bigblondewolf Member

I'm in!! Gryffindor please :happy:

Bump for the pics :)

Nom nom nom... good ones so far. I also wanted to add a throwback to 10 Things I Hate About You... Oh Heath.

I know exactly how you feel. I used to have severe anxiety disorder from a small child until I was about 18. Going anywhere new or special (eg. starting a new school year, going out on a date, an unexpected trip to a theme park) would make me violently sick to my stomach. I used to avoid events like these until I realized…

Thanks to all who commented! These are all such good ideas :)

Best: Lovin the short hair! Worst: Pics could show more of your bod

Well X-Men of course :)

Hahah well then... :blushing:

Hugs :)

Bump, because I'm also curious if you can develop both speed and strength simultaneously.

Honestly, these posts about girls who don't work out on their periods just seem like excuses to me. If you're really serious about getting in shape then stick with it, no matter what time of the month.

Were you drinking alcohol that night? It tends to dehydrate the body so you flush out a lot of water weight in one go. I always find that the morning after a night out I'm a pound or two lighter than the night before, even if I ate nothing but garbage and drank beer all night. As a side note, 1500 cals sounds pretty low…

I'm in the GTA as well! I know the rain is nasty right now. But go! You'll feel super happy you did. Or if you have the space at home do one of these http://www.youtube.com/user/FitnessBlender Don't skip the workout because of the rain though. If you do it right, you'll be all wet from the sweat when you're done anyways :)

Oh no worries! I'm under no illusion that I have a good level of body fat. I know there's still lots there that needs to go before I see good results with my core. I know I can't spot reduce, but are there any specific moves that would strengthen a weak core? I get a low of lower back pain that I'm almost 100% certain is…

Hmm yeah I've thought that as well. My natural posture is to arch my back tho so I guess that's something I'll have to work on.

Aw thanks that's sweet of you. I know it's not as bad as it could be (I'm thankful I never let myself get too far out of shape). You look very tiny tho :) I'm sure you don't have to worry about your midsection. These pictures are taken seconds apart tho btw. It's not a progress pic (although I wish it was! Lol)

Bump and some pics to show what I mean lol.

I'm doing the C25K program myself and have asked some avid runner friends about this. The advice was pretty unanimous. If the gap in time is fairly large or you're extremely uncomfortable or in pain when you push to finish the time brackets then allow yourself some repeat days. However, if you're only a bit winded then…

Not sure if you're in Canada or in the US, but either way this is a super useful resource. http://www.celiac.ca/ My mum is Celiac and so the whole family has gotten into a pretty gluten free mode of eating generally. I have a ton of awesome brands for breads and pastas and such that I can recommend if you're Canadian…

^This sounds delicious! Saving this recipe for later.

Bump for the yummy recipes!

For the most part, no I haven't been eating back my calories. There are a few days when I was hungry or had a serious craving for something and went a bit over, but I don't intentionally eat them back. Thanks B, I have noticed a difference as well. It's just a bit confusing to see the tape measure movie and the scale not…

Oh don't get me wrong, I'm super happy! I just was more wondering behind the science of how the scale only shows a small loss but the measuring tape shows a big loss. And to make sure I was on the right track with everything :)

Bump.

I had sort of figured this was the case because I know I didn't drop 5lbs of fat in just two weeks haha. I did know that one :) I've been a long time lurker here so I've been trying to read as many of the "posts for newbies" as I can. I've checked my TDEE with Scooby's calculator and will recheck it again when I hit the…

Whoops, sorry, it's now open to the public. I am weighing my food and being pretty good with details because I know how important that is. And yep, I definitely log all of the times I go out to eat or have something that's less than healthy. So am I am aware of those calories too.

Just plain greek yogurt has definitely got quite the taste. We actually use it instead of sour cream at my house because it tastes so much like it. Don't try to add stuff to the plain one, it always tastes sort of weird. We just get the vanilla flavoured one. It's pretty decent tasting and has barely any more grams of…

Thanks for the advice! I think I will back-track a bit and use dumbells until the other one catches up a bit.

How should I go about modifying it to lessen the gap then? If I use dumbells do I use the same weight for both arms? Or do I just continue using the barbell without any weight added until the left arm catches up with the other? Sorry if these are basic questions, I'm pretty new to all of this and want to make sure I put…

Thanks to all the suggestions so far. As I'm doing them as a part of stronglifts I'd really like to stick to the barbell if possible. However I'm really not lifting much weight (actually just the empty bar right now :embarassed: ). My right arm has no problem with the weight, but my left arm really struggles to get it…