alanlmarshall Member

For you, there could be some phsychological/adherence benefit to intermittent fasting. You might check into it and give it a try. It's little frustrating sometimes to just read "all things in moderation." If I was inclined to be moderate, I wouldn't be here. :)

A refeed or intermittent fasting regimen works for some, but doing it to trick your scale is a poor reason. Just weigh yourself less often.

Butter has the same calories as olive oil, it's just solid oil.

That's not possible. Exercising created a deficit. What's really going on is that it is difficult to estimate small changes in energy expenditure when you have so little to lose. It's an enviable problem to have.

Eat whatever you ate when you became overweight, but less of it.

Short fasts are completely safe for most people. It works for many, but not for everyone. The frequent eating thing is a myth.

Try to drink away from much water. ;) Drinking too much water doesn't hinder weight loss. It can kill you, but that's marathoners and such, you're fine.

You are not only lifting the weight. You are balancing your body weight, using ancillary muscles, etc etc. The calories burned lifting are small in number, and harder to estimate outside the laboratory. Too many factors can skew the estimate.

Eat fewer calories. I'll send you my bill.

You can't spot reduce, so waste your time and money trying to spot reduce?

Don't worry, you didn't really lose 6 pounds that quickly. Scale fluctuations.

Fad diets don't work. Find a way to eat less.

What works for me is eating mostly high volume, low calorie foods. Vegetable soup, for example.

Return to your previous distances and speeds very gradually to help avoid the injury.

The most common cause of this problem is underestimating calories and overestimating exercise burn.

Stretching or yoga for flexibility might help with the discomfort as well.

There can be some psychological benefit to short term to fasting, or a modified fast, for some people. You have to be careful to eat appropriate calories when you are not fasting. Google intermittent fasting.

Just pretend you've had the surgery, it will be cheaper and less risky.

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That's a lot of walking if it is for exercise only. Less cardio will make it easier to gain. Do some moderate exercise you enjoy.

Everyone is different, but the idea of a reward is a red flag for folks like us who might struggle with obsessive overeating. It's not the calories from one day, it's the long term psychology. I advise caution.

I was under the impression that 5/3/1 was not optimal for beginner or intermediate lifting. I've read that strength will increase faster exhausting stronglifts and Madcow gains first. Am I misinformed?

I think Joe Manganiello may have some genetic advantages over most of us, and gets paid to work out as part of his job. Just be sure your expectations are realistic.

+1 Youtube has some good resources for proper form for the 4 major exercises used in those programs. For your goals, avoid high rep timed circuit training or more advanced, complex body building routines. That won't be optimal.

That goal seems a bit aggressive, more gradual loss will be more sustainable. There is no value in dehydrating yourself so your scale will lie to you. It won't change your body fat by one molecule, or change how you look. I suggest wearing comfortable clothes when you exercise.

I'd suggest following a good training program like FIRST. Google some. You should do both slower long runs and faster intervals each week. Make one of your 4 runs an easy recovery. If you want to get faster, you'll have to train consistently.

Please name one.

When someone comes along to say you are in starvation mode ignore it and read this: http://www.aworkoutroutine.com/starvation-mode/

It's true, I only ate 1/8 of a cup of yogurt before sleep and lifting stopped making me stronger. Like magic.

No, as long as you are getting enough fat.