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After Day 1 of Beta I had to take a short break because of lower back pain. I'm terrible at sitting down properly and basically I injured myself while studying! I kept myself active with some walking and stretching, I hope to get back to 100% soon :) Core Cardio was a blast anyway. I love the new moves! :flowerforyou:

Hello everyone! I'm ditching the scale for a while because fluctuations are driving me nuts. I'm eating at a slight deficit, so my slow progress is often concealed by fluctuations. It's normal, but it's depressing and it makes me want to cheat, which leads to more fluctuations and slower progress because it's easy to…

This is some really good advice!

It's up to you. I like to workout in the morning but my performance is better in the evening.

I'm in for different reasons, but I'm in. I'm short and I don't have much to lose, so my loss is very slow unless I undereat (and I don't want to do that) and it's often covered by normal daily fluctuations. Water weight, PMS, glycogen stores, I know the science behind weight fluctuations but I feel bad all the same if.I…

No way.

+1 :)

Low fat yogurt, ricotta cheese with cocoa, whole wheat crackers. I'd rather eat fruit as a part of my main meals because it doesn't keep me full. I need some protein in my snacks.

Well, I meant "overestimating food intake" but I think you got it :P

As I wrote in another topic, I think it's ok to be on the safe side. Problem is that everyone that wants to be on the safe side end up underestimating their activity level, underestimating burned calories AND underestimating food intake. On top of that, they leave some calories at the end of the day because, you know, I…

this :)

you need to EAT another seven hundred.

Crisps! :love:

Think about how dirty you books will get! (studying without eating is borderline impossible for me. Recreational reading is not a problem, but studying makes me hungry as hell, so I think about how expensive my textbooks are!)

I only watch TV while cuddling or in my bed right before falling asleep. If I don't know what to do after dinner I'll play videogames, read or knit. I'd really love some popcorn at the movies, but the smell is too strong and it makes me somewhat nauseous, I guess I'm very lucky.

So baking a cake is like crafting a weapon of mass destruction! Good to know. :laugh:

I made them yesterday and they're awesome! I used diced red peppers instead of tomatoes. And they are even better today!

I probably ate more on New Year's Eve and I won't even consider the drinks. :) Tomorrow is a new day. Going slightly lower than your usualy calorie goal for a few days is fine as long as it doesn't make you hungry and miserable and doesn't make you overeat again. Put this behind you and move on. There will always be…

I'm still trying 10x40... Damn, it's hard :laugh:

YAY! I've finished Alpha! I'll take some measurements tomorrow. I haven't lost any weight, but that's MY fault. Long story short, I had too many cheat meals (80% of them unwanted) that negated my small calorie deficit. I will definitely try to adjust my intake in March: the next two weeks will be hectic for me, I may even…

Bump for later. I'm not into bulking but it's supah-interesting.

Nothing. Forget about it.

I was answering to a very specific post: .

No, that's not the argument I want to make. I meant the exact opposite :) Supplements are very useful if you need them. Natural vs. chemical is a stupid war. I just wanted to say that people should be careful in labeling antidepressants as chemical/bad and this supplement as natural/good, because at the end of the day they…

W5D4 Cardio done and nailed it (sort of). Beta, I'm coming :)

I did it for a while, but at the time I was running A LOT, which gave me tons of extra calories and suppressed my appetite. Now I'm focusing on strength and I couldn't do it anymore.

Thanks for the tips! I would have never thought of rinsing them! :)

From what I've read on the interwebz TDEE-25% is pretty aggressive but it really depends on how you feel about it. (I can't believe I have only ONE Total Body Circuit left... I'm almost crying. I'm pretty sure I'll find something else to hate in Beta, though. Just reading "Upper focus" makes my arms burn.

Drinking and eating awfully, but especially cleaning and tidying like there's no tomrrow. Thank God my house has been a mess for a while now.

I'm SO going to try them for lunch tomorrow!