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Maryland here.

Easy. Chicken breast Potatoes Oats Rice Peanut Butter Bananas Pasta & Pasta Sauce Milk

Chipotle. You can order to suit your needs. Want less carbs? Ditch the tortilla, get a bowl. Want less fat? Ditch the sour cream. Etc etc

If you take running seriously you should go to a running shoe store and get a pair of running shoes fitted.

I do think most machines suck, but the assisted pullup machine helped me so that's why I can't say it was bad. That's really the only thing I used until I could do the first pullup on my own. After I got the first pullup, I started doing negatives. That helped a bit. But it wasn't until I started doing rows that I was able…

Digital bodyfat scales are so inaccurate that they're basically useless. Measure with bodyfat calipers at the very least.

Go at whatever time works best for you.

Don't understand the hate towards the assisted pullup machine. That's pretty much all I used to build up to my first pullup. I did 3x5s two or three days a week. You just have to make sure to actually put effort towards progressively getting stronger, meaning that each week you should be using less and less weight to…

Just try it and see how you feel. Personally when I was dieting to lose weight, I found going low fat didn't make me feel too good. I'd see a lot of people dieting and regularly eating 40g of fat or less.. but that just wasn't for me. I kept my protein the same, dropped my carbs a good bit, upped my fats to a minimum of…

Get a power rack and adjustable bench. If the power rack has a cable pull attachment that's a big plus. You'll be able to safely do big compound lifts inside the power rack (bench, squat, etc). And obviously a bar and free weights.

I have an Eatright Scale from Amazon. This one: http://www.amazon.com/EatSmart-Precision-Bathroom-Capacity-Technology/dp/B001KXZ808/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1418282268&sr=8-1&keywords=scale It has been pretty consistent.

You look good. Nothing to be ashamed of. As far as your routine goes - it looks good as well, and I would only make a few changes. For your push day, I would skip the machine for shoulder presses and do it with free weights instead. Edit: Nvm I missed that you're doing free weight shoulder presses already. In that case,…

I don't know why you wouldn't just go with one of the many routines that's already out there. I suggest you go with something that's already proven. I also suggest you first learn the basic lift before you start alternating different variants of it. It sounds cool and neat on paper to say I'm going to do narrow grip bench,…

Slow down. I'm going to assume you're a newbie because you didn't even outline your macros and you don't realize how aggressive your goal is. First off you have to understand how difficult 20%-10% is going to be. Can it be done in 2.5 months? Possible, sure, but not very likely for a beginner. You would have to be on point…

So you want to shape your thighs and glutes, and make them stronger...using a treadmill. How about a squat rack instead?

If you really want to progress on your lifts and get as strong as you can faster then you're going to have to eat in a surplus (and gain weight). If you want to do a bit of both (lose fat, gain strength) then you're just going to have to eat in a minor deficit and deal with the fact that your gains will come slower. It…

I took a quick look at your diary. Most of your entries are just quick adds. I also noticed that you have some generic entries when you eat out, like for chinese food. I'd say you're most likely overeating. I am 5'9, 170lbs, and I've been losing weight eating 1800 calories a day. I lift for 1-1.5 hours 3x a week and do…

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I do it once I've hit a decent weight loss goal. At this point that's every 5lbs, which is about once a month.

Unsweetened almond milk. I use it to make my protein shakes.

Take bodyfat measurements with calipers. Scale hasn't budged for me in two weeks, but the calipers show me I am steadily losing.

Don't directly train shoulders then. Easy.

This. You're going to drive yourself crazy if you start weighing EVERYTHING.

You will lose nothing if you are still eating in a calorie surplus after you cut out soda.

Take pictures. You'll see a difference in 3-4 weeks.

When I binge I don't log it either lmao. At most I might get like halfway, but then realize I ate so much crap that I don't even feel like putting in the effort to log it. I binge so rarely that it doesn't even really matter though. I had a binge last week after about 3 months so it wasn't a big deal to me. Then I just…

Don't even bother counting calories when you pig out at a buffet. It's a waste of time. Just get back on track the next day.

I made it a lifestyle change. I've learned how to eat and why what I used to eat made me obese. I won't ever allow myself to get fat and lose control again.

If you can't go to parallel and you're losing your balance then your form is all wrong.That's the honest answer. Doing barbell squats correctly is difficult. Go search youtube for squat tips from elliot hulse; efliteft's "so you think you can squat" series is also good.

It can be done. I lost 80lbs in 10 months. When you're really overweight, the weight flies off. Your only problem is that you're not training smart. You're working out 7 days a week with no rest days. What's most likely going to happen is you'll burn yourself out either mentally or physically (possibly both) and quit. I…