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The concern is that the sweetness of the coke zero will lead you to crave more sweet foods and increase your chance of eating something like a cupcake or whatever. Personally, I drink lots of diet pop and have never had an issue. The amount of aspartame you'd have to have in a day to do damage is very high, you'd have to…

Your fat intake could be too low. Fat is what helps keep your hormones moving along nicely, and men can get a slight drop in testosterone if their fat intake gets too low. Nothing serious, but enough to make you feel crappy. If you feel tired and crabby it's more likely low carbs, if you feel depressed or your sex drives…

You can stay with machines and dumbbells forever if that's what you want. As long as you are adding weight over time you will progress and get results.

She's proud of her results

That's really awesome to hear! It's great that more and more women are picking up weights. Being stronger is great for your confidence, and helps you learn to love your body for what it can do for you, not just how it looks. I've accepted your friend request loconnor466 and I can't wait to see your progress :)

Whew! Woke up to a lot of replies this morning. This is going to be a long one, but I'm going to try to answer everyone. Runforestrun3 - I would always suggest either a full body workout three times a week for a beginner or a upper body/lower body split where you work out four times a week. So Monday is upper body, Tuesday…

I wouldn't worry too much, that kind of weight spike could be caused by lots of things, sudden change in workout routine, diet, sleep pattern, or could be a time of the month thing. It's just going to be water weight. My advice is to just keep on trucking. You should be able to get stronger while in a caloric deficit,…

Isn't afraid to stand out

If you are maintaining your weight with what you're eating now, I would just suggest that you start to slowly add in calories (say like 25 - 50 a week) for as long as can without gaining weight. This way, once you get over your maintenance calories you'll notice a very small amount of weight gain (like .5 - 1lb) and you…

belly718, I sent you a personal message :)

Knows her way around a makeup bag. (Your eyebrows are gorgeous!)

She seems like someone with a contemplative personality. And she has beautiful hair that I bet she takes good care of!

I'm going to be lifting at the Canadian Powerlifting Union's national championships on April 1st.

No surprise there. All those chemicals in that single packet of artificial sweetener, surprised it's not both sides of your brain not working so nice.

I'm 5'8" and have fairly large shoulders (have a hard time getting coats that fit me here) and huge ankles/feet (US size 11, UK 9 for shoes and my ankles are bigger then my boyfriends!). I always considered myself to be large framed before because of my shoe size, but I'm not sure what a proper measurement would be. My…

I love the meets! I find that the atmosphere is really great, and everyone I've met so far has been very helpful and supportive. It's a really awesome community. I totally recommend signing up for a meet even if you feel your lifts aren't competitive. It's good to get some experience on the platform under your belt and you…

Hard to tell, but I'm gonna say Eric from the Little Mermaid

has a very genuine smile

5'8", 140lb, size 2/4 US when I started at 195lb I was a size 12 before I lifted weights I was 140lb and a size 6

When I'm on a cutting phase (trying to lose weight) I add in cardio. Right now I do 20 minutes five days a week on the arc trainer. When I'm just maintaining my weight I usually cut down to one 30 minute session a week, just because I like it. Right now I'm in a deficit and I've been adding weight to my lifts, but it is…

195lb on the left, 140lb on the right. I'm 5'8"

I can squat 245lb and I compete in powerlifting and what I would say is that heavy squatting does nothing but good for your lower body. I absolutely love the legs and butt I have built from heavy lifting. I've also lost over an inch off my thighs since I started powerlifting, so trust me, you don't need to worry about your…

It sounds like too few calories and a plateau to me. Have you considered adding resistance training to your workouts? Building some muscles mass could really help you out here I think. If I was you, I'd start to slowly increase your food and add in some weight training. Adding some muscle mass will up the amount of…

I do a "refeed day". This is where I track my calories, but I eat at maintenance for a day instead of my dieting calories. So for example, maybe 6 days out of the week I'm eating 1400 calories, but on the 7th day I eat 1900. This way I have a chance to have more food for a day but I don't go overboard. I also don't…