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I'm pretty sure I've read that it's a total myth... which makes sense, surely fecal matter buildup would cause infection and make us sick?

definitely, your own body and good clean food is all you need :)

Are you heavy lifting, or just lifting weights? What are your macros like? Do you adjust on weight days compared to rest days?

You already said that you went low carb. Yes, calories are important, but the macro's count just as much. e.g. If I only weight lift and maintain a heavy fat diet without enough carbs and protein on the days I train, I won't build muscle as well as if I increase protein/carbs and decrease fat on those days.

do your research on this, it's a controversial topic. Your body takes care of itself, it doesn't really need any kind of flush or detox...fiber alone keeps your colon "clean"

if you lift correctly, i.e. heavy, then every second day. Your day off weights can be used for cardio, or you can just use it for rest. I personally don't buy into the split of upper body one day, lower body the next day which allows you to do each muscle group twice a week - if you lift heavy enough you don't need and…

the bodybugg was wrong. You lowered your calories and you are losing more weight..how can it not be about calories then?

here we go, some myths about breakfast...before anyone else says that you NEED to eat it. http://www.ditch-diets-live-light.com/breakfast-buzz.html I'm a firm believer that forced, big breakfasts are one of the causes of weight gain because we are instilled with this as children...do some research for yourself before just…

I didn't eat breakfast for most of my life, and was always told I was not eating right. Then I started, practically forcing myself to eat every morning because I was sure this was the cause of me not having any energy at work. Didn't work for me. I'm back to no breakfast, no snacks in the morning and my mind is clear, I…

wow...metabolism is a fire that needs to be stoked? Do you have any scientific basis for this? To the OP....experiment with the numbers, it took me a while to figure out what my BMR actually was, I'm not at a good level where I know pretty much how much I need to eat and how much I need to exercise. There was a time when I…

shakes can be rough on the stomach if it's already empty...you do get used to it though. When I still ate "breakfast" I would use my blender and add oats and a bit of fruit to the protein shake, water only, no milk. It's obviously more substantial and definitely helped with the stomach.

exactly. I think the "starvation mode" theory was thought up in between sets of bicep curls. Eat 500 calories a day and tell me if you body goes into starvation and you don't lose weight.

You are over complicating it. Don't count your walking at work and rather just take those burned calories as a bonus. Log your actual exercise at the gym, and eat some (but not all) back. The reason to not eat all back is because however you calculate burned calories, whether on the machine or using a HRM, it will be over…

don't wait, incorporate weights into your routine right now. As with diet, you are changing a lifestyle, not using tools as when you think they should be employed. It will make a difference and set up a good routine now.

It's not exercise if you do it everyday. You are logging exercise as something you do in addition to your regular lifestyle so that you can calculate your caloric deficit or surplus. e.g. If you currently eat 2,000 calories to maintain your current weight and you currently walk around at work and you go ahead and log that…

exactly!! you can lose weight eating junk food, but that means either eating one meal a day or exercising an insane amount to create a caloric deficit. Over 1,000 calories for one McDonalds meal..no thank you. What a waste where you could be using that to put vitamins, decent protein etc... into your body instead of ground…

What kind of juice? Are you logging those calories as well? Googling will find you a thousand healthy diets, but just use commonsense, fast food is bad, fresh food is better.

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Or just don't eat at chilis? Their food is poison for your body.

holding heat to core? yes, that's pure speculation.

I just looked at exercise diary as well, I think that some of those caloric numbers are too high, you are probably eating back too many calories. 15 minutes on the bike at a slow pace says 170-180 calories? I weigh 200 lbs and I can only burn 300 or so calories in 25 minutes of very high intense spinning (average of…

Stop with the McDonalds, Subway and Pizza hut. These are not GOOD calories at all. I'd say the same for the V8 juice, there's too much sodium. I would imagine that keeping your calories the same, but cutting out the junk and replacing with clean food will make a difference on it's own. If your workouts are not intense…

work for what? sweating? Personally, I don't like sweating any more than I need to just for the case of sweating.

if your trainer told you to wear one to actually assist with weight loss, then fire that trainer

When you are on mfp at 2am anticipating a 2 month old waking up for the next feeding

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Q: Can lifting benefit a woman my age? A: Yes

I listen to loud high tempo music when conditioning During weight training, I actually keep it a little lower tempo and mostly take the ear buds out during my set so that I can concentrate a little more on my breathing

This is the most accurate: http://www.livestrong.com/article/354465-the-water-displacement-test-for-body-fat/