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I run 35-60 minutes 5-6 days a week. Since starting SL I have been running longer and slower so its not like weight training in any way. It keeps my deficits bigger and allows me to eat more so that I am not starving. Since starting SL and increasing the time running I have last 1-3 pounds a week. I just got off a long…

I have been to the YMCA in many cities and always feel like the folks there are super diverse and accepting. When I take my home-schooled kids for swim lessons in the middle of the day and workout I am sometimes the thinnest *and* youngest person around. (I'm 34 and over 200lb!).

I mainly eat homemade sourdough bread that's usually about 2/3 whole wheat. Its delicious. I'm not convinced bread is the problem - I think highly processed, un-fermented bread made with modern strains of wheat are the issue (or, at least for me, an issue for my blood sugar). Many cultures have a healthy tradition with…

I also feel better after I workout with (non-debilitating) soreness.

I am thrilled this week because I did all my BP reps at 100lb. Squat 120 - feeling this in my hamstrings now BBR 75 - finally felt that too. OHP 65lb - getting close to failing at this weight. DL 135 - not feeling this yet but resisting the urge to bump it up because I'm not really certain of my form.

Are all the guys working in with each other on the squat rack? I workout at a Y that has one squat rack too (so annoying - it must be cheaper than any one of the dozen machines that are used 1/4 as often right?) and I just get in line and do my workout when its my turn. And I frequently fill out the request card for…

I'm glad I'm not the only one who isn't feeling the rows. I never am sure of my form and don't feel the burn. Sometimes I wish squats weren't every workout, but I love them. Also never really sure about my DL form. I feel better about my form now that the weights are starting to feel heavy. With lighter weights the first…

About a year and a half ago I lost about 45 pounds. Was still above "normal" or whatever, but I stopped trying to lose and maintained for many months. Sounds like a pretty common story - had a bout of severe depression this fall/winter and gained almost 20 pounds. For me, when I am depressed, I eat just a little bit more…

Because I also like being difficult :D.... I have tried eliminating gluten a number of times. It never helped enough to continue with it. However, since I have switched to baking all our bread at home and make long-fermented sourdoughs only, my symptoms (IBS, headaches, cravings) do seem a little bit better, and I can eat…

My treadmill, hands down. I bought a cheapie four years ago off CL just to make sure I would use it. I did, and ran it into the ground. Last fall I bought a new, nicer one and love it. With my crazy job and my kids I just wouldn't get my runs in almost every day if it meant going outside in sub zero temps or driving to the…

My goals are to work on my form, especially deadlift and bench press. Not sure why these are the trickier ones for me. I have a top secret weight that I am hoping to hit before we go on our trip to Belize. Its not a super big deal, and I'm cool if I'm shy of that number, but I'd be really happy if I make it. My main goal,…

I did a couple rounds of the "7 minute work out" after treadmill runs for a few months. You need nothing but, um, a chair. I built up a surprising amount of strength from that. There are lots of iPhone aps for it.

I new to the site but have been dx with Hashimotos for over two years. I hadn't weighed myself in many years and had slowly gained weight the way most people do - eating a little bit too much every day. Then, over the course of just three months or so, despite pretty consistent exercise and a decent, moderate diet, I grew…

I'm a mom of two boys, 8 and 5. I just started 5x5 - have been a slow-runner for 10 years and lifted some heavy things in there sometimes. I'll add you - I need WL mom friends too!

I got a dx of Hashi after I suddenly put on a ton of weight. I was/am very active, eat healthy (a little too much but still) and was up to over 250 pounds. I lost 45 pounds almost as quickly once I started taking synthroid. And there I have stayed. So frustrating. I feel like hypo has given my body a new set-weight that it…

I live in Tower Grove South. I went to high school in Wyoming - the state, not the street :D.

I'm curious about the replies as well. I started three weeks ago - I am strong with some WL experience and a biggish ego when it comes to strength (sad but true) so I started with more weight than recommended. I kinda wish I hadn't done that, but whatever. Yesterday I de-loaded my bench press (the one I am most wobbly…

Once you get in the habit, eggs are actually pretty quick to make and are great because they go with veggies. I try to have greens a couple times a day, so most days I get a serving or two in my eggs. I leave frozen spinach or kale in the fridge to make it even faster in the morning. Easy peasy, and the greens give me the…

tI'm trying not to put the cart before the horse, as I just officially started 5x5 a few weeks ago. I'm very strong though .... its so nice to be doing a physical activity I am actually naturally good at. Unlike, say, running, ha! I looked at what the ladies are doing in my weight class (about 90K) in my state and it…

I am 5'5 with an extremely large frame (according to those old charts) - big muscles, big bones. When I was thin and fit I weighed around 160. Any lighter was the result of eating disorders with massive muscle loss.

Oh my gosh, THANK YOU all so much! Folks on this forum are incredibly helpful and inspiring. :D

I've been running for years in an Enell. Its a bummer that my weight has changed a lot because I don't think that theres a lot of give in the sizing and they are spendy. I fit standard enell sizes but they will custom make bras for bigger or less common sizes, I am pretty sure.