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Everybody is doing great! Here is my workout today: Workout A (Tues) Overhead Press, Barbell - 5 x 2 - 50 Overhead Press, Barbell - 5 x 5 - 70 Barbell Row, Bent Over - 5 x 5 - 95 Squats 5 x 3 - 125 Squats 5 x 2 - 145 Squats 5 x 5 - 165 Dumbbell Side Bend - 5 x 10 - 40 Flat Dumbbell Fly - 5 x 5 - 40 Reverse Curls 5 x 5 - 95…

I think it has a lot to do with body language. People give out cues, which you can respond to or not (I don't because I am married). I think some people are more open and responsive even though they are not trying to get hit on, and that gets taken as a "go ahead". I clearly recall being single and only responding to the…

I don't use the power rack, I also have another rack with 2 safety bars that hook onto the front, I use that for bench press, always with the safeties, one bad experience early on taught me to always use them, period, especially since I have never had a spotter. I leave my power rack set for squats.

You can shut off negative calories in your diary settings, I would since Fitbits are not 100% accurate anyway.

Fitbits are also not accurate, I often test it by counting my steps for say 200 steps then check it, and it misses some at least half the time. My next activity tracker won't be a Fitbit.

Don't forget that Fitbit is NOT 100% accurate. Case in point, I tested walking up and down 5 flights of stairs without stopping (I already had 5 flights of stairs for the day), it gave me 1 flight for the 5 I actually did, so instead of 10 I was at 6. Then I did it again but I walked 5 steps forward and back at the top of…

As long as you are on the right meds/amount, you should be able to lose, you just lose the same way as everybody else. Weight lifting has helped me a lot as well.

Wow, I haven't measured in a while and I only check the scale once per month to make sure not gaining, but I decided to do a measurement, I will put last time I measured if I measured it, which was a couple of months ago. neck, 12.5, same chest, 36.5, up from 36 waist, 29, down from 29.5 navel, 33.25 down from 35 hips,…

I wish you the best, you can do it! It is good you take it seriously, because people who blow it off have no way of knowing if they will be one of the ones who get it or not. Some people are so cavalier about it, or they just make excuses, but the truth is that it is like playing Russian roulette, and you never know where…

I eat plain low fat yogurt, the sugars in it (about 18 g per serving) are lactose, so I don't worry about it, anymore than I worry about the fructose in my fruit. So to sum it up, If you buy PLAIN low fat yogurt, there is NO added sugar, there is natural milk sugar, lactose, as there is in any milk product unless it has…

nice work!

nice work!

My husband has lung cancer caused by smoking, I stopped 10 years ago, and had a CT Scan in November that showed no damage, but when I quit I really did, I never smoked again, and now I can't even think of myself as an ex-smoker, I think of myself as a non-smoker, I could never go near those things again. It is not worth…

Really? I used to gain if I ate over 1500, back when I was obese, now I can eat 2000 or even over that and not gain...but now I lift weights and I also get some cardio (mostly walking). Your effects will definitely be permanent if you never do anything to change the situation.

Last one of the month. Workout B (Sat) Overhand Bicep Curls - seated 5 x 5 - 105 Reverse Curls 5 x 5 - 100 Bench press - 5 x 1 - 90 Bench press - 5 x 5 - 85 squats 5 x 2 - 145 squats 5 x 2 - 165 (acceptable but staying here till 100% satisfied with my form) Deadlifts 1 x 3 - 180 (I eeked out these 3 but then I went back to…

Woo hoo...we all rock! Workout A (Thurs) Dumbbell Skis - 5 x 10 - 40 Overhead Press, Barbell - 5 x 5 - 70 Barbell Row, Bent Over - 5 x 5 - 90 Squats 5 x 5 - 165 Flat Dumbbell Fly - 5 x 5 - 40 Reverse Curls 5 x 5 - 95 Underhand Bicep Curls - seated 5 x 5 - 100

750 miles.

I lost a lot of weight but I was actually not weak when I started last April at 45 lbs, 35 lb. bar with 2 5 lb. weights. I read the instructions for StrongLifts and watched the videos every time, over and over and over. I video myself and watch it over and over and over. I was in a car accident in early December where I…

Walk to the furthest bathroom down the hall or go downstairs, find excuses to walk down to the store, try to take at least a 30 minute walk every day (we can walk in or outside).

53 here, get to a Target and buy Kodiak Power cakes, high protein, 30 grams carbs, best if you make them with skim milk and an egg instead of water to up the protein even more to 20 grams, and they are SO good, you will never know they are not the bad kind.…

Nice workout today, still making my way back, actually I am at ohp weight but I have to catch up on deadlift and squats. I used to be able to squat more than I deadlifted before my accident, but now I am the other way around like most people, wonder if it will stay that way? Workout B (Sat) Overhead Press, Barbell - 5 x 5…

Don't eat the bay leaves.

Workout A (Thurs) Reverse Curls 5 x 5 - 90 Overhand Bicep Curls - seated 5 x 5 - 90 Bench press - 5 x 5 - 80 Barbell Row, Bent Over - 5 x 5 - 85 Squats 5 x 5 - 150 Dumbbell side bend - 5 x 5 - 40

Which makes you a winner, because you kept at it and didn't quit, go you!

Reno break over, back to it. Workout B (Mon) Dumbbell Skis - 5 x 10 - 40 squats 5 x 5 - 145 Deadlifts 1 x 5 - 165 Overhead Press, Barbell - 5 x 5 - 65 Underhand Bicep Curls - seated 5 x 5 - 90 Reverse Curls 5 x 5 - 90

Good job!

Good job!

Good job!

It is not a biggie but they pump you up with gas so they can see and you may wake up feeling like the good year blimp, and probably not as hungry as you think. It is a life-saving procedure and well worth it.

They cover it with plastic, the Doctor wouldn't see your note, only the nurse that prepped you.