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@ ToughTulip - bootay!

I agree, sodium is the hardest thing to cut back on I think, especially if you try to go low carb AND high protein! It's do-able, but very difficult.

I generally use the cheapo Body Fortress stuff, but the best taste/mixability for the dollar I've found is Six Star whey protein. I don't have a huge sample base though so my recommendations here must be taken with a relative handful of salt.

There are no thoughts, just listening to "Sexy and I Know it" playing in the background (@Tennolina) @Ascolti - "feel my fitness wrath!"

@fara180 -- eyes!

I bet what is happening really is that your legs are getting more defined, and thus may be looking bulkier or bigger when in reality they may not be. Even as a guy who eats generally massive amounts of protein on a daily basis, my legs have barely changed measurement at all and I started my legs journey leg pressing 350lbs…

I have a different issue with the legs myself, my calves are about 15" and my thighs are roughly 23-24", but my waist is right around 32" - size 32 pants usually give me 3-4 inches of play in the waist, requiring a belt, but are skin tight on the thighs (even with "relaxed" fit). I think if I want perfection I too will…

I'll take the exercise any day!

Open-minded, open diary, and open to anyone who would like to add - I don't think I've missed a day since 12/26.

And to think I've downed two with Diet Mt. Dew, lol.. (which I do NOT recommend by the way, I did fine with it but a lot of people may not) but yeah you definitely have to feel out how your body reacts to it.

I just enter it as cardiovascular activity under strength training. The number is WAY lower than cardio (even when I chop 20% from my cardio calories it takes me 20 minutes or less to burn what I do in an hour of weight training), but if you're tracking and want to stay on track.. I'd rather estimate low burns myself!

I've occasionally gotten samples from GNC when buying pre-workout supplements - I'm not sure if OxyElitePro has been one of them (I know I have had MethoxyBurn and a few others), but the best effect I noticed from them was that it helped in appetite suppression and some of them gave a pretty good energy boost. Energy boost…

My best stuff lately pretty much has been 5x285lb dead lift, being able to rep out a set of dumbbell bench press with 80lb dumbbells, and being able to get through an eight rep set of bicep curls with 45s.

Machines beat doing nothing any day of the week! Given the timed circuit, I would complete X number of rounds of it (three rounds is probably sufficient). When I work out myself, I tend to vary how I do things. Like on arms, I'll vary between completing my shoulder sets, bicep sets, and tricep sets, and completing…

I prefer weights first myself, for two reasons: 1 - When I do cardio, I usually go pretty hard, and I sweat a LOT. Definitely don't like wetting anything I sit on any more than necessary! 2 - I need optimal energy to ensure proper form during lifts, especially when I'm pushing my limits. Cardio doesn't tend to have quite…

Nothing at all wrong with that. I regularly eat under my goal throughout the weekdays and then go 500 or more over on Saturday/Sunday. I still posted a 1.6lb weight loss a couple of weeks back after a week that included a 5400 calorie Saturday.

I'm not sure I could ever hit those high numbers without significant supplementation, lol. I'd have to gorge on Greek Yogurt, egg whites, and chicken! I keep hearing about quinoa lately though so I'm kind of tempted to check it out and see what it's like. I tied my year-high so far, got 333g today. Could have been higher…

The highest I've ever logged (and probably ever had) was I think 353g in early-mid December.. so far this year my high is 333g and I've averaged roughly 273g daily. I think some of the craziest days are when you get a lot of protein on a lower calorie day. Friday I managed 265g on just a 1640 calorie intake. I'm believing…

I'm probably not as in the club now as I was, but at 5'8" I've thrown many people off with my weight before I started my recent cut. My current profile picture (one of the progress pictures) I was 175lbs and few seem to put me over about 160-165 in person.

I've been averaging about +1299 on a weekend basis, and -1701 on a weekday basis, so around +650 per Saturday/Sunday and -340 through the week days, this is since the new year began. My biggest single days in either direction were +2478 and -1375 (on a Saturday and a Sunday no less). I track things in an Excel and I try to…

I hate fat on meat and will trim it away if it's too prevalent for me, but a good diet requires fat intake and I have no qualms with it especially from good sources!

If there were sodium differences in that, they could also have led to some water retention, thereby raising weight. But DavPul put it best on that part, I think, the part about it likely being different due to different preparation. That all said.. it comes down to caloric balance and one day (even two) does not ruin…

Hopefully more of them start doing this. That's why in reference to the WBC I always replace "baptist" with "craptist."

If it were me, I would probably assume about half the caloric content that the seeds provide, and quite a lot of fiber and sodium if they're the salted kind. Just an assumption though, haha.. so it's really hard to say.

Yep, I'll be single for Valentine's for.. the eighth year in a row!

It boils down most to calories, although I find that reducing carbs and/or fats in favor of increasing protein has the positive effect of generally keeping you fuller longer, enabling you to eat less and therefore keep your calorie count down. (that and you're likely to lose less muscle mass as the added protein will favor…

I log my food daily as well as my workouts, and my workout notes will often contain what I did as far as strength sets and whatnot. Tonight might be an exception as I may be taking a rest day, but this would be my first 100% rest day of the year. Anyone who wants to can add me!

Looking fantastic! Great work!

I often get tea from the store or the gas station- I sweeten as often as I can using just Truvia/Stevia, but Arizona Diet Green Tea is sweetened already with Splenda and a touch of honey. I have had no adverse effects personally from any sweeteners and definitely don't feel like wasting excess calories on more caloric…

I've just been using MFP's generic "strength training" estimation as far as calories burned goes, and if I want to track individual reps/weights on here I usually just type them into the notes. Beats the crap out of looking up or creating exercises and then logging them!