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  • you may be taking in less calories but you not getting the necessary proteins and good fats and carbs in order to feed your body... you'll lose muscle because your body needs protein and you'll be at higher risk for cholesterol and sugar problems... weight loss will be mainly muscle.. aint nobody got time for that :)…
    in Getting your macro nutrients dead on!! Comment by pikkies23 October 2013
  • cardio only burns calories while you are doing the cardio but if you incorporate some resistance and interval training into your cardio it can work wonders as you experience something called after burn - this is when your calorie burning continues even though you are not doing cardio :) the reason why cardio is important…
    in Lessons Learned - Cardio vs. Weights Comment by pikkies23 October 2013
  • weights are an amazing way of getting into shape!! something that I do is interval cardio strength training everyday after I have stretched as my warm up! it allows for my heart rate to get to a nice pace and makes you sweat which Is what we want! heres my example of what I do as warm up! 200m rowing 15 squats 20 crunches…
    in Lessons Learned - Cardio vs. Weights Comment by pikkies23 October 2013
  • home made granola bars :) so super yummy when on the run - got a great recipe if you need it - very little calories :)
    in Breakfast is getting boring Comment by pikkies23 October 2013
  • As the others have mentioned one day wont make your body go into starvation mode.. but something that I have found on my rest days is that my body isn't hungry at all... its like if you don't want to exercise we are not eating... this is such a bad mentality to have... 1200 calories is your maintenance level this IS…
    in calories Comment by pikkies23 October 2013
  • Hi LyroJospeph! I assume that your walking and jogging is referring to your cardio workout at the gym? if this is the case, you should be looking at maybe doing some different types of interval training as cardio. you will notice in the first 2 - 3 weeks some gain but this is due to water in the muscles. when we do some…
    in gained weight back Comment by pikkies23 October 2013
  • hi there go check out the Challenge ME November group! I studied human movement sciences and would be happy to assist you and anyone else joining the group to get eating habits and training programmes set up :)
    in Fat guy looking for support Comment by pikkies23 October 2013
  • HI All!!! My name is sarah I love in SA and im 6ft tall and have roughly 17% to 19% body fat I really want to get to about 12 - 14%, I studied human movement sciences (bio kinetics) and would love to assist anyone that needs help! for me motivating others helps me to stay motivated! ... my goal and challenge that I want to…
    in I am looking for friends to go through 100 lbs weight loss Comment by pikkies23 October 2013
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