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Dang! What's your calorie limit? It'd be hard to get 225 with only lean meats (even if you're doing a protein bar AND shake everyday).

It's getting in the up position that worries me. The grips in my gym are WAY high in the air (in between the cables)!

It's not really an option for me because I HAVE to workout at lunch so if there isn't a class -- it's a no-can-do. But I have wanted to try it for a while. I have read that you can easily get a bad trainer or whatever and the quality goes down very quickly.

What are everyone's thoughts about crossfit?

Hahahahahaha! That picture is AMAZING OMG!

This is the best I could do getting ready this am....(remember I'm 5'11). Now my thighs - THOSE are a different story.

I'm going to skip Stage 6. My goals are fat loss at this point (bikini for 7 days in 2 months). When I circle back around and do the program again, my goals (hopefully) will be different and I will do Stage 6. I need to get over there and read the thread anyways. I still would be pretty apprehensive about doing the…

My calves are 18" solid muscle. Not *quite* as proud being that I'm a female but, well, you know.

Great new picture Sam! You're my lean hero today :).

Again, I'm right there with you. If my arm is facing the camera, it looks terrible. I swear, when I look at my arms, I'm pretty happy with them. In pictures, they don't look like they do in the mirror :/. I mean, we're talking full 360 degree mirrors at the gym so it should give me an IDEA of what they really look like! I…

Plus, they are on TV the ENTIRE time -- no time to compose themselves. Just like with Mckayla, she effed up. I would be so mad/disappointed in myself -- and people expect SMILES? It's not about the other person/team winning as much as effing up. It's one thing when you try your hardest and do your best and medal. It's…

Malnourished, yes. Obese...I'm on the fence, really. I'm a libertarian so I have a hard time with the government being involved too much but when it comes to chidlren (that have no voice), it's not so easy.

Oh I didn't doubt this for a second.

Hahahahaha! A Michael Scott quote is welcome ***and applicable*** to every situation. It's a rule (thought everyone knew?).

Wow, I am *totally* jealous that you can walk around without thinking anything about your surroundings. Have fun getting robbed/raped/ripped off because of your inability to judge a situation not being right. [/quote] NOW THAT IS A LITTLE EXTREME THERE, DON'T YOU THINK? [/quote] Let me remind you that you were the one that…

There is literally nothing else to watch. Plus, it's the end of the summer so even if people had stuff saved on their DVR from when shows are in season, they've probably watched it. I only watch about 20 minutes a night (a 2 and 4 year old so not much tv watching for me) but even when I had it up to here with swimming (my…

Hahaha! I thought it was funny because she was like, "so, here's the warmup." And INSTANTLY I thought to myself "Skipping that and doing my own thang." And then she wrote "I know what you're thinking 'I'll just skip it" but don't!" So basically, she totally called me out!

So what do you do when your kid is hungry an hour later if it's a day she decided not to eat? I don't force any of my children to eat. However, they will not get anything else either. I'm not trying to feed them liver and onions here. We're talking grilled chicken -- stuff that they've had before. If they don't want it,…

Does anyone get scared for the people from China when they don't win? In the back of my mind, I think they've got a family member getting jailed at the very least. They do NOT MESS AROUND.

I've learned that it's probably not good for my heart to watch diving. Every time I'm just assuming I'm going to see someone crack their skull (you know, I'll see it 12 hours after happens -- thanks NBC). I mean, they have to at least screw up a time or two in practice, know what I"m saying? Can't handle it.

I said the same thing earlier. I can tell the person quoted first above has no children of her own. I was surprised when she started talking about her 4 year old and then unsuprised when it turned out to be a step child. First, kids don't just naturally like foods. Most of them aren't like "I've never tasted anything but…

Wow, thanks for your honesty -- and high five for changing!

I also have a 2 year and 4 year old and a 9 year old stepson (we have him 50/50). To tell you the truth, my kids get a "treat" everyday. It's really hard to figure out that line of being normal. I don't want to be such a food Nazi that they get some kind of complex and will completly go hog wild someday on things they…

You are my planking superhero!

For the person that asked about Rachel's book:

For anyone considering SL5X5 after new rules, talk to allabtlm (she's the one that started this group I think -- her name is the originator of most of the threads at least). She's one of my friends and has been doing it but last week she switched back to NR's. She hated it b/c she lost so much functional strength. I was…

Plus, it depends on goals. When I started squatting 15 years ago, my personal trainers (I had two of them <----I'm kind of a big deal) pushed the Smith because of the isolation aspect -- but just like in the original post "you don't have to worry about balance" -- basically, a smith is taking away much of the total body…

Oh AND I was looking at some of the descriptions of the lifts and low and behold the Prone Cobra in Rachel's book is different. Her feet are off the ground (I did this for a while b/c I thought that's how it was done until I went back and double checked and saw her toes on the floor in NR's).