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I always had problems with cottage cheese. When my kids were little, they spit up, a lot, and that is what it looks like to me. I usually hide it in things by either blending it, or mixing it up with other ingredients so that it no longer looks like cottage cheese. It goes great with oatmeal, because they have the same…

I like to workout first thing in the morning. I have found that too heavy of food, especially carbs, makes me sluggish....not enough, and I get feeling dizzy and nauseous. Usually a scoop or two of protein in water will get me through a workout. If I add a carb, it is no more than half a banana. Everyone is different. Some…

I went to goals, advanced settings and set them for what I wanted. I also manually adjusted my sugar and sodium goals. Some things are good to get in the red on. I'm always in the red on vitamins, and try to get in the red on fiber, potassium, iron, and protein.

I put my recipes in the database, portion out my soup into zip lock containers with the screw on lids until the pan is empty, count the number of containers filled and use that to figure my servings. Then I freeze or refrigerate the leftovers.

Sit-ups with a plate on a decline bench. You can increase the weight of the plate. You can also do hanging leg raises with a dumbbell between your feet, or cable crunches. I've found that just focusing on putting out 15 good reps of whatever I do for abs works the best.

Try downloading the Endomondo app. It will link to your heart rate monitor and also to MFP. It has a boxing section and will figure your calories and tell you how much of your work outfit into each heart rate zone. I am not sure how accurate it is, though. It told me I burned over 900 calories on my weight training…

I shoot for 175 grams of protein, 75 to 80 grams of fat, and the rest go to carbs. I believe it works out to 30% carbs, 35% fat, and 35% protein. When my exercise calories adjust, it will shoot the numbers all higher, due to the percentages, but I only aim for my original numbers for proteins and fats, and let the carbs…

Due to the high calorie content, and to reduce my carbs a little, I will do a quarter cup of oats, 1/2 cup of water, 1 serving of some kind of fruit, usually frozen cherries, peaches, strawberries, or an apple, add 1/2 serving of walnuts, 1 tsp cinnamon, sometimes some artificial sweetener, and 1/2 cup of cottage cheese or…

When Mormons fast, they are supposed to go 24 hours without food and water. (Except for the small piece of bread and small cup of water they get with the Sacrament.) I've rarely been able to do the full 24 hours. As a child, we would usually start fasting around 6 Pm on Saturday and go until church got out on Sunday.…

How do you slam weights down doing renegade rows? For the short time I used Planet Fitness, I did them a few times as part of a circuit that included squat thrusts with dumbbells, push-ups, and renegade rows. I never had anyone say anything to me, and I doubt I could have made any noise if I would have wanted to. They…

I probably look like I'm on my phone a lot while in the gym. I use my phone to log my exercises and look up what weight I'm supposed to lift next. My phone also times my rest sets. I rarely wander unless someone is on a piece of equipment that I need or I'm looking for the plates that I will need to do my lifts.

Try throwing in some pull ups, rows or other upper back work. Sometimes you need to balance your pushing movements with some pulling movements. Mark Rippetoe has some pretty good detailed videos on the internet to teach proper form and technique. I can't remember if they are on YouTube or his Starting Strength website.

On the squat rack at my gym there is a lower rack that people use to do Romanian dead lifts. I've had the bar tip on that with less than three 45 lb plates, but I can't remember what the exact weight was on the one side. All I know is that I now try to unload each side evenly.

Read up on intermittent fasting. Many people swear by it. I could never do it, but it works for many people.

With your current weight, you should be shooting for about 50 grams of fat and around 120 grams of protein. Try to adjust your macros to give you similar numbers. If you are having a hard time reaching those numbers, eat more meat, eggs, nuts or maybe try some whey protein. If you are trying to gain weight, carbs can be…

Caffeine?

Wow! What's the ingredients in that one? My shakes only come out to between 300 and 400 calories, and that is when I use 2 scoops of protein powder. I use about 2 cups of Spinach 1 cup of unsweetened Almond milk 1/2 to 1 frozen banana 1 to 2 scoops vanilla protein powder 2 T Splenda Around 1/4 t peppermint extract And a…

You can do what you want. I've noticed for myself that it helps to set goals. Try to go a little further, a little faster, a little longer....shoot for a 5K, 10K, half marathon, quicker 40 yard dash, quicker mile.... The idea is to find fitness activities that you like to do to keep you from slipping back into a sedentary…

Good post.

I've found that they tend to over-estimate. I believe that they are intended for steady state cardio. Due to the time it takes your heart rate to drop, they will estimate you to be burning calories during your periods of rest. I've worn my heart rate monitor during lifting sessions before, and it will tell me I've burned…

If you are just using dumbbells, you should be fairly safe, but you will have a very hard time getting to failure in certain lifts.

No. You can log exercise calories by putting 2 hours of strength training under the cardio section. It just won't be accurate, because it doesn't know the intensity of your worout, or how long you rest between sets. You can also attach a heart rate monitor to your chest, but that won't be accurate, either. If you want…

1. Are you lifting in a squat or power rack? If you can't take advantage of the safety bars to protect you when you lift, I would never lift to failure. 2. Lifting to failure has its benefits, (It can get you to push more weight than you may be comfortable with, allowing you bigger gains in your lifts.), but it will also…

If you are trying to get faster, why don't you trade one of your jogging days for some speed work? Do some sprints, or intervals with sprints in them. Unless you are happy with your current strength, I'd stick with the stronglifts or try 5/3/1 or All Pro's routine. Are you eating at a deficit, maintenance, or surplus?

I usually just go with a tub of chocolate and a tub of vanilla, then add fruit, or other ingredients to make different varieties. Currently using Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard Extreme milk chocolate and Vanilla icecream flavors.

I do wish they would sync together, or have a better strength training section for My fitness Pal for tracking weights lifted. I do like Jefit, though and the way it works. There are others out there that I haven't tried that I've heard are also really good. I like Jefit, so I have stuck with it. Same with My fitness Pal.

I don't know of any that sync with My fitness pal, but Jefit does show how to videos, has sample routines, and allow you to build your own routine. It will figure out your one rep max on the main lifts, and will allow you to set a rest timer that will tell you when your rest time is up. It will also break down the time you…

Seriously.... the temperature of the water you drink will have little effect on your weight loss. Drink your water at whatever temperature that you want. The key is to drink water instead of calorie laden drinks like soda or alcohol.

The first gym I went to was about 2 to 3 miles from my home. I biked it a few times, but never walked to the gym. The next one was about a mile, and I would walk there if I felt like it, but still drove more often. When I moved my gym was about 3 or 4 miles, and I stopped going, so I switched to the one that was about a…

I've taken pancake mix, that you add water to, and mixed a scoop of protein powder into it. They were pretty good. I usually just blend 1/2 cup of oats, 1/2 cup of low fat cottage cheese and 3 egg whites to make my pancakes. The biggest problem with pancakes is the syrup. Most regular syrups have about 240 calories for a…