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And then when you finish them you put them down look at them sternly and yell "HA!" or in my case "Ha B**ches!" Good job!

I agree with everyone thus far + this. From the back your body has a more definate V shape to the waist. The V is more obvious on men because it continues since they have no hips! lol. From the side your bust has lifted. For me, I have a tendancy to allow my rib cage to sink in and round my back at work. Causes lots of…

to the poster who asked what's wrong w/GMOs: Ethically Everything. The companies that push this crap, are producing terminator seeds, Meaning when harvest is done the seeds produced are sterile and won't produce anything, nothing is stopping cross-pollination, the comanies have also gone into OUR national seed bank and…

Cool! Maybe you can validate something for me. I've been told for a while now that Polynesians do not get MS. The reason is coconut oil helps keep the mylen sheath intact and helps to avoid the auto-immune response that is linked to the deterioration of the Mylen sheath. I believe that Laolic acid was the protective…

yes yes.

I've only ever done 5 sets of warm ups and was doing the same for deads until I re-read it (hubby pointed out that I was doing too many) Except for deads and rows (which I use a standard bar for and can still start at 45 lbs as a result), I do the empty bar for 3 sets, and then haphazardly add more weight and do 2 more…

Burning no, but definitely a very specific kind of soreness right where you're describing. Weird feeling, but goes away. My boobage is getting back to where it should though so hopefully that's a good sign! lol! [/quote] Thanks! That's reassurring. It's really weird and then it itches when the lift is over and goes away.…

Make certain on deads to keep your abs taut, inward, regardless of weather you are wearing a belt. Last night's progress Squats= 115 much more stable, next week is 120, the weight I fell at. Kinda nervous about it, but now I have a catchweight system, so I'm less nervous about hurting myself and only really concerned about…

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if you can afford to, check with a doc or even a massage thereapist, you might have the same issue I do which is overdeveloped piriformis muscle and over tightened Quadratus lumborum ( one of the hip flexors). Weak Psoas and transverse abdominus are often the cause. Psoas by a bellydancing workshop instructor I had was…

@ 5'1" 135lbs you don't have very far to go and probably shouldn't be eating at a deficent all the time but start bulk, cut cycles. Hopefully someone who has done this successfully will chime in.

very nice pics indeed. Would love to hear more about dynamic stretching, and yea I'm definately and idiot normal bra strap level is , I'm certain physically impossible, or at the very least gonna cause problems. :blushing:

from what I've read on other MFP SL threads, it is a THING ppl do, either because they're to lazy to move the bench out of the cage or they're just effin inconsiderate. i.e. people sitting on the bench in the cage doing curls! That would piss me off!

That's the way I did them when I started, also did lunges while curling, helps you with your core stabalizers.

Glad I decided against measuring Sunday, not sure if I was supposed to or not. Friday was bust because I was cramping soo bad. Sure enough Sunday morning announced TOM was here. Sadly this could last for a week or more, I think because of my IUD. Gonna try to measure regardless and I"m going to try to tighten up on…

Crunches R Bad Mmmkaay. Most likely the real culprit here is your lower abs also known as Transverse Abdominus. Especially if you have a desk job, this muscle (known in lay terms as the girdle muscle) is weak from sitting all the time. Skip most of the other stuff and start with these:…

I think the macros are probably FAR more important if you have diabetes or insulin resistance. If not then, the keeping carbs really low probably won't help and eating them won't affect you. I tried really hard to stick to it but failed. The days I did though, my fasting glucose hit 103-106 and I had a 96 day as well.…

zumba's kind of weird, and the belly dance section isn't very, I should try the latin dvds I bought before the zumba again to see if I can do them better now. I encorporate popping into belly dance. Bangarah is a coordination, stamina, aerobic nightmare! But I still would like to do some of it. I also find that veil (type…

so far I've had mine in spaghetti, you do need to rinse them well first then heat them in water, then pour hot sauce(pasta, chineese, whatever) over them and they will soak up the flavor. They are basically cellulose (fiber) and they provide the texture and saety factor of regular pasta w/out the carbs/cals. They swell…

stevia shiritaki noodles (the ones with no tofu are calorie free the ones with are 20 cal per 4 oz serving)

I am using thumbless, reasonably if I were not so restricted in the shoulders, i.e. had full proper/normal ROM, I should be able to get the bar to about mid shoulder blades, my bra strap hits under my shoulder blades (pretty much right on t12) and I don't think that is even physically possible for someone not bound up in…

30lbs to goal is going to be tough. At least for beaverages try using stevia, its natural and it actually helps keep blood sugar in check. DON'T use Truvia or Purvia though, they have sugar alchahols in them. Try Stevia in the Raw, Sweet leave or Pure Via. I measure on the morning of my 2nd day off before I've eaten or…

I don't think thumbless on rows caused any issues. I kept standard grip on benches, my wrists are sore but I'm certain that was from trying to let the bar drop more on squats and bending my wrists there too much.

Wow! I'm the same height as you and your are 5lbs more than I was in HS. But I had 0 upper body strength and only really musculare in abs, and thighs, maybe calves. What's your goal weight? I always figured I was about 10lbs oveweight in HS, but like I said that was w/out musles in arms and back so maybe 120 is unrealistic…

How overweight are you? When you are in the morbidly obese to obese catagory and you start lifting weight will pour off you. When you are really close to finally stepping out of that obese catagory and into overweight, everything seems to come to a grinding halt. It isn't because you are still building strength. :sad: The…

eat sleep and drink enough water. Water intake should be 1/2 your current body weight in oz plus more for exercise, more for any meds that say you need water w/them and 8 oz /caffinated beavie. at least 100g of protein, if you think you will go over your cals, cut carbs 1st then fat (though fat is worth more cals) when I…