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I preferred podrunner. It's free, and a podcast. I do not like profanity in my music and the original C25K had a lot of it in the songs as I recall.

If the thread bores you, simply move on. It's the power of the internet. Embrace it. Some find the answers interesting to think through. I so hope that when I find the threads boring or repeats at some point, I can find new reading material and use of my time.

I use one real egg and then buy a liquid container of egg whites, mainly to boost my macros on protein without the extra calories and what may or may not be cholesterol. (See above comments). : )

There are also good circuit training sets out there to help you use body weight to begin training your body to handle weight. I've done some circuit training, some 30DS, some barbells, and now, moving onto some sandbags to try out "compound lifts" at home. The benefit to circuit training was that I could get in cardio and…

I have to tackle these goals on my own and quietly a lot. Why I enjoy hanging out here. Most people do not understand, or want you to give in to justify that they give in. Or they've come to call their lifestyle "normal" and can't see why you can't be "normal" or their old friend they felt comfortable with. All part of it.

Scan the barcode using the little scanner on the app. DONE! : ) And it's SO much fun!

Just tried my first StrongLifts today, started with Set B. I'm using sandbags for the moment (38 lbs), so reps are more like 9 overhead, 12 squats, 20 deadlifts-- just what felt right to me. Took me about an hour because I'm a wuss. Tried a short run after, planned 2 miles, could only make it 1.5 without knee pain. Glad to…

You may be a good candidate for "In Place of a Road Map" post (see my profile for the link if you like). I calculate my TDEE by their method (then use HayBaler's excel sheet), and then only eat the full amount if I get my workout in that day. Otherwise, I subtract a couple hundred calories. HIIT training nor strength…

I have limited my social eating life while body shaping, or eat before I go, don't stay long, and leave early. I just can't sit with people around unhealthy food right now. Part of life change for me.

This is a hard transition for women. I'm one of them. Recomposition (gaining muscle while losing fat) is hard. Diet, diet, diet. HIIT train is great for reducing body fat, but hard to fit into a weight training week. As such, I am switching mine around to Stronglifts A/B sets in hopes of having something left for cardio. I…

Read "In Place of a Road Map" (link is on my profile) Learn to use Haybaler's excel sheet on there. Make sure when you calculate your TDEE at fat2fit, you list your starting and ending weight the same. Start heavy lifting, cut some cardio. Just did my first StrongLifts 5X5 today. Survived. Used a 35 pound sandbag (started…

Great thread. I started in January with dumbells and body weight circuit traning 3s and 5s (female) doing Jillian's 30DS. Now, I'm up to P90X Arms and Shoulders doing mainly 8s, and a few 10s (bicep curls). I've had to trim running some to build on weight lifting personally, but I hope that levels out. I see women doing…

I do it most often as part of a circuit training set with my heart rate high from a more active state, so I count them in that mix. Thanks to the above poster about the form that comes with strength. Great tip! I think I like them because they are a bit more new to the exercise scene and there is a competitive element to…

Trying this! Wrote it down. Thanks!

I'll have to read through the rest of the pages when I have time. Good ideas. I love the Xtreme Health Wheat Tortillas. Saves quite a few calories, I can't remember the number, but two white tortillas in a cheese quesadilla is a big chunk of calories with regular ones. Skipping the tortilla chips, and all chips, or just…

1. 85% Gross calorie burn is what you burn exercising AND what you would have burned just living and breathing if you were lying down. With ANY heart rate monitors OR gym eqmt, if you are just going to eat back exercise calories, you have to separate our daily living from the exercise once you get the readout. MVP does…

Short, small ladies, UNITE! Dieting phase 1, finished. Lost 16 pounds, 11.97% of body weight in four months. Not impressive? If I were a 300 pound person, i would have lost 36 pounds, which sounds more impressive. : ) We can only knock 300 calories a day off maintenance rather than the typical 500 to lose a pound a week…

I just really appreciated this post and needed it myself. Thanks!

Prevention Magazine often lists articles for vegetarians to help balance diets. I am not one, but like their MUFA diet recommendation. It's simple: each meal needs one lean protein, healthy carb, and a monounsaturated fatty acid: dark chocolate, olive oil, beans, nuts, for examples. This makes it easier to manage macros…

This rings very true. It's been slow for me since the beginning since I started at small-medium = could only cut 300 calories per day safely. It's a very slow process. 1-2 pounds per month weight loss. I thought that when I got from 26% or so BF to 21%, I'd be just about there. Not so, my friend. Oh, well, everybody needs…

Sounds similar to the South Beach Diet. I think I took away some good thoughts from that book on how to eat better, eat whole foods, and get off of addictive eating: caffeine, sugar,etc. Just about any diet will be more healthy with these principles in mind. A person can't keep good metabolism on energy drinks and…

I so appreciate your well worded and helpful comments on this thread. When a person is dieting, you see direct impact: I ate less, I was good, I lost weight this month. Last month seemed my slowest month in terms of progress after shifting to macros/diet/weight focus. My pants are getting loose again, but weight hasn't…

-->>This is the reason I keep switching up my training so that I don't get comfortable. I hope it helps! I think that's the theory behind P90X and other new DVD systems. I'm not using that, but I am using the idea. -->This last quote doesn't line up with the TDEE on HayBales (excel sheet popular on MFP from "IPOARM"where…

Ooh, I've heard about the feet up...I think I was doing a squat with twist...now I remember how Russian twist goes! Lol. I added in strong's 5X5s that I may have missed later, just a set of bech presses and dead lifts w the sandbag...I'm sore today! I like sore...means I accomplished something! Trying to decide whether to…

Okay, so the OP jumped ship, but the thread is still relavant, so here we go: 1. To see abs, lose BF. Eat at a deficit 10-15% TDEE. 2. To see abs, lift heavy. 3. To lift heavy and build muscle, cannot eat at deficit. (This is where my brain starts turning to mush). 4. Cannot lose BF while eating more cals than you consume.…

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Persevere in good habits without obsessing over the "how" and especially the "how fast" and we'll get there. I needed this answer today. A slow month. Little gains seen after watching macros, moving to 15% off haybales TDEE, and running light 1-2 mile runs on off days. Started progressive lifting. Dropped extra cardio,…

I use it as a means of weekly planning. I try to go slightly under on days "at home" so that I have a reserve for times out with the fam or weekends/pizza night.

Done. Loved the new moves. Zumbaforever did a great job putting this together. Hopefully I'll get to join in the weekly challenge soon. I did most to failure as I got used to this doing P90X Arms and Shoulders to keep building. 20 lb. sandbag on the squats (Whoa Nelly) 8 lb. kettlebell twist on the Russion Twists (nice way…

Okay, got it done. It doesn't really belong here since it's a rest day for the official challange, so I'm going to make a "NoNonsense Weekend Warrior" thread for those who use this as an "extra" weekend push workout...or if you've missed workouts for a couple days and need a filler. Like you guys, I run and do others…