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Optimum Nutrition's is, from what I hear, the best around. Also be aware that there are different forms of powder. Whey powder is great for post-workout and supplements, while casein is digested slower and better if taken before bed so you can rebuild those muscles while you sleep after a hard day of lifting or working out…

1) Always (or drink :smile:) 2) Absolutely! If you don't eat them back, please just make sure your net is over ~1200 calories. :flowerforyou:

Your net looks pretty good. It very well could be losing fat and gaining muscle, especially if you were inactive before. Give it a few weeks and see how it sticks - I'll bet money you start losing inches even if you're not losing 'weight.' Try to eat less processed food (especially because the sodium will mask your losses…

Whoops yeah, that's what I meant :smile: Anyway, I'm sorry if anyone here took any of this personally, it's just really frustrating to see people hearing what they want to hear and ignoring things that will invariably impact their health. Anyway, best of luck to you all, and I hope people realize that the minimum is there…

The cause isn't a lost topic; it's a topic regurgitated time and time again by people who fail to accept the answer that is put in front of them. Don't do what you think is best for you if it's living on 400 calories a day. It's not okay, and is in fact, quite dangerous. Eat a minimum of 1200 calories a day, whether you…

Exactly, if you don't exercise you don't get to eat as much. The benefit to exercising is being able to eat more, which helps control your appetite and urges. You also get to indulge a little bit more (have a drink?), which leads to you STICKING with your plan because you're not suffering and driving yourself crazy on a…

Listen to Eric, eat your calories back. How do you know his advice is right? Look at the man's profile picture! As has been said, MFP doesn't count on you exercising to lose your weight (we all miss days, right?). So, if you exercise, you need to log it and eat those calories back to keep pace with your reductions. There…

No pics to share, but I've gotten all of my results through mild cardio and calisthenics. I walk or run 3-4 days a week, and for strength I do calisthenics on the M, W, F with 5 sets of: 6 dead-drop pullups 25 pushups 30-40 situps For a total of around 30 pullups, 125 pushups, and 150-200 situps per workout day. I increase…

I need bread, bread is delicious! :heart: But no, like everything else you eat, there's something that can replace it.

I completely understand Teemo :smile:. My wife lost ~75 lbs after we got together because I let her know I was worried about her health and I wanted us to have a nice, long life together. As a result she looks amazing and her confidence has gone through the roof, I'm happy that I was able to be there for her to do it! One…

I'm aware of that :smile:. Just thew it in for emphasis on what people 'hear' when things are put so bluntly and poorly. It was to match the attitude that the OP perceived, not literal word-for-word transcription.

The answer is going to be different for everyone, but flat out telling someone who is already insecure because of waning interest to "lose some weight" is not the right answer. He could have tried sitting her down at some point and said, "Hey, I know things have been hard, but to be honest, my physical attraction to you…

OP, sorry to hear your boyfriend put his wishes in such a hurtful way. It's never easy to hear something like that, especially when it's put so bluntly and crudely. Sounds like a bit of an *kitten*, or he may just be really bad at expressing his needs. I guess now it's my turn to be blunt. To everyone who says "he should…

Lol, you can say that again.

You're doing it for the right reason man, good for you! You'll be kicking those 20 year-old butts in no time :)

They're not too bad, definitely filling for the calories. You need to pay attention to the directions though, make sure you rinse them (and don't smell them out of the package... gross!). Do the 3 min parboil, then rinse and dry them thoroughly. I think they're okay overall... a bit "slimey" if you ask me. Nothing you…

I have an egg (over-hard, yolk broken) on a piece of toast with salt and pepper :smile:. Tastes great and keeps me full!

Honestly, it sounds like you're doing everything right, and I'd say that to very few people posting on these boards! Just keep it up, you're going to get there. Another forum I frequent has a female weightlifting thread that recommends this site for all the girls lookin to get swol (okay not really :smile:):…

Well that's good then! What kind of workouts are you doing with weights? Independent of the amount of weight you do I'd recommend squats and dead-lifts. Have you noticed strength gains, and if so, have you increased your workout yet? In any case, it seems like you're doing really good, I think you just need to remember to…

Why are you doing so much cardio if you want to tone? It seems like you're already at a good weight, you should be lifting weights and working on muscle building, not losing fat! Trust me, any problem you have with definition will vanish when you fill that skin out with some muscle underneath. A lot of women avoid lifting…

After you reach your goal you may be surprised :wink: Also, another thing to note: when you're building your core muscles, but before fat loss, your belly may look even BIGGER than it does now. Don't let it discourage you, just know you're building underneath all that junk!

You cannot target one area for weight loss, you can only build muscle in specific areas. You're on the right road insofar as you're losing weight! Keep it up and you'll get what you're looking for, but anything promising to "blast away belly fat" is lying to you. Keep monitoring, working out, and STICK WITH IT! That's the…

If you don't log food what's the point of using MFP? Losing weight without a true calorie deficit means you need to burn all of those calories through exercise... in which case, good luck on those 10lbs. It's going to be a lot of running/etc! I would say it has been pretty accurate for me. I think the accuracy really comes…

You may have to head to a specialty store like a "Whole Foods" or "EarthFare," depending on what you have around you. It usually is in those big dry-good containers that you can take a scoop out of and put into a plastic bag. It's really cheap too (unlike everything else in those stores!), usually under $2.00/lb if memory…

Appearance is a consequence of fitness.

Definitely weekly- I think daily would be discouraging due to water fluctuation, etc.

Great article chrisdavey, so, so true. I'm waiting until I'm at my "ideal" weight to really ramp up the training, cutting calories makes it impossible to really build muscle. Here's something I watched Friday night that knocked my socks off- the "300" exercise plan:…

@anovasjo: Well, people do put it in their face as a form of botox :). I agree that it's a bit beside the point, but both weed and alcohol are as natural as anything else on this green earth. It's not like LSD or something made specifically in a lab and not naturally occurring in nature. @colonelangus: Amen brother, but I…

Three letters: T V P Google it and it will be your friend. A great ground-beef replacement, awesome for tacos, etc :) My wife went vegetarian about a year ago, and I eat significantly less meat now than I did before since we still share meals. I think it's the best thing we ever did. Really stopped focusing on meat as a…

imsoStarStruck, I liked your first reply more! :) I can't imagine it having a huge effect, outside of increased appetite (which is worse in some people than others... for some it's an excuse to do the 'crazy munchies omg!' while others actually do experience the increased appetite). As for alcohol, a few things: it won't…