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Me too. It's really going away, finally!

Yeah it's easier to see on the iPhone app.

(The trainer at the gym is the one who INSISTS that I not do cardio.)

I've been reading up on this and I can tell you that it's really controversial, though all the above points I think are good. In the last 6 months I have been successful in maintaining my same weight, but dropping 3 lb of fat and gaining 3 lb of lean weight - with visibly visible muscle growth. I have done this by lifting…

Great! And thanks for posting! I see a lot of posts on here from new moms who want to lose baby fat- and you are a great inspiration for them!

Just did my numbers and got my % fat at 25.3% - wow!!

ABSOLUTELY!! I have learned SO much from logging on MFP. I have been here for a year and a half. Before I was on MFP I went "home" to Mom and Dad's house for a week at Christmas and gained 5 lb in a week- seriously! It took me almost 6 months to lose it back. A year later, on MFP, I went home for Christmas and started…

Wow- what an awesome story! Thanks for sharing!

From where I started this time: elephant heart. From my heaviest weight ever: small bale of hay.

I have often thought the same thing. Gym class was horrible for me - and now I LOVE going to the gym. I'm still me- it's that now I get coached and helped instead of picked last and ridiculed. It's awesome to see that I can really do this stuff! And IDK if they still do it. I will ask my niece. She just graduated from high…

THanks! Just give me a couple more months and I will!!

In general I don;t log anything with fewer than 10 calories, unless there is a reason to log it. For example, I will log lettuce and celery because I want to be able to see later that yes I did eat some veggies. But diet soda- I drink one a day and don't generally log it, same with tea and black coffee.

You raised them well- congratulations!

I've been logging, every single day, for a year and a half. It's not that hard and it's working for me. I'm not stopping any time soon.

This is my problem exactly, and I am doing the weight lifting as outlined by TrainingwithT- working with a semi-personal trainer since December. It's working out great for me! The only thing my trainer said is to AVOID lots of cardio- he says it will make me lose more muscle mass. He advised me to only do bike/spinning,…

Hmmm. Imagine if you mixed chocolate protein powder into the light whipped topping or into yogurt and did the same thing. Just imagine :laugh: I LOVE this idea- thanks!

I am tracking calories and protein and have been on MFP for a year and a half. I use quick-add calories occasionally for things that have basically no protein, and that I won't be eating often enough to make it worth adding all the info myself. But in general I am pretty compulsive about logging everything best guess…

I did it. I hope you will share the results with us!

Um OK- well I have a different suggestion for you or anyone else who might be interested and on a budget. I live in Nicaragua, go to a great gym, have a fantastic semi-personal trainer (the gym has the best equipped weight room I have seen - admittedly my experience is limited- and it is equipped with one trainer in the…

Wow- that's AMAZING!!

:smile: awesome- thanks!

I'm going to try them too. I have some chocolate peanut butter protein powder and several ripe bananas LOL.

Here's what I pack: protein bars, skim milk powder to mix with cold water at the hotel, peanuts. I would love to take fruit but it's a customs problem as most of my trips are international. But a protein bar and a glass of milk is a reasonable substitute for a non-main meal or a snack on a long flight. Beware of hotel…

Wish I knew too! I come out different on different ones as well. This is the one that I have been using: http://www.healthcentral.com/cholesterol/home-body-fat-test-2774-143.html I picked it because it came out closest to the little impedance meter they used in my former gym, and because it uses more measurements than the…

I like Pure Protein- haven't found anything that can beat the price either in calories or in dollars per gram of protein. All of them have 20gm protein for about 200 calories, they are tasty and you can get them by the box from Walmart or Amazon for usually about $1 per bar.

Height: 5' 9" Weight: 132 How long you've been lifting: 5 months, but before that I did circuit training (Curves) for 3 years Times per week: 4-6, unless I am traveling (which is a lot) in which case it's variable Split routine or full body: split 1 REP MAX - IDK these are what I do regularly with reps, haven't tried one…

THanks- this is JUST what I wanted to know! I am trying to build muscle (I'm at my goal) but not put fat back on so I have been scared to increase my calories. Everything I have read says you need more calories to put on muscle- but I seem to be putting on muscle and maintaining the same weight or even dropping a little.…

C, D and - been at my goal for a bit and this is what I'm working on.

This. I have been here for a year and a half, at my goal weight for over a year, tracking my protein- and I like it. And I like how it's helping me.

Congratulations!! Best wishes and my prayers for a healthy pregnancy and a healthy baby!