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I have been working closely with my chiropractor and he’s encouraged me to get back to lifting. I’ve noticed a lot of doctors have the mentality of “if you’ve ever hurt yourself doing something, never do it again.” Which I think is the wrong attitude. That’s why I’m looking at alternatives to exercises that I worry may…

Thanks for the replies. I'm not saying I'm disregarding my dr's advice. I get it, I have tendonitis and it's a result of poor form from a novice starting to lift. That's why I think if I get back into it I'll find someone who knows what they're doing to teach me the right way. But with all the doctors I've seen, and that's…

1. My favorite band is Tool. 2. I'm a firearms instructor. 3. I have CRPS.

I am 5'2". Currently 117 lbs. Don't necessarily have a goal weight in mind. I'm just taking it a month at a time and seeing how I feel. Trying to focus on lowering body fat percentage more than weight. Quick version of my story is that after suffering knee pain and going undiagnosed for two years I got very depressed and…

Congratulations! I'm doing the same thing. Tracking macros and have just lost 5 lbs in January. My fat percentage tester showed me down about 2-2.5 percent meaning most of mine was body fat. Plus I'm lifting and increasing weight so I'm not worried that I've lost muscle. Keep it up!

I'll have a Coke Zero if I'm out to eat or something, but I don't keep them at home. I used to be addicted to Dr Pepper, drinking about 3 a day.

I count macros and weightlift 4 days a week. I also try to make it my goal to drink a minimum of 64 oz water a day. This is something I can see myself doing long term and building even better habits off of. I started January 1 and haven't weighed since then, but I definitely notice my clothes being loser and feel more…

I'm at 135g carbs, 38g fat, and 118g protein.

I do the IIFYM (if it fits your macros) style of eating. So I can have whatever I want, but it has to fit my macros. That doesn't mean I can have donuts every morning because that would completely eat up (slight pun intended) my carbs and fat macros, but if I really want something or I'm going out later, I can usually fit…

I'm actually having a bowl of the mint chip right now! I like it. I'd absolutely rather have regular ice cream, but I do enjoy this after a long hard day of dieting. It's best of you let it thaw a tad before eating it. It's creamier and more like regular ice cream then.

Thank you everyone for your replies. I guess we all start somewhere. And just like when I originally lost weight, I knew it was going to be hard and take a long time, but every good day was a step closer to where I wanted to be. So I suppose that means every good lift is a step closer to where I want to be. I am taking…

I'm not really doing resolutions, but what I'm calling my January Challenge, taking it month by month. Hopefully if I can meet my goals for January it will be an encouragement to continue into February and so on. So my goals are: Stick to my calories and macro's, tracking consistently. Stick to my weightlifting routine at…

Thanks for all of the encouraging responses. I've gone swimming 3 times this week and really am enjoying it. I feel stronger already. I don't have that much weight to lose, maybe 10 lbs, but really hoping this will help get rid of that and tone me up a bit at the same time. So how does it work your abs? That's one thing I…

I'm a bit OCD, so I ended up doing 30 small forward circles to the sides, then 30 medium, then 30 large. Then I did 30 small, medium, and large to the sides backwards. Then I did 30 small, medium, and large in front of me forward, then the same thing backwards. I think that was like 360. Thanks for the motivation to…

Does NROL require a lot of weights and gear or gym membership? I've been wanting to check it out, but for the foreseeable future I'm stuck in my living room with a yoga mat, dumbells and body weight. Just don't want to buy it and find that most of it is inapplicable to my situation.

Thanks so much! The first week I gained a pound, and now I've lost it again, so I'll keep on doing what I'm doing and see how it progresses. I will say as sold as I was that this is the right thing for my body, I couldn't help but be concerned and pessimistic, but you know what? In deciding to eat more I feel like a weight…

When I get to goal, which is a roundabout number for weight, but for me goal is feeling confident in my body and having some muscle tone, I plan to get a tattoo I've been wanting. It's the perfect way to pace myself and make sure I still want it by then.

For now 2 hours of that time is weights at home with body weight or 8lb dumbells. An hour and a half a week is running.

I'd like to join too.

Question, is it YOU specifically that's under a physicians care? Or your husband. Because you started out this post saying that you eat the way you do in support of your husband who has Celiac's and type 1 diabetes. I am ALL for you supporting your husband, but you have to take care of you too. Studies show that there is…

So would body weight and 8 lb dumbells be enough to change my body? Or will I not see much toning until raising the weight?

Yeah, I get that BMR is the minimum for my body to function and tdee is what my body burns in a day typically. So I took I think 15-20% off that and that's what gave me the 1693 on scooby. I'm gonna see what happens at 1650 calories for a while I guess. I'm still really confused when we get down to the details.

Then I also looked at the http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/ site and it's telling me I should be having 1693! So very confused!

Ok, I figured out how to do the spreadsheet and I put my info into the simple set up. However it's telling me I should be having 1386 calories to lose weight? I feel like that's still too low, I'm already at 1300. I feel like I just can't make sense of most of the information in the sheet and I'm getting frustrated. Would…

How do I use that spreadsheet? It opens as a view only file.