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Pretty much this. Why people hate on change so much I'll never know. It's definitely cleaner. I like it. I feel the links to important things are more visible. And to whoever said it looked like someone's high school project, wrong. This site actually follows most of the new trends, such as clean lines and solid colors…

Two weeks isn't long in the grand scheme of weight loss. Are you making sure to weigh yourself at the same time of day? Is it hormones (TOM)? These things can contribute to odd fluctuations in the scale that really don't mean anything. Also I will say that when I started, I was at 240, my first week I dropped about 5 lbs…

Uh this is kind of a mine field so I'll try to step carefully... A "detox" is, to put it bluntly, worthless. Unless it was medically prescribed by a doctor, all those cleanse and detox programs are just bunk. You will lose weight fast, but it's mostly water/glycogen and the preliminary effects of extreme calorie…

Pretty much this. Some people aren't at the gym to give it 110%, they don't care about body composition or carb cycling or going to failure or all that advanced mumbo jumbo. They just want to get in some of their recommended daily activity. And if bringing a book/tablet helps them from being mind numbingly bored, then more…

Another question to you and others looking to lose weight - do you eat a deficit? Do you do what the book says or calculate your own? Sort of related. And yeah I mean I'm not too concerned about scale weight other than I do have fat to lose, and staying at 185 lbs isn't going to work. If I take my BF% now (35% measured by…

I was always so unhappy. As a teen I got overweight (up to 190, possibly more, around age 14). Then one day I just started running on our treadmill that my parents bought. Only like half a mile to a mile a day. I think I also started eating subway for lunch (they started offering it at my school). That was all, but…

Agree with above. MFP and TDEE should really come out about the same if you do it right. MFP you "eat back" exercise. But that means you have to be extremely accurate not only on what you are eating but also on what calories you burn (MFP estimates are generally way off). TDEE you just eat what they tell you every day.…

No expert here, but I'll give it a shot. I'll start with two groups that I think have great info: Eat More to Weigh Less (the TDEE gurus) http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/3817-eat-more-to-weigh-less Eat, Train, Progress (generally just great people) http://www.myfitnesspal.com/groups/home/10118-eat-train-progress 1)…

Ah man this made me LOL. So not what I expected. I think I had the same problem using GNC's protein powder. But I recently switched to Trutein based on some recommendations from this site and I don't think it's quite as bad anymore.

This is great information! I always felt picking out bras for myself was a crapshoot at best. And the various ways people say to measure.... The way Victorias Secret did it (over the chest) never made sense to me! Glad to see I was right in my assumption that the band size should be closely equal to your chest measurement.…

Yep. I always gain about 5 lbs of water weight and bloat starting a bit before my period and lasting basically till it's over. Keep in mind I am on the pill so that might also affect things one way or the other. When I was losing weight, it usually meant a gain the week before my period, then a drop of about 5-7 lbs so I'd…

Man, Game of Thrones where do you start. I love the books, think the show is pretty good all things considered and I really enjoy seeing it come to life, even with the changes they have to make. The thing I love best about the books is you really get to see some amazing character development. Characters I loved in the…

I'm pretty much with this. I really don't appreciate people getting uppity about stuff that doesn't affect them in the slightest other than "Oh noes it offends my sensibilities". Like maybe if the guy sitting next to you had rancid feet odor, I could see that. But just because the sight of feet is gross to you, no. And to…

Super technically, squats and deadlifts sort of work the same muscles but the primary focus is different. Squats target the quads most of all (front of leg), deadlifts you should feel in the hamstrings (back of leg). I also tend to notice squats more in the glutes, and deadlifts a bit more in the lower back (but if you…

I thought there was a listed exercise in the book? I think it was something like walk 2 run 1 repeat 5 times (for total of 15 minutes). Then as you get farther increase the RPE [Rate of Perceived Exertion] for the run. So if your run feels easy, bump up the speed/incline. I've just been doing what the book says. But any…

You look great! Congrats! Do you have starting/ending stats? I'd be curious what the weight/BF% difference is. But it's fine if you don't want to share =) Good job though!

How can you be upset when you admit you look better at this weight than the lower weight??? That always confuses the heck out of me. Stop obsessing over scale weight! But to answer the question, yes I gained. Keep in mind (the book mentions this...) that often times when you go off of the "1200 calorie extreme deprivation…

I haven't read all responses, so I apologize if I repeat. But I do agree with most poster that you seriously need to track and be honest. Even if it's a bad day, track. Otherwise you will never know where you are going wrong. And if you don't have access to the internet every day, stop making excuses and do it the old…

Agreed. I would love grass fed beef as well (already knew about it's benefits) but even regular meat is stupidly expensive right now (thanks for that, government corn subsidies).

How is my post not calm? I was explaining to you the values of the game. It was your OP that said And other such disparaging remarks about Minecraft... and I was just responding to them. Sorry if you take it personal.

It's easy. Why does anyone like sandbox games? Because they are imaginative. You don't need amazing graphics to have fun with a game (I really hate when people think that...). Why would kids like Legos? It's just a bunch of tiny plastic rectangles. Do you think to yourself, "Why would they play with that when they can go…

Sugar ("normal" sugar) is not "processed".... What chocolate are you eating that has "processed" sugar in it? The only thing I can think of is maybe corn syrup? Agave, stevia, etc, are "processed" as much as regular cane or beet sugar (if by "processed" you mean the "process" of getting the sweetness out of the plant, I…

People with no self respect make me sad. Honestly if you are as thin and young as you are and have to fish for complements and deprecate yourself, then nothing you buy will make you feel at all better. Just sayin.

It's way past the deadline but I'm still gonna throw this out. My question is: Where can I hire a trainer like you? :flowerforyou: I wish I knew what I was doing. Been on a plateau for about a year and a half now. Gained a teeny bit in the middle due to life stuff and not tracking, or caring, -at all- for a couple months.…

Basically what the above poster said. TDEE calculators include your activity level. So if they say to eat 1900, you eat that every day whether you exercise or not. MFP expects you to "eat back" exercise calories. So they set the deficit accordingly. So if they gave you 1700 and expect you to earn ~200 calories of exercise,…

Sorry this just isn't true. More than 64 oz isn't instant death. The whole "8 glasses a day" is a pure myth and a completely random number. Everyone is different. Plenty of people drink upwards of 120 oz a day with no side effects. Please don't be a fearmonger. That being said, hyponatremia is a thing, but you're probably…

Maybe you're just getting sick? Sounds like typical cold/sore throat symptoms to me. May be reading too much into it. :shrug:

Yea I guess it is relative. People say "morning" meaning "weigh yourself when you first wake up" for the more accurate/lowest/less-likely-to-fluctuate reading. So if you work nights and wake up in the evening, then weighing in the evening makes sense. However, the most important thing is to weigh yourself *consistently*.…

Not that I disagree with you, in fact I think most of what you say is pretty accurate, but I had to point out the irony in you claiming "truth" when you don't link to any articles yourself. How are we supposed to know what you're saying isn't the same nonsense you deride in the beginning? Point being, yes on the forums…

I think it really depends on your goals, and there are a ton of recommendations out there that run the gamut on how to calculate how much protein you need. I think an easy rule of thumb is about 100g a day (more never hurts, I don't think there is such thing as "too much" unless it's 100% of your calories then maybe…