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Why would you have a reduction in calories if you were 1/2 lb under your goal weight?

Is your baby eating solid foods? 500 calories for breastfeeding is for young babies who are EBF. As you introduce solids, the baby will nurse less and you will burn fewer calories. Gradually taper down your extra nursing calories as you baby gets more food from elsewhere.

Registered Dietitians and nutritionists are two different things. RDs are regulated and, in Canada anyway, need to have at least Bachelor degrees in nutrition, often Masters or Doctorates. Nutritionists are not regulated. In a lot of places, I could go take a weekend seminar somewhere then set up shop as a nutritionist.…

So, apparently I suck at checking in, so this is my week in review. Slacked off the first half of the week. Wednesday - First derby practice back in a month. Awesome. Thursday - climbing day. 2 hours at the climbing gym. Friday - went to lift at lunchtime. This was a mistake. Less than 14 hours since climbing and my arms…

Ugh. I threw up at girl guide camp because tuna sandwiches were what they had for lunch and they refused to believe that I would puke if I ate it. I proved them wrong :P Tuna sushi is awesome though.

I am 5'0" and my husband is 6'2". I am definitely satisfied on way less than he is, but yes, in restaurants it is easy to "clean your plate" just because it is there. I am in the habit now of splitting it in my mind right off the bat, and making sure that I save enough for lunch or dinner the next day. My weakness was when…

No. Amino acids are just the building blocks of proteins. If your protein intake is sufficient, don't worry about it. It's mostly broscience.

@Llamapants86 - That is tricky. I would be tempted, since she opened the door with the bachelorette, to say that it would be "awkward" to shoot her wedding, and that her family might be more comfortable with another photographer. Be prepared for a sob story about how she can't find/afford one right now though. The be as…

Slacking off with checking in. Wednesday's workout was meh. Some good, some not so good. Pull ups - 4,4,3. Set 3 was like 10 minutes later though, because some trainer took the step I was using to reach the bar and used it to have her client do lunges right under the only pull up bar. It annoyed me because she saw me pull…

Where you put the bar on your back doesn't matter as much as keeping in centred over your mid-foot. How high or low the bar is just determines how much of a forward lean you have to keep it centred.

I love my little bicep. It isn't big, but it is more than I have ever had before, I think. I flex all the time :p

If you are just looking to make up the calories you lost drinking soda in order to gain weight again, you can drink juice instead. Really, you can make up the calories with whatever you want, food, beverage, chocolate...

This is the goal thread, so I'm guessing everyone has set their goals for the month. Check out the workout check in thread for daily updates.

What many people here fail to realize is that if a breastfeeding woman eats too few calories, her body will shut down milk production to conserve energy. MFP does not know that you are breastfeeding when it sets up your calorie requirements. It is not something that is calculated in to your NEAT calories for the day, like…

Yes, that is correct, but workout A is Squat, Bench, Row, so deadlifts won't be until workout B. For Bench and definitely Overhead Press, it is common for the bar alone to be too heavy for women. If it is, start with fixed barbells or dumb bells and work up to the 45 lb bar.

I watched it at work, so it was muted! Now I am curious ;)

If you are exclusively breastfeeding an infant you need extra calories or else your supply can be affected. There are entries for breastfeeding in the exercise tab to make it easier, or you can quick add negative calories. As your baby starts eating solids as well, or if you are supplementing with formula, you won't need…

This! Negatives is how I learned :) I went from dropping like a rock to now being able to do 4 strict pull ups in a row. One day I will do 10!

Really, try one way and see how it works. If you can't manage you hunger well, mix it up. Some people like to eat more on lifting days because they perform better on higher calorie days. Others find they are starving on recovery days and prefer to eat more then. I follow TDEE and eat approx. the same every day. It works…

The angle isn't very good, but there are two things that stand out to me... The first couple reps look ok for depth, but you don't seem to quite break parallel starting on rep 3. You seem to have a high bar position, but are leaning forward like a low bar squat. It is hard to tell from the angle of the camera, but it looks…

Sounds like complete BS to me. Sorry. There are no quick fixes. The gaining muscle one is physically impossible. Anything that promises to lose 20 lbs in 30 days and get 2 hours sleep is not going to be healthy.

Yikes. At 5'0", that would put my waist at less than 23". And with an "ideal" weight of well under 100 lbs. I think I was that size when I was 14, and I was a tiny kid. No way in heck am I losing 10 lbs of muscle to get to that LBM target :P

Went to the "bro" gym tonight because it is the only one open late on Saturdays. It was interesting :P but so messy! Random plates scattered everywhere. But, I did hip thrusts in the male dominated weight room. I have only done them in the women's gym before. It wasn't crowded, but there were several people there. I felt a…

Post your goals here: :) community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10262889/dont-be-spooked-in-october-set-goals There are no mods left for this group, so we can't change/remove stickies.

So, if one of your kids decides they want to eat meat again, what do yo do? Look at them with disgust and kick them out to avoid stinking up the house? If you have been with this person for 15 years, they deserve more respect than you are showing here. Honestly, you sound like a stereotypical "new vegan" who decides that…

Get down to 112-113 lbs. Improve each main lift by one weight increment. Gonna try and stick with lifting twice a week and climbing once a week, and see how that goes.

Hahaha, that was hilarious! Today is a rest day after my crazy day yesterday. It may be a big food day. I'm starving and it is only 11!

The best thing to do is track everything religiously for 2-4 weeks. The longer the better. Be as accurate as possible. Set if there was any weight change in that time. Calculate your own TDEE by adding up all the calories you ate. Add in 3500 for every pound you lost on that time period, subtract 3500 for every lb gained.…

I'm pretending the month ended today because my meeting ran too late last night to go to the gym, and I had to go this morning instead. 1. Maybe. I weighed in at 114.8 this morning. 2. I think so! Added 10lbs this month and form still feels good for the most part. 3. Nope. Barely got 80, but I knew it was a long shot. 4.…

Much better workout today. Squat - 3x5 at 130 lbs. Hard! OHP - 3x4 at 60 lbs. I've never made it past 57.5 before. I didn't even attempt the 5th rep because I could feel my form starting to break down on the 4th. Still happy to get 3x4! DL - 1x5 at 185! Also a new high. This is the first time my legs have felt really tired…