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The thing is, at a lean weight, a woman should still have about 20% body fat. Fat is essential for protecting internal organs, and most of the tissue in our breasts is fat. So if she was 175, and her ideal weight was 140, then her body fat percentage would be at absolute minimum 10-13% at 140 lbs. You wouldn't have lean…

recently my husband has started to wear his hair in a pony tail. omfg. When I first saw him, I stared, and things got uncomfortable, iykwim.

I do that! :D Though I'm trying not to do it so much. Today went backwards, I ate a bunch of stuff that i wanted, and now I have to do extra exercise to stay in a deficit, and that makes me sad. but those cinnamon buns were so worth it. Actually, I have to do extra exercise to justify eating anything else for the rest of…

meh. the lack of imagination and consideration bores me. I think it would be easier to appreciate the opinions and input of others if they weren't so condescending. le sigh.

It's not that I don't like it, it's just that i'm not entirely sure that's true. I've been looking and I can't find anything that says your body can only oxidize so much fat per day. Also, for your body to start pulling anything from your organ tissues, you would have to be doing this for a ridiculous amount of time. They…

Not entirely sure I follow. Protein, Carbs (I include fibre with carbs), and fat have caloric value. But your vitamins and minerals do not. You don't get energy from Vitamins, or from iron, manganese, zinc, potassium, calcium, etc. So if you're eating and meeting your vitamin and mineral needs, but not the energy needs,…

I think you missed the part that says IN THEORY as in, i'm not actually doing this, not thinking of doing it, it's completely theoretical, and in my head. Not real. Also, I think it's fairly obvious you didn't read any of the other replies, because the theory has been refined through the topic. :/

I appreciate the concern, but as I've stated, this is purely theoretical. I'm not looking at it in a serious manner, just a "wonder if it's possible" kind of manner. It would be an interesting experiment, I think, but not one I'm interesting in running on myself. Also, the idea was more along the lines of still getting the…

See, not sure if that's necessarily true either. You'd still be getting non-caloric nutrients, and you'd even still be getting protein, fat, and carbohydrates - the part of the meal that supplies energy. Muscle mass would most likely decrease, that's true, but I don't think it would be quite the same as blanket starvation.…

That's not entirely true. You would still be able to pull energy from the fat stores on your body. The ones you're trying to deplete. I think, at that point, you'd basically be eating more for the non-caloric nutrients and minerals in food. Vitamins, minerals, that sort of thing, and relying on extra body fat to supply the…

That's.. kind of what I said. "At the very least, tones it." if your midsection/abs aren't very good, or aren't toned, you're going to be flabby in the midsection whether you have fat to lose or not.

I haven't used it personally, but my Mom and my Aunt do, and they both swear by it. I vaguely remember there being a meal replacement shake that you're supposed to use once a day, vitamins, and a tea (those are what my mom used/uses). From what I've seen, it's only as effective as the person using it. My mom smokes, and…

So i haven't started yet; pushing it back to the 15th after all. How is it though?

I'll probably start tomorrow; sync it with calendar days is easier, and I'm terrible at waiting. :) Good luck everyone

i know people say "spot reduction doesn't work" but I've also heard that if you work your core muscles more it helps the fat come away from the midsection, or at the very least tones it. google some good core muscle workouts and see if that helps. :)

I dunno. Maybe it's cuz hubby's a chef, but I find myself less and less trusting of things that are not real food. chemically created nutrients...? I'm not even that big on supplements, :p good luck though.

Hello. :3 I'm looking forward to this. My bum makes me sad these days. it's not as awesome as I feel it should be. I will likely post "before" pics on the weekend.

You don't have to be condescending. And to answer your question, i didn't realize that until AFTER i had downloaded it and tried it, which was AFTER I posted the topic. Dur. It also works better with a camera phone that uses flash (mine does not). As for keeping your finger in a certain spot on your phone while exercising,…

Exercise always makes pms pains worse for me. I do find stretching helps though, so yoga would probably help. but anything more intensive than stretching is too much. My first 3 or 4 days the most movement you get out of me is out of bed and to the couch. And even then its a struggle.