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Try to make them complex carbs! Complex mean harder to digest, keeping you feeling fuller longer = happy tummy! Try at least 80% of the time. Allow for one or 2 fun foods. I see several replies with marco suggestion. They are good. Follow them. I am 1-1.5 grams of protein per pound of body weight and .5 grams for both…

Ha! Just caught that you are doing Size, not Shred. Still, I would like to hear feed back, because I want to do Size the beginning of next year.

I did Shortcut to Shred back in July. Prepare for intensity!! It works very well. Actually, if I do not perform plyos between sets now, I feel like I'm not really working out. I love it! But I am taking a break from that style and back to lifting and HIITs for the fall. Probably do it again around the holidays. Love to…

To add: Really, there is no need to go so extreme as 1200 calories or lower, unless you are super tiny and that is your actual functioning calories needs or absolutely sedentary all day. Or unless, you just really want to.

Go to IIFYM.com, enter your stats and follow that for awhile to see if it works. By awhile, I mean at least a month, if not more. Adjust from there slowly if nothing is happening. Learn more about nutrients as well as how many calories your body needs to basically stay alive and what it needs to function with the activity…

The ol" un-re-racked weights. And at my gym, weights that have been actually re-racked, in the wrong spot. 30lb dumb bell in the 20lb spot, which throws off the rest of the dumb bells and you have to go searching. And, yeah, it ain't my business, but the people lying on the cardio machines. If you have to lie down on the…

I have to say, the question is good, the answers are good and it is refreshing to see the OP not fighting against the advice! Last several threads along this line went sooo bad. OP, take notes, these people are all on the right track. Be BRUTALLY honest about what and how much you eat (allow a little OCD action for awhile…

First, great job on the 97lbs of loss! Next, according to what you say you have eaten, you have not consumed enough protein. I suggest you find all your macro and caloric needs at IIFYM.com. Implement that and you will feel much more satiated. You will have to play around with food for awhile until you find the foods you…

My scale is wacked too. I am staying away from the scale and trying to go more on what I look like, so it has been a bit since I was on it so that I could give you an example, but I know it was way off for BF%, although weight seemed fairly accurate. Good job on the 170 though! Especially after a weekend. :)

Hey Everyone! Cardio: Walk/Jog/Sprint 15% incline, 30 sec intervals for 15 min, Jog/Sprint 3% incline for 15 min Strength: Squats 95-135lbs, stationary lunges 40-55lbs, single leg curls 35lbs, single leg extension 25lbs - all at 4 sets of 28 (7 normal speed, 7 slow, 7 half up, 7 half down) Adductor and abductor 4x12…

HR monitor is for monitoring your heart rate when you are wearing it. It also can estimate your caloric burn if you enter your stats. I agree with 3dogsrunning. All science shows it is really only useful during steady state cardio. And margin of error for them in the calorie counting area is pretty great, especially in the…

This thread is giving me such a laugh I am doubled over in crunches. Wait.. Hold on while I sit around resting for a minute between laughs.

Bahahahah! Yup. Everyday occurrence.

Me too! Bump this.

Right?!?!

I agree with everyone here that you should lift heavy (In good form and safely) and eat appropriate macronutrients within calorie range. Without knowing you, here is my blanket statement; I am 5'10 and have been doing major research and educating myself to lose my weight and transform my body. I eat mostly good, and lift…

It's the weekend! Cardio - none Strength - none, Yay for rest day! Assessment - none -Ha! It is too early, but probably won't be around the rest of the day to say. However, I did have an fairly good week overall. Best week in a long time, actually. So I'll keep it up. Hope everyone's weekend is going well.

Just 2 cups in the morning no sugar, with half and half. I'd rather deal with the fats in half and half than the sugar in creamers or low fat milks. But around the holidays I splurge allowing myself one bottle of a seasonal flavored creamer like pumpkin spice or mint. :)

MFP does it to plenty of people. It does it to me and I am more than 5'10 and 162 lbs. It is just the industry standard for "Don't go below this", so that is what it will suggest many times. In the end I find most people do not educate themselves enough on the science and go more based on other people say, like eat 1200…

MFP tells me the same thing. My BMR is 1500ish and TDEE is 2200ish. Will you die at 1200? No. But everyday someone here posts they are eating at or below 1200, had some great losses and then cannot figure out why they stopped losing weight after awhile at the same 1200. Their bodies are slowing their metabolism to conserve…

Weigh, measure and be brutally honest logging your food at least 80-90% of the time, if not 100% in the beginning. Yes, you can eat whatever you want and still lose, but there are better food choices that make it easier, faster and more comfortable for you to lose. The difference is in how quickly certain food turn to…

Hi again! I reached my goal weight in August and suddenly realized what I thought was a good goal weight (and it was, for needing to lose 75lbs) is 15-20lbs off from what I really want for the new fitness level in my life. I hope this forum is a new tool for me to play with to reach my new goal. Here's today. And it hurt.…

Yes and no. Alcohol turns to sugar in your system faster than anything. If you are not using that sugar right away for energy it will be stored as fat. Additionally, science show it more readily stores in the abdomen area (beer belly). At the end of the day it is about calories in vs. calories out. Better food choices…

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This is my first time joining in the fun. Sweet. I actually am heading to the gym in while, but thought I would give this a try from yesterday info. Mine may sound weird since I follow Jim Stoppani's workout principles from his Shortcut to Shred program; 1 min of plyos/cardio between each set of lifting, then regular…

And 10. non fat greek yogurt

Google it. Several sites come up with a list of high protein, low calorie food sources. But right off the top of my head. 1. shrimp 2. tuna 3. chicken breast 4. low fat cottage cheese 5. eggs/egg whites (I combine 1egg & 1/2 cup egg white every breakfast) 6. lean ground turkey 7. beans 8. almonds 9. nut butters, natural…

Calorie deficit is how to lose weight. Learn more about macros to discover more of what balance of nutrition you should be consuming, and, yes, making "cleaner" choices is best for your health and possibly get you to your goal more quickly. But to lose weight and keep it off only chose a lifestyle of eating that you can do…

Join a gym that offers all, if not more, provided there is one near you. You will find a couple of things likely to happen, people like and crave variety, so anyone of your choices may come to feel like a job eventually, and the other thing is that your body adapts within a couple of months to whatever you are doing,…

Too broad a question. Everyone has taken a different approach, therefore, you will get as many answers. What you want to know is how much can YOU lose. Everything being optimal; appropriate calorie restrictions, best food choices 80% of the time, an exercise routine for additional calorie reduction, but moreover, to change…