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This.

When your body gets rid of sodium, it also loses potassium. Therefore, if your body is low in potassium, it will try to reduce the flushing of sodium to hold onto the potassium. And that's the roundabout reason why getting more potassium is good, because your body will be A-ok with dumping the sodium. Also, potassium can…

I love Silk's Pure Almond Dark Chocolate almond milk and use it for some of my protein shakes. Tasty!

I'm 39 (gasp!) and work at home. Always up for adding people who want to be active and supporting. Feel free to add me if you fit that. I'm positive and use the site daily (open diary as well). Got to hit those goals! - Jason

Quality. When I started I was something like 310-ish. I wanted the loss fast as I was the highest in my life and shocked. Dropped 50 pounds and now at 259 I'm fine with even 4 lbs a month if it means I'm not losing muscle. I was far more concerned with making a lifestyle change that would stick. The rest will happen in…

Thanks. Now I have 18 and Life stuck in my head. :)

Dance and rap mostly. Now and then I get in the mood from some 80s music. :)

Some good ideas. I just hit it with some EVOO, oregano and garlic and bake it in the oven. mmmmm

Looking awesome bro! My goal is 200ish and reevaluate too. Go get it done!

Not a doctor or scientist, so . . . From what my feeble mind can put together, when I eat more, my metabolism speeds up and when I eat less, it slows down (because why would it need to run fast when there isn't much to metabolize?). And when I eat under my BMR for an extended period of time my body runs less optimally than…

When you look into these "don't eat late at night" studies, you usually find that the negative results were not due to some body science factor, but due to participants who: 1. Ate more calories than they burned. 2. Made poor choices and ate crap (ice cream, candy bars, etc).

Log what you want. Wouldn't bother me none. It's your body/business/life. Oh wait. BRB. Someone is wrong on the Internet. :)

THIS. I have the FT7 and love it.

This. I started at 40/30/30, which is a balanced approach and it was good, but I just changed mine to 25C 40P 35F, because I plan on taking in more protein and good fats (I hope) and I just want to see how I do at 25% carbs verses 40% carbs.

I went and did my own BMR/TDEE/etc. It's all manual now. I started out doing what MFP said, but then I realized I was eating under my BMR on non-workout days and didn't like not know what I was doing, so I have decided to get more serious. :)

Sounds right to me. :) Just ate 7 pizzas and gained 3 lbs. Well, muscle does weigh more than fat. hahahaha

It's just how you look at things I guess. For me, exercise is about creating my caloric deficit.

I've seen many research reports supporting using music while working out. The last one I saw said something like those who were listening to music while working out had a 10% reduction in perceived difficulty. That's a pretty sizable boost. I tend to listen to rap or dance while working out.

I also log it all, even when I have 2 ritz crackers or something more destructive like half a pepperoni pizza and a couple Sam Adams beers. :sad: It helps me immensely.

"We ain't bunk bedding out this mother****er. " hahahah WTH.

Meh. I'd be allowed in unfortunately.

Italian/Irish. Always ready to love. Always ready to fight. Always ready to drink. Not always in that order. :)

THIS! :)

Coffee is A-ok. Of course if you molest it with sugar, creamer, caramel, chocolate, whipped cream and other crap, it's no longer coffee. I people watch at Starbucks at 7am just to see the **** they are slurping down. Sadly, I'm gaining weight just watching. :) I lost 50 lbs so far from my highest fat-*kitten* point and…

I approve of this message. :) Looking AWESOME peaches. So sexy.

Yes and yes and yes I was told by her and yes I told her back and yes some other stuff that's NSFW and yes to whatever else is going to be asked. ;)

How about this.....wait for it....just tell him it's bothering you and why. This is a simple matter. COMMUNI-F-ING-CATION. I know, it's old school and not all the rage these days.

Just A Friend - Biz Markie. Complete with me "singing" it. :)

When you get into the pool and the water rises over the edge.

Yes! Just checked back to see the answer. Grats to both of you!