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If at home, you could use 3 chairs.

This is just my uneducated guess, but I think the optimal way of accounting for the slope would be with heels uphill and toes downhill. The reason being that you'll naturally compensate by leaning back slight and engaging your toes to stay straight. Since most of the time people's forms deteriorate by leaning forward too…

As you are a beginner, what you did to start is perfect. Don't worry yet about your working weight (the weight where you'll start to struggle and hit failure) or max weight. Starting with the bar and following the 5lb (or lower) progression gives you good opportunity to work on your form and stop bad habits before you move…

It is okay if you can manage/accept the risk associated with using them. The major risks are the increased stress on joints and the imbalanced load on leg muscles by which I mean, due to their positioning, ankle weights will work your quads but do nothing for your hamstrings.

Honestly, it could just be your body type. I am also Asian descent and about the same height (5'7), and when I was your age (good god I can use that phrase legitimately!), I was also roughly the same weight. At that time, I was pretty fit and athletic and <10% body fat (we got caliper-measured as part of sports physicals…

Hopefully, the 6th time is the charm!

The Rinaldi brand of pasta sauce has a no-salt added version. You can definitely taste a difference compared to other sodium-heavy sauces, but I actually prefer it. It's not really bland due to the lack of salt. Instead, it comes off more tangy and sweet than typical sauces. I'll tend to use it more as a base and add…

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that you're talking about nail damage (black or white areas from parts or the whole nail separating from the toe)? For me, that happens when the toe of the shoe is too narrow and tight. When you're running or doing Zumba, you're probably more on your toes throughout, which would…

here's the thing with a program like Stronglifts: it'll be months before you are actually lifting heavy. the most important thing when you're just starting out is form, form, and more form.

30 minute treadmill run @ 6.6mph, random incline between 0 - 4.3.

They misspelled "how to piss off people who want to do squats."

You will get better. You might still hate it. Losing weight can make it easier, but what will help more is when your muscles adapt and strengthen and when your form improves. Don't worry about time at all. Your first goal should be to just finish. Endurance first, then speed.

Breaks from Stronglifts (like your vacation) is fine. Just pick up where you left off. Do NOT use the smith machine for fixing your bench press. It'll be worse for your form, and your weaker stabilizing muscles, which are probably why the bar was wobbly in the first place, won't get much stronger. If you feel like you…

Also, logging the reps, sets, and weights for strength exercises does not impact MFP's calorie count. It's really just there to help you track your progress for those exercises. If you don't put them in, it's no big deal. For things that other people make, you could possibly ask them for the recipe on the pretense that you…

Truth be told, the guys that were going to stare without the shirt will probably stare with the shirt anyways.

Think of it this way: sauna suits provide no benefit for dropping the weight you want to lose (fat) while putting you at risk for dehydration, overheating, and heat exhaustion. So you get additional risks for no reward.

My full time job is a desk job, but I also have a part time job with inconsistent scheduling that's on foot. What I do is use the Sedentary setting, and then I made up an exercise for when I work the part time job that is about equivalent to the difference between sedentary and lightly active for me (~100 calories or so).…

Read the links. Still seems like a bit of a waste. As far as I can tell, the article details research that showed DNA may be used to identify food preferences such as white wine vs red wine. It appears that the study to try to utilize this for weight loss involves designing nutrition plans around more foods that someone is…

It's absolutely possible. In fact, the Couch to 5K program is only 9 weeks. Just remember since you are a new runner and this will be your first 5K, the goal is just to finish. Don't worry about time or keeping up with anybody. Hopefully, one of your friends will be in a similar boat, and you can keep pace together.

I found this one blurb the most interesting part of the whole article: Last fall, the Dubai government launched a 30-day weight loss challenge called "Your Weight in Gold" to encourage dieters and combat growing obesity in the Gulf Arab emirate. It should probably save its money if the current science is right. (Reuters)

Yes, it is correct, and you should try to consume most of the added calories as doing so will keep your overall deficit more consistent and help to avoid creating too large of a deficit. However, some prefer to only consume 50 - 75% of the calories added by MFP for exercise due to the tendency for overestimating burn by…

It's not fat. It's likely water retention leading to bloating. Did your weekend include a lot of high sodium?

If you are using Excel, you could also just change the cell format to Percentage instead of multiplying by 100.

fyi, OP's goal in this case is recovering from an ED and trying to gain weight. To OP, if you were trying to lose weight, I would say not to worry about it at all. Since you are trying to gain weight, I'd say maybe add 300ish calories or so.

Doing one now with fiancee using the 30Day app (free!). It starts you at the longest you can manage and makes up a progressive plan. It's nice because it has a built in timer and daily reminders. I'm on day 9 and have gone from 60 seconds to 120. Fiancee has gone from 26 seconds to 52.

True. But to clarify further it's also illegal to prescribe hcg for the purpose of weight loss...because it's potentially harmful...and doesn't even work. But sounds like op bought some kind of kit or plan, which likely points to fradulent claims of hcg. Not that that is much better.

I'm sorry you spent all your money on this but 1) hcg has been clinically refuted as contributing to weight loss and 2) hcg is illegal without a prescription in the US. Whatever you have is likely fradulent or a scam if it claims to be hcg.

If your given target is 1900 a day, then coming in at 1500 once in a while is fine. However, it would be better to try to eat closer to your goal otherwise it defeats the purpose of having that goal in the first place. It's also fine to eat a little bit over your goal calories as long as you stay within an overall deficit.

The fact that it continued to ache/hurt afterwards could be cause for concern. It could be a injury to your ligaments around the sternum. See a doctor.

Also remember that the calories burned given by MFP for strength training is usually wildly inaccurate because it does not account for weight or intensity, only time. Best to manually round way down on whatever burn is given to you.