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Completely Frustrated
someone help me compute if you can. I started this in January and for the first 3 or 4 weeks I just concentrated on diet. I was doing well losing a lb or two a week. then in February I added stronglifts my weight loss slowed at first and one week I didn't lose anything but at the end of February I was down 19 lbs. I added…
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Lifting for General Fitness
Would love input from someone who's been lifting awhile just to be fit and lean. This is not one of those I just want to be toned posts. I've been doing strong lifts and as I'm going up in the weight I can lift I am wondering how high a weight I should expect to need to go to. I'm just lifting to get fit and be lean and…
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Ladies if you didn 't see this...
You should. http://youtu.be/aN7lt0CYwHg
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Want to start lifting yesterday
Hubby is resistant to the idea. He is afraid I will hurt myself and wants me to do Yoga or Tai chi or something to increase flexibility first. If there any articles you guys can point me to to ease his mind? I know lifting will help me achieve my goal better than any other exercise.
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How do you get most of your protein
I have protein with breakfast, protein with dinner, I have a boiled egg for one of my snacks and still I'm not hitting my protein macro. I'm going to add Greek yogurt to the mix today. Any suggestions from anyone who keeps below their calories while hitting their protein macro are welcome.
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Accuracy in Calorie Recommendation Between MFP and IIFYM
I was curious about the IIFYM method and it seems like a good fit for me particularly since I want to go from weight loss to general fitness. Thing is when I do the calculator over there it's giving me quite a few more calories than MFP is. I have MFP set at 1.5 lbs a week and the other one set at aggressive for weight…
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Eating (mostly) clean on a budget
We just started a new eating pan last week. The first grocery bill was insane. Almost double what we normally spend with buying less meat that's saying something. I'd like some tips on how to eat clean and keep costs down. Of course i know one option is to make multiple meals that use mostly the same ingredients. One thing…
