perseverance14 Member

Great job!

During the week I rarely cook my breakfast. I have cottage cheese or yogurt and berries. If you don't want to cut up berries, get blueberries or raspberries, or even blackberries (although I like to cut those up). That is plenty of protein if you eat enough of it, I usually eat at least 170 grams of the cottage cheese or…

I like this: http://www.schwarzenegger.com/fitness/post/squat-101

Ouch! Hope you feel better soon.

Very impressive!

If I ate all real food, I would have to eat too much of it to get enough protein. :) I think my chocolate protein shake with bananas is "real" food, in fact I just finished lifting so I am going to make one right now. :)

So happy to be getting my strength back. Workout B (Sat) squats 5 x 2 - 125 squats 5 x 5 - 145 Dumbbell Skis - 5 x 10 - 40 Overhead Press, Barbell - 5 x 5 - 65 Deadlifts 2 x 5 - 155 Underhand Curls - seated 5 x 5 - 85 Reverse Curls 5 x 5 - 85

What kind of an HRM, the kind you keep your hands on? If so, no. My treadmill is always 100 calories more than I actually burned according to my HRM.

Workout A (Wed) Bench press - 5 x 5 - 75 Barbell Row, Bent Over - 5 x 5 - 80 Overhand Bicep Curls - seated 5 x 5 - 90 Reverse Curls 5 x 5 - 75 Squats 6 x 5 - 140

I think I have had great success too, I have lost fat and gained muscle, I don't look exactly like I want in a bikini yet, but I am getting there (my profile pic is a couple of months old so I have lost more fat since then, but my scale weight has not changed that much). I guess I think focusing only on scale weight is not…

What do you mean ideally? Under 20% is for athletes, like weight lifters, average body fat is like 25%, the low end of the normal body fat range (from a medical perspective) is 20%. See this body fat chart: http://www.builtlean.com/2010/08/03/ideal-body-fat-percentage-chart/

I think it is harder, but the better shape you are in the easier it gets, and the less things can hurt you. I am 53 and got a left-sided whiplash in a car accident on 12/5, was down for a week. Before the accident, I was squatting 210 and deadlifting 190, but today I squatted 135 (and 145 but it wasn't quite low enough)…

Workout B (Mon) - still working on the recovery, didn't lift Sat. because I carried/stacked half of 3 face cords of firewood, didn't lift yesterday as I carried/stacked half of 55 boxes of ceramic tiles, about 45 lbs., actually lifting my 45 lb. weights today to rack them I think more like at least 50 lbs. per box. So, I…

Nice work!

Workout B (Thurs) - still working my way back up, but also working on that left side. Dumbbell Skis - 5 x 10 - 40 Overhead Press, Barbell - 5 x 5 - 60 squats 5 x 7 - 125 Deadlifts 2 x 5 - 125 Dumbbell Curls (left side omly) 5 x 10 - 20 Overhand Curls - seated 5 x 5 - 70 Reverse Curls 5 x 5 - 70

Yes I know 11 sets of 5 reps of squats is a bit crazy. Workout A (Tues) Bench press - 5 x 5 - 75 Barbell Row, Bent Over - 5 x 5 - 75 Squats 5 x 11 - 115

Workout B (Sat) Overhead Press, Barbell - 5 x 5 - 55 squats 5 x 5 - 105 Deadlifts 1 x 5 - 105 Overhand Curls 5 x 5 - 60 Leg Extensions 5 x 5 - 60 Reverse Curls 5 x 5 - 60 Dumbbell Skis 5 x 10 - 40 Dumbbell Sidebends 5 x 10 - 40

I don't have one, but I guess I like the free weight experience, it would not be the same for me with any machine.

Still increasing...one day at a time. Workout A (Sun) Bench press - 5 x 5 - 70 Barbell Row, Bent Over - 5 x 5 - 70 Curls - underhand - 5 x 5 - 55 Squats 5 x 1 - 85 Squats 5 x 5 - 95 Reverse curls - 5 x 5 - 55

There are pastas you can buy that taste just as good as any other pasta but have more fiber and more protein, Barilla Plus, for example, has 17 g of protein and 7 g of fiber in about 3.5 oz., an average serving. Cottage cheese is dairy but has lots of protein per serving, you can eat it with fresh berries you like and it…

If you are going to do that for one meal watch your total fiber for the day, that can mess up your digestion and back things up if you don't get enough. How about a quest bar for breakfast, good protein and fiber. At least add bananas and berries, things like that which give you good fiber and make sure to have enough…

Define "real" because I find that anytime I "crave" sugar, it is mostly psychological, there is no physical "addiction", be honest. If you feel so "addicted" then learn to eat something else when you think you have to have sugar, like a quest bar for example. Seriously, I have never seen any science that says it is a…

Sometimes when I lift a lot I am hungrier the next day, but I think eating plenty of protein and enough fats helps a lot, I also don't avoid sugar, but I try not to overdo it.

If you live in North America anywhere there is 4 seasons, you should get it checked, you could definitely need it. I think it is impossible to get enough sunshine year round where I live, but I lower my dose by half in the summer.

Either ask to be tested, or take it for a time (at least 6 months) up until your physical then tell your Doctor, if they are any decent Doctor at that point they will check it. I did that to my Doctor 7 years ago after I had been taking it for a year. She checked it for a few years, then stopped because it was always in…

My Doctor has no problem with my taking Vitamin D3, she did want to see my levels though and agreed with me that since taking it for a year put me on the high side of normal range, I probably needed it. That said, I think there are 5 words everybody who wants to lose weight and keep it off should take to heart, those 5…

I have been taking vitamin D3 for years. I had my Doctor measure it after taking it for a year and it was in the ballpark on the high side, that means it was probably low before I started taking it. I live in MI and you definitely need it here. BTW I don't think it was the reason I lost weight, counting calories and…

1st workout in 2015, 2nd workout since my accident and was able to make progress. I decided on 70 lbs. for squats, tried 50 again then 65 and was just too light, but then once I set them up for 85 next time I couldn't resist doing couple of sets, so 85 will be my weight next time unless I go up another 5, we will see.…

My last workout of 2014 and my first since my accident (I was hit on the drivers side by a big truck which gave me left side whiplash), although I have not stopped walking or using the treadmill other than for 1 week after the accident. Felt weird lifting 50 lbs. with everything and also only 10-20 second recovery time,…

I can't eat anymore than (some ridiculously low amount of calories like 800-1200) or I gain.