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I am 5 lbs away from the upper end of my maintenance range. I have toyed with the idea of recomping, but decided to try and lose some more fat first. I carry almost all of mine right in my belly. I decided to give myself until Christmas and see if I can lose the last 5 lbs, then I will switch to maintenance or a very small…

Yes, you are probably losing from somewhere you aren't measuring. I would recommend measuring once a month. More frequently than that, and the changes will be so small there is no way of knowing if it was really a loss, or if you were just in a different spot, or pulled a little tighter this time.

I tried one Quest bar and hated it. It tasted gritty to me. I LOVE Clif Builders chocolate mint. Yum.

Sure it will get better with practice. Everything does. You probably won't set the safeties too low again ;) Was this on bench? It wouldn't hurt to read up on ways to fail safely on all the lifts. Check out the roll of shame and about not clamping the plates on the bar so that you can dump them if needed. It can also be a…

Are you doing Pendlay rows or bent over rows? Pendlay rows you should pull to your bra-band. Bent over rows to your belly. The difference in back angle affects where you pull to. Pendlay rows are the SL standard. I do bent over rows because I don't have bumper plates and got sick of stacking. Bench, I pretty much do to…

Ugh. The women's gym I usually go to had a broken water main, so I had to go to a different one and it was PACKED! I had to do everything out of order and mixed up, just grabbing whatever I could. Still going to post in order though, so I don't miss anything. Squat - 3x5 at 125 lbs. Hard, but good. Form felt good. Bench -…

Probably related to the woman at my gym who stepped OVER the bar I was just about to pull from the ground instead of walking around it.

My brother in law broke his ankle and ended up with a clot. Not only did it permanently damage the valves in his veins so that he will likely always have painful swelling, a piece broke off and lodged in his lung. He was off work for months. Follow your doctor's advice.

I had lost about 20 lbs when people started commenting. And I am short, so that is a lot for me. It was also around when I started replacing items in my wardrobe with smaller sizes, which I am sure contributed.

Be careful with those no tracking days.. When I was logging religiously, I was losing almost a lb a week pretty consistently, and that was my goal. Starting in the summer I started skipping days due to vacation, other excuses. I didn't gorge on junk food or anything, but I didn't track. I didn't think that was making poor…

This is all in the context of recovering from an eating disorder. Very different from the general population. If someone is recovering, they should be seeing a specialist to assist them through it. This person also cites very few sources and has no qualifications other than doing "intense research" according to the "About"…

Saturday's workout was technically this morning since I went after my night shift. Still on deload. Squat - 3x5 at 120 lbs. Good. A couple wobbles, but more lack of focus than breaking down form due to weight. Pull ups - 4,4,3 OHP - 3x5 at 55 lbs. Working on that shelf thing. I can start ok, but lose it for later reps. DL…

Humour is hard to convey over the internet. I have witnessed enough spousal abuse, both emotional and physical, in my circle to no longer take "You better not...or else" threats lightly without knowing the situation.

Haven't you posted this same question twice before? There are plenty of answers on your other threads.

I use them to reach the built in pull up bar :D

I haven't tried them, but they look interesting. Regular gloves affect your grip, these say they won't. I am used to callouses. I was a gymnast in high school and regularly ripped skin off my hands :p

I read you should weigh yourself after a rest day. Your muscles retain water as they are recovering, so first thing in the morning after a rest day should have the least amount of lifting related water retention.

I hope he was teasing. I definitely lost some boob size when I lost weight, and they weren't big to begin with. But the rest of me is smaller, so it still looks fine :) And I am much healthier than I was before. I don't get tired walking up stairs.

I always can tell when my TOM is coming when the scale jumps 3-4 lbs for no reason pretty much overnight. I just skip weighing in that week :P

I am always horribly weak the first couple days of my cycle. I still lift, but I don't increase weights that week. Sometimes I need to take a small deload.

Remember TDEE already includes exercise. You do not log and eat back exercise calories when using that method. You take a percentage off (usually 15-20%) and aim for that every day.

Back in the saddle... Deload since I have only lifted once in the last two week, and only a few times in the last couple months. Squat - 3x5 at 115 lbs Bench - 3x5 at 70 lbs Row - 3x5 at 75 lbs Barbell shrugs - 3x8 at 65 lbs Hip thrust - 3x10 at 110 lbs Pull ups - 4,3,3 Skullcrushers - 3x8 at 35 lbs Barbell curls - 3x8 at…

She is 5'7" and 202 lbs though... That formula looks like BMR not TDEE. It gives me a number just over 1200 and my TDEE is nearly 2100. I am 5'0' and 115 lbs.

You have a slide??? So jealous. I have to back climb cuz I am too chicken to drop from the top of the wall :p

I have seriously been slacking on the workouts recently :( No target weights as I am taking a serious deload due to inconsistent lifting the last month or two. 1) Get back in to the twice a week lifting habit. Continue with twice a week derby and one-two climbing sessions. On the weeks that I can only go to derby once, add…

What is your current gym routine? From your profile, it sounds like you are already slim, but want to build muscle. To do that, you need to be lifting heavy.

http://www.skinnytaste.com/2008/11/chicken-curry-with-coconut-milk-43-pts.html But I have to add a lot more coconut milk to get it to the texture I like. Cilantro is optional is you are a anti-cilantro person. Oh, and I cook it longer.

I can't afford to shrink, I am only 5'0"! I refuse to drop below 5'. Even if I shrink I will still always be 5'0" as far as anyone knows. ;) I vote for poor posture or measuring error.

I am 5'0", 113 lbs. I lose between 0.5-1.0 lb per week on about 1700 cal/day. That is including exercise. I am pretty active. I have roller derby 2-3 times a week, rock climb twice a week (one long session, one short with my daughter), and lift weights twice a week. My maintenance is somewhere around 2000-2100 cals.

Many women who are not obese do not have a TDEE high enough to lose 2 lbs a week consistently and safely. Say your maintenance calories are 1800 without exercise. To lose 2 lbs a week, you need a 1000 calorie deficit. But MFP won't go under 1200, which is recognized by many sources to be the minimum at which most women can…