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Thank you so much everyone!

When I drink a gallon of water per day, my cravings for sugars are reduced and I am able to make more level-headed decisions about eating. I feel satisfied and full for longer. But then again, I'm not trying to get super-lean and I live in the desert ;)

I'm 5'3" but I'm 127lbs I do carb cycling and weight lifting

Bulking is a period in which you eat and work out in order to gain muscle. Cutting is the period afterwards in which you eat and work out to shed fat while also maintaining as much of that muscle as possible :)

It's mostly olympic/power lifting... Not much static lifting anymore (although I did a lot of that when I was bulking this summer). Things like power cleans, squats, bench, deadlifts, etc. combined with a bunch of different exercises (pushups, situps, etc.). I do crossfit mostly 4 days per week and that gets me most of my…

Thank you all so much! And yes all of you can add me :) I'm 5'3" for those of you who are curious! I'm 25 and my job is mostly sedentary. I eat my meals out of tupperware that I bring to work. The bulking and cutting plan that I followed was Jamie Eason's LiveFit Trainer (I did basically 3 months of stage 1 and 2, tried 3…

Thank you all for your wonderful support!!

Thank you so much! I agree, it challenges me in ways no other workouts ever could. Keeps things interesting and I love the friends/family I've gained in the process! The smile definitely adds something too, haha! Thanks for noticing :)

Love this quote!!

January 2013 After 10 months with a bulking and cutting phase: Lifting has made me feel more awesome inside and out!

I get the point of cheat day, for sure. It works for a lot of people. However, for some of us (me), this tends to backfire. I go the entire next day craving bad foods. After I go a couple of weeks without a "cheat" meal I no longer crave one. That said, I have to keep a tighter rope on myself than most, but try doing…

Thank you so much (all of you!). So, I do 3 days of low carb, 1 day of high carb (for me) and the following day VERY low-carb. Low-carb: Breakfast- eggs and egg white omelet with spinach, chicken, bell peppers, broccoli, mushrooms, and cheese Lunch: BIG spinach salad with steak, bleu cheese, almonds, and olive oil (and…

Just something to consider: When you add fast-acting carbs like sugar, it causes a pretty big insulin spike in your blood sugar levels. A lot of times this insulin spike causes the calories to be stored as fat rather than as glycogen, unless directly after a workout. Another way to quell this spike is to eat protein with…

omg girl. You just made me DIE in the middle of my office. HAHA YES I gave up weighing myself a long time ago. Best decision ever. I made a blog post here about it: http://myfitnesscrossfitjourney.tumblr.com/ I'll probably make a separate post about it too! So glad I can inspire such amazing women on here!

Thanks hon! I hope to maintain a pretty good body fat percentage after the wedding as well. :) It's still a ways off (7 months!).

This! For sure. And/or bad form.

Thank you!!

LMAO

Try Jamie Eason's LiveFit Trainer on Bodybuilding.com... It has videos of all of the moves. But I do advise (if you can!) seeking a bit of help from someone experienced who can SHOW you proper form. It's hard to see what you are doing wrong unless you have a mirror and know what proper form looks like, or have someone…

This.

Definitely agree with this part!

I'm the same way. Your metabolism is in the toilet, basically. Because you've been eating at such a low caloric state (I'm assuming you're not under 5 feet tall), your body is hanging on to everything it has because you've consistently been telling it that there is nothing to eat. I ate at 1200 (which is lower than minimum…

I do SO much better in the summer, even with a weirder routine. Cold weather makes my sinuses act up. I work out in the evenings usually, when it's a little bit humid, which is so nice for my poor sinuses. Plus it just feels more natural to be sweaty when it's already hot outside.

5'3" Before: 2012, 125 lbs. Mostly cardio, high carbs, very little eating (excellent body board too haha) January 2013: 140 lbs, 31% body fat, eating whatever I wanted pretty much March 2013: 135 lbs, 25-27% body fat (didn't really know), lifting heavy, low carb, high protein, lower cals June 2013: 138 lbs, 27% body fat,…

Six months for sure, haha. I doubt you're doing it "wrong" per se- everybody's body reacts differently to different kinds of training. I have a very strict regimen and nutritional set-up (I bring coolers with me everywhere, eat plain cold chicken, wake up at 6 am to eat and then go back to sleep, carb cycle, etc.). I'm…

lmao!! Thank you! Lifting has made me love my legs a lot as well! :laugh:

Before lifting weights in January 2013 After a couple of months of lifting weights After 6 months of lifting weights Edit: I just read the post about "please don't post pics of yourself flexing because it will scare girls who don't want to get bulky" so sorry if my offensively huuuuuge muscles scare anyone away :wink:

Lots of healthy, high protein foods. Also high carb and high fats to help with organ and metabolic function, although I'm no expert. Just don't resort to saturated fats or any junk/processed stuff. Bake all of your meals for the next three days and store them in tupperware. Eat 7 times per day and eat about 4-7g of protein…

My fiance loved me and treated me wonderfully when I was fatter. Now that I'm more in shape, he tells me that the biggest difference is that I am so much more confident and happy, and that that's what matters to him. He is nowhere near as driven as I am in terms of athleticism but has taken up working out and eating…