mikeykhan2003

It's an expression :p Set failure is one way and is probably the most telling. Once you start to fail your reps one of the suggestions is that it's because you're not fully recovering. If you're not trying to push more weight around and you're comfortable with your sets then it's fair to say that you're recovering fine for…

I weight train for around 40 minutes 3 times a week (4 weeks into 5x5 strong lifts) , and I swim for either 20 minutes (sprints) or an hour (laps) for an hour or so 3-4 times a week.

Keep rocking; you're doing some great things man! I'm not sure how closely you're following the starting lifts, but he says fairly clearly that you shouldn't be doing extended cardio on off days because it impacts your recovery. I swim still but I'm very early on and at fairly low weights. Also you'll need to be careful to…

Quoted in case you missed the wisdom. Eat a little less the day before and the day after :)

I'm not sure this is really an apt analogy. Relationships are hard; it's hard understanding why people are continuing certain behaviors, and it's hard to communicate honestly and openly about things that we fear will make us sound selfish. But if his weight is going to become more a concern and you're going to dump him for…

While I'm not arguing you should juice, there are tricks for you to get enough protein. If you're going to do it, make sure you research them very well.

I need more sushi in my life.

I found some low sodium fairly tasty marinara sauce. So I eat that on a piece of whole grain bread and a slice of low fat colby jack cheese. 100 calories for the bread (optional ; about half the time I eat it in a bowl) 50 for the cheese 50 for the sauce Delicious :)

Goal is 307 (another 8 lbs), stretch goal is 287 (21 lbs). I'm pretty far ahead of my original goals and I haven't reupped them yet. Pretty much definitely going to hit these I both I think. Am actually going to work for 275, which would be 40 lbs.A TINY bit aggressive but I'm currently on track to make it.

Just this. It is not more complicated than this.

Our culture lacks the ability to discern between abusing something and being addicted to it. You can very easily abuse food as a coping mechanism or an indulgence; and there are definitely learned behaviors that can result from a given trigger (aka habit eating). But addicted? Of course everyone is addicted to food, but…

Better yet, ya'll come to America! I hear spanish as often as english now anyway! m

Sounds to me like you're just bored. Do you always take so long to go to sleep? I mean, I know that to-sleep time is pretty much one of super powers, but it has to be boring to lay there for like 30 minutes + each night. I can totally see how you would just cycle your brain over and over until you get up and eat. 1) Stop…

Brushing my teeth is key for me. I can pretty much destroy any craving by brushing my teeth.

Probably depends on how much you need to lose. I just arbitrarily picked a goal weight because it's more a direction than a target until I get smaller and can judge how I look and feel. I'll probably readdress when I get to be ~20 lbs of my current target.

Anything that stands between me and my macros/calorie goals for the day.

It happens with me as well. I went to the Dr, and he believes I am anemic, which would account for my lethargy. The OP should consider inquiring of her Dr regarding anemia.

My goal over the next few months is just try and remember how to play. I'm doing 5x5 in the mornings so I have huge chunks of daylight that, really, I just want to play like a 12 year old. m

Yes - my "cheat" day on Friday is basically sodium only. I still hit my macros and am very close to my calories, but I don't track sodium, because I know regardless of how much water I drink (a lot) or potassium I take in (not as much) that it'll be 3 or 4 days sorting it out. I'm using 5.2 fast, so the rest of the week…

Hard to tell with all those clothes on.... >.> What? Just saying.

I think a lot of the problem of high fat days is that it takes calories away from my protein intake. That's the problem I usually run into when I'm reckless with my fat calories early in the day - it's just something I pay attention to. Edited: grammar are gud.

1. Drink plenty of water. 2. Sleep 7+ hours a night. 3. Move more. 4. Eat less. 5. Do not give up.

Just pick anything and get started. Once you have some experience with a particular method you can try other methods until you know what you enjoy and you know what works for you. You might not have the experience to design your own method but there are several good starting routines, so give any of them that sound…

You are ready to get off that bike and Do some heavy lifting bro.

What you really don't want to do is caculate in pizzas how overweight you were. Hint: I was a lot of pizzas overweight.

New belt. That's 3 dead belts in all!

Does this include when you're very early in the process? I'm only a week in, and I just don't feel any sort of recovery would be necessary. Did any of you guys just blown through the first few weeks?

I understand the folks that say "it's enough of a reward to be healthier", but I definitely do. I have goals set at 25 lbs that I use to "unlock" new activities (spinning, yoga, martial arts, whatever), and a reward as well. Small road trips, concert/sports events, papa johns (the only actual food reward) and when I hit my…

Spent some time in CA - you guys don't have mac and cheese OR good biscuits at kfc in NL. wth? How is that even possible.

We love to have ya, but if you've been here that long you already know the answer :)