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LOL...I'm the big one on the right in my picture! Definitely not a woman nor worried about gaining mass. Just want to make sure I'm being the most efficient I can be in my workouts.

Ok, so let's say that I'm more concerned with losing weight at this point than "building muscle". Where should my focus be? My main focus right now IS to lose weight. Once I am to a fairly happy level weight wise I will turn my focus to getting stronger, not necessarily bigger. I really appreciate your help here Darren.…

Ok, so I am a former athlete that had a good muscle base at one point and feel I could get it back fairly quickly with the proper program. I am most concerned with fat/weight loss for the moment because I feel once the weight comes off I can start doing other things like actual running outside without risk to my knees and…

As another poster eluded to, most often our heart rates are not high enough while doing weights to get the same result as cardio. The instant stress of weights burns the sugars off regardless of heart rate. Once those are burnt off then the body can dip into the fat stores and do so more consistently while doing cardio…

Dang Debbie Downer...it was an article that was sent to me and the science behind it makes sense. I am pretty sure that most trainers would tell you to incorporate cardio into EVERY workout. Most will tell you that there is no such thing as too much cardio.

Ok so I just looked up milks and it seems that Skim, 1% and 2% only vary in sugar by 1g. As for protein per pound...holy guacamole I would be eating only protein at 328lbs! Wow...I have been regularly over my protein each day however. Just trying to be conscious of my sugar and sodium since they can impact how well the…

So 4 8oz glasses of fat free skim milk would crush my sugar for the whole day. Even with that I can still eat fruits and go over on sugar?

natural almonds, cheese, milk (can be kind of high in sugar), avocado (don't think nachos,maybe add it to your salad?) Ok...so I ate some instant oatmeal for breakfast which literally took up half of my sugar. They are flavored packets that I am eating the rest of before going to the plain so I can add my own "sweeteners".…

Congrats! I am in Indy as well...NE side. You're the first I've found since joining last month from the area. I am on the opposite end with 100+ to lose but it still involves the same efforts, fears, and challenges. Be strong and congrats on your new outlook on things!

Let me say that I am eating at least 15-1600 calories a day, most getting closer to 1800. I have been walking for an hour about 3-4 days a week at a very brisk pace but I don't eat my calories back. I am following MFP standards for Sugars, Sodium, etc. The only thing I'm not doing is eating back any exercise calories. My…

When you add in exercise it gives you "negative" calories that you are supposed to eat back to keep your net to a specific number. It's part of the MFP program/calculations.

BEEF JERKY!!! Try to find the one with the lowest sodium but these are protein packed, have less sugars than most of the "protein bars", and leave me feeling full after a small portion. Sometimes they have turkey jerky as well.

I know!!! Same with P90X. I thought for sure they'd have them both on there. I know they vary a little based on where you are in the DVDs but I would think they'd have some avg standard to use. The wife just started her Zumba today and I plan on starting my P90X tonight. I thought about using "dance" for Zumba but didn't…

Unfortunately you cannot "spot lose" weight. You can spot train and build muscle in specific areas, but when you start losing weight it comes off wherever your body wants it to. Like the other poster stated, as you continue your journey things will even out. As you continue to work your core and weight train the muscle you…