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"Running is boring anyway, lifting is SO MUCH BETTER! LOL" AGREED 100%
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If you can afford it, a stepmill. My favorite all-around piece of cardio equipment. Otherwise, a treadmill is great for manipulating conditions you may just be guessing about on the road: speed, incline, etc. Also, I'm a huge fan the switch plate adjustable dumbbells because they take up far less room than a full weight…
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I do! I work out @ 6. I'll drink 8-12 oz of water w/a scoop each of Cellucor C4 & BCAAs which I'll drink before and during my workout. My breakfast-eating window is within in hour of my workout, more or less. I'm usually pretty hungry within the hour though =)
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What cwolfman said.
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"Binge" is highly subjective. Can you elaborate on what you consider a binge?
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Biscoff spread, right out of the jar
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No need to worry UNLESS your doc tells you you need to slow down. What you're doing is awesome and good for you & your baby. And it will help you spring back so much faster!
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I see this same post every day... If you want to increase your metabolism and burn calories more efficiently, you need to up your calories and up your LBM through exercise/resistance training.
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Based on your history, your metabolism is shot. :( the only way to repair it is to a) eat more b) increase your LBM by lifting/resistance training
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Amen , you look great!
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For me, five pounds (I'm already small, so the larger you are, the more pounds between sizes)
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It's just a sign you're in a deficit, haha! Which is the whole point (assuming your goal is to lose). Alas, not a lot you can do. You'll get a lot of stock answers here, drink more water, up your protein/fat/fiber, etc. but when you're in a true deficit, you're going to be hungry no matter what and the effect of those…
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I personally applaud you for learning to relax. I believe a tortured relationship with diet is why do many people are overweight to begin with. Kudos!
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My advice: Carefully plan rest days! Muscle repair and growth occurs during rest days, so taking them is valuable. I personally never work out on more than three consecutive days, but that's only because my schedule allows it. Don't worry, as you get in better shape, the soreness will lessen (or at least become more…
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How about you take a guesswork out, don't log the calories you presume you burn through exercise, and set it to sedentary? Finding your calorie needs is ofien about trial and error.
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Calculate your TDEE instead of just defaulting to 1200 for weight loss. The body is very smart; it will adapt and compensate when in a deep deficit. Also, 1,000 calories seems like a LOT, which HRM are you using? Many are notorious for their large margin of error...
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Make sure you are accurately measuring/weighing everything. Also, avoid the pitfall of trying to record your calories burned; most people overestimate. If you're being honest about your intake, you should continue to lose steadily. Five weeks is a short period of time.
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have you calculated your TDEE? how do you know 1200 is your magic number for weight loss? I feel like everyone defaults to this figure without calculating their actual needs.
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Calories.
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Ketogenic diets are not necessary for weight loss. Caloric deficit is.
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Denouncing any food or food group is irresponsible dieting. You can get fat on a "clean" diet if you blow your calories/macros. IIFYM....eat it.
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A few things could be happening. Without accurately measuring and weighing your food, you could be overestimating your intake. Also, you could be overestimating your calorie burn. A HRM is a good investment, ideally one that straps around your chest (I use the Polar Wearlink + which syncs with my running watch). There's…
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Seems like an endorsement for Cultfit to me.
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HAHAHA the threads I've seen on the MFP community have been gentle at best. As a frequenter on the bodybuilding.com and tnation forums where tough love is standard operating procedure, you should feel fortunate that there are so many MFP users willing to even touch stupid topics that have been discussed ad nauseum.
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Your approach is wrong: crash dieting and expecting results in five days? It takes longer than that to lose fat, even longer on a diet like that and you'll lose LBM, and in the meantime, any movement on the scale is likely to be water. Weight loss takes TIME and patience. There are no quick fixes. Sorry that's not what you…
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Heck yes I do! But moreso after a cold drink. Once or twice a week I'll have a Java Chip Light Frappuccino and after I drink it, I'm freezing.
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AMENNNNNNNN
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Couple things come to mind. You are either underestimating your calories eaten, or overestimating calories burned. Both are likely. 1200 calories should be easy to consume in a day, and if you're burning 500 calories through exercise (aaaaand most women who presume they are aren't) you should be ravenous for 1200+ calories…
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Protein needs are proportional to body weight; not energy intake, so a gram per pound is a safe bet. Hence why I don't allow MFP to calculate my macros. Here is good, straightforward article on adult protein needs and optimal distribution: http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/pdf/1743-7075-6-12.pdf
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You're likely overestimating your calories burned through exercise (or underestimating calories consumed). You'd have to be doing a few hours of REALLY intense activity to be burning those figures, and that's assuming your LBM is high. Try adjusting your TDEE based on sedentary energy expenditure for a week, log only…
