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I eat between 1800-2000 calories a day, although I don't tend to log on weekends. Feel free to look at my diary, it is open.

Lighter weight and more reps can actually build more "Mass". If you remain at a high BF% the muscle won't show as much.

You can custom set your goals, but change your gender marker. Just continue to use "female" when calculating your TDEE with different calculators until you start hormones.

Try using a TDEE calculator instead. http://www.1percentedge.com/ifcalc/ This way you don't need to "eat back" what you work off. Your activity level over all is boosted by the movement you are doing during your job.

If you feel up to it, start as soon as possible. The muscle helps to eat up calories and the progress numbers on lifts are really motivating. The general consensus is that free weights are better for you. Look into a program like Starting Strength or Stronglifts 5x5, both are a good basic weightlifting program.

Try heavy lifting. It has a lot of progress, numbers and success. Being able to add weight on to your bar will make you feel great, and the success of lifting is great too. It's fun to compare it to things/people and being able to go "I can squat your weight." Look into a program like Starting Strength of Stronglifts 5x5,…

Small hand weights are not going to build you muscle. You'd likely be better off with body weight exercises. However, I find, heavy lifting to be a lot of fun because it has a lot of progress. They are more fun numbers to track than your own weight.

How many calories are you eating each day? Also it is often better to look at measurements and the fit of clothing than the scale.

Almond butter, diced mangos, a bit of cocoa powder and some stevia Vanilla protein powder & some berries 1/4 cup apple sauce & cinnamon 1/4 cup canned pumpkin & pumpkin pie spices I generally add unflavoured protein powder to the ones with out it too.

You can do C25K with just running shoes and a stop watch. If you are planning to go to a race that is outside I suggest doing the program outside if possible. Having it as a phone app or on a similar device is handy as it doesn't keep forcing you to look at your watch. Otherwise you can just set up a series of timers on…

Not really. Cardio will allow you more calories in a day, but if you are doing say 30 minutes of cardio 3 times a week that is 900-1200 calories burned which can easily just be avoided through eating. I do both, but largely because a friend and I made a pact to run a 10K race in a few months. Weight lifting is generally…

Focus less on weight more on appearance. Weight lifting (heavy) will help to give you a better body when you are done. Use http://www.1percentedge.com/ifcalc/ to figure out what you should be eating.

It is very hard for women to gain true mass and look bulky. This is a great article about female weight lifting: http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/2011/07/21/meet-staci-your-new-powerlifting-super-hero/

As long as you are eating enough I don't think it would harm you.

Merrell makes some nice barefoot shoes with a bit more cushioning.

These Merrells http://www.merrell.com/CA/en-CA/Product.mvc.aspx/27658W/67462/Womens/Dash-Glove?dimensions=0 Really nice & comfy. Good for weightlifting too.

Try a TDEE method instead. This takes your workouts in to account and doesn't get you to measure exercise calories. Depending on where you are getting the calories burned from they may also be wildly inaccurate, unless you are using an HRM. Here is a calculator for it: http://www.1percentedge.com/ifcalc/ Also, adding some…

There is no way to spot reduce, so just keep at it! However building muscle in the area will help as well. If you don't already, heavy weight lifting will help to build up muscle in your core. Look into a program like Starting Strength or Stronglifts 5x5.

http://www.1percentedge.com/ifcalc/ Try this calculator. You fall into at least "moderately active" due to your number of work outs a week. Just because you sit in a office for a majority of your day does not make you sedentary.

They are great in oatmeal. Specifically refrigerator/overnight oatmeal.

Here is some info on TDEE: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/512956-tdee-what-is-it-and-why-you-should-not-eat-below-your-bmr It builds in your work outs into what you will be eating. I find it is much easier to stay on track using it and it prevents me from needing to track work out calories. I try not to think in…

You can try a TDEE method instead. Under that you wouldn't need to eat back your exercise calories as they are already accounted for. Aka there would be no need to log exercise then. You are sore because of DOMS (delay onset muscle soreness), this is just meaning that your routine is new and your body is adapting to it.…

You could try fitocracy as well for fitness related items.

Fat does not make you fat, often it will help to keep you full longer. Do not avoid eating healthy fats (such as high fat greek yogurt).