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Wait, no, when I said "you can't ..." or "you have to...", I meant "you" in the generic sense, not you specifically. I wasn't expecting you or anyone else here on the thread to run off and go do all that research. I was just saying why I take that article with a large grain of salt.

I read it. The author only cited a small hand-picked set of studies that backed up the point he wanted to make. You can't start with a conclusion, find a few studies to back it up, ignore the ones that don't, and expect to be taken seriously. You have to look at all of the studies, do a meta-analysis, and only then can you…

I'm on a shredding program where you lose fat and gain muscle while maintaining the same weight, and it calls for eating 1.5g of protein per pound of bodyweight. The program is working for me, but I do find it difficult to eat that much protein. Yesterday I had one protein shake, one whole egg, 8 egg whites, about 14oz of…

The "Eat, Train, Progress" group here has a lot of good information that clears up a lot of common misconceptions. Reading through the sticky threads there is a good way to start. http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/10118-eat-train-progress

Most days when I drink, it adds up to 200-300 calories, so about 10%. I count all alcohol calories as carbs.

Not having trouble giving up my evening drink, because like some others in the thread, I'm not trying to give it up. I don't drink every day, but when I do it's usually like one or two beers, and I budget for it. Occasionally I will drink quite a bit more, but as Oscar Wilde said, "All things in moderation, including…

We can all use more friends. I live in North Carolina. My goals are to become stronger, leaner, faster, and more powerful. Feel free to add me.

They're talking about water intoxication, where you drink so much water that your electrolytes get out of balance. You really have to drink a lot of water to cause this to happen -- we're talking multiple gallons in the span of an hour.

When I need to wring my shirt out in the parking lot before I get into my truck.

I work out in the mornings also. I usually don't eat before I go, but when I do it's just like a piece of fruit or something. Sometimes my workouts are kind of long, so I'll bring a 50/50 mix of water and Gatorade with me and sip on it if I feel my energy levels dropping too low.

#1 isn't necessarily true, especially if you have a lot of excess body fat to burn. The main reason to do resistance training while in a caloric deficit is this: While in a deficit, your body normally will burn both fat and muscle tissue. Consistent resistance training tells your body that it needs that muscle, so it will…

Also beer. I'm the president of my local homebrewers club and a member of a couple of nearby clubs, so there are a lot of functions I attend where there is a lot of good beer.

Tech stocks are going to crash hard in late 2000. When that happens, buy a s**t-load of Apple stock.

I like to season boneless/skinless chicken thighs with Cajun seasoning and Herbes du Provence and grill them about 8 minutes on each side.

I cut it in half, scoop out all of the seeds and gunk, and roast cut-side-down it in the oven at 350F until the sides feel soft. Then once it cools down enough that I can handle it I scrape the insides out of the shell with a fork to make it into strands. Finally I saute it with marinara sauce until it's hot. Sometimes…

Soreness just means you worked your muscles much harder than they are used to working. If you keep working out regularly, you will stop getting sore from it. You can read more about the effect here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delayed_onset_muscle_soreness

Failure is a normal part of the 5x5 program. No one can maintain linear increases in the amount of weight they're lifting indefinitely. I have been doing 5x5 for a while and OHP was the first one I got stuck on. It took me 2 tries to get past 125lb and 3 tries to get past 130lb, but I'll be on 135lb this Friday. Make sure…

When I squat I lower my hips until they are parallel with my knees, and I don't let my knees go forward past my toes. I take in a big gulp of air as I start to go down and hold it in until I reach the bottom, then exhale on my way back up. I keep my shoulders back, my abs tight, and my back very straight throughout the…

Mayonnaise, mayonnaise-based condiments, and foods in which mayonnaise is a prominent ingredient. Cake, doughnuts, sweet beverages. Pasteurized processed cheese food. White bread.

I can't think of a single one. I love everything everyone above me has mentioned, kale, Brussels sprouts, asparagus, beets, okra, collard greens, I can't think of a single vegetable that I don't like. I like grapefruit, hummus, fish, cottage cheese, too. I know a lot of people don't like turnips but I haven't seen them…

A 0.4 pound fluctuation could be caused by any one of hundreds of things. I have weighed myself before and after going to the bathroom, and I think I figured out why they call it "number 2" -- because I was 2 pounds lighter afterwards.

I'm going to disagree with this a little bit. Tastes change and tastes can be acquired. If you try something that you don't like enough times, you can acquire a taste for it. I absolutely hated the taste of grapefruit for like 40 years of my life, but I kept trying it, and now all of a sudden I freaking love grapefruit and…

I love sweet potatoes, but then again I'm from the south and I have yet to meet a vegetable that I don't like. My favorite way to eat sweet potatoes is to cut them into thick strips and then fry them and salt them like thick-cut french fries. My favorite low-cal way to eat them is to wrap them in foil and bake them at…

Next time, stand up when you take the picture instead of taking it lying down. I'm just kidding. I don't think there's a way to do it on here. You'll have to rotate it on your phone or computer and then upload it again.

That's what I do too. Figure out what I'm going to want to eat, and do enough cardio to pay for it. I can avoid needing to do this for the most part if I plan ahead, but sometimes I'll have my day pretty well planned out, and then decide that I'm going to need to drink a few beers that evening. So, I might spend some time…

I have worked out fairly for a long time and "ate healthy", but the problem was that I wasn't paying attention to my portion sizes and was totally overeating all of the time, so I was still gaining weight. Portion control and stopping eating before I start to feel stuffed have been critical for me losing weight. Feel free…

I'm in Salisbury. I workout at the Forum just about every weekday morning.

That sounds like a pay off to me. As far as the number on the scale goes, the only thing that matters is calories in vs. calories out. Of course, there is a lot more to being healthy than just your weight.

I also make my own, in a process similar to lbossingham's, above. The differences in my process are that I hold it at 180F for 20 minutes before letting it cool, and I use a hot water bath inside a cooler to keep it warm while it sets. I saw a lot of people talking about straining regular yogurt to make Greek yogurt. What…