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All I can offer is myself: I've been at right around 190lbs for around 4 months, eating at a deficit the whole time. According to my belt, my clothes, tape measure, and calipers, I have less body fat, am now smaller in the waist and can see where abs are, my upper arms are thicker and have more definition (As in I can see…

If you have less than 15 lbs to lose 0.5 lbs/week is ideal. (250 daily deficit) If you have 15 -25 lbs to lose 0.5 to 1.0 lbs/week is ideal (call it 375 daily deficit) If you have 25-40 lbs to lose 1 lbs/week is ideal, (500 daily deficit) If you have 40-75 lbs to lose 1.5 lbs/week is ideal, (750 daily deficit) If you have…

Also, try massaging the area that hurts. If you have a foam roller, use it. If not, you can use a can, push down on it as you roll it across the area.

When you say you "decided to do squats"... Did you do a lot of them, or just like 3-5? Have you done them in the past? Did the pain start while doing them, hours later, or the next day?

Just because I think pics say a lot, but there is info as well: http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/2011/07/21/meet-staci-your-new-powerlifting-super-hero/ 5'4" -- 170 to 117 to 131 to 142 The important part for when she started lifting was eating enough to fuel the workouts. And now she is eating 3000 cals. It always strikes…

It is normal for weight to fluctuate up and down several pounds over the course of a day. I've "gained" 2 pounds between walking in and out of the gym, just due to the water I drank, and my clothes getting soaked in sweat. Track it for 2 weeks, see if there is a definite direction it is heading, and then decide if you need…

If your TDEE is 1755 at sedentary, then working out will up that. It is Total Daily Energy Expenditure, after all. Just saying you workout an hour 6 days a week is to vague for us to know what that means, as jogging an hour is one burn rate, lifting weight is another, doing HIIT is another, walking on a treadmill still…

Try some of this: http://neilarey.com/programs.html Also check out her workouts.

I used to cut grass for a living, which meant that each spring I would spend the first 2 weeks coming home exhausted and sore, barely able to move. Week 3 was just sore. Week 4 I would go dancing on the weekends, not even thinking about all the walking I had been doing. The body adjust to it's new level of normal.

My current daily target is 2400 net cals. Over the last 28 days: I have averaged 2449 intake, and burnt 2886, giving me a 437 average deficit, or 0.87lbs per week. One day I ate 4137 cals (St. Pattys...alcohol may have been involved), one day I ate 1623. One day I burned 3712, one day I burned 2314. It doesn't matter what…

Part of the idea with eating a lower deficit as you get closer to goal is that you learn how to eat to maintain your new weight. If you are already doing it, it is easier than suddenly getting to eat an extra 1000 cals each day, which is kind of like not being allowed any alcohol, turning 21 and hitting the bar every night…

Back in my early 20s I was 5'9" and 135lbs in the summer, 145lbs in the winter. My girlfriend was on a diet and counting calories, so she asked me to track what I ate for 3 days so she could eat what I ate. I was eating 4000-7000 cals per day, but I worked as a grass cutter, thought nothing of walking 3 miles to a friend's…

And as Arron said, ignore the scale, worry about what the mirror and your clothes tell you. I have been at about 190lbs for about 4 months, but my clothes are getting loser in the waist, and the mirror is showing I am getting more definition, and I keep adding more weight on to my lifts, and running faster. My original…

Human body fat: 0.918 grams per cubic centimeter Human muscle: 1.049 grams per cubic centimeter Water (@4c): 1.000 grams per cubic centimeter (listing the water as the body has a tendency to hold onto it) Water (@37c): 0.993 grams per cubic centimeter --- 37c is human body temp (98.6f) This would be why fat floats to the…

Walked in the gym, hit the scale because it was next to the water. I normally ignore scales. Spent 2 hours getting hot and sweaty lifting weights, and running 30 minutes. Went to fill up my water bottle as I left, and jumped on the scale because why not? I had gained 2lbs....might have something to do with me sucking down…

To help set the mind of people who can't let go of worrying about weight, take a look at some of these: 4.5lbs difference from first pic to last one: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1248583-what-heavy-weights-can-do-for-you-pix Gained 10lbs between first pic and last:…

My work day breakfast: Scoop of protein (Vanilla creme flavor), 3 random packs of instant oatmeal/cream of wheat. (I have 6 different flavors of oatmeal/cream of wheat, so I mix and match). Puts me in the 500-550 range. This mornings was 540cals, 86carb, 28pro, 13fat. Lunch: 8oz chicken breast, 1.25cups spinach, 0.17cups…

StrongLifts 5×5 - http://stronglifts.com/5x5/ Keep in mind that is 5sets of 5reps at working weight, and a couple of sets of 5reps at lower weights to warm up the muscles and get form. For example my squats yesterday were 1x95x5, 1x125x5, 5x150x5 If when you are done with the routine and feel you want to do some more, then…

Steps = steps made. Some might be 5 inches (as in standing in a slow moving line, or moving from one sink to the other while washing dishes), others might be 36+inches when running.

Because folks will ask: What is your goal? Which is more important to you? Size, or strength What are you currently doing? And check out Fitocracy, which is free, and designed for fitness, with lots of groups dedicated to all various types of fitness.

I hear good things about The New Rules of Lifting for Women. 1) Toning is muscles with less fat covering them. 2) It would take you years of really hard dedicated work to get "bulky" Meet Staci: http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/2011/07/21/meet-staci-your-new-powerlifting-super-hero/ I don't think of her as bulky. Also look…

A lb of feathers and a lb of lead weigh the same, but one "looks smaller", or in basic grade school scientific terms, one is more dense. Human body fat: 0.918 grams per cubic centimeter Human muscle: 1.049 grams per cubic centimeter Water (@4c): 1.000 grams per cubic centimeter Water (@20c): 0.998 grams per cubic…

Most household electric scales seem to be like that (never the same 2 minutes apart). I make it a habit to check ones at other people's houses in hopes of someday finding one that actually seems to be accurate. Maybe if there is one that stays active the entire time I am on it, the way my food scale does, rather than…

1200 cals...let me guess...20-25lbs to lose, 2lbs per week, right? 1) If you have less than 15 lbs to lose 0.5 lbs/week is ideal. If you have 15 -25 lbs to lose 0.5 to 1.0 lbs/week is ideal If you have 25-40 lbs to lose 1 lbs/week is ideal, If you have 40-75 lbs to lose 1.5 lbs/week is ideal, If you have 75+ lbs to lose 2…

I use a Bodymedia. I average over 2800 TDEE even when I don't go to the gym. 190lbs, 5'9" male. I have been tracking my daily walking around since Dec 18, 2013. Average daily steps is 10,413. Average daily distance of 5.09miles. I have covered 575.72 miles so far (I am tracking it to see how long till I walk to my son's…

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5lbs in 2 days... Let me paint you a picture: 280oz of Ben & Jerry's Cherry Garcia (Not the diet version) = 17,463cals. 154oz of Starbucks Caffe Mocha with whipped cream = 17,463cals 74 pints (9.25 US gallons) of Guinness beer = 17,540cals 21 sticks of butter w salt (5.25lbs) = 17,086cals 10 cups of olive oil (0.625 US…

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