Mighty_Rabite Member

Fist bump!

Nice work, you looked good before but you've really honed yourself quite well!

I'm a 175lb male and I can get the elliptical at the gym to a 1000 calorie readout in about an hour if I am REALLY killing it, but I also chop 20% from the readout number to use on my logging, so in reality at pretty much my maximal long term sustainable effort it would still take 75 minutes. Key to big burns is time…

Thanks people! The scale is definitely only one measuring tool. I was 183.2 in the beginning shot, dropped to the 160-161 in the second shot, got to 171 by April --> dropped to 159 after four days hospitalization (!), and was all the way back up to 184.2 by December 26. Very undulating but thankfully the right things are…

Calories out must supersede calories in. But let's add in the caveat of "at proper homeostasis." Someone who is obese and inactive who eats little is likely to not have a very high metabolism, but ~1100 calories a day is still not usually down in the range of "you're going to lose weight no matter what." Usually such a…

tufel - 175ish?

Haha, I will admit to sometimes copping a bit of a superiority complex when I'm buying healthier items and the person next to me is buying overpriced junk food. People say it's cheaper to eat junk food - yeah, it's cheaper up front.

I think TV itself is just as much of an epidemic and an issue as the prevalence of unhealthy foods. I don't plan to have cable in the future if I can help it - if there are any shows that I really MUST watch, I'll go somewhere to watch them (i.e. Colts games) or I'll re-watch online the day after. Otherwise, I'm a big fan…

Binge.. I remember two Olive Garden visits ago, I had an entire personal pizza, something like 9 breadsticks, and at least three of those Andes mints they give you. I went to a local joint called Bub's Burgers in 2011 - I ate the "Big Ugly" which is a 3000+ calorie burger that is 22oz of beef before cooking, 1/2lb worth of…

Amazing work! Keep up the hard work and stay healthy!

I've finished many a workout before where the muscles worked would quiver some after the workout, usually if I hit them particularly hard during the workout. Just off the top, it sounds like you're going about it how it should be done!

Pros: you satisfy cravings which can help you stay on track Cons: if you're not on track enough, you can chance falling off track and it is easier to undo progress if you take your cheat day/meal too far.

Never against friends myself. Anyone here feel free to request an add!

Old versus new.. The old me would never hesitate to grab a slice (or half) of pizza, or to run to the most tasty-sounding fast food joint and order up stuff. I remember the days where a MEAL would be a large french fry, two (or even three) orders of Wendy's chicken nuggets, and a large Frosty. Holy crap. Or, close to (if…

I am making stronger efforts to watch my sodium levels since cardiovascular disease runs rampant in my family lines. I recently switched my tracking to include sodium and was amazed at how much I'd been taking in - sometimes over 5000mg per day! I dropped down to 2500 or less for a few days this week and bam, four pounds…

This. I better eat some more fiber today LOL, I just consumed 148g in one sitting! I think it's difficult to really take in too much protein. By the time I hit my caloric goals, I'm usually between 200-300g and have experienced no problems with it at all. Big thing is fiber intake and, I think as importantly or moreso,…

Old: 25.69 New: 25.22 Meh. lol

I never really had much of a label - I was (and still am) the guy who could get along with anyone and everyone. I'll be attending my ten year high school reunion later this year though and I have a feeling I might acquire some form of status related with "fitness guru" perhaps!

I buy Fage the most, but sometimes they're out of it when I shop there, so my second in line is generally Oikos. I'll only buy plain, and 0% whenever possible, but sometimes I'll get the Fage 2%, because we need SOME fats. Flavoring is either stevia/truvia or protein powder.

I love tea, artificially sweetened (though when I have the chance I use truvia/stevia). My intake ranges anywhere from 1-4L per day depending on what I have going on and how busy I am.

A former friend introduced me to the eight angle pose and galavasana. I won't even think about aspiring towards either of those at this point in time!

The rest of the way I am for anyone but the Patriots at this point. Colts got knocked out and then the Broncos lost, those along with Seattle were my preferred teams. I would say my favorite remaining now is Baltimore.

No good idea yet myself. Being a Thursday night I probably will be keeping things low key but it's still a month away so maybe I'll luck out and find some kind of date! lol

To me, it's egg whites. 1 cup out of the carton, into the frying pan.. 120 calories and 24g of protein. BAM! Two containers of 5.3oz Oikos plain Greek yogurt (sweeten with Stevia/Truvia) works just as well - 160 calories, 30g protein, and much less sodium. I could eat a cow at any given time though, so usually I must…

My idea of why expensive food costs so much more here in America: Unhealthy, cheap food leads to health problems. Health problems lead to doctor/hospital visits and Rx revenues. Healthier food is less likely to lead to such instances. Medical industry is like the single biggest money engine in the US. They gotta make up…

I think it boils down mostly to calories, but I also believe it depends a bit on your food. I would feel MUCH better about going over a bit but having eaten good food, than I would about staying at or under calorie goal eating nothing but empty carbs and bad food! If you went over calories but not over on carbs and fats,…

After the last 3+ months of my life, I scoff at almost anyone (aside from the aforementioned single parents working and going to school) who complains that they don't have time to work out. Since late September, I've carried on through my 9-6 M-F job, visited my dad daily in the hospital for at least an hour (more often…

She's kickin' butt and taking names!

I've actually begun tracking my running totals for each week starting with Sunday. I purposely eat in the neighborhood of 500 over on Sunday with the idea of rejuvenating the metabolism, but I find that starting the week in a rut actually makes me want to work harder to burn those excess calories off. Case in point, I…

I look at it as a dietary failure if I see green in the protein field, lol. I think my preset is at 170g to consume daily and it's a lot to get to, but nowhere remotely close to impossible.