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Gimme a break you guys. ;- ) You're dying of thirst in the desert, and you wouldn't drink a can of diet pop if you came across it. Yes there are substances in it that are going to draw off 1 oz of the fluid in the can. But let's have a sense of proportion here. You can't live on boiled chicken, boiled cabbage and warm…

Google INTERMITTENT FASTING. :- ) I was stuck for 6 weeks+ without the scale moving. Started IF eight days ago and have lost 11.5 pounds. It isn't water weight; I can see the difference in the mirror every morning. Leangains.com starts you off with the idea of an 8-hour eating window, but you can reduce the window to 2-4…

Basic reason for weighing yourself is ... what? Motivation. ... you're going to continue your fitness plan until you're where you want to be, right? Every weighing before then is simply an attempt to motivate yourself :- ) One fine day, I decided to weigh myself when I felt like it ... every day, every 4th day, just…

Congrats amigo :- ) ... I'm also hooked on P90X ... The exercise buzz after a disk is amazing, isn't it? ... and I think what I like best, is the sense that you're headed some place GREAT, not just some place good ... personally I've never enjoyed working hard to be mediocre at something, but working hard to do something…

The middle ground here: if by 'resistance training' you're talking about 5 reps of heavy curls for kissable biceps, and then a minute or two off so that you can max the other bicep, then sure. Of course your heart rate won't be up in that scenario. As stated originally, if you're using a boot camp mode during your lifting…

Actually if you could somehow strangle a person (yowch, I know) so that their heart rate was 150 for 1 hour, the stress and muscular response WOULD burn tons of calories. You only hold your breath to elevate your heart rate for how long? 20 seconds? The all-caps "not" you have there looks decisive, but here's the study…

Actually your instincts are probably right: most calorie tables underestimate the calories burned during weightlifting, at least if you keep your heart rate up. Here is a formula for calculating calorie burn based on HEART RATE (not type of exercise), which current scientific consensus holds to be the right paradigm:…

We know, we know ... drink water, eat boiled chicken without the skin and lettuce with lemon juice. ;- ) One more on the pile: my brother-in-law lost 110 lbs to his ideal weight, using diet soda (a lot) and two scoops of ice cream nightly as his 'treats'. Kept the calories at the intended level and did plenty of cardio.…