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You're using your arms for locomotion. You're dragging your whole body along. Of course you are going to develop those muscles.

I think what you want is to eat AT TDEE and continue to lift. If you eat under TDEE you would probably lose LBM as well as fat.

Well, exercise does make your brain release endorphins. It also distracts you from the day's irritations by simply being focused on the activity. :flowerforyou:

I weigh similar. 5'6. I wear only bikinis.

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Oh I so miss seeing the Dropkicks every March! I moved away in 2011. :(

Your body needs a certain amount of calories to just function: temperature control, organ function, brain function. Try looking up "Basal Metabolic Rate" or BMR...that's the amount you'd need to eat to just lay in bed all day. I assume you do things like get up and use a computer, so you are already above your BMR. :) The…

Yes. You keep saying you entered your weight and your goals and MFP gave you 1200 calories. But MFP also expects you to eat exercise calories. You may wish to look at this calculator: http://www.fitnessfrog.com/calculators/tdee-calculator.html It incorporates average activity/exercise into your calorie goal.

Whoa, been there. Thankfully the world is a much bigger and more interesting place than high school. I know it's hard to understand the scale of the people and the opportunities ahead, but they are there! :flowerforyou:

Panache underwire sports bra. No question. And I'm 32F.

100% this ^ Great achievement, OP! :flowerforyou:

I agree with people saying to lower the squats/lunges reps. I don't think I could do 60 bodyweight squats in one workout and I have done weighted squats for over a year. I do 3-5 sets of 5 reps with a 26lb kettlebell.

15 minutes treadmill + 15 minutes elliptical = 30 minutes. You don't have to do the same thing for 30 minutes, you just have to do SOME things that keeps your heart rate up. Heartrate is what matters here. My cardiologist's advice to me was to not let my heartrate drop below 110 during my rest intervals. I have a heart…

31. No kids. No pressure or other nonsense from anyone who matters. Although I'm not sure why distant relatives and other near-strangers are so concerned with my uterus. *shrug*

One time this dude sat on a bench RIGHT behind me while I was in the rack. He didn't even use the bench, just sat there. I'm like...I can see you creepin in the WALL TO WALL MIRROR. But then when he finally started lifting some things, my weights were higher than his, so I quickly got over it. :laugh:

In for clownfish.

You asked what BMR and TDEE were... BMR = basal metabolic rate. It's the amount of calories you need for basic life functions. You should never net below your BMR. TDEE = total daily energy expenditure. It's the amount you spend on the average day, including activity and exercise. Here, have a calculator:…

I think one way women get into the wrong size is they work their way into it over time. You have something that fits at one point in your life and as you grow you pick new sizes incorrectly without getting refit or change brands and everything gets completely confused. The place I go to now remeasures me every 6 months…

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Ugh, people. I don't think you're being silly at all. Especially when you say you have trouble with stairs. I think it just makes sense to want to be in better shape and maybe reduce risks of complications or something.

Very sneaky. Not even putting links in the obvious advert. :laugh:

"toning" :grumble:

Low weight, high reps will build endurance. High weight, low reps will do what you call "tone." I've been lifting heavy for over a year and I do not have bulk. What I *do* have from it are nice arms. :drinker: My advice is to hire a trainer to learn proper form and set up a program to build on.

I agree with all of this. I'd suggest looking up some of the lifting success stories on here. It's also a lot of fun! :flowerforyou:

Maybe you are holding water in your muscles from the exercise. Maybe you didn't digest everything yet. Maybe one of your foods made you bloat. Maybe maybe maybe. Long. Term. Trends. Long. Term. Trends.

First of all, 16 ounces = 1 lb. Also, please stop weighing yourself so often. It's going to zig zag over time, and it's DEFINITELY going to zig zag within a day as you intake and process food/water over the course of a day. What matters is the long term trend. Like another poster said, you can add your calories back in…

Yes. TDEE - 20% is a deficit. A SAFE deficit. BMR is the amount your body needs to do things like maintain temperature as a warm blooded animal and organ function. Also...Day to day spikes and dips aren't indicative of bad or good decisions. You need to take the long view here and see how things look over a month. I spike…

I go to a small local gym that has two locations. It's $25/month, billed quarterly. Personal training is $70/hour, which I do about twice per month. There are classes (additional cost each) at the other location, but so far all I have used the membership for are weights, kettlebells, and training. It's very close to my…

Clean & press a suitcase into the overhead bin. :bigsmile:

I wear them for lifting and for taking walks. I only go back to chucks/vans if it's very cold (e.g. today :grumble:).