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Statins are cholesterol medication. I'm trying to avoid them through diet and exercise myself.

Great progress. Are you on statins?

The three pound gain was also on her period. Normal fluctuations for a woman.

And now starts the sugar debate.

Had a good poop at about 5:15.

Really you should just realise that water retention is a thing and not worry about sodium. Trans fats are helpful to track, and you should try to keep them under 1g per week.

That's what I was leaning towards. Nevermind.

lol

Is avocado a veggie?

Looks good. I would try to stick to something between 1500 and 1600. This is because you really don't have a lot of room to cut if you hit a plateau. If you're eating at 1400 for an extended period you will experience metabolic adaptation. Your body will tell itself that you only have 1400 calories per day to work with,…

Ah protein myths. So you're right. Protein will not turn into on a deficit. Synthesize isn't really the right word here in my opinion. Your body can use 30-40ish grams of protein every few hours for muscle anabolism. When you consume protein your body breaks it down into amino acids. These amino acids that aren't used for…

wow so much bad advice. OP how many calories are you eating in a day? How long have you been experiencing a plateau? This is somewhat irrelevant, as I feel like you will get more of the results that you want from a good lifting routine. What is your exercise like right now?

As it has been said, you probably need more calories. http://iifym.com/iifym-calculator/ to give you a better idea of how many you need. As for protein, you really can't have too much protein. If you eat more protein than your muscles can use for anabolism the amino acids will support kidney, liver, brain, and heart…

No one's building muscle at 1200 calories.

No diabetes = no problem. Just make sure to meet you macros.

Insulin is what causes a bloat. Insulin is anabolic. 1 step back, 3 steps forward.

Not okay to eat under 1200 calories. Cardio won't get you "toned".

Are you diabetic?

Annnnd lock

Glad I could make you laugh:) it was a joke.

I ate half a cup of ice cream yesterday... Am I superhuman?

+1 for casein and +1 for fluff. For some reason I thought you were anti-protein though?

Please point me in the right direction. As I said, the only studies that I saw (I only read the abstracts) after googling "sugar antioxidants" seemed to suggest the opposite of what you were saying.

I'm thinking that the thinking behind this is insulin bloat? If that's the thinking here, then look into insulin as an anabolic hormone.

googled it. saw studies that suggested the opposite of what you are saying. saw blogs that supported what you are saying. not believing what you are saying.

http://www.doctoroz.com/videos/balance-your-blood-sugar-lose-weight

Compound lifts, compound lifts, compound lifts. ETA: I've heard some scary things about neck iso exercises - all second hand, nothing scientific, but I still don't really find them necessary. Shoulder exercises should have an impact on the neck.

Some people like comedy movies, people like you factless articles. Not bad.