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You look great! Look at that teeny, tiny little waist of yours and those guns and of course, that back! I will never be as thin as you and Pandora but I hope to have some muscles like you ladies one of these days.

Pandora: I see a huge difference in your arms! But I also see a difference in your back and look at those legs...you have a gap between your thighs you didn't have in the first picture. Excellent!

We bought some 100 calorie Klondike bars today.

I don't like to cook and when it's up to me I like quick and easy foods like salads, fresh fruits, Greek yogurt, peanut butter with an apple (I will slice the apple), cheese and Smart Ones. Oh yeah , my normal breakfast, because it's quick, easy and delish is a Quest bar. In fact , I eat 2-3 protein bars per day.

Perfect, thanks! My goal is about 150 grams of protein a day but I've been having trouble achieving that lately.

I don't like quinoa either, we tried it last week. The guys loved it and I about barfed. They are eating that tonight while I eat my grilled chicken. I've never tried cous cous but I doubt I will like it. I don't like to waste calories on carb heavy sides anyway. I'd rather save those calories for a chocolate dipped banana…

Sounds delish and easy to make!

That sounds really good!

I know how to turn the grill on. lol Ours is really easy because we had them run a natural gas line from our house to it. I just don't have a clue about temp, when to turn it or how long to cook it. I finally got him to agree to teach me how to do it tonight. They are going to eat something else.

I would love it cooked in there with BBQ, but that would add a ton of calories!

We buy boneless, skinless breasts.

Go Jason!! I don't think I will ever get to the point where I can do pull-ups but it would be awesome if I did.

I'm so jealous of you ladies and your hefty calories and bulk cycles!!! I still have 8 lbs. to go till I reach my goal and even at that, I just read today I should lose an additional 5 lbs. to account for the weight I will most likely gain when I go into maintenance. Also, I may hit my goal weight and decide I want to lose…

I would ask the peeps over in eat, train, progress.

Thanks! I'm anxious to see your update! I know you've been kicking butt since increasing your intake. And you have every right to feel like a badass, especially with those pullups you've been doing!

Thanks Jason!

Thanks Jason! My gains seem much more significant (as Paprad said) when I look at it this way. :happy:

Good to know since I'm apx 8 lbs from maintenance....let's make that 13 lbs.

So these don't bother your back? I just watched a videos for each and was concerned it would hurt my back.

I don't think I've ever seen these. Are they available in North Carolina? I usually buy gala or fuji. Yummy!

I eat chicken on salad a lot, but I wouldn't know how long to cook it. I have seen my husband cook ours on the store before, primarily when he's going to add some hot sauce. How can you tell when chicken is done without checking the internal temp? It would be easy with red meat, based on color, but chicken I wouldn't have…

I started Cycle 3 today. Squats: Cycle 1 55, Cycle 2 60, Cycle 3 70 BP: Cycle 1 55, Cycle 2 60, Cycle 3 65 BOR: Cycle 1 75, Cycle 2 80, Cycle 3 90 OBP Cycle 1 30, Cycle 2 38, Cycle 3 43 SLDL: Cycle 1 80, Cycle 2 85, Cycle 3 95 BC Cycle 1 28, Cycle 2 30, Cycle 3 33 I know I shouldn't have increased my SLDL since I failed…

You're right, AllPro is working for me. I just wish I was increasing weights at a faster pace, that's all. I measured myself yesterday and I didn't have near as good of results cycle two as I did cycle one, which was disappointing. Cycle 1 I lost like 8" or so and this cycle I only lost 3 1/2". (These are based on my poor…

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I'm less than 10 lbs from my goal weight but I think I need to lose more. :ohwell: I would love to get a better idea of my body fat percentage to guide me from that point. I'm a teacher so I'm not comfortable posting pics like you need on here. Are you still accepting pics via PM? Do you need my measurements or just height…

So that explains it... It crushed me and turned me to mush! :tongue:

Oh. lol

That's good to know! I had read I should do 2 heavy days if I can't do 3 workouts so that's why I did that. I would have much rather done it your way, especially with a sore wrist! I may do that this time since I did fail on my deadlifts, which quite frankly was one of the lifts I was most confident about. In fact, I just…

Thanks Jason! I know I risk sounding ignorant (which I am in this case, since this is all so new to me :blushing: ), but what is SBR?

After reading through all these responses again today, which prompted me to read what I had originally wrote, I see I wasn't clear in my original post. I was still lifting while I rested my wrist, although I probably shouldn't have been. I did the exercises that didn't bother it too much, such as SLDL, BOR (I should not…