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I am 5'11'' and I used to weigh 145 lbs and I was SKINNY. My new goal is 165 lbs - last time I was that weight I looked great!

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The amount of water you should drink also depends on your salt (and other minerals) intake. Your body needs to be isotonic-balanced and will do what it can to stay that way. What you eat and drink impacts that. I eat a lot of salt, so I drink a lot of water to counter it.

Using something that goes with you - runtastic, HRM - will always be more accurate.

Diet coke contains a sweetener called Aspartame and there are so many articles online on why that is bad for you and can hinder your weight loss, if not stop it completely. Not to mention all the chemicals that are doing who-knows-what to the rest of you, including causing cancer. Do a quick google search on it,. Most…

A six pack can be built - and not seen - if you have a layer of fat. You need to drop your body fat quite a bit for a six pack to show. This can only be achieved through diet.

I was worried about lack of energy on a low carb/high fat diet. But I have been on one for months now and feel really good. We do several hectic classes a week and I always have energy for them. You must remember though that exercise does not equal weight loss the next day, that's not how it works. Weight loss is 80% diet…

If you are sticking to a proper low carb/high fat diet, the calorie deficit thing does not matter (I don't know why, but it really doesn't.) As people have said, it is kind of hard to eat too much on a proper low carb/high fat diet because you get full from the proteins and fats quicker. But fat has a higher calorie…

This is also a very personal number. Our bodies are all different and have varying degrees of carb sensitivity. You need to just play around with it till you fin what works for you.

Some people are very carb sensitive and just a sweet taste will make their bodies thinnk sugar/carbs have been ingested. I suggest staying completely clean for about 2 weeks - low carbs, no sweetners or sweetned drinks. Then see how it goes when you start adding them slowly back.

I'm the same. I think it is a side effect of ketosis.

There is of course a school of thought that says artificial sweeteners can be as detrimental to your health./blood sugar levels as real sugar. some people are just so sensitive that the sweet taste sets their bodies off. Best to just avoid it completely...

I only look at carbs now that I am on low carb. I keep an eye on calories purely out of interest since this it is well know that on a properly controlled low carb diet, the calories don't actually matter. It is kind of hard to overeat too much on this diet though, I get full really fast.

The list is massive. Meat, fish, eggs, nuts (real ones, not peanuts or cashews), most veggies, full fat dairy - incl milk, cream, cheese. I'm loving it!

I started a low carb diet (50g to 75g carbs a day from veggies only) last week and am absolutely loving it! The food we're allowed to eat suits me perfectly. The few foods high in carbs I might miss are a long forgotten memory now that i can have bacon and egss for breakfast every day. Yay! I did do atkins a few years back…

Just another thing, the above posters are right the impact you get from running on a treadmill is MUCH more than the elliptical and also more than road running. Sounds weird, but it's true, since the treadmill is moving towards you and the road is not.

I think it's a matter of preference. If you will use the treadmill more, then that's the way to go, if you'll use the Elliptical more, then that's for you. I personally HATE running, but I can workout on the elliptical for ages. Cardio is cardio. But if you really want to shift the weight, then you need to start doing…

The reason breakfast is "the most important meal of the day" is that by breaking the fast (the hours between eating your last evening meal and breakfast) you are kick starting your metabolism. Which is the exact effects you're feeling by being more hungry on the days when you eat breakfast.

I've never heard that before, sounds a little far-fetched to me. I have an iron deficiency and I don't crave anything weird like that. In fact I don't crave anything.

Cardio is good, but weight/resistance training is better - a mixture of both is best.

I agree. And they way to get yourself to the gym on those days is to remind yourself about how good you will feel afterwards - and how proud that you actually went.

I would either eat more - sounds like you've not got the energy for the full workout - or ease back a bit on the training. You need to listen to your body. Vomiting is a sure sign that you're doing something wrong.

My mom called them "stitches". I used to get them swimming. Sometimes I would last 30 minutes before I got them and sometimes I would last only 10 and I couldn't go on. I never get them anymore because I: 1. Learned how to breath properly while swimming - I think this may be the key. 2. I don't eat at least 2 hours before…

Yes.

Strong is the new skinny! Weights/resistance training is the only real way to change your body shape.

In my opinion both are important. Weights/resistance/strength for building muscle, toning your body and getting lean. HIIT for that cardio fat burn and boosting the hell out of your metabolism. Best effect: one day weights, one day HIIT.

Weight/resistance/strength training is integral to changing your body constitution - shape. A personal trainer is a great way to go if you can afford it, but most gyms will have staff that can help you out in learning the weigh machines and exercises.

Unfortunately there is no way to target a specific area of your body - it will lose weight where it decides first, and I am sure you already know where yours loses first. Also unfortunately, triceps are generally the hardest place for women to reduce fat, or floppiness. All you can do it exercise and tone the area, and…

Don't weigh yourself everyday if you don't want to see ups and downs. Choose one day a week, and weigh yourself at the same time of the day - pref first thing in the morning after ablutions.

40/40/20 for me - I'm on the Body For Life program and the weight training requires a higher percentage of protein to build muscle. Keeps me full and happy too!