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Sugar is sugar, just a simple carb.

Nope, rather frowned upon around these parts, considering it is essentially a scam.

This sums up my feelings. I'd rather just put my efforts into an all out workout after work.

What sources are you reading and why are they saying eat less meat?

Your 1rm (1 rep max) is the most weight you can do for a single rep on a lift. If the most you can do on bench for example, is 100lbs, your 1rm is 100lbs. the % is based off that. You should be able to do around 5-8 reps at 8-% (in this case 80 lbs). Thats what it means. (Reps/percentages are not an exact science.)

I did, just irritated when some people come in with a high and mighty approach without actually helping or backing up their statements.

So you decided to bring nothing to this conversation then.

I realized I had an addiction, so I just embraced it and drank more.

...its a joke.

Can you not take off for an hour or so after their father is home?

whoo...slow it down, next you'll think they should be allowed to vote.

That's bloody awesome. That's bloody awesome.

And yet, if the statement was made in reverse, people would lose their *kitten*.

Hell, even if they did get bulky, why should I care so long as they are happy?

Don't over think it, no matter how hard you try, calorie counting isn't an exact science. If you are a few one way or the other OVER ALL for the day, you'll be fine.

Beta alanine is the first supplement in a pre I look for. The tingling gets me ready for some serious training.

Add two yolks.

For the ingredients I care about, yes.

I hate this idea...I'm still going to eat the food, I just don't want to feel guilty about it when I go for a second order.

I love my pre, but I Don't disagree with you. Its part of the prep for the training session.

Once you fully accept that, you will do it.

When I do the early morning or late at nights, its just because that's when it fits my schedule. I have the dedication to get the job done. Not directed at the OP, but I am sick of people somehow thinking that an early morning workout makes them hardcore or what ever crap line they feed themselves. If you get up at 4am and…

Someone stops in to get a coffee to go on the way to the gym and no one bats an eye, I drink a pre workout (same cost) and people say its the devil. Bloody *kitten*.

Yeah, no issues with it.

This sums it up. Also, doesn't matter if it is sea salt or table salt. Salt is salt, comes from the same place end of the day and has the same chemical composition.

Unless you enjoy the taste, lemon water isn't doing anything for you.

"Most important meal of the day" is either an old wives tale or a tag line created by the bacon and egg industry.

Just take it easy then, don't worry about it. Just don't "forget" to get back at it.

Also, depends what your minor surgery is. I had my appenedix out. A week later I was back running. Three weeks later I was benching heavier than I had in a year (since I mangled my shoulder.) Only issue I had was when I needed to brace with my abdominal. I could feel tightness from them healing since they were cut through.

You could be an absolute sloth for two weeks and not do damage. The first few workouts are going to suck, you're probably going to gas out faster than you'd like and might be a tad weaker. It comes back fast, especially for such a short time. DOMS will be worse though.