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unfortunately, i'm going to have to drop the wall-sit challenge. the plank is my top priority but the two lower body exercises are too much at once. i have to be able to walk for my job. today's plank and squats are done - here's to a 5 minute plank and 250 squats by the end of the month!

well, with 17 weeks from today until 12/31, i'm going to set myself a target of 30 pounds to lose. that would put me at 185, 35 pounds away from my final goal. totally doable!

Take what you're using, use it, put it back, repeat. Hogging weights is 1) rude and 2) dangerous because it causes a tripping hazard.

The coldness and exhaustion are key symptoms of an underactive thyroid. You say you've been checked out medically, but have you had a blood workup done? I'd ask your doctor to do a thyroid blood check and rule that out as well.

day 2 - complete! 45 sec wall-sit, 20 sec plank, 55 squats. bam!

How much weight have you lost? What do your workouts look like? If you've gone from relatively sedentary to active all of a sudden, that can also have an effect on the length of your period. Body weight/composition and activity have a huge effect on our hormones!

Start with Stronglifts 5x5! It's free, covers all of the basic compound lifts, and will get you the absolute best bang for your buck as a total beginner. Google it or go to stronglifts.com to see how the plan works. You only lift 3 days a week, which leaves lots of time for cardio if you want to incorporate that as well. I…

SW: 214.4 CW: 214.4 GW: challenge goal: 209 tougher goal: 200 Weigh in Dates: 9/1: 214.4 9/8 9/15 9/22 9/28 9/30 my favorite fall exercise is thrifting/apple picking aka walking, bending, stretching, and squatting for hours on end!

bumping to fill out in the morning when i weigh for the week!

done with day 1! the squats are going to KILL me but i'm so down for the rest of the month! anyone doing this challenge is more than welcome to add me :)

good morning everyone! i just finished my plank and wall sit! i'm going to spend the day walking around some antique shops with my mom and then hit my squats before bed :) hope everyone has a fantastic day one!!

hey all! i have the same challenges pinned to pinterest, i thought i'd post the pictures for everyone to save/print out/whatever if you'd like! wall-sit! plank! bonus! squat!

I'm in! I just went on a bit of a Pinterest binge and pinned a ton of these kinds of challenges haha

If you're going to go with the light activity setting based on including your workouts, then yeah. I'd maybe start with 1750 or so and then bump it up another 100 every couple weeks, just so you don't end up with a crappy spike in water weight or anything. And I mean, if you're not starving when you're done working out,…

The simplest thing to do to start is to eat what MFP tells you. If you're trying to lose 2lb/week, which I can bet you are given those numbers, dial it back to 1.5lb or 1lb to give yourself some more calories to eat so you won't be starving, grumpy, and prone to freaking out over pancakes or cookies and feeling miserable.…

Is the calorie calculator you're referring to the MFP calculator? If so, then yes, you'll want to eat a portion of the calories you burn back. It will keep your deficit at the same place it is now, so you should lose weight at the same pace, if not a little more quickly now that you're adding in workouts. My only word of…

I use MFP, GymPact, Endomodo, and RunKeeper for food/exercise as well as Netflix, Hulu, Pandora, and Spotify for tv/music while I'm working out.

Try TDEE - 15-20%, so about 1500 calories, regardless of your workout. Unless your burning in the high hundreds of calories with workouts, which it sounds like you don't tend to do because you're relatively active in the rest of your life, you'll be fine with that method. If that's not giving you the results you're after…

i'm talking like, multiple gallons a day overdoing it. some people take the 'drink to keep yourself from feeling hungry!' thing way too far. most people don't go that far, but if you drink too much and you're not compensating for that by eating foods that will replenish the electrolyte balance in your body, you can become…

i didn't say you can't do them. that's not how the program is designed and you won't be doing it properly if you're doing "modified versions." l2readingcomprehension.

your day looks tasty and fibrous but it's crying for some fat! perhaps add a second ounce of cheese in at lunch time or for a snack? or slap some more peanut butter, even just a tbsp, in your breakfast. it's great that you're seated firmly on the veggie train, do you like avocado? those suckers are beautiful, fatty,…

5x5 is designed for use with plates and a bar. if you can't use that set of equipment, you're going to set yourself up for injury, disappointment, and failure. wait it out until you can move to a more conducive gym setting. i mean, you could in theory bench press with dumbells, but DB deadlifts are NOT the same thing and…

1 cup is 8oz. Therefore, 24oz is 3 cups.

What you eat for dinner has nothing to do with how much weight you will lose. Find out how many calories you need to lose weight, and eat that number of calories, comprising it of any kind of food you like. If you're busy, cereal might be your best option. Otherwise, cook ahead and refrigerate or freeze food that you can…

Those jeans and shorts don't fit you. Look for clothes tailored to your shape and you'll like what you see in the mirror a lot better.

If you're happy with your weight on the scale, my advice would be to eat at your maintenance calories, or maybe just slightly under so you're fueling your workouts properly without losing too much more weight. In general, 40/30/30 carbs/fat/protein is a good rule of thumb to start for macro ratios. If that doesn't work for…

Would you mind making your diary public? We can offer much more helpful advice if we can see what you're eating.

Public and pretty consistently pre-logged!

boo i have an android :(

reporting in.