202685tracy Member

I'm 44 and don't have kids. People have finally stopped bugging us and have accepted the fact that we made this choice!

why do you want to avoid lactose? Processed soy is just as bad (at least what I have been reading about it)

The bar I like to use for curls and presses etc. is a 30# bar, it is shorter than an olympic bar, so it is easier to move around and lift. This length bar however does not fit on my smith machine that I holds the bar when I am doing chest press, so I use an olympic bar for chest presses this bar is 40#. Weight plates are…

1. The way I did it for this go around is that I did all my 1RM for the entire 4 weeks the week before. One day I did 1RM for weeks 1 and 2 (disc 1and 4) this took me 60 mins. Another day I did legs for weeks 1 and 2 (disc 3 and 6) and another day weeks 1 and 2 (disc 2 and 5). Than I took another day to finish up for weeks…

Yes, but what you have to remember is that I was at VLCD for 2 years, so when I started eating at maintenance, my body was storing everything possible. I have lost 2 of the 10, but I have also added muscle. I am not worried about that weight, I have faith that after I bulk this fall, I will start to lose with the cut in…

I was on weight watchers for close to 2 years and so was eating a very low calorie diet. When I met Kiki, everyhting she preatched made sense to me and so I started my reset. Unfortunately I didn't understand that it was different for everyone, and just said I am going to do 8 weeks, which I did and then quickly started…

Her whole low impact series is minimal jumping and only hand weights.

Everyone who has gained weight back should really check out the forum Eat More to Weigh Less, they have some great insights into why it is so easy to gain it all back plus some!

They eat way to little and they post way too much!

You should check out http://eatmore2weighless.com/ Are you exercising and lifting weights? If so you should check this out. 1200 cals is too low for anyone.

Set your sights on the long term goal, not short. You want it to be a lifestyle change and long term loss! Consistency is key. Check out the EM2WL forum.

It is an ok gym for a no frills gym. My mom belongs to it and when I am back visiting I go on her guest pass. They do have a ton of cardio machines, which allows you to stay on longer than 20 mins which is the case in some gyms and no waiting. They have a few machines, cross cable machines, smith machines and dumb bells.…

Love all these responses! My favorite comment is "who's going to take care of you when you are older?" As if kids are a guarantee!!

42, married and no kids and that's the way I like it!!! :)

I hope you butted in!! ;)

O the scooby site, you need to enter your true activity level, so if you workout 5 hours a week you need to use that as your TDEE. In this case you don't eat back your calories. Set you MFP setting to your TDEE minus your 15 or 20%. It doesn't matter if you exercise or not, in theory you should still eat this amount…

I'm not going. :(

low fat plain greek yogurt with PB2 (peanut butter powder...all the flavor but not much of the fat) and berries and a little vanilla stevia drops. I also like daisy 2% cottage cheese with almonds and fruit.

If you haven't changed your activity level...you need to! http://scoobysworkshop.com/calorie-calculator/ Check out this website to make sure you are eating enough cals!

These are some of my firsts too and I love Slow and Heavy. Just recently started doing Pure Strength and like that one a lot too!

I cook with it and add it to my green drink!

I am also part of Eat More to Weigh Less. I am doing it slow and last week I didn't lose any weight on the scale (actualy gained .8 lbs), but lost .2 pounds of fat and gained .8# of muscle! A small victory, but that is what I want slow progress!

Check out the group Eat more to weigh less.

Why didn't you say that to him!?

If you use your TDEE cut number as your goal 1867, than you eat this many calories regardless of how much you are working out...unless of course your calorie burn takes you below your BMR...IE if you burn more than 450 cals. So, lets say you burned 500 cals. 1867-500=1367. This is below your BMR, so you would want to at…

For those of you who are addicted to full sugar soda and who missed 60 minuteson Sunday. Should watch this link. www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7403942n One of the stories was about sugar toxicity!

OMG...what great analogies!!! Something that is in language we can all understand!! The part about the binging, I think you were talking to me...you should have said "and Tracy...." LOL. I think that is the scenario that is totally going on right now with me! thank you so much KIKI!!

Like Lisa, I also figured out my TDEE which is 2382 after adding the 10%. After I subtract the 15% my calorie intake should be 2024. I do work out 5-6 times per week, have recently cut down my huge cardio calorie burns and continure with my weight training that I have been doing for about a year and a half. I usually burn…

Roasted Sweet Potato Salad with Cranberry-Chipotle Dressing 2.5# Sweet Potatoes cut into 2 In pieces 3TBS olive oil .75 tsp kosher salt .5tsp pepper .75C fresh or frozen cranberries .25 C water or orange juice 2 tsp raw honey 1 or 2 chipotle peppers from a can of chipotles in adobo sauce .5C pepitas (pumpkin seeds) .75C…