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Oddly enough, more than one incredibly experienced personal trainer, who deals with all kinds of 'pear shapes' among other body types...disagrees with you. Have you considered that maybe it's you that isn't going about it properly? Here's a picture from a definitely pear shaped woman posted earlier in the thread: The…

It was a good thread lol. I may or may not have got a strike in this one as well =p.

First, you're down 3lbs in 3wks, and that isn't enough? Second you'll fluctuate 2-3lbs or more in a DAY...much less over weeks. I averaged 3000cal/day burn this week, and averaged 2700cal/day intake. That's a 2100cal total deficit, yet my scale says I gained 2lbs. You can't trust it like that. Third...do you truly believe…

I told her bodyweight, because in all honesty it's better to overdo than under. Although anywhere close is usually fine.

Football is a good bit more than applied strength lol. Even being on the line requires footwork and coordination. These things are learned...as you said, via practicing the sport. But you sort of prove my point here. Even gymnasts don't just do gymnastics in order to gain or maintain the conditioning necessary to do…

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Yes, 10 minutes of warmup/active stretching. HIIT jumping jacks even would do the trick :). I used to do racketball, or work my heavy bag for my warmup.

Ehh...all correct, other than one thing. Take...football players for example. They lift weights/exercise to gain the strength/fitness to effectively practice to improve their skill. They don't just play football all day to gain the conditioning necessary to play football. Riding a bike hard at the track is like that.…

Do some google searches on the results of over exercising. You seem VERY active...if you just throw this in on top of it...no, I don't believe it will be very effective. Rest is JUST as critical as exercise when it comes to a healthy workout plan. Here is how I would do it if I were you. Monday - LIFT only...10 minutes pre…

You have to eat at a surplus to increase muscle mass. You have to eat at a deficit to lose bodyfat. You could try something like www.leangains.com...which plays those rules off each other....but either way the rules are the rules. (Disclaimer - She's not a newbie, not incredibly overweight, and not a returning athlete or…

Lol...I seriously hate to keep grinding on this point! But if you lose 30lbs of bodyfat, your stamina (both muscular and cardiovascular) is going to seem to have increased by an incredible amount. Some cardio is ok...but what you're not understanding is it's not the exercise itself that is cardio or strength training, it's…

Insanity isn't weight training. Insanity is, honestly...high intensity cardio. I suggest easing up on the cardio...a LOT. I didn't do ANY cardio when I lost that 40lbs. Cardio is for heart and lung health...and while it's important, losing a substantial amount of bodyfat is probably going to be better for you in the short…

And there you have it :).

I'm 180lbs or so. I eat between 100-150g of protein a day without any issue, and one of my meals almost always consists of taco bell. I don't do protein shakes either. I would like to eat a bit more, but I know I'm carrying at LEAST 30lbs of bodyfat, so I don't worry about it too much. Women have a little harder time…

You're welcome! But understand, just lifting boxes or whatever else (even in an 'exercise' scenario) isn't really going to do what you want. I work in construction...I'm lifting/working/doing something all freaking day long. Yet...without a regimented lifting program...I retain my belly and love handles like no one's…

I'd be surprised, very surprised, if 1300cal is enough, considering your activity level outside of work. I worked with a 39yr old 5'2" tall woman awhile back. She couldn't burn fat unless I made her eat well over 1500cal, with 2000cal turning out to be the magic number (it took awhile to get her to go that high). Granted…

Absolutely. ANY lifting is heavy lifting, if you can only lift the item in question 5-8x or so. Take a look at this: I ended up losing 40lbs of primarily FAT in 3mos with that workout. I didn't eat clean, I didn't obsess over how small or large my deficit was every day (just that I had one). I didn't do cardio either. I…

Thank you for those links! For ther record though, I've been talking to her in PM's etc...she's incredibly open minded and more than willing to learn/discuss. It's actually been very refreshing to talk to someone who is so open to other points of view!!

Huge respect there. And for the record...I agree with you pretty much word for word.

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I agree with everything on the webmd page, other than slide 6. I don't have the studies handy (on my phone), but there are dozens that have proven repeatedly that eating does not provide a viable boost to metabolism. The book 'Eat Stop Eat' alone is full of them. As to the second, do you understand how small an overall…

I'm sorry, I don't mean to come across as rude...but this is completely 100% false. 10 jumping jacks increases your metabolism more than any meal does. Large meals don't slow your metabolism, and small meals don't increase it. If anything, the adrenalin and other hormones produced by an actual empty stomach do more to…

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Why snack between meals? What is the benefit? Exercising to eat more is definitely a reasonable option...but most often, people choose long bouts of steady state cardio for this, as it 'burns more calories'...which can have a hormonal impact that some believe (myself included) are counter productive to fat loss in general.

/sigh...if I had a dime for every time I was asked to fund a ****ing study for an MFP statistician...I'd be rich. Oh...and clearly, the fact that fit shaming is based on physical appearance rather than actual negative health issues (which the bulk of the obese...and I don't mean by the BMI chart here...are obviously…

Alternatively, you could eat nothing in the first half of the day, teach your body that the 'hunger' its feeling is habit, boredom, thirst, or any of the two dozen other more likely things it probably is other than real 'hunger' (I mean..come on, did you eat dinner? Is it still in your stomach digesting in the morning? Do…

Wrong. I showed my mother and sister in law some pictures just last night of some of the women on this forum who are incredibly fit with very low bodyfat levels. They BOTH made a disgusted face and said they were 'gross' and 'manly'. Neither is a member of this site, and my sister in law actually goes to the gym a hell of…