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This, google it. There are a few different sites that provide the same info as well as some forms to fill out that do the work for you. IMO scales that try to calculate BFP are garbage. I've never owned one that was even remotely accurate. My current scale tells me regularly that I'm around 30% percent... the reality I can…

Fair enough, I think we can agree that we should not cut out any of the macronutrients. Certainly, making fat 60% of your intake is going to be counter productive in terms of most people goals and I think that was you original point . I'm of the opinion that protein on the other hand should make up the largest percentage…

I'll generalize here... I agree on a whole we do eat way too much fat, I also think we eat way too much carbs. You mentioned that if you sit in front of a computer all day that you don't need as much protein. I agree there as well but what I feel you are suggesting as the alternative is to consume primarily carbs as your…

My advice, your body does not shed fat or pack it on based on calorie intake over a 24 hour period. Sometimes you're over sometimes under, look at the trend. Health is the goal, not calorie counting. Every decision you make either helps you on your way to your goals of hinders you... making more choices that help than…

Never! That's the point. Really though, your knees aside, the stronger you get at climbing hills, the faster you go or you seek out steeper ones. The whole point is exercise and like any other form of it eventually the pain becomes pleasure. If you're having knee problems as was mentioned get your bike fitted. Knee…

Very much so, from cellular communication to fat soluble vitamins fat is as much an essential nutrient as carbs or protein. And don't be sold on the idea that too much protein is too much... to much of any of the macronutrients is too much by virtue of cals in versus cals out. What should be given consideration is energy…

That's a hard question to answer and is going to depend on your body and your goals. Start with what MFP recommends then tweak it from there to optimize performance with deficit. Work on only changing one part of the plan at a time, for example, if you're results aren't coming, don't drop caloric intake by 20%, alter…

It's a balance, personally I think eating quality foods is of bigger importance than counting calories when it cones to weight loss but both extremes can hinder your results... If I ate 3000 calories above my daily burn worth of chicken breast a day I doubt I'd lose much weight, on the other hand a 500 cal deficit eating…

Your diet... why do you think you're tired in the afternoon versus the early evening (or any other time)? As it was already mentioned, shoot for higher protein and lower carbohydrates at lunch. Forget stimulants, I drink coffee and and tea, neither in excess nor to compensate for energy levels. You're tired because you're…

Really though, who cares? I know we all get frustrated from time to time with what people say but you're not doing this for them. Somebody telling me that my life must suck because of the amount exercise I do or the strictness of my eating habits obviously doesn't have a clue because they're flat out wrong, I love my…

Physical activity is physical activity. It comes down to how hard your body has work (or how efficiently it performs work) to perform the activity. If you're increasing your heart rate for an extended period of time it makes no difference if you're riding a bike of doing a handstand when it comes to weight loss. Yoga can…

Nice, Tamara is well know within the yoga community in my little part of the world. This is a good blog in general if you're into introspection and such.

I love lululemon, prior to getting into yoga I'd never even heard of them not to mention the store doesn't jump out as a male clothing line. They have the most comfortable and best fitting exercise clothes I have ever owned. But i digress, they are super expensive. My yoga studio offers a member discount if I buy the…

Everybody will tell you to eat more, personally from looking at your diet I would suggest cutting down on your carbs, less refined carbs in general. Take rice for example, brown is healthier than white, but get away from eating it everyday and certainly not multiple times. Replace refined carbs with unrefined as much as…

yep it's been said, diet leads to abs... That said, in terms of the most effective ab workout, my preference is planks. Regardless of the abdominal workout you do the most effective thing you can learn to do is engage your abdominal muscles while you do it. All too often crunches go to waste, like when you hear people say…

I agree with this, aside from indigestion or in my case sweets give me strange dreams. I think it's more important to regulate what you're eating prior to bed rather than if. In terms of energy usage eating a big o plate of pasta prior to sleeping is probably about the worst time you could do it. On the other hand I've had…

I also find it disturbing, to me saying that you hate water is like saying that you hate to breath. To each their own, I'm not going to judge anyone but I would think about why you don't enjoy water before trying to figure out a way to spruce it up. Not enjoying water is primarily a mental block and I'd venture to say that…

Fair enough, I think it's correct to generalize to protein in general. I was speaking more to the point of protein vs carbs prior to sleep. Personally I've had good success with limiting the amount of carbs I eat later in the evening and in supplimenting protein prior to sleep.

I practice 5-6 times a week in a studio and consistently burn between 400 - 600 calories (using a HRM). The benefits are countless as others have mentioned, but don't count out it's pure cardio benefits. I doubt do it home videos nor health club recreational classes will provide the burn you'd like for weight management…

This is exactly why it's commonly suggested to take protein prior to bed, specifically casein protein. By consuming slower digesting proteins you're intention is to keep your body in an anabolic state when it would otherwise be using calories minimally. HGH is also while you sleep which makes protein an ideal energy source…

Last time I said that to a woman at my work she totally took it the wrong way.

I think that right there says it all. Your right to happiness or ability to be loved has NOTHING to do with your weight and you should never limit yourself based on it. Love is a choice, something that you create for yourself and it begins with learning to love yourself. You can spend your whole life trying to make things…

I suggest Jillian Michaels book Mastering you're metabolism. I was rather impressed by how easy her prose is to enjoy and whether you really want to to the "clean eating" extreme or not you'll find a ton of beneficial info on clean food sources, avoiding environmental toxins and working towards balancing hormonal…

I need 2 doses of 30cc of triglucoepiphomanooverdosacide stat!

I love it, not everything in it is the best but it's a great cookbook for someone trying to diet. It may not work out for someone cooking for a family but IMO that's the best thing about it. It's recipes for 1 serving and that's a little more difficult to find. Sure there are a ton of cookbooks out there geared towards…

lol, that's way too complicated. If someone if proposing that the statement "muscle weighs more than fat" is incorrect based on the predicate that 1 lb. of A = 1 lb of B, they've already missed the point and your proof is going to fall on deaf ears.

meh... not even worth it

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Don't feel embarrassed in the gym. Everyone has a reason to be there and yours is no better or worse than theirs. The more you go to the gym the more you begin to notice that there are a lot of people in there that don't have a clue. The gym is like any other environment that requires a serious personal effort to see…

Get a heart rate monitor and call it whatever you choose, just note cals spent and minutes exercised. EDIT: and in case it's not clear I mean create your own exercise listing.