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When you're first starting out and trying to get into new habits, I understand wanting to seriously keep certain things away from you, but what you need to change is YOU not the foods. I have 4 kids and a spouse who don't need to be subjected to whatever eating restrictions I wanted to put on myself, and I'm a big person…
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You're in a decent weight zone now, probably, so I would work on body composition -- lift heavy, compound movements, consider Stronglifts 5x5 program to start or check out Nerd Fitness and look at doing bodyweight exercises if you need to do it at home.
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I eat eggs at least once a week -- the whole egg, thank you very much, none of this eggwhite blech for me :) I typically toss a bit of butter in a pan, dice up some onions and get them all nice and lovely, add in a ton of spinach and wilt it all, then put in 3-4 beaten eggs and scramble it all together until the eggs are…
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Heh. Old, southern, white male run company (now defunct) --- they were all about protecting the penis (unless it was a GAY penis) and not so much about the vag.
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ROFL, yep. Guess they'll just have to slide it on.... It may not be the BEST place, but it is definitely way the hell better than NOT having one. Those at college have their own box kept in a drawer. Those at home have a box in the kitchen drawer. Two condoms are kept in wallets so they are on hand at all times since you…
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Totes :)
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OP's attitude reminds me of why we tried to raise our kids right. When my daughters were getting sexually active, they went to Planned Parenthood (my insurance covered Viagra but not birth control -- go figure) and got tested for STDs and shared results with their bfs. BFs were required to do the same (I knew their…
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Tons of people have answered your question. Probably water retention from all the extra working out. You may be overtraining. You may not be. And yes, the hormone from Plan B could have whacked that out too and be contributing. You are also getting a lot of really good advice on the birth control situation that you seem…
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Every Y is different, so it definitely depends. The Y I go to now is great - large, but old and a bit beat up. However, it's got a huge free weights room with all the right equipment. Plus the room to do aerobics classes in, and the gyms for basketball folks, and the spinning class area, and the weight machines floor and…
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Redo your goals - figure out your BMR and TDEE, eat above BMR, eat at a deficit from TDEE. I guarantee it will be more than 1200 miserably low calories. You will lose weight. It will be slower and it will be more sustainable. It's okay to eat any and all foods while staying within your calorie goals. If you choose not to…
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That is actually pretty rapid weight loss. Now, when you start fairly high, you may see some big numbers at first -- I am 5'1" and started at 291 and I averaged 10 pounds a month for the first 5-6 months. It's since slowed down to about 5 pounds a month. While I get that these competitions are fun and such, the problem…
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Total geek here. Love Nerd Fitness -- great website. I'm part of the Nerd Fitness Academy, and it's a smaller, awesome community too if you want a little extra 'oomph' and fellow geek likemindedness :)
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At least I'm not alone....
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I like to eat more at night, so I eat fewer calories during the day most days and leave more room for dinner and a snack later. I try to pre-plan as much as possible to make it easier on myself, and I especially did that in the early days when I was really getting used to the better and more controlled eating, when I knew…
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Honestly, it does come down to 'just suck it up and do what you need to do.' What that is can vary -- you could go to sugar-free so you don't have the calorie addition. You could quit it all together. You could cut it down to 1 a day and work the calories in. You could keep it how it is and dramatically increase your…
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I guess it would depend on what your goals are for fitness. I personally don't do anything special at all pre- or post-workout. I just eat my normal foods when I normally would want them, and it may be earlier because I worked out, but I don't bother to get all specific about something. However, I'm not bulking or training…
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Sorry, I'm with the tough love group here...I get that we all want support or recognition sometimes, but the only way for long-term success is to make sure you are 100% behind yourself and that you are going to own it. Personally, I'd want to kill myself going to a gym that has some sort of 'queen bee and princess court'…
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Amazing and well done!
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What happened to your friend's sister is very sad, and I am deeply sorry for your loss. That said - you really don't know what may or may not have been done to help encourage this morbidly obese woman to lose weight. In the end, it's no one's fault but her own. She was 30 - that's an adult. If she didn't have encouragement…
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I've been with guys who don't mind - toss some towels down, go to town, clean up, whatever. If it feels good, is between legal, consenting adults, then hey, go for it. I use softcups now and that really cuts down on the 'red wing' factor if needed. And, of course, for those who are too squeamish about it, there are tons of…
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Agreed x100!
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damn, that's impressive! I am working on assisted pullups and I have it set to take off 88 pounds, and I weigh 188, so I'm basically pulling up what he was adding on. LOL.
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Because compound lifting works all your muscles in a good way, and it will help build your core strength. Then, when your body decides it's finally okay with reducing some of the abdominal fat, you will have a lovely strong abdomen under it. You can't spot-reduce or target-reduce -- your body burns the fat where and when…
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Don't overthink this. Eat at a deficit. Move more. There is no proper 'time' to get the most out of your workout. Your body burns fat based on a calorie deficit, not some bizarre magical time after eating.
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I do the SL 5x5 Tue, Thu and Sat -- well, I use the lifts and 5 x 5, but I don't increase every time like that program requires, so it's definitely modified for my needs. I do increase frequently, just not every session. I do 20 minutes elliptical prior to lifting, moderate, not super fast. On the other days, I do…
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Pretty much what everyone else said! I will say...if you go to Chuck E. Cheese, I totally get needing to drink. LOL.
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I drink lots of water and use lots of lotion to keep my skin supple and with the hopes of increasing skin elasticity. I had 3 back-to-back pregnancies, with the last one being twins, and then I gained loads of weight over the subsequent years. Now I've lost over 100 pounds, and one of my concerns is loose skin. You can…
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My daughter and I got matching tattoos -- a heart made from a treble and base clef, simple black. It's awesome. Plus it's great that my daughters wanted to permanently put something symbolic on all of our skins :) I want the phrase "be wicked and lovely and don't live in fear" tattooed in elegant script, but I don't want…
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You know what's funny? I was so tired and beat during that phase...I can't actually remember how I did it! I came here thinking 'hey, I had 4 kids in under 2 years, got 'em all potty trained, I'll have some advice' and when I started trying to think of what I actually did all those many years ago (ages are 20, 19, 18, and…
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Awesome! Great story, fab pix :)