Samby_v1 Member

132.4lbs this morning…

OK, got a week's worth down. Hit me!

You need testosterone to build muscle. As a woman you have about a tenth of the testosterone men have. People use anabolic steroids because they have similar effects to testosterone. Have a look at this: http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/2011/07/21/meet-staci-your-new-powerlifting-super-hero/ And if you want to go even more…

So. Delicious.*drools*

Thank you! *wonders how many calories there are in a bunch of flowers*

I'm 5' 4" and appear to be maintaining on 1660. At least I'm not gaining any!

In.

Poseidon's Fanny-Pack? Oh Wikipedia, you spoil us... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo's_belt

Thank you lovely men xxx :drinker:

Swimming for taking the weight off your back while you work out, Pilates for rehabilitation.

^This or diabetes.

That's great, and makes sense. Thank you. The only time I significantly lost weight in my life was after my Dad died and it was a struggle to eat anything at all. And the only time I significantly gained I was on a very easy tour, sitting on a bus most of the time and eating and drinking at restaurants at least twice a…

Well this is the thing - I eat and drink what I want and mainly sit on my butt; I maintain the same weight. I eat at a calculated deficit monitored by weighing food and logging meticulously (and working out); I maintain the same weight. Have we all got a berth of about 300 cals to eat within or something? My apparent…

You're actually at the low end of the healthy weight range with a BMI of 19.7. I'm the same height, and close to you in age, and have a BMI of 22.7 ('healthy' is 18.5 - 25). You have nothing to worry about in terms of 'maintaining a healthy weight'. Have a look at my progress pics on my profile if you like. I'm 132lbs and…

My parents were married to each other till the day my father died a couple of years ago. He was an alcoholic and we bore the brunt of his verbal abuse throughout my entire life (I was unplanned, he started drinking when I was born and he was made redundant). He clearly wasn't happy being a family man, and my poor mother…

25% is great if the fat is evenly distributed - not if you carry it all on your belly! *cries - slams door*

Of course I meant 'discipline', not 'disciple'. The cult's on a different website.

^^^THIS. Without knowing your height we can't calculate your BMI - but at 115lbs it sounds like you're skinny-fat, i.e. have a high body fat percentage at a low, overall weight. At this stage the only thing you can do is recomping. By lifting heavy.

www.doyogawithme.com has a great variety of yoga classes and you can search according to difficulty, disciple and time limit.

RDJ's obviously feeling the love as he's just joined twitter!

Perhaps I didn't make myself clear... As a straight woman, the word 'threesome' to me means MMF - I have absolutely no interest in FFM, and I always assume that when straight men talk about threesomes that's what they mean. Which seems to upset them, for some reason. Sorry ladies, hope I didn't break too many hearts, gay…

'Threesome' to me always means MMF. Perhaps that's why someone's yet to take me up on the offer. Anyway, yours is clearly the only sensible solution there is.

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I've found there's a huge difference in taste/texture between western and Japanese tofu. I prefer the Japanese style - it's like the chicken of the veggie world - it takes on any flavour you care to throw at it. I cook with Japanese recipes, plenty of which are online if you fancy that sort of thing. BTW, agedashi tofu is…

These last couple of weeks I've discovered: Venison Biltong/Beef Jerky Cottage Cheese All relatively low in fat, high in protein. The biltong is ideal when I'm very close to my calorie limit but poor on protein macros for the day. I second the advice to cut back on the fried chicken. A lot of the time I find I'm replacing…

I think you're going to need to ease up a bit, so you can let your muscles recover fully, which will allow you to give it your all in your next workout. There's nothing unusual with being sore when you start a new programme, but that soreness shouldn't be debilitating. Once you've struck that balance you'll be able to…

I'm gonna throw my kettlebell into the ring. I work out three days a week, and my workout session is about 50 mins, which includes a warm-up/mobility session, the workout itself (which is akin to circuit training) and a mobiliy/yoga cool down. There's plenty of information out there about the combined cardio/weights…

Can you open your diary? Ta.

Add me if you like. I'm an actor so I am well acquainted with long-term unemployment. I gave myself a very short term challenge (my butt was hanging out of my pants of the UK and US variety and I was damned if I was buying new clothes), and managed to convert myself into enjoying exercise. It turns out that I'd been hating…