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Yes you do need a lot of food to gain muscle. I suppose I just see that term often and i'm sure sometimes the individual just isn't willing to accept the fact that considering we may be eating the same amount and that the other person may have gained more muscle in the same amount of time. I'm sure many are using the term…

today I had a can of tuna with a bit of miracle whip, a piece of homemade French bread, a string cheese, a few bites of roasted sweet potato then dessert of pumpkin dump cake. And you?

I've noticed often times someone will say I put on muscle easily or something along those lines and it seems many are quick to respond with you are not a special snowflake term. Or maybe just certain people say it a lot and it's not really a lot of people. Now i'm saying it a lot, lol. I just was putting another point of…

Yes, the special snowflake thing is normally pretty active on these boards.

I am just as surprised;) Thanx for posting the link.

Ya, I have chicken legs so there is hope for me yet;) Well when I was skinny I had chicken legs, lol. Trying to get skinny again but with thicker thighs and actually having a butt this time.

Do a 30 minute bodyweight hiit workout and you will feel like you have worked your body in way less time. Or go lift some weights and do some plyometrics, just get off the elliptical and find something else that makes you feel worked. And eat more.

I fourth Bret Contreras-look him up:)

My goodness, you have a great attitude and are working very hard. My twin sister had to learn to walk again after she had a tumor removed from inside her spinal cord(benign). After 5 weeks in the hospital she came to live with me and isn't wheelchair bound. She tires easily and has daily pain and nerve damage and both her…

I've been out of the loop for a week and a half now. My neck and upper back are giving me trouble, I don't think from exercising though. It's a lot better just not all better yet. And my knee has been giving me issues for the past two weeks now. That is from exercising, I think full squats, maybe step ups too are the…

Ask them to hollow out the bread. It removes most of the inside and just leaves a shell basically.

Look up Bret Contreras

Good luck Cindylu!! I can't wait to hit the 35lb mark-how exciting for you-well done!!! I got in my first workout in for the week. Mostly bodyweight stuff I made up. It was hard and I'm glad I got it done. I will get in my workout b tomorrow for Strong curves. You ladies are doing great!

I agree thank goodness this isn't a competition, except to ourselves.

I keep changing my mind on which strength program I want to follow. So today I did the advanced gluteal goddess workout. Whew, it was hard. I used heavy weights and had to do a plank in the end. I held the plank for 60 sec and could have done longer. The side planks were more like 16 sec-they hurt my arms and shoulders(not…

Oh dear, you need to let go of the guilt and forgive yourself. You need to forgive your dad as well. It doesn't mean you forget because you can't and shouldn't. It means you realize that your father was hard on you because you were supposed to be what he wasn't in his own head. You help me remember why I have to think…

I think you are doing just fine, no need to slow down;)

Thanx all for clearing that up for her. What ^ they said;)

Seems to me since you don't want to buy a lot more plates then you could just up your reps on your sets to reach failure. Edited to add-I tried stronglifts for a week but it didn't have enough variety for me, so you may like NROLFW. It's much more varied. I've been reading about strong curves too, you may give it a look as…

Just got back from a weekend of camping. We got lots of swimming in-Yay! Lots of bathroom walking-probably one-two miles a day for those and a tiny bit of jogging. So I feel I did good getting in lots of cardio and will get a strength workout in today. Swimming made my abs sore which I find is hard to do;) My right…

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Sue, you should take it easy until you are healed, ouch;( Lin, the allergies are rough right now. I'm sure it felt good to kick everything up a notch, well done! Terri, yoga feels great. I bet you will enjoy it:) I got in my strength workout this morning and a quick 10 min hit workout this evening for some cardio. My…

I got in my workout Monday and a yoga video after. So that was my something different this week. My upper body is tight and hard to stretch so adding that in once a week will help i'm sure. So my goal is to get in 3 strength this week and one cardio. I got in a little last night and will get in more at camping.

Just did Cathe F all out low impact hiit:) My 4th workout for the week. I had to take several pauses and didn't complete all the reps but glad I did it! I didn't get the book this weekend hopefully in the next week. I know for the most part, I think, what the workouts are for this week so I will get 3 of those in. We are…

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I got in my 3rd for the week. I did the first workout of NROLFW. I just found it on the computer so I will get the book this weekend hopefully so I will have the schedule of workouts. I really liked it, full body and lots of variety. One more for the week to meet my goal. That will be the first time in more than 5 months…

I did gym style legs timesaver today. All Cathe's workouts kick my butt. Although i'm quite strong, I don't have great endurance or stamina. I need to make sure i'm getting her workouts in at least once a week to build that up. I haven't done that workout before so that was another new thing this week. Half way to my goal…

Today I did workout A from stronglifts 5x5. I'm thinking i'm not liking it much. It's just too simple and not enough variety. I will incorporate the exercises into my own routine. So I tried something new and will makeup my own workout 1 or 2 more times this week as well as a cathe Fredrick workout(maybe 1 yoga and 1…

I want to play too;) I'm a 34yr old female with 4 kids. My goal for the rest of this month is to work out 4x a week. I've gotten way off schedule for the last several months. I will typically do lots of legs with some arms too and abs are included. So, more of full body workouts. I'm just about to get an Olympic bar and…

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