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Eggs, milk and string cheese have helped me a lot. And beans, definitely. White beans with skinless chicken thighs or sausage as a one-pot meal, to be precise :) I also take Cinnamon with Chromium, Fenugreek and Mg to further help with blood sugar issues (all legitimately studied for that), and I'm on Metformin. For PCOS,…

Good job cutting it back! Keep doing that until you can hit your goal and it becomes so much easier. It is progress; you're right. Congrats and good luck!

You still aren't eating enough, unfortunately :( Your top number is more like your BMR. You'd need more like 1650 at your weight if you are sedentary. If you are active that'll be even more calories. This is for maintenance, because I sure hope you aren't trying to lose weight again! I take it you are aiming for…

Did it hurt your lower back? Try using your glutes and low abs to tilt your pelvis toward your navel when you do them. You might want to just lift your leg up slightly (2-3 inches) with the knee still bent, then drop. Then switch to the other side and do the same. Repeat several times (do sets, towards fatigue). Try not to…

I have ulcery problems, so I got to go through testing for internal bleeding, lol. It wasn't that (thank God). It was my period and also, imho, when I drank coffee and took supplements. I drank coffee with lots of milk and/or took my Rx acid reducing pills and Mg/Ca supplement with meals. That causes absorption problems…

Lifting while in a deficit does nice things for the bum shape-wise, but you won't put on muscle there because of the low-cal diet. I lost a couple inches too much in my hips and did gain one back, but it didn't happen until I ate a bit above maintenance for a few months (and used progressive resistance, of course). So you…

Kale and collards are also very good. They are tasty, too, and I say that as someone not into many green veggies. I like them sauteed in some oil (with a touch of wine vinegar on them because I'm Southern). They are my new thing for when I'm still hungry but don't want to eat over so often. You can eat a lot of them and…

:grin: That looks like what we had to use in my 'Fitness' class in undergrad (weightlifting was actually required and graded, and this was a 'girls' school').

I look at net carbs for blood sugar reasons and I've heard that sugar alcohols can still affect that. So I only subtract the fiber out when checking my carbs per meal, etc.

Mine come and go first, but then they totally stop losing at a certain fairly early point. I think I'm gaining and losing fat and then the stable size is probably mostly breast tissue. So losing first from there may not be bad news for you. It could still go either way.

Lats, delts, and chest. I have a really bad upper back/neck problem that makes me have to do strange splits, lol. This is a fun day, with the muscles I enjoy in my UB.

Go see a doctor. I got them and a raised pulse, too, that wouldn't go away. I just need a beta blocker. Just one of those things and all is great now, but I do need the meds. I also had to get on iron, go through testing to make sure I wasn't bleeding internally (because of the low hemoglobin), check all thyroid levels,…

If you aren't very overweight, I'd still lose the weight, but I highly recommend watching your carbs! I'm a non-overweight hyperglycemic. Get a glucose monitor if you don't already have one. See how many carbs you can tolerate per meal that don't raise your BG over 200 and also go down below 140 after 2 hours. Also make…

Yeah, I'm confused as to whether hypertrophy range is fine for both. It's lighter weight/higher rep compared to strength range, but it's not the kind of low weight people talk about that doesn't really grow muscle.

Enter your own calories into the exercise field and put in half the number it gives you for your burn. Then you are only eating half back but also aware when you really are going too far under. If it's occasional, no big deal, but if it happens a lot make sure to eat more that day or the next (imho).

You can look up the stats for your goal weight's maintenance or your new weight's maintenance. That's the most accurate way to try to guess that, imho. If you are talking plateaus, they aren't a big deal if you have patience. But eating some days at maintenance won't hurt anything (except the time to lose weight by a bit),…

I started ages ago at 1-legged bodyweight ones and now I'm at 100 lbs, but I haven't progressed on weight since the late fall (when I'm sure I'm supposed to --just lazy ;) ). I do 4x12 at the moment, with a several other glute exercises I like done after. I really should go to 4x8 at the next weight level. I generally…

I like the birddog suggestion for just starting out, and with spinal problems. Brace your core while you do it and concentrate on not moving anything but the working arm and leg. Don't let your core or hips wiggle at all.

I have extremely hypermobile kneecaps that never stay in place, so I don't squat. Glute bridges work great, though, so I do those with a barbell. Those hit a lot of leg muscles in the posterior chain, anyway.

^This is the biggest reason I do admit it as often as I'm 'allowed' to slip in that I got a boob lift (during a necessary surgery on one boob anyway). It would be hard to slip that into normal conversation even if you are motivated to, though, don't you think, OP? If I get a compliment about looking good, my boobs aren't…

Yoga is great if you are just starting out :) There are all kinds of videos. I like Yoga Journal's and Yoga Zone's are nice, etc.

You might find the little cocktail breads in your grocery stores, and they have a nice rye. They are really tiny, but they are also very thin, so if you eat multiple little sandwiches it still works out better. They are perfect for snacks. Ours are by the fancy cheeses here.

Water, too. I'd try a little food and more water and see if either of those help right away. Mine's usually food/calories or I need Gatorade (my blood pressure goes low certain times of the month, though, which isn't common or anything).

Doctors who do that when someone isn't morbidly obese are very shady. They are out there, but it should probably be illegal. Tell your friend to steer clear of that whole place. There are docs in Hollywood who will put thin women on very low cal feeding tubes to wear at home for a week or two, too, but that doesn't make it…

When I was going to be carrying a 50-lb pack (at 100lbs at the time) around Europe, the style of pack made an enormous difference, yeah. I had to get a professional backpack, basically, but the weight distribution was excellent. I probably only walked as far as 2.5 miles at once with the full pack, myself. The weight felt…

I'd probably start with the extra day at the same weight. It's just one week, and an extra day is already more volume. That's just me and I'm nobody, though :grin:

I think I might understand the thought process. OP, wasn't your mom like crazy 'tough' during pregnancy? My dad and brother were both terribly insensitive about anything I couldn't do that they considered 'weak', so I put away my common sense and tried to trudge through things that were too much for me. Nevermind that it…

She could try some of this at home, too, with DVDs or youtube. There are so many choices and it's in the privacy of home, in case she doesn't feel like being social with it. Y'all could choose one together if she likes that :) I recommend belly dance or Caribbean dance for a couple of ideas people don't always think of. So…

Mine make a grinding noise when they bend far enough (like stairs) or with enough weight on them in lesser bends, and they hurt in concert with the noise. That's the bad kind (or at least mine are diagnosed as bad and they do that). It's really loud! I get embarrassed walking up stairs, lol.

I understand; I just disagree. Particularly if someone is just starting out, I like to give motivation to put the cookies down. Presumably, not doing that has been part of the reason they're here (like me). We all already know how to eat food we really like ;)