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It saddens me every time I read one of these threads. It seems everyone wants to lose as much weight as possible as quickly as possible so they start out on these incredibly low calorie diets. Will a person lose on that? Of course!! But at what cost? Is it worth potentially ruining your metabolism and losing precious lean…

I do summo (wide stance) deadlifts http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YJESSDNZ2Q and box squats http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Smo3shNhBmk Other posterior chain exercises... Stiff-legged deadlifts http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pa65umvupCE Good mornings http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCfkLZreScs Glute-ham raises…

My "fat" picture from two years ago is on the left. My "fully bulked" picture is on the right. In that 2 years I lost 20lbs (cut)... gained 15lbs (bulked)... lost 12lbs (cut)... and gained 28lbs (bulked... as seen in the picture). ^^food + squats and deadlifts. Here is a more recent shot... .... I started cutting 5 weeks…

I posted 4 posts above you!

Thanks for the mention!!! Great thread! I love seeing other women on this site bulking. I tried to start a bulking support group thread on here a year and a half ago... no one seemed interested and I think some people thought I was nuts! I ended up going over to bodybuilding.com to find other women bulkers to chat with.…

I don't post on the forums much but what a great thread!!! Fantastic transformations everyone. Keep up the good work!

In my leaned-out state I was doing 3 sets of 10. I am now 15lbs heavier and did 8 reps per set yesterday.

I HATE when people say I'm "toned" ... I really do.

Hey there. I've never really participated in this group though I've been a member for a bit. I figured why not share for the first time! I have been lazy about updating my blog and basically didn't blog a single photo session for an entire year. Since I was home sick on Monday I decided to just go ahead and do it. I…

Awesome! Sounds like you are right on track! Sound like it's been a good slow gain. Wow... I can't even image eating 3,500-4,000 calories... and still being hungry! That's insane. Of course even on the days I eat a lot for my size... 2400-2500cal... I'm still hungry too. Unfortunately I am not on track. :( My goal was…

how's everyone doing? any updates?

Yay!!! great to know... I'm very excited. I'll take/post pictures when I get them. The color I ordered is actually on backorder until Sept 14th... but I'm not in any hurry :)

I've been researching about them and decided to go with the Luxy! I already ordered the chocolate brown! I really wanted the Hello Gorgeous but I e-mailed the girl and never heard back... and I kept reading horror stories about the customer service. I'm definitely going to bring them to my hairdresser and have them styled…

I'm only up to 5 chin-ups at this point... still practicing!

THANK YOU!!! That is great to know. I didn't know if the Sally's ones would be as good. I looked at them yesterday but wasn't sure. It sure would be easier if I could match them up in the store instead of just guessing about it online. Now one of the advantages of the online ones is that some companies offer mixed…

thanks! I've looked at foxy locks... but have seen some people complain that they start to look awful after using them a while... have you experienced this? Other places I've seen to order... don't know about any of them... http://www.luxyhair.com/products/chocolate-brown-4-160g…

Thanks for your replies... and yes I'm sure they are probably a hassle if you have to put them in every day... but just for special occasions would be something fun and different. :)

Glad I'm not alone... :) ... counting the minutes until my night time snack... lol

Glad I'm not alone... :) ... counting the minutes until my night time snack... lol

Worked lats today... thought I'd snap a picture when I got home... crappy iphone....

Ugh. I'm friggen hungry. How on earth did I ever survive on 1200 calories... or even 1600 for that matter? I'm eating 1800 on off days and 2200-2300 calories on training days and I am still hungry all the time. I thought bulking would mean not being as hungry all the time. Not so much. The increase is working though. I…

Yep! That's probably what you need to do! I am assuming that as I gain, my maintenance calories will increase for each new number on the scale therefore I will have to keep increasing calories to remain in an anabolic state. I'm trying to do this gradually and only stay 200-250 calories above current maintenance...

How's everyone doing? I'm up to 124lbs. I'm eating at 1800 on off days and 2200-2300 on lift days depending on how much I do at the gym. I'm slowly giving up the cardio. No more stepmill. Zumba 3 days/wk for only 30min... lower impact (no jumping and keeping arms lower). Today I burned only 200 calories in that 30 min. I…

I did regular squats, sumo squats, & lunges on the smith machine today. Started with 50lbs and 20 reps and increased weight and decreased reps each set until I got to 120lbs and 10 reps... then worked my way back down to the 50lbs and just burned them out. Also did dead lifts... 4 sets 90-100lbs. It was soooooooooooooo…

Great question. I've been trying to consume my husband's Dymitize protein powder at least once daily as well as a multivitamin and some fish oil supplements. I don't have any creatine at the moment. My husband took it for years and didn't seem to think it did anything to help him so he no longer buys it.

hey... stop laughing and step up to the plate and join us... you know you wanna... :)

haha... thanks.... now if I could just EAT MORE... I might see some bigger muscles! LOL. And you know... it's actually a good thing to change things up every now and then... even for a few weeks. It keeps the body guessing. I might eventually get bored with what I'm doing... who knows...

I just looked at her plan. It isn't all that different from my own. There are some different exercises and they are combined together a bit differently but it's the same basic idea I think. I think I'm going to stick with what I'm doing for now... including progressively increasing my weights/calories... and see what…

Oh believe me... I'm not at ALL worried about getting bulky... not only do I not have enough testosterone... I don't have the genetics for it. I am actually already "progressively lifting heavier weights" with my own routine. I don't doubt that women who do that program will gain muscle... I'm just saying there is more…

I've heard of stronglifts. I don't know... do you think that would be the right kinda program for a woman? It sounds like a man-building-strength type of program verses a woman-trying-to-sculpt kinda deal. TBH doing all the little isolated muscle exercises is part of what I like about weight training. I know that if it's…