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you can figure it out by monitoring your weight gain/loss over a period of time while logging how many calories you eat. Anyone who's ever done a bulk cycle while logging their food intake will know at what kind of calorie numbers they maintain and at what numbers they start to gain weight. So I don't see where the danger…

my rib cage stayed the same size and my boobs got smaller.... to the point that my bra size is not one that's stocked in most shops but I have a very large rib cage, especially as I'm only 5'1". I blame the neanderthals (or whichever of my cro-magnon ancestors were having sex with them) it didn't make me insecure. I like…

Whey isolate protein powder is a good protein shake for humans. It does not matter whether you're male or female because your body uses protein in the same way and is adapted to eat the same kinds of foods. If you're allergic to whey, then you can get other protein isolates instead, such as egg or even pea protein (for…

for the answer to how much you should be eating - you need to use a calorie calculator. You also need to change your whole attitude towards calories........ stop seeing eating more as a bad thing, and start seeing eating as fuelling your body and your workouts. I can't give you exact numbers for how much you should be…

or a dinosaur egg

also, a whole egg is only 75 calories (give or take, depending on the size of the egg) - it's not exactly a high calorie food....

yes it is. egg yolk contains cholesterol but recent research suggests that the kind of cholesterol in egg yolk does not increase blood cholesterol levels, and may in fact lower it. so eat your eggs note: people with medical conditions that affect how the body utilises cholesterol may not be able to eat egg yolks - consult…

also, just a heads up.. you may find that the scale weight goes up when you first increase your calories, don't freak out about this ***it's not fat*** and it won't make you get any bigger. It's just water/glycogen weight. If you've been undereating then your glycogen stores will be depleted - this is one of the factors…

well, if your car stops running on the motorway because you run out of petrol (gas) then you wouldn't feel uncomfortable putting more petrol in the tank (well maybe you would in the UK given the price of petrol here lol)....... if your running performance is suffering due to not eating enough, think of eating more as being…

maybe eat 100% of your exercise calories rather than just half of them. a net of 1500 cals/day will be a deficit for you - you can eat back all your exercise calories and still be in deficit. Too big a deficit is going to impact your health and performance. You need to have a small deficit only and lose the fat slowly -…

^^^^ this

Is that 1500 cals/day net or total calories? Personally, and my I'm not far from you in height or weight, I can't survive on just 1500 cals/day. I ate at least 1800 cals/day when cutting when I was only doing stronglifts and no cardio at all with a mostly sedentary job/lifestyle otherwise. If you're training for a 10k you…

you're probably not giving yourself enough recovery time. you can do both, but maybe don't do stronglifts 3x a week to ensure you have enough rest days to recover properly ETA: have days when you don't do any exercise for recovery. otherwise you're expecting your body to recover from running and lifting all at the same…

I'd be more worried about getting sunburn.

I am your number one fan. There is nothing to worry about. You are going to be just fine. I am your number one fan. And don't even think about anybody coming for you. Not the doctors, not your agent, not your family. 'Cause I never called them. Nobody knows you're here. And you better hope nothing happens to me. Because if…

^^^ this also realise that binge eating is often the direct response to eating too little... it's a normal survival response... if you want to stop the binge eating, eat normal meals including enough calories for your body to run properly, then you won't have these survival responses kicking in........ and because binge…

I'm already in that 10% of successful long term maintainers. There's no need for all that overly macho swimming with sharks style motivation, nor any need to compare yourself to others or prop up your ego by believing that you're the fittest in the room or whatever........ Not everyone is motivated in the same way.... if…

lol......... in

Earl grey, black, no sugar. ^^^ that's how I have my tea. I like other varieties as well, such as English Breakfast tea.

not done that personally, but whether or not you lose weight depends on calories in v calories out.... some medication can make you gain weight because it makes you more hungry and eat more, but if you're counting calories, you stop eating when you hit your calorie goal for the day and you should still lose weight.......…

here you go! here's an *kitten* :flowerforyou:

you need to use a calculator to get an idea of how many calories your body is burning each day. This includes the calories your body burns just keeping your cells alive and your organs functioning (i.e. your BMR calories) and the calories you use moving around (activity calories) which includes all the moving around you do…

does this gut jiggle? if it does, then it's fat, and the way to get rid of it is to keep on losing fat - have you been tracking your food intake? WHen you have a lot to lose, lifestyle changes alone are enough for a lot of people (not everyone) to get rid of the fat without tracking food or counting calories, but for the…

why give up all the stuff that you love when you can get the same results without giving those things up? I don't mean just eating them in whatever size portions, but with good portion control and proper tracking of your food intake, you don't have to give up any foods (or alcohol) you just have to fit them into your…

to begin with, when you're learning proper form, you should use weights that feel easy...... but that's just to begin with, once you've got the form reasonably okay, you need to start progressively adding weight, and it should get harder and harder from there... once you get to that stage (which shouldn't really take more…

you need to make your plan sustainable. Go for slower fat loss, give yourself a larger calorie goal, make sure whatever exercise you plan to do is something you really enjoy and can logistically do easily. And plan rest days into your schedule. Choose forms of exercise that you enjoy and don't torture youself in the gym…

and the flag.... http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/shortcuts/2014/mar/02/scottish-independence-new-british-flag-poll I like the one with the Welsh influence on it best... because I've always thought it kind of unfair that the Welsh flag was never a part of the Union Flag before

I just want to know what my country's going to be called tomorrow........

*fans self*

How can a thread titled "free pie" go so horribly horribly wrong? I want my pie. Actually, I want *two* pies. I want steak pie and chips, and then blackberry and apple pie with custard (must be with wild blackberries because they taste the best)