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Hence why I said "straight" (complete with quotations). Technically, you can dilute HCA to the point that it has the same PH balance as an apple. That doesn't mean that apples are dangerous. Your statement was purposefully misleading. A can of diet coke does not have the same PH balance as what most people think of when…
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What? No, it isn't. NROLFW does have you alternate some lifts, but it doesn't remove the rest period from between sets and it focuses on lifting heavy and progressive, not circuit work or heart rate.
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Check out StrongLifts 5x5 (website) or New Rules of Lifting for Women (book). Very different approaches, but both have great progressive full body routines.
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Why are you against full body workouts? Compound moves like deadlifts, squats, standing overhead press, etc will often give you much better results than doing a bunch of tricep dips or leg lifts.
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I second fitness blender and would also recommend googling You Are Your Own Gym.
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I never noticed my breath improving as I went through the same week, but I DID find that if I moved on to the next week, I could do them and it didn't feel any harder (breathing wise). I'd recommend moving on to week 2 and see what happens. As for knees, the only thing that helped my knee and ankle pain was to get quality…
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"Straight" hydrochloric acid has a PH of 0 while soda has an average PH of 2.5. Freaking battery acid (sulphuric acid) has a lower PH than hydrochloric acid and stomach acid generally has a higher PH value than soda.
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Best for you doesn't make it the best approach for everyone. As others have said, someone with insulin sensitivity of any sort is likely to better on the 6 meal approach. Likewise, there are plenty of others here who have lost just as much weight as you or more using various fasting techniques that work best for them.
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Glad to hear you're working with professionals. Definitely stick around! This is (for the most part) one of the healthiest 'fitness' boards I've encountered. People are very blunt and straightforward, but they do not support any of nonsense fads or unhealthy practices you see cropping up on talk shows and infomercials.
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You can alter your diary settings so that categories are titled whatever you like. Mine are Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner with Snacks between, but a lot of times the snacks are the same size as the meals. I've also seen people just label them Meal 1, Meal 2, Meal 3, Meal 4, etc. As far as when to eat, it's about whatever…
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Definitely get with a therapist if you haven't already. While anorexia is generally thought of as refusing to eat, it can easily disguise itself as too much exercise as well. Assuming you have a therapist and are starting a workout program with their approval, I would recommend heavy lifting for you. New Rules of Lifting…
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Do they burn more fat? No. Do they give you extra energy? Yes. However. so does adding 6 diet mountain dews to your daily diet (and probably with similar side effects). I wouldn't recommend either, but if you're going to do one, at least the Mountain Dew tastes good.
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I lift first solely because I'm less sore when I do cardio after. Sometimes I split up the cardio by running to the gym, lifting, then running home. But if I lift last, I always have killer DOMS later on.
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For the record, joint pain isn't an excuse, it's a message from your body that something you are doing is hurting it. If you hate running and it bothers your ankle, find something else to do! Hit the elliptical, take a spin class, do some Zhumba, whatever floats your boat! I would encourage you to do SOME sort of cardio so…
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Yoga makes you stronger, definitely. But it isn't strength training in the way you're asking. You need to continually work/stress/challenge your muscles in order to maintain LBM while in a caloric deficit. That doesn't have to mean lifting weights, you can do it with body weight workouts (check out YAYOG), but it does…
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Actually, your knees are probably in more danger than your ankles. I agree with PP that you need to talk to a doctor first. Even if you can't get cleared for rollerblading right NOW, a doctor can help you set a goal to work towards where it would be safe. Good luck!
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Personally, I think this sounds like a miserable existence. I like variety, I need variety, I live for variety. But that being said, obviously it works for some people.
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I usually alternate between leftovers from dinner (when it's lighter and healthy) and salads. Today is leftovers of chile lime chicken and spanish rice with veggies. Tomorrow will be a mixed greens salad with either grilled chicken and honey mustard or berries and vinaigrette. I like to keep various ingredients and…
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Personally, I'm also really struggling with evening snacking this time around. In the past, I've always just kept some calories open and been fine, but now that I've quit smoking, if I start munching I flat out won't stop. I've actually found that for me, a fizzy drink and getting out of the house are working well. When I…
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My George Foreman grill is a lifesaver during shows (I'm in theatre, so I work 14 hour days for 2 straight weeks whenever there's a production). Chicken, fish, and pork are super easy to cook on it, it cleans up in minutes, and it's FAST. I "bulk" cook chicken tenders and porkchops (2-3 days worth) when I know I'm getting…
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I think these kinds of things are red herrings that take the focus off of personal responsibility. And I agree that I don't want Big Brother deciding what kinds of food I can or cannot eat or when I can or cannot feed them to my kid. I'm not fat because my mom gave me the occasional ice cream sundae after a bad day. I'm…
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Personally, that actually works out to pretty close to my TDEE, so it wouldn't help me lose weight. I'd recommend going with the MFP method or TDEE - 10-20% route. It's still all estimates, but those methods guarantee that you will be burning more than you eat (if you stick to your goal).
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Another vote for something being off in your last fit if your big toe is breaking through the top after 3 or 4 months. That's just flat out not normal. Go to a running store (different from the last one) and let them make recommendations for you. Try various shoes based on those recommendations (they should let you run…
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I would do one before you buy them all. JM's videos are just interval cardio. You get as much out of them as you put into them, and can get stellar results IF you eat right while doing them. But they're really repetitive, and there is nothing that particularly makes them more effective than other methods of working out.…
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And they will be right. You lose weight by creating a calorie deficit. You don't have to exercise at all to do that.
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You don't. Logging the activity will just get super confusing and likely give you an overestimated burn. Set your profile to "lightly active" and then don't try to log work.
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At 5'4, you aren't underweight at 150, so I'd say ignore them and keep working to get to where YOU are comfortable. How old are you? I have found that peer pressure becomes less of an issue for me as I'm older, but I cannot imagine a time when I would have ever actively worked to put on more weight when I already thought I…
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No. While i've had people say "you aren't fat" or "you don't need to lose weight", I've never had anyone tell me I was "too skinny" when I did start losing weight. What is your height and at what weight to people start telling you this? It's possible that they are right and your body image is skewed.
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The first "mission" in the 5k app IS basically just music, it's a 25 minute "free form" run. I wasn't that impressed with it the first day, but stuck around for the second and enjoyed it enough to keep going. It tells you exactly when to walk and run, and unlike C25K, incorporates other exercises like heel lifts,…
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Unless you added 9lbs of muscle in 12 months while eating at a calorie deficit, your post serves no purpose other than to confuse. Newbie gains in a deficit are strength based, they are not additions of new muscle mass.
