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Oh hells yes!!! They do light massage type work. They realign fibers(?) and you basically just roll on them. I like to roll out my back and my legs, I sometimes find I need a lacrosse ball to do some more precise work. Foam rolling is apparently different than stretching, and works awesomely in conjunction with stretching!…

NICE! I love college humor!

I'm thankful to have my garbage disposal (aka boyfriend) to eat all the food that is going bad. Yesterday he scrapped mold off cheese then ate it. If it were me alone, cucumbers! I LOVE THEM but they go bad so fast!! (like less than a week)

No like in comics where the light bulb appears over the persons head and turns on because they had a big idea. For me, it was last semester I was studying abroad and pretty miserable, I knew I was putting on weight but my situation was one where I was normally exercising a lot, but couldn't for 4 months. Yet kept eating…

Sorry I misunderstood you, and I honestly wouldn't want to upset someone with an ED. Honestly. Your post plus the disclaimer in your profile: came across as extremely judgmental about who is doing it right/for the right reasons. I read that and though "well, I exercise a lot and often burn 1000+ calories while focusing on…

I love these!! I actually love all things sweet potato though.

I'm not sure if it's the tone of you post or your disclaimer which states I must be active but not too active and NET over some number of calories that you've decide is right which makes me feel like you're really judgmental and not the kind of person who would be supportive of me. If this isn't true, maybe change the…

Get a cast iron pan

haha, I forgot the important parts. 350º about 15-20 min if you have a single layer, my pan wasn't big enough so I had a double layer, so I had to stir mid way through so it took about 20-30 stirring after 15.

Mine was: Kale Mango Grapes Green tea (chilled)

Take kale, cut into bite sized pieces, put 0.5-1tbsp of oil on the whole head of kale, put on a baking dish and bake until cripsy AAAAHHHHHMAZING. It stops being bitter when you make kale chips :)

Guys who don't like girls who lift don't like strong women. And I'm always skeptical of men who don't like strong women.

You could also use something like "the hackers diet" where you input daily weights and they tell you if its fluctuations or weight loss, based on statistics. Cheers.

Go to the doctor, get a %bf scan. At my school they're like 30 buck for the bod pod. THEN in 2 months you can compare again, because mostly what you care about is %bf.

Maybe if you drink enough coffee so you start shaking you burn extra calories by shaking ;-)

QFT

I'm guessing you have been NETTING 1300-1400 calories, which probably means you've been eating around 1600-1700 calories. In which case, you aren't upping calories at all.

Unless you got your %bf measured, its probably not very accurate. You need the caliper method or the water displacement (don't know the name of this) method. So to MAINTAIN, you need to eat 2011 calories. To lose weight, you'll want to do 2011-15% = 1709 calories or 2011-20% = 1608 calories AND NOT EATING BACK EXERCISE CAL

Me :) I started here at 146 I'm down to 135 looking to get somewhere in the 120s (probably 125?) I'll know it when I see it. I don't have kids but I'm happy to be a motivating friend :D

Use any (or all of them) except %body fat (unless you've been tested) It should give you 3 estimates that are probably really close (within 50-100 calories) Pick one, stick to it, don't eat back exercise calories (TDEE already accounts for that) and do it for 2 months. Do the following things as well - Weigh your food. -…

I do actually! Thats a really good idea! I should see when open swim times are!

Ok. I was imagining some gentle stretching yoga and couldn't figure out why it would be bad. Yeah, and intense yoga practice would be a bad idea. Thanks for clarifying :)

You should probably start your own thread, you'll get a lot more help that way :)

Damn, you beat me to it and did a better job.

TDEE Is total daily energy expenditure. So I tell a calculator my gender, my age, my height, my weight, and how many times per week I work out, and it tells me ON AVERAGE how many calories I burn each day. So I don't eat back my exercise calories* and I get to eat the same number of calories each day. So I don't have to…

I do, I don't usually go to crossfit on the weekends because all the classes are early in the morning and I am not a morning person, but I will ask on Monday if I go. You are correct, they are super helpful.

For me its heat, not ice. I don't have injured muscles, just really tight ones (...I think...) Also, nice weather? its been -30 here :(

Can you explain why definitely not? I won't do it, I'm just wondering why yoga specifically is bad (unless its just as bad as everything else and you are just trying to tell me to chill). You all have convinced me to chill until my next appointment.

Thanks :) I appreciate your suggestions, I think I'm doing sushi and girls night tonight, which should alleviate some boredom :) I'm not worried about losing my fitness, I'm worried about being bored. My boyfriend and all of my good friend are climbers, and I've already gotten 2 texts about climbing this weekend :(

With the pictures, WOW your face looks so much different!