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If you are sticking with rowing as a cardio workout, great, stick with it. But do also add weights in there like everyone has said. As far as rowing, I'd say increase the intesity first. Meaning, work harder. If your machine has weights on it, increase the weights. If not, go for more rows per minute. Then increase time…

Incorrect on a couple points. First, protein use itself does not harm kidneys and no studies point to a high protein diet leading to kidney disease. The only study, the one that you are likely basing your opinion on, is based on protein intake by those already with kidney disease. Further, your number of 30% is off for…

Cottage cheese is a great night snack. It has plenty of protein to keep you full longer. Additionally, cottage cheese has a different kind of protein called casein protein, which, as opposed to "normal" whey protein, casein will digest much slower (think upwards of 8 hours). Making you not feel so famished when you wake up.

Don't worry about your proportions, they seem just fine. As far as processed foods, I'm not seeing many either. Except maybe the chocolate you put in your milk in the morning. But that's not enough to make you reanalyze your entire diet.

As long as most of those fats are good fats like omega 3s, don't worry about going under. There are some benefits to fats but most of it is for flavoring food.

Right now its a copy of last years Lincoln City Sprint Tri. But if there are others, I might join those too.

Of course! And if he has more specific questions, let me know. Or like has been said, bodybuilding.com is good too.

Unfortunately, if his goal is weight loss, bulking will not be possible (not without a highly specific diet and workout plan, aka cyclical ketogenic diets). But if he's ok with eating more than necessary to gain some muscle, good. That's a start, eat more than his resting metabolic rate. He should make sure he gets plenty…

I like brown sugar and cinnamon.

I guess technically I'm a triathalete. I did a sprint tri last year in open water. They're fun, and I can't wait for this year's to come around.

Wow. Bold, but wrong. Just like has been said by many, a protein supplement is just that, to supplement your diet with more protein. If a person, regardless of bodybuilding or not, cannot get their daily protein intake through whole foods, they can supplement their diet with the shakes. There are others as well that will…

Cyclycal keto dieter here. Lyle McDonald is known for his keto diets. You could read up on the science through him. But to sum up, like you probably already know, you can still go into ketosis with under 100g carbs. Lyle can fill you in on all the biophysiological reasosn behind that too. But I understand your reasons for…

I do use protein (whey/casein) supplements as well. And mix some Metamucil in there to boost the fiber intake too. But those are mainly my meal replacement shakes. I also do a whey shake post workout. Good luck on the NO use. There haven't been too many studies that show a benefit great enough to outweigh the cost. I…

I'm guessing you're basing your bad for your kidneys claim on the Martin study? Martin WF et. al. Dietary protein intake and renal function. Nutr Metab (2005) 2: 25. However, the study only showed that, in individuals with preexisting kidney damage, protein intake often has to be reduced to prevent further development of…

Not at all! Protein is set fairly low on MFP and I'm not sure why. As long as you are under your maintenance calories for the day, any excess protein will be excreted. Meaning, having a high protein intake will not hurt your diet.

That would imply that you are not losing weight. But your ticker shows you are losing weight. If you're not losing weight, what are you eating that's causing that?

Protein can do many things in the body. Its main purpose is to rebuild structures in the body, eg muscles. When you work out, you "tear" your muscles, to rebuild them the body uses protein (actually the amino acids in the protein). In the absence of stored glycogen (aka carbohydrates) the body can also use protein as a…

My Optimum Nutrition shakes have about 25g of protein in them. But something like Muscle Milk brand has only 16, but it has other good stuff in it, eg fiber. So it'll depend on what you mean by "good". Each brand is going to have a focus on one thing or another, its up to you to fit that brands nutritional info into your…

Everything in there is true, except maybe the two about buying certain product.

http://www.muscleandstrength.com/articles/womens-body-bible.html Its an article titled "Women's Body Bible: Training, Diet & Supplementation!" by Katie Lobliner and Derek Charlebois B.S. CPT

Your shoes might be too small.

No. Scagnetti and the mick were talking about why our bodies burn muscle instead of fat while starving. I understand the burning calories while at rest, and yes, your math is right on for the inert calorie burn. To quote why I was asking in my previous post: MICK: One HUGE issue I have problem with is Why do we have fat…

Yeah, I could probably eat 3000cal in one sitting, it'd be tough though. There aren't a lot of people that are completely in tune with what they're bodies are telling them. Many obese people also eat because they're bored, or in a hurry, or emotional. I think its more of a psychological issue than a physical one.

I keep seeing people posting about how muscle burns more than fat. Can someone point me to a study that corroborates that? Because that doesn't make sense. 1g of fat is about 9 cal of energy. 1g of protein is 4 cal of energy. That means by burning fat, our body will have more than double the energy than burning muscle. The…

Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard. Rocky Road flavor currently, and it doesn't suit me well. The chocolate is my preferred. Like has been said, you won't bulk from protein. One, you're a woman. Women can't "bulk" like guys can, they don't have the hormones. Two, even if you were a guy, you'd have to do weight exercises. And…

Just thought I'd chime in to say I'm taking the same things. Just enough pep, and not too much.

Its your Vo2 max that generally makes up your cardio-ability. You can work out all you want but in order to push your Vo2 max, aka your ability to transport oxygen and have more endurance, you need to work out closer to your Vo2 max more often and for longer. Just cause you're eating right doesn't mean your lungs will be…

I'd say get rid of sugar. If you're tracking your carbs appropriately enough, and you don't go for processed or the sweet stuff, you'll do with replacing sodium for sugar.

You're exactly right, its your body fat. Weight only tells you half the story, body fat the other. Try working out with some weights, it will help on growth hormone, insulin sensitivity, and fat oxidation.

Electrical impedance, the hand held Curves doo hickey, is the cheapest and easiest way to do it. They have them at nearly every gym.