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to a point. There are diminishing returns on adding protein to your diet. Eating more than a gram of protein per pound of bodyweight isn't going to give you quicker results. If you are looking for something to add to your diet, Add BCAA's and Creatine, both of which will increase your gains substantially, but you still…

Okay, heahs whatcha do. first, start with paragraphs, add subjects, predicates and VERBS. Nouns are, permissible but optional. from what I can try and decode, you are okay except for when you're at work, and at work you become famished? What do you do at work? If you have a physical job, then your increased activity will…

There's a reason why Caffeine isn't marketed as a fat loss pill, because it isn't. It helps jumpstart your metabolism, much as a battery helps start a car, but it doesn't cause an increase in thermogenesis (body heat generation - which burns more calories). It causes Adenosine to become displaced in receptors in the brain,…

I have lost 43 pounds since September 12th, and I seem to be perpetually stuck at 170.... you sound exactly like me. But I maintained from Thanksgiving to April 22, I just recently restarted my cut.. I think it has to do with, once you lose a certain amount of weight, once you get back into a "normal" bodyfat range, it…

The key to building muscle though is to challenge yourself. Get a set of 20lb dumbbells, there are a TON of workouts that you can do, lifts you can perform at home. The key to lifting is to go heavy. Low reps, high weight challenge your muscles and make them grow.

Then there is something else going on. Have they checked her for any other hormonal issues? Look for a place that has a Bod Pod, they are usually found in Universities. If run of the mill doctors can't get a handle on it, then she should take a closer look =)

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/535512-real-mfp-women-weight-training-befores-and-afters Look through those before and afters. Women CAN'T get bulky without cutting to an exceptionally low bf%, and by trying for MONTHS to bulk. Sry, but you gals just lack the hormonal profile to pack on muscle. Women who lift look…

If she is honestly and truly working out 3-5 times a week, actually sweating in the gym and not spending most of her time talking, and weighing each ounce of food hitting her goals set by her doctors and nutritionists... Then regardless of the PCOS and insulin resistance, she should be losing weight. Tons of women with…

Aside from waiting for it to unstretch, you can fill that lose flabby area with muscle =) Have you thought about weight training? The best analogy I can give is Imagine two women at the beach. One does squats, and has HUGE round glutes, and her posterior looks full. The other just tries to stay skinny, and her's looks like…

Well, MFP calculates your daily needs based on how fast you want to lose the weight, and sets it accordingly. It takes -3500 calories to equal a pound lost. Over 7 days, that's -500 calories per day cut. So lets say you maintain weight eating at 1600. To lose a pound per week, you'd have to chop that back to 1100 (MFP…

Try adding in Healthy fats and up your protein. You don't have to go crazy on protein, but the magical formula for hitting your calorie counts when you are eating too little and trying to hit them is.... ... drumroll ... Fat. Avocados, BACON, nuts, nuts, nuts, and more nuts, nut butter, fish has both healthy fats and high…

Looks good =)

This question is asked by a LOT of new people. I was the same way, I cut out junk, and all the sudden I couldn't eat enough calories to hit my goal, I was full... It took a while to sink it, but that's how short people like me got overweight, we were eating moderate volumes of high calorie foods. When we switch to high…

Training more means your body has to repair and strengthen muscles. Constant training will mean you body is holding onto water as it repairs, whenever I want to look pumped, I just go work out, it makes everything swell.. Water weighs 8 pounds per gallon, and if your cut isn't that steep, it could take a few months for fat…

It's not. That was perpetuated by "experts" hired by the cereal industry, they had several studies done which showed that people who ate breakfast generally tended to be at a healthy weight, and people who skipped breakfast tended to be overweight... The fact that breakfast skippers were more overweight probably had more…

Well, I only got serious in September, when I hired a trainer, and I got a little fanatical with my cut. I decided that I wasn't going to undo all the High Intensity punishment that I was going through in the gym for a measly 1 pound a week. I really REALLY don't like cardio, so for me, the faster I could take it off, the…

http://www.leangains.com/2010/04/leangains-guide.html http://www.leangains.com/2010/10/top-ten-fasting-myths-debunked.html Skipping breakfast is something I do all the time, I'm just not hungry in the morning, and it helps me to save those calories for later in the day when I am hungry. I like Martin's blog, he has a lot…

See a doctor or a nutritionist that knows how to cater a low calorie nutritious diet for someone while minimizing triggers for your disease. Seriously, no one here will know the answer for you, unless they have had experience with chrohns

I started by making a decision to eat less, I had no idea how to count calories, or even what calories were (in the context of how many I spent each day). Like great, that pizza slice has 300 calories in it.. and that means what to me, it's delicious and cheezy.. I lost 5 pounds over 8 months. Not very woot worthy. Hired a…

Um.. Okay, If you're asking which you should do first, the answer is cut bodyfat. Cutting is always faster than building muscle, muscle comes on very slowly when you start to lift weights. You'll gain strength quickly, but it'll take months of eating at maintenance and increasing your protein to gain noticable size. Plus…

Hey, meth works. You lose a ton of weight, your teeth, your dignity, your self respect, and your health! but you look skinny!!

Uh oh, this again.

My favorite is "Wow, we can really see it in your face!" Thanks. Apparently I had a manhole cover for a head, but no one told me. I've decided to grow and keep a short full beard until I hit my goal weight, just so I can avoid any more "your neck is TINY" comments. Not that it bothers me, but.. just wait till I'm done here…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAeuChXAMKk Clip of Kelso from Scrubs summing up my sentiments PERFECTLY.. LOVE this episode

Poly-Cystic Ovarian Syndrome is an endocrine disorder in women. While some women can have Cysts on their ovaries, not every woman with PCOS have them. The principal features are anovulation, resulting in irregular menstruation, amenorrhea (absence of a period), ovulation-related infertility, and polycystic ovaries;…

Don't overtrain. The first day or two of the gym, if you feel sore, throttle down. It's hard, I know, you're ready to DO THIS!!! and go hard. Ease in, it's a shock to your muscles. stick to walking until the soreness subsides, and you'll be good to go again. Essentially, you have torn your muscles on a microscopic level,…

Wow, page 7 got FAR off from the OP... Sitting here going "Wait, how did we get here???"

Once in a while is one thing. That it happens SO MUCH that signs need to be put up... that's not oops, that's people not caring. I was responding to the idea that no one abandons their kids. In truth, I don't really know what you were trying to say, I just wanted a chance to say kids aren't an excuse, even for going…

AHEM... When Wal-Mart finds it necessary to put a sign on the front door reminding their patrons to remember to check their car so that they don't forget their kids, leaving them behind... When it happens enough that they need SIGNS to remind shoppers.. Yes, it does happen, parents neglect their kids. Some would leave them…

You can talk about hormones all you want, they still don't know all the mechanisms behind how all the different hormones interconnect. At one point they thought leptin was the key, but it turned out to be a dead end. It's a complex system, like weather, you can't manipulate it quite so simply. WLS causes you to eat less…