felt like I was dying, then I saw the changes and didn't care about the pain anymore. ;)

My F6 is 3 years old. Pink. Simple. I love it!

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This, plus try making it a circuit by doing a set of mountain climbers between sets of lifting.

I allow one 'Cheat' meal per week. I actually schedule it. This way I don't have any flexibility with it that would allow me to have more than one a week. My mum and I love breakfast foods, so every Saturday (my rest day, as well) we go and eat at our fav breakfast place here in Baltimore. By lunch, I'm back to my diary.…

My cat owns me...Like I'm the pet in the relationship. I'm secure enough to acknowledge this reality. All other cats, I could care less about. Created by MyFitnessPal.com - Nutrition Facts For Foods

I'm kind of known for throwing things during football season...like the remote or beer cans. I just sit there...quietly, seething, concentrating, until pure unadulterated fury overwhelms me (usually due to a moronic cornerback or butterfinger WR) and I explode in cataclysmic fashion =Throwing things, cussing in various…

Thanks!

It's like one of the mysteries of the universe. To me they are just glands, right? I guess one has to have a Y-Chromosome to understand the fascination.... =P (boys are funny)

Watch the granola though. A very small amount can have a whopping amount of carbs/sugars. I usually go with fruit, yogurt (greek), coffee w' a little bit of milk (or black), a hard-boiled egg, 3/4 of bran cereal (i mix this with my fruit and yogurt), and 16onz of water. I usually sprinkle cinnamon on EVERYTHING. I usually…

I was the other way around... At my skinniest (I was a professional ballet dancer) I had giant bazzongas. Like GIANT...Triple Ds or Es in a 5'3'', 115 lbs body. I had to strap them in ALL the time, for class, for performance, for life. It was horrible. Then I got injured, stopped dancing and my perky bazookas went south.…

It's whatever you eat after waking up. I front-load calories (i.e., I eat the bulk of my daily calories during breakfast, 1st snack, lunch, post-workout snack) so for me by 2-3pm I've already consumed about 75-80% of what I'll eat all day. This allows for a really light dinner to satisfy me, and I wake up hungry. Just try…

I agree! If you are trying to reach a healthy BMI go to your doctor and ask them to break out the calipers. This is a better measure of how healthy you are becoming than any number your scale can tell you.

Same here. I do 3 weight-days that I finish with 30 of cardio, and 3 cardio-only days (60 minutes). One rest day. Created by MyFitnessPal.com - Free Calorie Counter

Talking on the damn cell phone- if you can talk, you have to up your weight/resistance! Not wiping- NASTY assh*les. Spreading their crap all over the benches in the Locker Room- Inconsiderate! Last but not least: Taking over several weight machines (I work in circuits too, and somehow avoid doing this) and then giving me…

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS x a bazillion. I have a coworker that is going to get me fired one of these days. I have NEVER been able to finish a sentence in his presence. EVER. Well, once...after I told him that if he wasn't going to listen, I was not going to answer his question. As for weight…

Agree!!! Plus, I really dig working out in the free weights section of my gym with all the dudes with biceps the size of my head! Yesterday I was doing sumo squats with a 30lbs dumbbell and I was dying by the middle of my 3rd set. Next to me, this wall of a man was doing chest presses with 95 lbs in EACH arm. Then the…

Ditto. I find that UnderArmor's compression wear is best worn "al-natural"...

I try to eat something (100-200 calories) about 30 minutes to an hour before I start a workout. However, I realized that whatever it was that I ate couldn't contain milk (yogurt, cheese, etc.). I just don't digest those fast enough and they would feel like they are just sitting in my stomach waiting to come back up. Yuck.…

I drink Cellucor Isolated Whey (in Milk Chocolate) within 30 minutes of finishing my workout (if the workout is intense). I wouldn't drink it after a neighborhood stroll. I've noticed that my muscles recover much quicker and the soreness dissipates, which allows me to do pretty intense workouts (40 minutes of circuit…

I've lost 20 pounds in the past 3 months and there is NO way the muscles that I have now where there under the flab. I've been doing so at a deficit. Also, I can never eat back the exercise calories. I tried once and it felt like I was binging (eating when I wasn't hungry). I do have isolated whey shake within 30 minutes…