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Hey Mindy - good luck. I've had some pretty good success and can assure you that, while exercise is good and necessary for health, it's not going to be the key to weight loss. I think 90% plus is what you eat, not how much you work out. So, knowing the time demands of being a college student, I'd advise you to get what…

Hi there. I guess several reasons I'm here. I have gained/lost a number of time over the years. Have an upper limit and I pretty much just won't go beyond and reached that last May. Also saw some pics of me that that size on May 10th :# , so that pretty much got me started. I'm 50, so figured it's time I got really serious…

I like Diet Mt. Dew and drink more than one every day. Have lost 34 lbs since May 10th. So, I don't think they have any detrimental effect on weight loss at all, unless there's some sort of indirect effect for a particular person where it might make them crave (and then consume) something that actually does have…

Perhaps you're right, but it just seems counterintuitive. About 4 years ago, I lost about 40 lbs over the course of several months and my bench press went from about 210 to exactly 310 during that same period of time. It's just hard to fathom that happening without any gain in muscle at all. I agree that you can't add a…

Neither asserting that 'you can't build muscle in a deficit' nor observing that it's easier/more effective to build muscle in a surplus lead to the conclusion that it's impossible, either. If that assertion were entirely and literally true, wouldn't it be virtually impossible to lower BF% while maintaining weight as well?…

With respect, it's not overall mass that's the question, but lean mass only. By defniition, you'll lose overall mass anytime you're in a deficit - of that there is no doubt. Now, I'm convinced that a person can lower their BF% while maintaining their weight by lifting and eating right. In order to do that, they have to be…

Haven't seen anyone say that. For your example, I think there's no doubt that the extreme deficit would preclude maintaining muscle mass, much less building. But I'll say if you had an excess of 50lbs of fat, ate 400g of protein a day, and wound up at a 2g per day net deficit while lifting heavily, that I'm not sure it'd…

Thanks for the kind words. If mine isn't from new muscle, it'd fall into the very obese (I guess. I was probably 28% BF initially and maybe 22-23%ish now) and a previous lifter returning after a hiatus.

I consider going from 3 to 7 reps at 225 in 6 or 7 weeks progress, but not tremendous progress. But I don't think it can be viewed as negligible, could it? I've been much stronger and much weaker at times over the years and it sure seems like I'm building (small amounts) of muscle here. You raise good questions and I'm…

Thermodynamics has nothing to do with this. Noone has suggested that you can add muscle without eating at all. Having a deficit is not equivalent to not eating at all. My maintenance is probably around 3000 or more, so anything less is a deficit. Let's say I eat 300g of protein (which is used to build muscle), 200g of…

I don't like blanket statements, like 'you can't build muscle in a deficit'. Especially when they're that general. Now, it can be easily granted that it's easier to build muscle without being in a deficit, but I don't think it's impossible. I've was 278 two months ago and am 244 now. My reps for 225 on the bench press have…

Great post.

220 strikes me as a good goal for you. Of course I HAVE to think that, since I'm 6'0" and it's my goal, too! I was around 290 last fall and was losing slowly til joining here at 278 right about 2 months ago. I'm in the 240's now and hope to see 220 by my birthday in August. Will decide then whether 220 is really a good…

The picture of Arnold is very old and may have been taken when he was having some acute health issues. Below is a link to him working out in 2013. I'd be willing to bet that TWO Doug Graham's couldn't lift what Arnold can, so let's don't get carried away. Regardless of what either of them can do a single person's results…

I've got two pairs of pants that are different sizes, although otherwise identical. There was a time not long ago where the larger ones where preferred because the smaller ones were a little snug. Well, today I was planning to wear the smaller pair, but after finding that I could slide them right off, easily, after they…

Naked. Hell, I'd flap my arms if I could create a little lift.

I don't think it's a big deal - just plan for it. I ate at basically maintenance level a few days ago, which was only the first or second time in two months I've eaten that much. Ate very little the next day, though (and it was easy to eat that little). Average the two days and I would've had two nice, normal days. Back to…

Really old diet plan here, guys! My buddy invented it back in the 90's, as best I can tell. He wanted to go out drinking one night and I said, 'I don't know...I'm trying to lose some weight.' To which he responded, 'No problem, you'll be sick all day tomorrow!'. He was a very persuasive guy.

[/quote] Guys? Hell, even I eat 120ish grams of protein a day. Anyone would be smart to stay away from me, if I don't... lol [/quote] And you look amazing! If that's not a fine testimonial for getting plenty of protein, I don't know what is. PROTEIN!

Apologies, I know nothing about 17 day diet. But as a general rule, guys DO love/need a lot of protein. Double the protein he's eating now (doesn't look like many protein calories at all, to me) and see how that works. Let him snack on extra lean ham rather than carrots. I'd lose 8 lbs a week on the food you've listed and…

I think when a person is really in fat-burning mode, that they can develop exactly the sort of breath that you describe. Do some googling about Atkins, ketosis, etc. No idea if you're attempting low carb or anything like it, but I think it stands to reason that if you're body's burning a lot of fat quickly that some level…

Read some more posts from OP above - sounds like there were many and varied attempts made in the hotel - (this is a fairly ridiculous sounding comment (from me)! Think maybe my time in this thread is done..lol)

Man, if I had known this wasn't common knowledge to you ladies, I would've written this weeks ago. <sigh> If I've helped just one of my brothers out there, it was all worth it! Wait a minute, I misread your post...you were well aware all along. Yeah, I thought it was pretty obvious when we bring up yoga, where we're trying…

Please know that I only offered my comments in the hope that they might in some way be of a help to you and the situation - hope things work out great for you. Relationships are tough! Good luck to you -

I understand that point of view entirely, but I wouldn't be so hard on him without knowing a lot more. Especially considering their age, I don't think this is a very uncommon situation. At the risk of getting figuratively stoned in here, I'll say this - I'm more than twice their age and my wife and I have been married 13…

I think the first story is likely correct (don't know about the shagging someone else part, but he definitely wants to shag SOMEONE.) The big clue is the getting the hotel room, only cuddling, and then him being distant in the morning. She may have never imagined any sex, but I'll assure you that a 21 y/o guy who gets a…

Just keep going. Our bodies put fat on in a certain sequence and then take it off in reverse order, pretty much. There are some weights where we just don't like our own appearance (even as much as a somewhat higher weight!). I saw a series of photos from a guy who was illustrating his shape at various lowering weights and…

I've lost around 36 lbs and haven't given diet sodas a second thought (have not tried to cut back or eliminate them). That's been since last fall, but the majority of the loss (about 26 lbs) has been over the last couple of months while on MFP. My experience is the diet soda won't hinder you in losing weight. As with…

Use to run into this all the time playing basketball. Guess I solved it by getting old and quitting basketball...lol. Bandaids, vaseline, and compression shirts are all good ideas. Try each of them and figure out what works best for you and your activities, maybe.

I eat breakfast after a day when I've lifted hard or otherwise exerted myself significantly. Otherwise, I don't eat until noon. I've lost 26 lbs so far, feel great, Dr says things are great and to not change a thing, and I'm getting significantly stronger lifting (have gone from repping 225 three times when I started this…