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Absolutely true and a point I make to people constantly here. Unfortunately, the graphing function here doesn't do much to help people (and I've given up on thinking it will ever improve... improvements to this site are achingly slow in happening). The Hacker's Diet Online (http://www.fourmilab.ch/hackdiet/online/hdo.html)…

Unfortunately, my absolute favorite line from a movie is highly visual... and only two words! It's in Young Frankenstein, when Eyegor (Marty Feldman) irritates Dr. Frankenstein at the top of the stairs: Frankenstein: "Damn your eyes!" Eyegor: (turns head, looks straight into camera) "Too late." Absolutely great. A close…

It'll make your wallet thinnner. It MIGHT make you slightly thinner, briefly. But it's just water loss. And it definitely won't be permanent. There are no magic bullets.

Snake oil reduces fat in your abdomen area better! :smile:

Lions need bigger o-line and healthy running backs. Gonna be another who-dat year. But soon for the lions... Stafford is the real deal.

Stick with it and you'll get there. I've finally reached the point that I'm doing 100 every other morning. I don't think I kept track of when I started but I'm pretty sure it's taken me more than six weeks. Of course, I started out only being able to barely squeek out 1 with really bad form. Now it's 100 with good form!

Pushups are tough if you've never done them. But you can get there. A year ago I was able to squeeze out ONE pushup with really bad form. Today I do 100 pushups with good form every other morning. It just takes doing it and being patient. If you can't do a single standard pushup to start with, do modified pushups ("girly…

Wow... how do people do 15min/mile walking? I'm 5'10". My legs are on the shorter side for my height but not THAT short. Yet, as fast as I can walk without breaking into an outright jog is about 3.4 mph. No way I can get to 4 mph without jogging. How do you do it?

Scales don't lie. The number you see if real... for that moment in time. Weight loss, however, is not a linear process. So sometimes you will be surprised. Weight may be up some when it you expect it to be down or down when you expect it up. But weighing every day will allow you to see and understand this non-linearity and…

Royal Oak here. Where are you?

Your blog link is dead.

I hate to be indelicate but I don't know any other way to put it... Look at your weight fluctuation in relationship to your bowel movements. With today's accurate digital scales that indicate weight changes as small as .1 or .2 pounds, I can actually see my weight gain if I haven't had a bowel movement in several days and…

Mine can fluctuate up to 4 pounds a day. Actually, I think doing this for a while (at least a couple of weeks) is very good because it lets you understand what a non-linear process weight loss is and how large the short-term fluctuations can be without effecting the long-term results. I know it was a great thing for me.…

Yes, if you are getting significantly different readings within minutes then there is definitely a problem with the scale. AND... many people will tell you -- loudly -- to weigh only weekly but that way led to madness for me. Only by weighing myself daily (and, actually, twice daily for a while) was I able to begin to…

Every day, second thing in the morning (right after taking my resting blood pressure/heart rate).

31 today (6,6,7,6,6). Not bad for someone who could only do 1 six months ago.

Here we go... 5/5/6/4/4 today for a total of 24. I'm using a pushup app on my android phone. The workout progressions are a little different than on the 100 pushup site but the goal is the same. Stupid question time... starting flat on the ground, do you count that first half pushup as #1? I used not to but recently…

Sounds like typical amphetamine reactions.

I'm in.

Patience. Weight loss is a non-linear process. Your weight will fluctuate a lot during the process. Mine can fluctuate up to four pounds during a single day. But a consistent, moderate calorie deficit over time WILL absolutely result in weight loss. The magic bullet is time. It will not happen overnight.

As a mostly-vegetarian who is now working out and trying to do some strength development, I'm also interested in how much protein I should be aiming for.

Gimme Siggi Icelandic any day. Not to most people's taste but I think it's great.

I know this should be simple but I'm still struggling with doing planks correctly. Here's the best pic I could snap (I know it's dark, muddy & terrible but it's the best I could do by myself): Now that looks right to me. But when I do them, a) they seem way too easy, b) I feel strain in my lower back, none in my abs. Am I…

Alas, I'm in the same boat. Looking forward to reading what people say.

Thank you! I'll try raising my butt a little and see if it moves the effort from my lower back to my abs. And thanks to everybody else who offered assistance also!

I'm pretty sure I don't have my butt too high. Would sagging (with my butt too low) caused the lower back strain?

So how do you accurately measure body fat percentage?

That's actually good. My first time on the treadmill was 3 minutes! I do 30 minutes with lots of resistance seven days a week now. Just keep after it.

NSV = ?

Curious about why you chose the FT7 rather than the FT4.