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Didn't take head phones out before squatting. Somehow the bar pulled on the cord and yanked 'em from the ears! (redheaddevotchka)

If you fit that into your macros, I'd say why the heck not? [Dark] chocolate has been shown to not be too bad for us, also ^__^

Either/or, personally. No lie, if you're an attractive female in the gym and you cross my field of vision, I will probably acknowledge (typically in as less-obvious fashion as I can, as to not come off creepy) the beauty. Half the time I make said acknowledgement, I notice the eyes either finding myself simultaneously, or…

I definitely agree with not blanket-generalizing - that 104-107lb range looks great with you! On Rachel from TBL.. 105 is definitely too little for her. I figured she would be "optimal" somewhere within the 120s. I have a friend who is about 5'2" and has an extremely petite frame - I've observed her weigh in at about 93lbs…

It was a really great finale, all told, but one contestant in particular appears to have gone from unhealthily overweight to unhealthily underweight. Kind of put a dark mark on the whole show to be honest.

I tuned in tonight expecting to see the athletic machine that she had been honing all season long, especially with how she was looking during the last week on ranch. She looked like a stiff wind would blow her away. Hopefully it is just something she did to get the money, but even if it is just that, it doesn't really…

I carb cycle currently, so my food intake varies based on my day. Here's kind of a breakdown of what I do: As a ~180lb male... 3 days a week - low carb - 2000 calories - <60 net carbs, ~90g fats, 240+ g protein 2 days a week - medium carb - 2200 calories - <= 185 net carbs, 70g fats, 185+ g protein 2 days a week - higher…

I hate the once in a good while where I am out with friends, we get good service, and they want to leave a lackluster tip. Luckily though, most of my better friends have had experience in job positions where tips are your largest source of income, so often I don't have to worry about this.

I physically could not wear those. I have size 30 waist and thighs that mandate size 34 or 36 pants depending on the brand/style. Even if I could enter into such pants.. not my style.

False - well, just any good people that need saving! TNP drives a silver car with black cloth interior!

I'm going to stay tuned on this one.. I see a lot of parallels with my own experiences (moya_rargh, our approaches sound pretty much dead similar). I try to put a twist on it when I experience rejection though - even if it isn't the case, I try to look at it as "she thought I was too awesome and was scared to go forth"…

I would say Rachael for the triathlon. Not sure that I have a particular favorite contestant - this year they've actually all been pretty endearing, and I like that for the first time in a few seasons, there have been no quitters! As far as trainer.. I would end up tossing one of those pyramidal D&D dice to figure out,…

I'll take that as a compliment, lol - I'm routinely guessed as weighing less than I do :-) You.. hard saying from profile picture, maybe 132! EDIT: To remove mystery.. my correct weight is 182lbs!

I find walking at an incline to be lower impact, yet a good calorie burn. Not an out of breath thing, but sweat soak does indeed happen! If they ever fix the Freemotion treadmill at my gym, I'll be walking it around 2.2-2.3mph at a 21% incline; otherwise, I'll use one of the standard treadmills at a 15% incline at between…

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Dude, you and me both. I've been on POF for who knows how long.. I'm up to 69 people who want to meet me now.. I've messaged back three of them, actually met one in person last weekend (while it seemed to go well at the time, it's completely dead in the water). I think I might actually try to find some kind of speed…

Increasing resistance is never a bad thing, even if you have to slow down your pedaling speed a bit. Good to mix things up - once in a while low resistance with a faster pedaling pace, and other times heavy resistance. I follow this principle on basically every cardio type move I do.

Just going off the top of my head, I recall a met being a measurement of workload based upon the body's expenditure of energy at rest. Someone just sitting around would be at 1 met workload - if you're doing 5 mets of work, you're using roughly five times the energy you would at rest. I don't find such a measurement…

I replaced your above weights with ratios in comparison to your body weight. Judging off of my own numbers (though I am outside of your preferred weight range, at 182lbs - and I've been quite consistent three years on now), you stack up pretty well. As far as chest goes, I tend to hit it twice a week - I'll do one day…

I always thought that the machines were estimating high for me, but I found that, to a point, they were actually either under or accurate, per my FT4. I'm a 29 year old, 182lb / 82.5kg, 5'8" / 173cm male - using the stationary bike with a resistance setting of 12-13, I biked 20 miles in about 67 minutes.. the station…

I too would like to be fantastically fit!

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Any of Anna Kendrick, Emma Watson, or Scarlett Johansson. There are others, I'm pretty sure.. oh yeah, Emmy Rossum would probably be solid too. These are just off the top of my head, however. I would imagine either Watson or Johansson being the better one-nighters, and Rossum or Kendrick to be the better "date them" girls.

My own preference is to hit the weights first and then do some cardio afterwards (usually 10-20 minutes), and on non-strength training days, I'll do more cardio (30-60 minutes). One of my favorite analogies for it.. you do only one of those things, you have an engine. You do both of them, you have the engine but you just…

I second this. I too have a mild case of UC, and both meds have been effective.

Thanks for the input, folks - the apparent lack of interest kind of sucks, but at the same time, it's good to see that I can almost assuredly trust my instincts as far as these things go! In all honesty, as far as what I'm looking for, she's probably met the largest amount of qualities I'm looking for out of anyone I've…

If I put anything on before going to the gym, it might be some anti-perspirant, but no spray of any kind.

That's way too much load per week, IMO. I barbell squat and dead lift only one session per week each (I do other supporting leg moves) and even during my current phase of cutting down, I have at least maintained strength, if not built.

I don't think there's anything particularly wrong about overhead pressing, as long as it's done with good form. Personally, I tend to stick to dumbbells on shoulder pressing and most of the time for incline/bench pressing as well. Dead lifts - I most certainly would rather lift the weight from the floor, myself. While…

My own current new goal is a 425lb dead lift (405 is my current best), and it would be pretty neat to get to a 315lb bench press by the end of this year, although that is a solid 20% jump from where I last benched. I have more or less set "ultimate" goals of a 315lb bench, 405lb squat, and 495lb dead lift, but if I happen…