richardheath Member

So, even though you are the type who wants to meet her goals...you couldn't meet the goal of 72 ounces. So you set a new one of 100 ounces? Even though 72 ounces is high (the standard 8 cup per day recommendation is 64 ounces). ^^^This is correct. Drinking more than you need won't magically make you lose weight any faster.

+1. I got an olympic bar, 300 lb weights, bench and power rack for $300.

If one is restricting to 1,500 calories, then their TDEE must be something like 1,800. So eating 2,500 is only 700 over TDEE. Since it takes roughly 3,500 calories to make a pound of fat, 700 cals would equal about 0.2 lb of fat. But that's not going to be a "gain" if you were eating at a deficit for the rest of the week.…

Those scales aren't going to be very accurate. A few % error one way on the first reading, and a few % the other way on the second, and it looks like you've lost muscle. Which you simply aren't going to do to that extent in that short of a time. But you are correct - if you really want to ensure you retain lean body mass,…

And eat more. Don't forget to eat!

Your current weight is 182 lb, and 34% of that is fat (assuming for now that number is correct). Everything else is Lean body mass. So, you have 182 * .34 = 61 lb of fat. 182 (Total) - 61 (fat) = a LBM of 121 lb.

200 g for you probably isn't too much. Looking at your profile pic, you look like you are close-ish to 200 lb?? So that's about 1 g/lb body weight. 200 g of protein is about 800 calories. If your 125 lb woman friend is eating 2000 cal/day, then 800 would be 40% of that, so nothing outrageous there. If she is on 1500…

0.85 g per lb of lean body mass or 1 g per lb of total body weight. Some places will say up to 1.5 g/lb total weight is better if you are bulking and doing serious strength training. EDIT: Got it the wrong way round! 0.85 g/lb Total weight; 1.0 g/lb LBM.

0.5 lb per week to lose 100 lb would be 200 weeks, or almost 4 years. At that slow of a loss I would imagine that she'd lose most of the extra muscle she had accumulated from lugging that extra 100 lb around. She might have a few lbs of muscle remaining she didn't have when she was 25. But then, she's also not 25 anymore,…

Yeah - you aren't eating enough. Eat more! Up your calories till you are where MFP tells you you are losing about 0.5 lb per week. You don't have far to go, so you don't need to be starving yourself. Another danger is developing an eating disorder. You need to have a healthy relationship with food. It is energy for your…

So you have lost about 15 kg (30 lb) in about 1.5 months? At 87 kg now, you are not too far from your goal. MFP guidelines are a max of 1 kg (2 lb) per week. So in 6 weeks that'd be 6 kg. You've been doing over double that. The first thing that comes to my mind is how much are you eating? You must be on a huge deficit.…

Has he just been diagnosed pre-diabetic? Has he had any nutritional counselling? I got sent to a course for pre-diabetics that included nutritional advice, exercise tips, drug info and other stuff. Has he got a glucose meter? Does he use it?? Prediabetes sucks, but it is controllable through diet and exercise. I've only…

If the cross trainer has a chest strap, then it is probably more accurate than the MFP estimate (assuming it asked for weight also). Not that they are really that far off (~6% difference). But remember - they are both estimates. For a more accurate (but still not really definitive answer) get a personal Heart Rate Monitor.

The reason you didn't get a straight answer is because there is no definitive answer. What weights do you have? If you are doing barbell squats, then 3 sets of 5 would probably work best. If you are using dumbbells, then 3 X 10 might be better. Use a weight that makes it hard to complete the number of sets/reps, and go up…

I'm trying to decide between New Orleans, the Smokey Mountains or the beach for next summer. But if I could go anywhere, I think it might be Fiji. Or back to visit my family in England. Or a beer tour of Belgium.

If we could explain it, it wouldn't be magic. It would be science. And we all know that science can be wrong. Therefore science is wrong. Always. But magic can never be proven to be wrong, because it's magic. Therefore magic is better than science. QED.

People who "bash" eating clean (and yes, I'm probably one) don't bash clean eaters for eating fresh, wholesome food. Most of my food is that way too. What we bash is the insistence that some foods, if they are not clean are therefore DIRTY and forbidden. Eating a mainly whole food diet is great! I applaud anyone who can do…

Point him to Lyle...? http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/muscle-gain/general-philosophies-of-muscle-mass-gain.html

Board shorts are awful for swimming laps in, especially if you are trying to do breast stroke. Plus I don't get the whole board short thing anyway. Why do Men's shorts have to be so damn long and baggy? I guess I grew up wearing shorts that were, well short. None of this down to your knee ugly nonsense.

Why are you drinking 4-5 scoops a day? If you are getting adequate COMPLETE protein elsewhere in your diet, outside of prepping for a major powerlifting/bodybuilding competition, I don't see that would need that much!

Ugh! I can't help but think that poor parent has it all totally backwards! My first problem here is that she got the term "pinkwashing" from Pinkalicious! Where the girl had to eat green veggies because she had eaten too many pink cupcakes and turned pink. Well, eating the green veggies was in part punishment. But, because…

BCAA are the components of protein; they are not protein per se. They would go through the same catabolic pathway as protein though, so I'd assume that they contain the same number of calories per gram as pure protein (4 cal/g). So one scoop of Amino-X = 10 g = 40 calories. The idea of using them as a nutritional…

Awesome!

In for boobs. And squats. But mainly boobs.

There might well be some loss, but does that really matter? The strains that aid digestion are L. acidophilus and some Bifidobacterium strains. I think brands like Activia add extra of these. But my daughter's doc said that even then there really aren't enough to actually help anything. If you want to take these, take a…

If you have the calories/macros for it, no. No-one will be telling you to eat only deep fried oreos, but they will tell you they are OK as a treat if you can make it fit. And why not? Even a small amount of trans-fat isn't going to give you an instant heart attack. Moderation is the key. Damn it. Now I want a deep fried…

Yup - more protein IF it is real Greek yoghurt. Some brands make a greek-style yoghurt that is just regular yoghurt, thickened. Check the labels! Chobani and Fage are both true Greek yoghurts.

Depending on the size etc of the wrap, it can have about as many carbs as a slice of bread. That said, if it fits, and you like it, go for it. But I would add some lettuce and veggies or something :wink:

Well, this blew up while I did some work! Yes, any calorie restricted diet is going to possibly restrict your eating in some way. You are on calorie restriction, so of course you cannot eat all of the foodz all of the timez. That's what got many of us into this mess! By "no deprivation" what I meant was not depriving…

The reason I don't like the label "clean" is because it causes threads like this. Someone hears from some TV show or website how eating clean is the only way to go, and so they want to try it out. Then they demonize certain foods or food groups; then they slip up and eat them; then they say screw it and give up. Not…