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Virtually any 'app' that you download, install, and then proceed to use on your smart phone has just about complete control over your phone. Read the fine print; it is sickening.

I'm going to throw out a shameless plug for a movie to watch that may be an inspiration: Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead. It is a very extreme example of how one man started his weight loss journey, but there is a lot of evidence in support of supplementing one's diet with juicing.

I don't subscribe to the Romanian Deadlift nor the stiff-leg deadlift very often, but from what you're describing, so long as you're not rounding your back a ton when you initially pick up the bar you should be fine. Personally, my thoughts would be to have a fairly wide stance & bend your knees like a typical deadlift to…

For one week, try swapping out a processed snack with a veggie or fruit every other time. Next week, swap out processed junk for fresh fruit & veg for a snack two out of three times. If you over eat on processed foods by eyeballing them, the caloric impact can be huge. If you over-eat on veggies, the caloric impact is…

Use a heart-rate monitor like an inexpensive Polar FT7 or something similar. As others have said there are a LOT of variables, but a decent HRM should at least give you a relatively accurate estimate.

Google "Louie Simmons Squat" and you'll see plenty of pictures on squatting form.

One easy way to look at it is that one pound is 3500kcal. To lose one pound a week, cut out 3500kcal from your BMR every week, or roughly 500 calories shy of your BMR every day. Want to accelerate that weight loss? Work out to create even more of a deficit. Just be sure that you're going to properly nourish your body by…

"I wanna tried fried beans. Because maybe they're just as good as re-fried beans, and we weren't wasting time." ~Mitch Hedberg

I've used my Polar FT7 for several similar strength training sessions so I have a pretty good idea of how much I'm burning. I don't take very long breaks and push myself pretty hard, so my heart rate usually goes up to the 160's and drops back down to 120-130 ish between sets. I'm consistently burning >10kcal/min which is…

Nope. Never have, and for the foreseeable future I likely never will.

I'm in my early 30's with four older siblings up to age 40. I talk to my brother most often who is just 16 months older than me, and that's anywhere from 1-3 times every two weeks. I also text/snap chap my two older sisters quite regularly now. Geographically speaking we're within 100 miles of each other and still see each…

I don't like spending the $ on a gym membership. Over the last few years I've spent about $800 on misc gym equipment, the most expensive purchase being $400 for a set of Ironmaster dumbbells. However, I have enough equipment at home to do most WODs if that's your thing, or just about any other workout you can think of.…

I've always enjoyed Isopure Perfect. My wife takes the Meal Replacement powder because she's already pretty thin & can use the extra carbs, I use the Low Carb option because I'm pretty chubby but still like to lift weights. I'd say the taste is above average, but it mixes so much better than any other protein powder I've…

There IS such a thing, such as celery, but you would have to eat a LOT of celery and your 'negative' effect is very, very, very small. It is akin to drinking ice water knowing that your body will burn calories just by heating the ice water up to body temperature. The effects are so minimal that it is hardly noteworthy. The…

A2g gets to be pretty hard on the knees when going up in weight. If I'm lifting heavy I try to go parallel, maybe a smidgen lower. If I'm warming up with light weights I don't mind doing deeper squats. Just my two cents - listen to your body, in this particular case your knees, as a2g really does put a lot of pressure on…

Anyone who honestly thinks that the Government should be forcing their involvement into the interwebs needs to get their noggin checked out.

If you people really, truly, honestly believe that fast-food workers should be making $15/hr, then by all means: use your own money to start a fast food join (or ANY other business) and pay your labor force $15/hr. Until then, you have absolutely no right to demand any one individual make any more (or less) than you do, or…

I've set a goal of 97 lbs to lose. Open diary, only lost about 25 lbs since Jan. Open diary, feel free to add me if you'd like.

Have you ever tried a Hormel Rev Wrap? Typically around 13-17g of protein, and they actually taste pretty good, too. Several different flavors to choose from, so it is pretty easy to find a flavor that you like. At ~240ish calories, they hold over pretty well (due to so much protein). Couple that with their cool little…

Isopure Perfect - I prefer the Dutch Chocolate Low Carb, and I buy the Chocolate Meal replacement for my wife as she can use the extra carbs. I spend roughly $100 on 7.5-8.8 lbs, relatively speaking, and I'll price check multiple online sites but usually buy it off of eBay. My guess is that you could get it in Canada, but…

Money. Pennies, nickels, dimes, quarters, and get some fifty cent pieces or even Susan B's to throw in the mix. Tie a monetary reward that directly correlates to his work. In this sense, you will find that correlation equals causation. Worked like a charm for me when I was a kid, and I breezed through math in every grade…

Firefly, bar none. Also - Jericho & Chuck. I'm a nerd.

CS Lewis - Mere Christianity. Phenomenal book - I don't know why I've waited so many years to read it.

This really is great advice. Exercise is about as good of a stress reliever as you can get, and the 'feel good' aspect of it is infinitely better than the miserable guilt one feels after binge eating something like chocolate.

^ I was going to say something right along these lines. Relatively speaking, muscle is much more dense than fat which is where the term "muscle weights more than fat" comes from. I first started losing weight quite quickly, but after a couple of months the scale just about quit moving. However, despite the fact that the…

Wife of nearly six years has full access to my phone, and I to hers. No reason not to, so there are no worries.

One quick comment - I wouldn't worry much about water weight fluctuations. Some days you'll weight more, other days you'll weigh less, and it could easily be attributed to water one way or another. If your blood work is fine I wouldn't be too concerned about sodium intake. Yes, 5k of sodium on a daily basis is likely no…

Another cool thing to look up on the Crossfit Journal is the series titled "Killing the Fat Man" - it is basically one guys video documentary of going from quite obese/out of shape and getting back into shape over the course of several months. Quote motivational and also informational :-)

Go to Crossfit.com, click on the Journal link, pay $25 for one year's subscription to the journal, and watch everything you can find by Kelly Starrett, Coach Burgener, and even Louie Simmons. You'll have more information than you know what to do with.