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This post right here! ^^^^

Coffee should have it's own food group--without it, it just isn't worth getting up in the morning. No cream, no sugar, just good, strong, black coffee. My blood type is coffee. Decaf is the devil's brew. Coffee is a magic liquid that turns terrible days into bearable days. Coffee is euphoria without the track marks. People…

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My trainer told me that if I lift first, then my muscles are already warmed up and so cardio is more effective because you don't have to work as hard to get into "the zone." However, I find that I can only do certain cardio exercises after I lift. The eliptical is one I have to do before. When I work my legs (and I lift…

I've had some success raising my caloric intake after weeks of no movement. I'm going to take an even closer look though after reading this.

I've recently hit a wall in my weight loss (funny how that continues to happen). I hit one during the first five pounds, so I upped my calories from MFP's recommendation of 1200 to 1410 and started lifting heavy and promptly lost four pounds. But my initial four pound weight loss after I upped my calories turned out to be…

Not even if I'd been celibate for years and had had both hands amputated....

OMG...that's my life. For the first six weeks of diet and exercise, I floated the same five pounds--up, down, back and forth. I was so discouraged. So, based on some advice, I upped my calories from 1200 to 1410 and started lifting heavier with fewer reps and enjoyed a nice four pound weight loss--except that for the last…

I hate to be the one to break it to you, but "Afternoon Delight" was sung by the the Starland Vocal Band--a near one-hit wonder.

I plan on hanging out with a whole bunch of people who run a lot slower than I do. Plus I'm stocking up on empty liquor bottles, diesel fuel, styrofoam, and scrap cloth.:bigsmile:

This^^^^ Don'tcha just hate it when facts get in the way of a good zombie kill?

That would make things interesting, wouldn't it....

BMR assumes that you are lying in bed all day long--never moving. Your Total Daily Energy Expenditure or TDEE quantifies the number of calories you burn in a day. Find out what your body is expending in one day before you decide how many calories you want to take away from it. Take it from a former 1200 calorie a day…

You've gotta have gloves.... And I'm sore today in muscles that I forgot existed! :bigsmile:

Second workout with Cleveland (my new trainer) this morning. We used some of the NROL4W exercises--but still not back on the Stage one--but for a very good reason. He is reading the entire book. He told me this morning that if this is what I want to do, then he owes it to me to read the whole book, not just give it a…

Or maybe you're over-thinking the whole thing.

The Isle of Skye is my favorite place on planet Earth. Just thought I'd randomly add that to the conversation. :bigsmile:

Are you following a specific plan? I started "The New Rules of Lifting for Women" almost 3 weeks ago and I've lost 5 pounds and 1.5% body fat. I upped my calories, but not to the extent they tell you to. Just can't eat that much food--but maybe at some point once I dump the fat and replace it all with lean muscle--I'll be…

How many calories in what your dad is fixing? You can always delete what you've posted and start over. I think it just depends on what you want to do.

Hard to say--can't see your diary.

Are you losing weight now on whatever calorie level you're on? Gaining muscle? My calories are set at 1410--I always eat back my exercise calories on lifting days (which puts me at over 1600). I don't feel hungry at all--as a matter of fact, sometimes it's difficult to eat them all. Also, I have my intake set at: Protein -…

I'm hoping that this is the beginning of something good. I've found that so many of these trainers at L.A. Fitness, 24 Hour Fitness, etc., are so full of themselves that they cannot fathom that their way is not the only way. This trainer DOES believe in lifting heavy with fewer reps, which already puts him ahead of the…

Love, LOVE my new trainer! He put me through a hard workout tonight--his own to start--but he took my NROL4W book home with him so that we can work the program starting Saturday.He likes lifting heavy and he's encouraging me to do so. This is going to work out just fine, I do believe.

I may never truly enjoy "exercise" -- the type that requires gym equipment, but I do it for my own good. However, I do LOVE to hike--so that's what I try to do a couple of times a week. Big burns, beautiful scenery...it's a winning combination.

An In and Out cheeseburger with grilled onions, an order of fries with a side of Thousand Island dressing, and a chocolate shake. I'll probably settle for a salad or something equally healthy.

Wow, that's a lot of food. I have a difficult time polishing off my 1410 plus exercise calories (which leads me to wonder how I ever became 30 pounds overweight to begin with). How do you accomplish eating that much food?

That was not an article--that was me, paraphrasing the information that was crammed into my cranium for four solid years at the University of Wyoming, but thanks. And our hominid ancestors can be called many things, but not a 'human like species." Homo as a species HAS been around for millions of years. More than two most…

What do you think of the "Expensive Tissue Hypothesis"? Oh wait...maybe that's a topic for another forum :bigsmile:

Are you going gluten free because you're allergic? There is really nothing inherently healthier about gluten free if you're not. Some of the many gluten-free products on the market can be unhealthy, because manufacturers add extra sugar and fat to simulate the texture and satisfying fluffiness that gluten imparts. Also,…

And you obviously missed this little lesson from the resident Archaeologist.... "Actually, if you're talking about anatomically modern humans, then you're correct. Fossil evidence and subsequent dating indicates that homo sapien has been around for 100,000 to 200,000 years. However, the oldest known hominid, or humanlike…