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Ladies, So long as your fat and carb in-take is kept to low levels, you can go over protein. If you have too much fat and/or carbs and then too much protein it can cause weight gain. As you step up your workouts and increase calorie burn, you can start to increase your carbs and reduce your protein in-take. A good rule of…

You should separate the weight training days from the cardio days. You only really need about 2 weight training days per week. The rest of the days can be for cardio and yoga or stretching. The way to make weights more fun is to do compound movements (means working a few different muscle groups in the same exercise).…

Thanks all for the replies. I wear a HRM on my lifting days and have used that to estimate the cals burned. The litfing routines are very intense so I know I'm burning lots of cals. I guess I will just enter it manually. Regarding the question Kate had about eating the extra calories burned, I would say absolutely. I'm…

Can anyone tell me why when I enter strength training exercises, it does not show the calories burned in my food diary? Do you have to create new strength exercises? If so, how can you get the food diary to show the calories burned from strength training exercies? So far, I have been cheating by entering an aerobic…

CSW, It sounds like you're very active if you're doing 18 miles on a bike, so you probably need the extra calories. It really all depends on your workout routine. I'm doing P90x and the nutrition plan is designed so you eat most, if not all, of your "gained" calories. I'm about 3/4 of the way through the first cycle and…

Sandy and Tiddle, Thanks. Guess I'll try the HRM approach. Joe

Hi, Question from a newbie. The food database is awesome and seems to have everything I eat. However, I'm doing P90x and trying to enter my workouts. Has anyone figured out how to add their P90x workouts to the exercise database? Is that forbidden for some reason? Thanks. Joe

Hi All, I've heard about this site but for whatever lame reason haven't joined untul today. This is really helpful. I was suprised at how comprehensive the food database is. I noticed there's a lot of P90x folks on the site so I know there's some serious people here. I'm in week 10 of my 1st round of P90x and am loving the…