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Egg beaters for eggs is also slightly lower on the protein count (12g in 2 eggs versus 10g in 1/2c egg beaters) and about a 9 calorie difference per muffin.

I just drank 32oz of Crystal Light. I don't understand why I have to pee so bad now...

Almond milk has almost no protein. And in this recipe it doesn't really matter anyways - it's like a 2 calorie difference per muffin. 1c unsweetened almond milk = 30 cals, 1g protein (1/4c = 7.5 cals, 0.25g protein divided among 10 muffins) 1c skim milk = 90 cals, 8g protein (1/4c = 22.5 cals, 2g protein divided among 10…

smh. Heroin = highly addictive drug. Heroine = female hero.

I think people are including the bar (I am, it's heavy!) Yes, a standard bar is 45lbs.

Nice! My goal is 150 for each by the end of the year. Going to do some stronglifts work after I finish stage 7; my best is about 125-130 so far (though I'm a little lighter for the stage 7 lifts at the moment).

Take a chill pill. They said sedentary PLUS bad eating. Because OP was thinking about giving up all together until they were also cleared for exercise. You've obviously kept your diet in check sufficiently.

These are pretty much the exact weights I used as well (I only did 70 on the rows) and I definitely felt like 7.2 was easier than 7.1 as well. I wonder if I had some massive CNS adaption from 7.1 that helped? I did 7.3 yesterday and it didn't seem anywhere near as bad as 7.1, although my arms were a lot more tired (from…

Did workout 2 on Thursday and felt much better. It still killed me while I was doing it, but no doms this time around. Back to the lunges tomorrow though. ..

You didn't read the article (hahahaha). It's not about pulling in your abdominal muscles, it's about your pelvic tilt: You'll notice that the angle created between the abdominal area and the thigh is more open (almost 180 degrees, versus maybe 150-160 degrees) on the right hand side - because it is presumably more flexible…

Yeah, I read the article posted and a lot of people are getting worked up over nothing. All it's saying is that when you have tight hip flexors, you tend to tilt your pelvis forward more and thus your belly sticks out more. If you have looser hip flexors, you have a neutral pelvis and your belly is more in line with your…

Two months ago you probably weighed more.

I don't know what my body fat was when I was 149. I started MFP at 142 and 25.5% which would have put my LBM at 106. There's some variation in the body fat measurement though (I've measured as low as 19% which would put me at 102 instead of 100). Not to say, though, that I couldn't have build a little muscle in my arms…

My arms LOOK better after heavy lifting despite a calorie deficit. Don't really know (or care) if I built any muscle (newbie gains) or what, but it's probably looks that you're going for anyways. Shoulder presses, squats with an overhead press, lat pulldowns until I could do chinups (now I do 3-4 chinups in a set), bicep…

I did workout 1 on Sunday (and yoga Monday) and could barely walk Tuesday when it came time for workout 2 - so yesterday and today were emergency rest days. Today I felt a little better but still sore in the hamstrings and inner thighs. I'm thinking I might be okay to trash myself with workout 2 tomorrow...

So, I did my first stage 7 yesterday, and amazingly, I can still walk today (barely). It *really* keeps your HR up the entire time! Some of my rests were longer than 30 seconds to catch my breath, and I felt like jello by the end, but I made it. I did 115 on the opening squats (lower than my max, since I'm coming off of a…

IcyHot and ibuprofen.

I'm coming back to NROLW for stage 7 starting on September 9th. I did an extended stage 1 from mid-Sept to end of Dec 2011, and then stages 2 and 3 in January-March of this year. I've been working my own lifting program for the past several months and ready for a change, so I'll be lurking around here for a bit this fall…

Curious. My guesses would be either "Exercise changes your goal" (obvious) or something a bit more esoteric like people with lower goals tend to net more below their goal than people with higher goals. Goal = 1575, Food = 1562, Exercise = 0 (I worked a 10 hour day + 1.5 hours commuting), Net = 1562.

You already have a deficit at 1200 calories; you don't have to create anything else through exercise. 1200 IS reduced calorie consumption. Reduce calories to lose weight (see above). Exercise to look better and be healthier.

Au contraire - I submit to the jury exhibit A: http://cuteoverload.com/2012/07/07/when-the-stork-gets-the-wrong-address/ AWWW! :smooched:

I'm going to guess this was probably in response to someone saying "If I eat back my exercise calories, then doesn't that defeat the purpose of working out?! Won't I just maintain!?"

Pre-lift abs hit: 5x20 hanging leg lifts, 1min bridge pose hold, 2min front plank, 1min each side plank. Then 3 sets of 6 unless otherwise noted: Tuesday Barbell Squat in straight sets Alternate sets of Bench Press and Step Ups Alternate sets of Pullups (currently 3x2) and Dumbbell Snatch Alternate sets of Lateral Raises,…

Okay, for all the people saying "exercise" - you're not doing anyone any favors. Yes, exercise is great for your mood. But when you are depressed to the point where you can barely get out of bed every day, someone telling you to exercise is unhelpful at best and exacerbating at worst - one more thing to feel guilty about…

I lost 25 lbs on Wellbutrin without even trying.

Bacon. Also, used diced chuck or stew beef instead of ground beef.

Kids do scream and cry. And I'm sure I did it too when I was a child...which is why my parents didn't take me to nice restaurants until I could behave appropriately! As to "needing to keep the magic in their relationship at all costs" - I go out to have nice evenings with my husband to maintain my relationship too; why is…

Um, maybe stick to McDonalds and Chuck E Cheese until they've mastered behaving in that environment, and then work your way up from there? I'm all for socializing kids and teaching good manners, but you start with places that have kids menus and play areas, not nice seafood restaurants and steakhouses. - Said the person…

I did NR stages 1-3 and then started working my own program. I currently squat 115lbs and DL 130lbs for 3 sets of 6. 5'5", 129 lbs.

I wear a HRM during yoga classes (no it's not hot yoga, so it's not skewed by excessively high temps). I burn about 200-300 calories in a 75-minute ashtanga or advanced vinyasa class. You could probably burn about 3x as much by running or biking for the same period of time, but I enjoy the yoga most :-) Your weight loss is…