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25 here. Feeling like the prime of life.

Get more protein after your workout. Your body takes the longer to burn protein than it does carbs or fat. Protein shakes are great after a workout because your body can absorb them quickly to replenish your broken-down muscle fibers, but to avoid being hungry the next day, eat a lot of slow processing protein after your…

I also recommend spending the $15 for an ab wheel and doing that instead of crunches because the resistance will give you better results.

Ok, here's the thing... the rate of weight loss that would be considered healthy changes from person to person. If a person is 500lbs, chances are that making healthy changes to their diet and exercise is going to cause a DRASTIC change. They can lose more than 2lbs/week without it hurting them in most cases. If a person…

Ok, so I guess this topic is pretty well covered. We all agree on everything? Yeah? Yeah. Good talk.

THIS

One guy asks who the other is to be giving advice. The other says who he is and what he has done. I guess I missed the part where answering a question makes him an *kitten*.

I am totally going to side with MMA dude on this one. I've also noticed the MFP trend on the forums to basically bully people (especially women) in "lifting heavy". I see it every time I'm in the forums, and yes, it is annoying. Nobody should be so forceful in pushing their methods on others, even if it is a good method.…

Haha, you found the forums, huh? Be careful... It's a slippery slope, lol.

Lol, if you follow what she is saying, you are going to cut 15% from the 2725. This would leave you eating 2,316 calories/day. This is much more than you are currently eating, so don't get discouraged if you don't lose weight as fast. That's because this is what is recommended for healthy weight loss, and generally…

KFC grilled chicken!!!! A drumstick is only 90 calories. A thigh is only 170. A breast is 220. Total that is only 480. I usually get two drumsticks and a thigh for 350, but you can do it other ways.

Your BMR is supposed to be what they would feed your body if you were in a coma, and literally not active at all. Of course it is ok to eat above that. You're not in a coma, are you? Most of the time it is recommended that you eat below TDEE and above BMR. To eat below BMR might make you lose weight faster, but is not…

Another week of 1200?! STOP. JUST STOP. 1200 is not enough. Everyone in here has said the same thing! IT'S NOT ENOUGH. YOU ARE STARVING YOURSELF. Your body is holding on to every single calorie possible because 1200 is not giving you the energy you need to survive, and your body is fighting to keep the weight you are…

I realize that it is a common thought that you need to eat a gram of protein per pound of body weight, but it really isn't necessary. Anything after 0.8 grams per pound of body weight is pretty much a waste. The body can't really absorb any more than that unless you are on steroids. I was doing the same thing as you,…

lol, this is intermittent fasting. It is NOT a diet. Changing what you eat and how many calories you take is dieting, and that is separate from this. It only relates to WHEN you take in calories. Sorry, the term makes me mad because it came from the book. The book was just a way to make money off of a successful idea that…

LMAO

I don't purposely avoid anything for any reason other than the fact that the calories are so high in some things that it uses too much of my daily calories. If I don't drink soda, then I can have more food. If I don't eat a small amount of french fries, I can have a large amount of chicken. High calorie foods and drinks…

lol, don't feel so guilty. It's not that serious, lol. Just try to be under your daily goal as consistently as possible. Everybody goes over from time to time. This is a marathon, not a sprint.

I used to jog a mile or mile and a half on the treadmill whenever I could, and HATED it. My legs felt terrible, and my whole body felt like I had gotten beaten up. Could barely breathe. It was awful, but I thought I just needed to tough it out. It got a little easier over time, but the fact is that i just hate jogging.…

Increasing how much you eat can increase your metabolism, but so can decreasing how much you eat. You are at a set point, meaning your body is not changing. Therefore, you need to make a change to your diet to get out of the set point. Eating more could do this, but if you keep eating more, you will eventually gain weight.…

For me, a cheat day or meal is one where you go over your daily calories. I try to keep high protein macros, but there are times I'll eat unhealthy meals and fit them into my daily calories, which does throw off my macros, but it isn't that big of a deal here and there. If I'm going to have a cheat day, I say screw the…

If you are insistent on high intensity cardio, then do jump rope. You should only be jumping a half inch off the ground at the most. Otherwise, walking and swimming are both excellent cardio. A 3-4 mph pace walk is actually pretty ideal, and even leisurely swimming burns a ton of calories.

Nobody can really tell you whether your routine is good except for you, how you feel after, and the results you see. It sounds like you're hitting your major body parts, so I don't see anything wrong. I'd suggest to add a pulling motion, like a seated row or something like that for your back. Other than that, I think most…

My daily calories is 1530 not including cardio exercise. I try to stay under that whether I do cardio or not. I log all my food into MFP so that I can see the 'if every day were like today' thing. It always tells me if I haven't eaten enough, in which case, I just eat more. I don't know why more people seem to use the site…

kfc grilled chicken. drumstick is 90 cals. thigh is 170. breast is 220. Delicious and lots of protein.

You may be building a small amount of muscle from your exercise. A very small amount of muscle weighs the same as a much larger amount of fat. Don't get discouraged. As long as you are losing inches or body fat %, the weight is irrelevant.

jump rope.

"Bread and carbs is what builds muscle." LMAO

Try doing 4 sets of 5, and if you can continue to about 8 reps on the last set, then move up in weight.