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Can you give another example of what she has done/said that would be bringing you down? Your example does show that she was being rude for sure but is there really a pattern or was it a one off thing? I'm not doubting you, I'm trying to understand.

What are your height and weight?

Calories were matched? Not according to the last two sentences of the study itself:

Right, the study does not apply to daily IF. Why use it to support IF? IF is an eating schedule. If you like it, do it. People have skipped breakfast and/or lunch for ages. It's not a new concept, just new marketing.

I have to agree with the others. Your workout should last as long as it takes to complete the prescribed exercises in your program. If you have to ask how long, you aren't ready to be creating your own program so use one that already exists. What you are asking is similar to asking "how long should I be in math class?"…

At this point, it doesn't really matter. Both have carbs, which can be useful for energy. The granola bar is likely to have more fat in it, which isn't necessarily a bad thing but that depends on the rest of your diet. Overall, it's not something that I would spend time debating over. Whatever fits in your calorie budget.

That's really important to think about. I see people a lot who cut their calories and then go all out with activity and then seem to wonder why they are tired. It should be easy to see that reduce the amount of fuel (food) you provide to your body while increasing the amount of fuel it needs in order to function will…

Yes, you can. You will likely lose more muscle than necessary. A lot of what you've lost has been water. Once you start to eat at maintenance, you will gain it back. If your focus is on losing weight, you're doing a great job. If your focus is on losing fat, you need to change what you're doing.

All of this. The woman in the video is a felonious liar who had her convictions overturned on a technicality. That she'll hawk anything to make a buck, whether to pay her legal fees or to line her coffers, is not a far fetch.

What matters is your long term downward trend in weight. If you are seeing such a trend, what you're doing is okay. If it becomes difficult to keep your calories in track after a very low calorie day, you might want to use a more moderate approach. That's something that you need to experiment with in order to see what…

My negative body changes in my 20s and 30s were due to poor eating/activity habits. So many people seem to think that hitting their 30s means their bodies will take a downward turn. That ends up being a self fulfilling prophecy. Eat appropriately and be active and you'll be fine. Will you look like a fresh faced 21 yo?.…

I have never seen them in a regular store. Do you have a place like Play It Again Sports? It's a secondhand store for sports equipment. Maybe try it?

I think the below the neck rule is vague. I'm not really sure what it even means as there's a lot below the neck so something like 90% of even the mildest issues would be keeping people out of the gym. I lift at home. If I'm sick enough that I've stayed home and resting all day, I'll take a day off. For the most part I…

Well there are 5280 feet in a mile and 2670 is a bit less than half that. Mark out 10 or 20 feet and see if your stride is about 24".

How about creating a spreadsheet in Google docs and pulling that up on your phone?

At office parties I make a beeline for the person of honor, chat with him/her for a minute, and then leave. If somebody absolutely insists on me taking something, I take it and then immediately throw it in the trash when I get to my desk.

Whenever it fits your schedule. I'm not a serious competitor in any sport so having a small advantage by exercising at one time of the day vs. another is less important than where it fits in my schedule.

Lifting does not inhibit growth in children. However, lifting should be supervised, good form should be stressed, and the loads should be scaled back appropriately. Maxing out 11 year olds doesn't make sense to me, if you are talking about going for 1RM lifts.

If you're not losing weight, you're losing too much to lose weight and you need to eat less. If your hips are currently 5" bigger than they used to be, you currently weight significantly more than you used to and just need to be patient.

How old are you?

I have never understood the idea behind overtracking (never heard that term but I guess it's as good as any.) You're concerned that the numbers provided on labels are wrong so you decide to add another level of wrongness? Just log according to the weight/measurement, wait a month, and then adjust your calories up or down…

BMR and total daily energy expenditure are two different things. BMR = basal metabolic rate = # calories your body burns while functioning at it's lowest level. Think "coma calories." TDEE = BMR + thermal effect of food (calories burned to process what you eat) + non-exercise activity calories burned + exercise calories.

The second statement is false. It is possible to build some muscle over the course of time while losing weight. It will be less than you would while eating at maintenance or above. Also, some populations (beginning lifters, overfat lifters, returning lifters) build more than others. Additionally, while muscle does burn…

Are you walking forward or backward?

I don't know what kind of knee problem you have and I'm not a doctor or physical therapist :) But, I like step ups. You can start off doing bodyweight step ups and gradually add weight by holding dumbbells. Plus you can start with a low step and add difficulty but moving to a higher step.

Yeah, I would recomp before bulking if I were you. While bulking and cutting are popular now, it is also completely fine to eat around maintenance and train hard and see very good results.

Ignore that. Your average untrained woman is not going to be deadlifting 100 lbs straight out of the gate. Also, a 50 lb shoulder press even at 3x3 is more than many would be able to do :) Pretty much, don't think at all about what others may or may not be able to lift. I'd suggest finding a program to follow rather than…

Depending on your goal, it may be fine. You're going to have to use less weight on at least some exercises by doing this. But that might not bother you. Also, are you talking about doing one rep of each exercise during each 90 second period? Or doing a set of each all in a 90 second period?

The question asked "At what weight or body composition were you most confident/ did you think you looked the best?" I responded based on weights I've actually been since it was phrased that way. It didn't ask what weight you theoretically would like to be or think you'd like to be.

I think you were joking but I also think this is true in a way. When you have more surface area, the hair is spread out more than when you have less surface area. When you've lost weight, the hair would be more dense, which makes it seem like more hair.