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the key is to not try and chug it all the time, just carry it around with you and make a point to take a big swig every 20 minutes or so!

There's a lot of water in food-- you are definitely dehyrdrated! get yourself a nalgene (permanent water bottle) and try to drink AT LEAST 64 oz/day. I have a 32 oz nalgene and I go through at least 3-6 fill ups a day!

I started at 240ish and now I've been hovering from 205-220 for the past like 6 months. One day in May or June I saw the scale hit 199.8 and it was fantastic... but short lived. All of the weddings this summer meant all of the travel, so I lost my roll and stayed over 200 for my own wedding in October. It has been so…

This. While I'm not at my size goal yet, I decided to forget my weight goal and focus on a size, because hey, there's less than 5 lbs different between these two pics when I started heavy lifting (yes, I'm significantly more than 140 lbs)

Nope, in the book it says you should never lift two days in a row (you don't get enough recovery time) and you shouldn't do it more than 3 days/week (again, not enough recovery time!) your muscles building (and burning fat) need time to recover since what you're essentially doing is making tiny tears in them that it…

Oh and with alternating sets, you do both in each workout, its just that instead of doing (for example) Lat pull downs x 15 Lat pull downs x 15 Lunges x15 Lunges x15 you do Lat pull downs x 15 Lunges x15 Lat pull downs x 15 Lunges x15 make sense?

You have the schedule right, but the pace wrong. You should never do more than one "workout" in a day. For example: week 1: Sunday-none Monday- A1 (2x15 reps) Tuesday- none Wednesday- B1 (2x15) Thursday-none Friday- A2 (2x15) Saturday-none Week 2: Sunday-none Monday-B2 (2x15) etc. C workouts come in later stages

I do plain steel-cut oats made with water as directed, but add a scoop of body fortress whey protein vanilla flavored, with cinnamon. Its delish.

yay! I know when I was doing my taxes and looking through my old credit card statements it was downright GROSS how frequently subway, dominos, and taco bell were on it. Something I will tell you is if you generally love fast food and you don't think its possible for you to never eat fast food again (be realistic, I only…

I'm just not hungry when I first wake up, and I'm not a huge fan of breakfast food. That said, I've slowly started incorporating it into my diet, so now I eat a bowl of kashi or fiber one with almond milk and a scoop of protein powder.

This. I know I've lost weight, but my skin's not as "firm" because all the fat that was under it is no longer pulling it tight. Make sure you're drinking TONS of water (at the very least 64 oz/day) and be patient! I also regularly use cocoa butter on my belly (for stretch marks, but it also helps it feel a little nicer, at…

But a cheat day doesn't have to be thousands over. As was mentioned above, I try to integrate foods I like into my macros and calorie goals, but if I want to have a cheat day, generally I'm eating mostly crappy foods (pizza, nachos, booze, etc) and just going at or slightly over my TDEE. That is, if on a normal day I eat…

This, Food is usually accurate, but you mean to tell me you burned 1000 calories speed walking for an hour? yeah right.

Yes! actually a great breakfast replacement (but I eat 1/2 of it as a between meal snack 2x/day on weight lifting days) is 1 cup low fat or fat free cottage cheese mixed with one scoop of vanilla protein powder, and 1/4-1/2 cup berries. About 290 calories, 60g protein!

I generally like a scoop of body fortress whey isolate (vanilla for me, haven't tried the others, 30 g protein) with 1 c almond milk, and a ton of ice. I sometimes blend in berries (frozen or fress). It's about 160 calories and 31 g of protein, if you use about a cup of ice, its got the consistency of ice cream, but less…

Clearly I didn't read the entire thing, which is why I wrote my second post. I'm not sure why you're getting so defensive. If you're drinking 4 apples, 1/2 pineapple, 1 carrot etc. etc. etc. then you should log 4 apples, 1/2 pineapple, 1 carrot etc. etc. etc., not some juice "cleanse" that's not going to be accurate. I…

Sorry-- missed the part about protein shakes and powders being a no for you. Beans, particularly chick peas are great. I love chick peas because they're so versatile (on salad, in a food processor with some veganaise, "sour supreme" (vegan sour cream) and kelp powder and you've got fake tuna! Nuts, nut butter, etc. What…

Here's the problem: you're eating some silly "toxin flush" instead of real food. Find a protein shake that's made out of soy protein. Eat almond or other nut butters. Mycoprotein (mushroom protein, usually the brand Quorn) is fantastic! Please eat real food and not just coffee and some silly other beverage. I'm vegetarian,…

... that is if you have a good enough rapport and an office environment where she wouldn't see that as sexual harrassment lol

I would still compliment her. "Damn, girl, you've lost so much weight! When are you gonna show it off a little bit?" That way she feels good that her loss is acknowledged (If you've avoided telling her because of the way she dresses she may think no one's noticed) and you're pointing out that she could be wearing more…

If I get down to a size 8, I'm rewarding myself with my first... ever... real.... BIKINI I've never worn a real one, just tankinis and such.

One month difference, near the end of stage 1 of NROL4W.

You look amazing! I'm going to be starting phase 2 when my stupid gym opens back up! I can't wait!

you have MFP on your phone? Make sure you log everything immediately after it goes in your mouth. That way you can see how quickly its stacking up. Also, if seeing your calories "go red" in the negative (calories left) and think that its all ruined, consider what your TDEE is. I'm guessing that your TDEE is close to or…

I agree most of these ads are offensive, but I don't understand how the Oatmeals one is... its stating caloric value. That's not fat shaming.

New Rules of Lifting for Women is a good place to start!

Eat more vegetables and water. Personally eating an entire cucumber or two does the trick for me. You need to increase your fiber, but fruit and particularly veggies are the best way to do that. Also, I know this is not the healthiest choice, but if you're over 21, having a drink with liquor in it always gets things moving…

Hi, I'm at the end of stage 1 and I've had pretty great results so far (see profile pic). I had been doing calorie management and cardio 3-5x/week and machine weight lifting for the past year or so before starting NROL4W. I'm a beginner to free weights, but not new to regular exercise, and I've always been pretty strong,…

eat more (look up "eat more to weigh less" or "in place of a road map" )

I honestly was very depressed until I started getting in shape. I spent too much time watching TV and drinking. Now that it's May and the weathers nice (nearly) everywhere, I suggest walking and biking, when the pools open go swimming! Even though I had very little motivation and stamina when I started, I did it last may…